Peters, Evan

Metadata

Title

Peters, Evan

Description

Evan Peters was a master builder elected to The Carpenters' Company prior to the date of the earliest surviving records of the 1760s. He first appears in the Company records early in 1770, the same year he made a pump for The Company's lot. (Making pumps may be been a particular speciality of Peters's. In his inventory was listed "1 pump Shank & 7 Boaring Bitts (best) ...500.0.0 pounds," an unsual item to find in a carpenter's estate.) Peters died in 1779. In 1773, Peters, along with James Nevill, advertised the sale of multiple buildings in Philadelphia. The advertisement also lists James Nevill as having drawings of the buildings. The previous year Peters took an apprentice named John Brotherson for the tenure of two years and six months in order to teach him the pump making business and the rough parts of the business of a house carpenter. Another advertisement from 1768 lists Evan Peters as a contact for the purchase of stones and other milling equipment. It is unclear whether this is the same Evan Peters. In 1769, Peters is listed as having one servant and receiving a tax of 14 pounds and 4 shillings. In 1774 he was assessed for 17 pounds and 4 shillings.

Written by Thomas Stokes, from the Philadelphia Architects and Builders website.

Member Number

65*

Last Name

Peters

First Name

Evan

Deceased Date

1/1/1779

Descendant

Mrs. Robert E. Osth (Elizabeth Holmes Osth)

see John Miskey file for possible relationship

Date Elected

1/9/1763

Project

pumps were his specialty; built one for Carpenters' Hall

Reference

*Tatman & Moss Biographical Dictionary of Phila. Architects. Page 604. Peters was a master builder elected to The Carpenters' Company prior to the date of the earliest surviving records of the 1760s. He first appears in The Company's records early in 1770, the same year he made a pump for The Company lot. (Making pumps may have been a specialty of his. In Peter's inventory was listed "1 pump Shank & 7 Boaring Bitts (best). . . 500.0.0 pounds," an unusual item to find in a carpenter's estate. See Selected Bibliography in Tatman & Moss Bio Dictionary Phila. Architects.

*Ancestry.com: November 4, 1772, John Brotherson taken as apprentice for two years, six months. "Apprentice, taught pump making business, and the rough parts of the business of a house carpenter."

*PA Gazette 6/30/1773 - #16199 Involved in real estate transaction and living in Vine St. between 2nd and 3rd Sts.

*Correspondence with Mrs. Osth regarding relations to Evan Peters

*Grantor File Data from the City of Philadelphia Archives:
(Date; Book; No.; Page; Grantee)
1777/1800; D; 61; 90; Masters, William

*Defendents/Sheriff Sales File Data from City of Philadelphia Archives:
(Book; Page; Year; Purchaser)
C-4; 283; 1792; Sproat, William

File Number

Revolutionary War

Grantor Records Notes

Also listings for Edward and Engle.

Collection

Members

Citation

“Peters, Evan,” Carpenters' Company Digital Archive & Museum, accessed April 24, 2024, https://archive.carpentershall.org/items/show/25851.