Pancoast, Joshua

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Title

Pancoast, Joshua

Description

Joshua Pancoast was a master builder who briefly appears on the rolls of The Carpenters' Company in 1770, after his death at the age of 32 the previous year. The earliest record of him in Philadelphia was the announcement of his intention to marry Hannah Lownes in 1761.

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

Member Number

63*

Last Name

Pancoast

First Name

Joshua

Birth Date

4/2//1737

Where Born

Solebury Twp, Bucks Co, PA

Deceased Date

10/27/1769

Spouse Name

Hannah Lownes

Spouse Born

ded 11/23/1815

Children

Samuel, Ann (Morris), Sarah (Byrnes)

Descendant

Roy J. Pancoast

Date Elected

1/7/1763

Business Address

305 South 3rd St.

Project

305 South 3rd St.

Reference

*Tatman & Moss Biographical Dictionary of Phila. Architects. Page 590. Pancoast was a master builder who briefly appears on the rolls of the Carpenters' Company in 1770, after his death at the age of 32 the previous year. The earliest record of him in Philadelphia was the announcement of his intention to marry Hannah Lownes in 1761. See Selected Bibliography in Tatman & Moss Bio Dictionary Phila. Architects.

*PA Gazette 5/30/1765 - #23373 Joshua Pancoast living in Third St. near the corner of Spruce, is selling land at various listed locations.
PA Gazette 2/9/1768 - #4683 David Pancoast listed as house carpenter in Northern Liberties, died early in 1768.
PA Gazette 7/7/1768 - #5565 Offers four dollar reward for return of an apprentice house carpenter. PA Gazette 9/28/1769 - #8180 "Friday last Mr. Joshua Pancoast fell from the roof of a three-story house in Market St. by which his skull was fractured, several bones broken, and he was otherwise so very much bruised, that his life is despaired of. One of his apprentices is committed to jail, on suspicion of pushing him off the roof."
PA Gazette 3/22/1770 - #9127 "By order of Orphans Court, to be sold at the London Coffee House two tenements and lots of ground on the North side of Union St. to Cypress Alley, adjoinng the lot of Jacob Lewis," a C.C. member. By Hannah Pancoast.
PA Gazette 4/19/1779 - #9284 William Meredith was indicted for murder of his master, Joshua Pancoast, and found guilty of manslughter.

*In member file: Correspondence with Leonard Pancoast, descendant of Joshua Pancoast.

*In member file: photocopy of Philadelphia Inquirer, article title has been cut off.

*Via Hannah Roach papers: Joshua Pancoast and Hannah Lownes laid their intentions of marriage before the Phila. Mo. Mtg 27 3m 1761 (PGSP XII, 30); ibid., 158:31 12m 1762/3, Samuel Pancoast apprentice to Joshua Pancoast, from Chesterfield Mtg. Letters of administration to Hannah Pancoast 7 Dec. 1769 (Admin. Book H, 70 #76: 1769) Died 10 27 1769, age 32 (Hinshaw, II, 402). See copy of notes in folder.

*Grantor File Data from the City of Philadelphia Archives:
(Date; Book; No.; Page; Grantee)
1766/1781; I; 14; 171; Lindley, Susannah
1766/1781; I; 17; 132; Page, Ann
1777/1800; D; 77; 487; Allen, Hannah
1799/1809; EF; 21; 257; Fleming, William
1766/1781; I; 15; 222; Lownes, Rebecca

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Grantor Records Notes

Also listings for James and Samuel.

Collection

Members

Citation

“Pancoast, Joshua,” Carpenters' Company Digital Archive & Museum, accessed April 25, 2024, https://archive.carpentershall.org/items/show/25850.