Gridley, Joseph

Metadata

Title

Gridley, Joseph

Description

Joseph Gridley was a master builder elected to The Carpenters' Company prior to 1767, but no Company records prior to the 1760s survive to confirm the date of his membership. Inactive in Philadelphia after 1771 and marked as dead in Company records in 1782, he may have moved to Massachusetts.

biography from the Philadelphia Architects and Builders, a project of the Athenaeum of Philadelphia. Written by Thomas Stokes.

Member Number

69*

Last Name

Gridley

First Name

Joseph

Deceased Date

1/1/1782

Business Address

Charlestown (R), MA

Reference

*Tatman & Moss Biographical Dictionary of Phila. Architects. Page 315. Gridley was a master builder elected to The Company prior to 1767, but no Company records prior to the 1760s survive to confirm the date of his membership. Inactive in Philadelphia after 1771 and marked as dead in Company records in 1782, he may have moved to Massachusetts. See Selected Bibliography in Tatman & Moss Bio Dictionary Phila. Architects.

*Hannah Roach notes: Letter from J.G. at Charlestown, MA, Sept. 25, 1772, to John Pemberton. Marked dead on Warden list in 1782, but reappeared in 1800 in good health.

File Number

Revolutionary War

Collection

Members

Citation

“Gridley, Joseph,” Carpenters' Company Digital Archive & Museum, accessed July 26, 2024, https://archive.carpentershall.org/items/show/25854.