Reary, Jacob

Metadata

Title

Reary, Jacob

Description

The master builder Jacob Reary was elected to The Carpenters' Company prior to the date of earliest surviving records of the 1760s. At The Company meeting of April 15, 1771, Thomas Nevell reported that Reary "Stood in Need of Some Assistance After Consideration his Case this Meeting Agreed to Grant him An Order on the Master for 20/ Shillings...." Company records mark him as deceased in 1782.

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

Member Number

72*

Last Name

Reary

First Name

Jacob

Deceased Date

1/1/1782

Reference

*Tatman & Moss Biographical Dictionary of Phila. Architects. Page 648. Reary was a master builder was elected to The Company prior to the date of the earliest surviving records of the 1760s. At the Company meeting of April 15, 1771, Thomas Nevell (q.v.) reported that Reary "stood in Need of Some Assistance and After Consideration of his Case this Meeting agreed to Grant him an Order on the Master for 20 shillings. . ." Company records marked him as deceased in 1782. See Selected Bibliography in Tatman & Moss Bio Dictionary Phila. Architects.

File Number

Revolutionary War

Collection

Members

Citation

“Reary, Jacob,” Carpenters' Company Digital Archive & Museum, accessed April 26, 2024, https://archive.carpentershall.org/items/show/25857.