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Description: George Day was a master builder elected to the Carpenters' Company of Philadelphia in 1833. Day was a Company Warden from 1868-1870 and served on the Managing Committee from 1871-1873. He lived on Marlborough street near Queen street. According to…
Member number: 312
Date elected: 1/1/1833

Member number: 383
Date elected: 1/1/1856

Description: John Derbyshire was a master builder elected to membership in The Carpenters' Company in 1799. Biography from Philadelphia Architects and Builders, project of the Athenaeum of Philadelphia. Written by Roger W. Moss.
Member number: 206*
Date elected: 1/1/1799

Member number: 451
Date elected: 8/17/1880

Description: Jonathan Dilworth was a master builder and one of the original committeemen who founded the Friendship Carpenters Company in 1769. When the Friendship Company and the Carpenters' Company merged in 1786, Dilworth joined The Company, although he was…
Member number: 146*
Date elected: 1/16/1786

Description: William Dilworth was a master builder elected to The Carpenters' Company prior to 1763, but no Company records prior to the l760s survive to confirm the date of his membership. From 1763 through 1765 he was a member of the important Company committee…
Member number: 56*

Description: Aaron Doan was a carpenter, contractor and sometime architect who appears in Philadelphia directories as a carpenter or builder beginning in 1850 and continuing through 1885, except for the years 1874-1875 when he styles himself an architect. Briefly…
Member number: 356
Birth date: 1/1/1815
Date elected: 1/1/1848

Description: George W. Doan was a master builder from Philadelphia elected to the Carpenters' Company elected in 1841. Doan mostly built row houses all across the city. According to the 1845 Philadelphia Directory, Doan resided at 3 Union Square and was a…
Member number: 349
Date elected: 1/1/1841

Description: John Donahue was a master builder elected to The Carpenters' Company in 1785 and excluded in 1790. He was an "encourager" to Abraham Swan, The British Architect (Philadelphia, R. Bell for J. Norman, 1775). Biography from Philadelphia Architects and…
Member number: 113*
Date elected: 1/3/1785

Member number: 441
Date elected: 5/2/1877

Member number: 424
Date elected: 8/6/1873

Member number: 416
Date elected: 8/4/1869

Member number: 334
Date elected: 1/1/1837

Member number: 421
Date elected: 7/1/1872

Description: Joseph Eberth was a master builder elected to the Carpenters’ Company in 1805. He served a Warden from 1816-1818. Eberth was also a member of the Book Prices Committee from 1817-1826 and 1827-1830. Finally, he was on the Managing Committee from…
Member number: 231*
Date elected: 1/1/1805

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Description: Andrew Edge was a master builder who erected several speculative houses on Fifth and Sixth Streets in the 1760s and 1770s. On the recommendation of Benjamin Loxley, he was elected to The Carpenters' Company in 1770 but rarely attended meetings.…
Member number: 82*
Birth date: 8/10/1736
Date elected: 1/1/1770

Member number: 384
Date elected: 7/29/1857

Description: William H. Ellis was a master builder of elected to the Carpenters' Company of Philadelphia in 1833. In 1830, he lived at 213 N. 4th street as a carpenter. In 1840, he was listed as a lumber merchant at N. 7th street above Brown street. In 1850, he…
Member number: 315*
Date elected: 1/1/1833

Member number: 429
Date elected: 8/8/1874

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Description: Silas Engles was a master builder elected to The Carpenters' Company prior to 1770, but no Company records prior to the 1760s survive to confirm the date of his membership. From 1779 through 1790 he served as a committeeman or officer of The Company,…
Member number: 51*
Birth date: 1/1/1740

Member number: 455
Birth date: 1831
Date elected: 5/1/1882

Description: Henry Erdman was a master builder elected to the Carpenters' Company of Philadelphia in 1817. Unfortunately there is scant information or records on Erdman. He was listed in the 1814 directory as a carpenter residing at 35 Chester street. In 1820 and…
Member number: 274*
Date elected: 1/1/1817

Description: Michael Errickson appears in Philadelphia city directories from 1832 through 1868. From 1832 to 1864 he notes an occupation as carpenter, but in 1865 he changes to "gentleman." It appears that he was one of a group of architects and carpenters…
Member number: 347
Date elected: 1/1/1839

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Description: David Evans is unfortunately a common eighteenth-century Philadelphia name; the lives of three house carpenters and one cabinetmaker overlap, making it difficult to separate documentary references. Nonetheless, two master builders have been…
Member number: 75*
Birth date: 1/1/1733
Date elected: 1/2/1769

Description: Evan Evans was a master builder who was elected to The Carpenters' Company in 1782 and about which virtually nothing is known. He did not appear on the printed list of members in 1786 and was removed from the roll of members in 1787. Written by Roger…
Member number: 100
Date elected: 1/1/1782

Description: Jacob Evans was a master builder elected to The Carpenters' Company in 1795. He was proposed for membership by Charles Rhoads. He was expelled in 1803 for failing to pay his fines and quarterages. In the 1795 city directory, there are two carpenters…
Member number: 190*
Date elected: 1/1/1795

Description: Joseph Evans was a master builder from Dock Ward nominated to the Friendship Carpenters Company by Robert Evans and elected to membership in 1772. Written by Roger W. Moss, from thePhiladelphia Architects and Builderswebsite.
Member number: 94*
Date elected: 1/5/1772

