Irish, Nathaniel

Irish, Nathaniel

Nathaniel Irish was a master builder elected to The Carpenters' Company in the early 1760s, although the loss of early Company records make it impossible to confirm the exact date. He was excluded from The Company in 1769. In 1775 he presented a design for an armed galley to the Committee of Safety for use on the Delaware River. From 1777 through 1780 he was a Captain of Flower's Artillery Artificer Regiment. In the late 1780s his Southwark property was sold at Sheriffs' sale and he appears to have moved shortly thereafter to Pittsburgh where he died in 1816.

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

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Irish

Nathaniel

1/1/1737

1/1/1816

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dwelling, 704 S. Front St.

Capt. Thomas Moore House, 702 S. Front St.

*Tatman & Moss Biographical Dictionary of Phila. Architects. Page 410. Nathaniel Irish, master builderm elected to the Carpenters' Company in the early 1760s, although the loss of early Company records make it impossible to confirm the date. He was excluded from the Company in 1769. In 1775 he presented a design for an armed galley to the Committee of Safety for use on the Delaware River. From 1777 through 1780 he was a Captain of Flower's Artillery Artificer Regiment. In the late 1780s his Southwark property was sold at Sheriffs' sale and he appears to have moved shortly thereafter to Pittsburgh where he died in 1816. See Selected Bibliography in Tatman & Moss Bio Dictionary Phila. Architects.

*"Philadelphia Preserved." Pages 155 & 177. Irish built his house during 1760's at 704 S. Front St.; includes description of house. Built between 1762 and 1769. Page 181. Captain Thomas Moore house, 702 S. Front St., built between 1767 and 1779.

*PA Gazette 5/21/1767 - #3134 For sale, a well furnished house in Southwark, adjacent to the New Market; also other ground for sale on Front St. between Shippen and Almond Sts.
PA Gazette 7/2/1772 - #14075 Selling two-story brick house and kitchen in Southwark on George St., near South St. Apply to Nathaniel Irish in Water St., Southwark.
PA Gazette 11/14/1772 - #14893 Advertising for return of small young red cow, white face, black about her nose and mouth. Ten shillings reward by Nathaniel Irish, living in Water St., Southwark. PA Gazette 4/5/1775 - #20127 Renting a large wharf in Southwark together with stores and a house near his home in Water St.
PA Gazette 2/13/1788 - #5007 Sheriffs sale of a two-story house and lot in Southwark on Swanson St.

*Grantor File Data from the City of Philadelphia Archives:
(Date; Book; No.; Page; Grantee)
1751/1766; H; 10; 545; Adams, John
1766/1781; I; 2; 16; Marshall, Joseph
1766/1781; I; 3; 19; Morris, Evan
1766/1781; I; 11; 364; Potter, Matthew
1777/1800; D; 38; 205; Musgrave, Joseph
1830/1836; AM; 18; 92; Falkner, Joseph

Defendents/Sheriff Sales File Data from City of Philadelphia Archives:
(Book; Page; Year; Purchaser)
C-4; 30; 1788; Doz, Andrew

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