Armitt, Richard

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Title

Armitt, Richard

Description

Richard Armitt was a master builder elected to The Carpenters' Company of Philadelphia prior to 1767. He supplied lumber for the decoration of John Cadwalader's town house on Second Street, 1769-1770, and is recorded as taking on Alexander Duguid as an apprentice in 1773.

Written by Roger W. Moss, from the Philadelphia Architects and Builders website.

Member Number

44*

Last Name

Armitt

First Name

Richard

Deceased Date

1/1/1790

Date Elected

1/1/1767

Project

no known listing

Reference

*Subscribed to 12 shares for erection of Hall.

*Tatman & Moss Bio Dictionary Phila. Architects page 13. Was a master builder elected to the Carpenters' Company prior to 1767. He supplied lumber for the decoration of John Cadwalader's town house on Second Street, 1769-1770, and is recorded as taking Alexander Duguid as an apprentice in 1773. See Selected Bibliography in Tatman & Moss Bio Dictionary Phila. Architects. See also article noted.

*Ancestry.com Alexander Duguid taken as apprentice April 16, 1773, for a term of three years, eleven months and nine days. "Apprentice taught the trade of a house carpenter, found meat, drink, washing and lodging, and apparel during the last half of his apprenticeship."

*Prime Directory: Listed as carpenter, April 7, 1790 in Pennsylvania Journal - but no address.

*Copy of invoices for "seasoned pine boards" for John Cadwallader, and signed by Thomas Nevell and Armitt. (R)

*Hannah Roach-APS EP 14 June 1777. in 2nd near Union to sell houses in Cable lane, etc. PP 19 June 1779. & Peter Thomson opened office for sale of real estate in Race between Front & 2nd. PP 1 Feb. 1780. Thompson & Armitt in Race St. to sell large house in Germantown. PG 21 July 1781. & Peter Thompson Race between Front & 2nd to sell 2 frame houses south of Race between Front & 2nd - also new Risng Sun - at fork of Germantown & Old York Road burnt by the British. PG 4 May 1785. to let lots in 4th between Chestnut & Walnut adjacent Friends School House.

*PA Gazette 3/3/1784 - #206 Leasing for 3 years 70 acres with house and barn in Kingsessing township, Philadelphia. Advt. stresses "nearness to Phildelphia market."
PA Gazette 3/3/1784 - #206 Benjamin Paschall and Richard Armitt listed as agents "at the Blue Bell in Kingsessing."
PA Gazette 5/4/1785 - #1937 Advertises for lease a number of plots of ground in Fourth St. between Chestnut & Walnut adjoining Friends school house (where Betsy Ross said to have gone to school) and close to Carpenters' Hall.

*Grantor File Data from the City of Philadelphia Archives:
(Date; Book; No.; Page; Grantee)
1684/1777; G; 2; 8; H. Dexter
1684/1777; G; 8; 39; A. Hamilton
1777/1800; D; 21; 366; Thos. Bell

File Number

Revolutionary War

Grantor Records Notes

In addition to these listings for Richard, there are perhaps a half-dozen for Ann Armitt, possibly his wife.

Collection

Members

Citation

“Armitt, Richard,” Carpenters' Company Digital Archive & Museum, accessed April 23, 2024, https://archive.carpentershall.org/items/show/25832.