Metadata
Title
Price, John
Description
Master builder John Price was elected to The Carpenters' Company prior to the earliest surviving records. He may be the same John Price granted letters of administration for the estate of Reese Price of Bristol Township, Philadelphia County, yeoman (father?) on August 18, 1704. A John Price, carpenter, had two daughters baptized at the First Presbyterian Church on March 19, 1735/36, although no such daughters are mentioned in his will of 1739.
Biography from Philadelphia Architects and Buildings, a project of the Athenaeum of Philadelphia. Written by Roger W. Moss and Thomas Stokes.
Biography from Philadelphia Architects and Buildings, a project of the Athenaeum of Philadelphia. Written by Roger W. Moss and Thomas Stokes.
Member Number
19*
Last Name
Price
First Name
John
Birth Date
1/11680
Deceased Date
10/29/1739
Married
3/11/1707 (R)
Spouse Name
Hannah Cruisbeck & Ruth (2nd wife)
Children
William, John, Jr., Mary, Ruth, Samuel, Joseph, Benjamin
Business Address
4th Street
Reference
*Tatman & Moss Bio Dictionary Phila. Architects page 624. Master builder John Price was elected to The Carpenters Company prior to the date of the earliest surviving records. He may be the same John Price granted letters of administration for the estate of Reese Price of Bristol Township, Philadelphia county, yeoman (father ?) on August 18, 1704. A John Price, carpenter, had two daughters baptized at the First Presbyterian Church on March 19, 1735/36, although no daughters are mentioned in this John Price's will of 1739. See Selected Bibliography in Tatman & Moss Bio Dictionary Phila. Architects.
*Hannah Roach paper, page 13aa Comments on his work at Christ Church, in 1727.
*Birth date determined by research of Spencer Roach.
*(Hannah Roach) notes John Price, carpenter: Phila. Will book F, 135, #124:1739, will dated 20 October 1739, proved 29 October 1739. See page in folder for children and likely second wife, Ruth.
*On file: Page copied from William Penn's cash book 1699-APS.
*Grantor File Data from the City of Philadelphia Archives:
(Date; Book; No.; Page; Grantee)
1718/1739; F; 3; 101; Hill, Richard
1751/1766; H; 1; 161; Baldwin, Benjamin
1751/1766; H; 2; 174; Brooks, Edward
1751/1766; H; 8; 208; Miles, Griffith
1751/1766; H; 20; 102; Ayres, William
1766/1781; I; 5; 217; Price, William
1777/1800; D; 2; 133; Price, William
1777/1800; D; 4; 133; Norris, Isaac
1777/1800; D; 14; 198; Price, Daniel
*Hannah Roach paper, page 13aa Comments on his work at Christ Church, in 1727.
*Birth date determined by research of Spencer Roach.
*(Hannah Roach) notes John Price, carpenter: Phila. Will book F, 135, #124:1739, will dated 20 October 1739, proved 29 October 1739. See page in folder for children and likely second wife, Ruth.
*On file: Page copied from William Penn's cash book 1699-APS.
*Grantor File Data from the City of Philadelphia Archives:
(Date; Book; No.; Page; Grantee)
1718/1739; F; 3; 101; Hill, Richard
1751/1766; H; 1; 161; Baldwin, Benjamin
1751/1766; H; 2; 174; Brooks, Edward
1751/1766; H; 8; 208; Miles, Griffith
1751/1766; H; 20; 102; Ayres, William
1766/1781; I; 5; 217; Price, William
1777/1800; D; 2; 133; Price, William
1777/1800; D; 4; 133; Norris, Isaac
1777/1800; D; 14; 198; Price, Daniel
File Number
a
Grantor Records Notes
Also listings for Isaac, John Jr., Jonathan and Jesse.