Jervis, Samuel

Metadata

Title

Jervis, Samuel

Description

Samuel Jervis was a master builder elected to The Carpenters' Company in 1770. He was an "encourager" of the Philadelphia edition of Abraham Swan's The British Architect (R. Bell for J. Norman, 1775), the first book on architecture published in America. Following the Revolution, Jervis was not active in The Company. According to the 1774 tax lists, Jervis lived in the Middle Ward. In 1785, he lived on Second street between Market and Chestnut.

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

Member Number

83*

Last Name

Jervis

First Name

Samuel

Birth Date

1/1/1748

Deceased Date

1/1/1802

Date Elected

1/1/1770

Business Address

2nd bet. Market & Chestnut Sts. (1785) (Prime)

Reference

*Tatman & Moss Biographical Dictionary of Phila. Architects. Page 415. Jervis/Jarvis was a master builder elected to The Company in 1770. He was an "encourager" of the Philadelphia edition of Abraham Swan's "The British Architect" (R. Bell for J. Normay, 1775), the first book on architecture published in America. Following the Revolution, Jervis/Jarvis was not active in The Company.

*Note: At times Jervis/Jarvis is spelled with either and "e" or an "a." The spellings are, as far as I can tell, used interchangably.

*Managing Committee Minutes-1770-2-15 Thomas Shoemaker proposed Samuel Jervis.

File Number

Revolutionary War

Grantor Records Notes

Listings for Sarah and Samuel W. Jervis - but none for Samuel.

Defendant/Sheriff's Sale Notes

Listing for Sarah (1786)

Collection

Members

Citation

“Jervis, Samuel,” Carpenters' Company Digital Archive & Museum, accessed April 19, 2024, https://archive.carpentershall.org/items/show/25865.