Edge, Andrew

Metadata

Title

Edge, Andrew

Description

Andrew Edge was a master builder who erected several speculative houses on Fifth and Sixth Streets in the 1760s and 1770s. On the recommendation of Benjamin Loxley, he was elected to The Carpenters' Company in 1770 but rarely attended meetings.

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

Member Number

82*

Last Name

Edge

First Name

Andrew

Birth Date

8/10/1736

Deceased Date

1/1/1786

Father

Andrew

Mother

Mary Child

Date Elected

1/1/1770

Project

houses on 5th & 6th Sts.

Reference

*Tatman & Moss Biographical Dictionary of Phila. Architects. Page 243. Edge was a master builder who erected several speculative houses on Fifth and Sixth streets in the 1760s and 1770s. On the recommendation of Benjamin Loxley (q.v.) he was elected to The Company in 1770 but rarely attended meetings.

*Managing Committee Minutes-1770-2-15: Benjamin Loxley proposed Andrew Edge.

*Hannah Roach notes: First Baptist Church, Phila. Andrew Edge and wife received 8 March 1780 from Welsh Tract - dismissed 8/90 to Welsh Tract.

*Hannah Roach-APS. See cards on Andrew Edge and Andrew, Jr., who appears to be the member. According to the card, Andrew Jr. was born 10 August 1736, son of Andrew and Mary (Child) Edge (Pennypack Baptist)

*PA Gazette 10/27/1765 - #23536 Advertises 2-story brick house on 5th St. near Lutheran church. Edge lived two houses away. He said four others are available. PA Gazette 6/20/1765 - #23551 Advertises 2-story house on west side of 5th near Arch. Five others available. Lived in Lower Dublin township, Busseltown (Bustleton).
PA Gazette October 30, 1766 - #1843 From his business on Fifth St. three doors from Arch, he is selling house next door at 5th and Arch Sts., and selling ground on the west side of Sixth St. Sales to take place at the London Coffee House.
PA Gazette May 11, 1769 - #7391 From his house at Third St., corner of Church Alley, he is selling houses at Fifth and Arch as well as land in New Jersey.
PA Gazette 9/22/1773 - #16792 Had moved to Yellow Springs, in Chester County, but was still selling land in New Jersey. Similar listings in 1776 and 1777 and still in Yellow Springs.

*Grantor File Data from the City of Philadelphia Archives:
(Date; Book; No.; Page; Grantee)
1766/1781; I; 11; 493; Boyer, Blaze
1766/1781; I; 5; 235; Bingham, James
1766/1781; I; 1; 187; Bartholomew, Sr., Thomas
1718/1739; F; 7; 310; Ashmead, John
1751/1766; H; 1; 288; Ashmead, John
1751/1766; H; 1; 259; Saltzer, Jacob
1777/1899; D; 77; 284; Pearson, Mary
1777/1800; D; 20; 299; Smith, William
1821/1825; IH; 25; 606; Russell, Nathaniel

File Number

Revolutionary War

Collection

Members

Citation

“Edge, Andrew,” Carpenters' Company Digital Archive & Museum, accessed April 23, 2024, https://archive.carpentershall.org/items/show/25864.