Description: Jonathan Evans, Jr., was a Master Builder who joined the Friendship Carpenters Company in 1769 and became a member of The Carpenters' Company in 1787. He was excluded from The Company, probably for failure to pay dues, in 1792. His copy of the secret…
Member number: 154*
Birth date: 1/1/1759
Date elected: 1/1/1787

Description: Robert Evans was a Master Builder who first joined the Journeymen Carpenters' Company, then became a member of the Friendship Carpenters Company in 1769; and, when the Friendship Company merged with The Carpenters' Company in 1786, he became an…
Member number: 123*
Birth date: 1/1/1738
Date elected: 1/1/1786

Description: Master carpenter and architect William Eyre appears in the Philadelphia city directories from 1829 to 1884. In 1833-35 and 1868 he is formally noted as an architect. He was also a member of The Carpenters' Company, having attained membership in 1851…
Member number: 364
Birth date: 1/1/1804
Date elected: 1/1/1851

Description: Ebenezer Ferguson (or Furguson) was a master builder elected to The Carpenters' Company in 1786, but he left Philadelphia shortly thereafter. Ebenezer was a veteran of the American Revolution and served in the Pennsylvania militia.Biography from…
Member number: 150*
Birth date: 1/1/1754
Date elected: 1/1/1786

Description: Joseph Few was a master builder nominated to The Carpenters' Company by William Williams and elected 17 April 1775, although he never signed the Articles. He built a residence at 301 Pine st. 1774-1775. This building was later occupied by Thaddeus…
Member number: 103*
Date elected: 1/1/1775

Description: David Flickwir was a master builder elected to The Carpenters' Company in 1796. Biography from Philadelphia Architects and Buildings, a project of the Athenaeum of Philadelphia.Written by Roger W. Moss.
Member number: 199*
Date elected: 1/1/1796

Description: David Henry Flickwir was a master builder elected to the Carpenters' Company of Philadelphia in 1824. His father, David Flickwir had also been a member of the Company until his death in 1813. David H. Flickwir served nearly every office the Company…
Member number: 290
Birth date: 1/1/1798
Date elected: 1/1/1824

Description: Frederick Forepaugh was a master builder elected to The Carpenters' Company in 1800. He was also an original member of the Humane Fire Company, founded in 1794. Biography from Philadelphia Architects and Buildings, a project of the Athenaeum of…
Member number: 209*
Birth date: 8/13/1761
Date elected: 1/1/1800

Description: George Forepaugh was a master builder elected to The Carpenters' Company in 1774 and served as Warden from 1780. According to Hazard's Register, he was the master carpenter for the Senate gallery of Congress Hall, 1795. When Forepaugh died in 1817,…
Member number: 101*
Birth date: 10/19/1743
Date elected: 1/1/1774

Description: Isaac Forsyth was a master builder elected to the Carpenters’ Company in 1807. He lived at 7 Little George in 1810. In 1816, Forsythe was listed as a carpenter residing at 64 South Sixth Street. He was partnered with Joseph Worrell from at least…
Member number: 232*
Date elected: 1/1/1807

Description: William Forsyth was a master builder elected to the Carpenters' Company of Philadelphia in 1838. Forsyth lived at 85 North Juniper street and worked at Brown above Cherry street in 1845. He moved his residence to 256 Cherry Street by 1850 and his…
Member number: 339
Date elected: 1/1/1838

Member number: 428
Date elected: 1/21/1874

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Description: Joseph Fox was a master builder and one of the most prominent leaders among the craftsmen of Philadelphia on the eve of the Revolution. The son of Justinian and Elizabeth (Yard) Fox, Joseph Fox was apprenticed toJames Portuesand became one of his…
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Member number: 21*
Birth date: 1/1/1709

Description: Jacob Franks Jr. was elected to the Carpenters’ Company in 1809. He served on the Managing Committee from 1820 to 1822. In the 1814 City Directory, Jacob Franks, carpenter, was listed at 206 N 4th street below Green. In 1820, he was listed at living…
Member number: 236*
Date elected: 1/1/1809

Member number: 405
Date elected: 1/21/1867

Member number: 406
Date elected: 1/21/1867

Description: Peter Gabel was a master builder elected to The Carpenters' Company in 1799. He was also a founder of the Friendship Fire Company of the Northern Liberties, 1796. Biography from Philadelphia Architects and Buildings, a project of the Athenaeum of…
Member number: 207*
Date elected: 1/1/1799

Member number: 468*
Date elected: 5/5/1886

Description: Edward Garrigues was a master builder elected to The Carpenters' Company in 1793. He was proposed for membership by Samuel Pancoast. Edward served on the Board of Health during the yellow fever outbreaks in the 1790s.Biography from thePhiladelphia…
Member number: 174*
Birth date: 1/1/1756
Date elected: 1/1/1793

Description: William Garrigues was a prosperous master builder. A founder of the Friendship Carpenters' Company in 1769, he negotiated the ill-fated efforts to unite the two companies of master carpenters on the eve of the Revolution. He was an "encourager" of…
Member number: 126*
Birth date: 7/23/1746
Date elected: 1/16/1786

Member number: 446a
Date elected: 4/25/1878

Member number: 461
Date elected: 9/10/1883

Description: James Gibson was a master builder and an "encourager" of the Philadelphia edition of Abraham Swan's The British Architect (R. Bell for J. Norman, 1775), the first book on architecture published in America. Throughout the Revolution he served, as did…
Member number: 106*
Date elected: 1/1/1782
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