Howell, Jr., Joseph

Howell, Jr., Joseph

Joseph Howell, Jr. was a master builder who joined the Friendship Carpenters' Company in 1772 and served as Clerk in 1775. According to Heitman, during the Revolution he was a Captain of the Pennsylvania Musket Battalion. Taken prisoner at Long Island in 1776, he was held by the British for several months before being exchanged. Throughout the balance of the war he served as Commissioner of Army Accounts and acting Paymaster General of the United States Army. When the Friendship Company and The Carpenters' Company united in 1786, Howell signed The Company articles.


Biography by Philadelphia Architects and Builders, a project of the Athenaeum of Philadelphia. Written by Roger W. Moss.

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Howell

Joseph

, Jr.

1/1/1798

Hannah

1/1/1786

Tatman & Moss Bio Dictionary Phila. Architects page 396. A master builder who joined the Friendship Carpenters' Company in 1772 and served as Clerk in 1775. During the Revolution he was a Captain of the Pennsylvania Musket Battalion. Taken prisoner at Long Island in 1776, he was held by the British for several months before being exchanged. Throughout the balance of the war he served as Commissioner of Army Accounts and acting Paymaster General of the United States Army. When the Friendship and The Carpenters' Company united in 1786, Howell signed the Company articles. See Selected Bibliography in Tatman & Moss Bio Dictionary Phila. Architects. ------------------- Prime Directory: Listed as carpenter April 7, 1790 in the Pennsylvania Journal; Death of, October 3, 1798 in Federal Gazedtte. -------------------- City Directory - 1810 - John, carpenter, 129 N. 4th Maria, teacher, 60 Vine (Only two listings for Howell; this address near John's) -------------------- Managing Committee Minutes-1806-15-5, 15, 32, 51 $10 for relief of Hannah Howell. $7.64 for schooling Joseph Howell. Joseph Morris is requested to provide a suitable tutor for Jacob Howell. $4.75 for schooling Jacob Howell. Managing Committee Minutes-1808-15-118 $6.21 to pay for schooling of Jacob Howell. Managing Committee Minutes-1820-17-39 & 18-5 Two payments ($20 & $25) quarterly allowance of Hannah Howell. Managing Committee Minutes-1821-18-33, 57 Two quarterly payments of $15 to widow Howell. Managing Committee Minutes-1822-1826-18-100, 128. 168, 169, 185, 202, 236, 261 Quarterly payments of $15 to widow Howell. Managing Committee Minutes-1828-18-300, 305, 306, 314 $15 quarterly allowance of widow Howell. Managing Committee Minutes-1829-18-339 $15 quarterly allowance of widow Howell. Managing Committee Minutes-1830-18-361, 376 Two quarterly payments of $15 to widow Hannah Howell Managing Committee Minutes-1831-18-397, 421 Two quarterly payments of $15 to Hannah Howell. ------------------ PA Gazette 3/10/1784 - #249 As General Secretary of the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania, he announces quarterly meeting to be held "in their room in Lodge Alley." PA Gazette 12/22/1784 - #1424 As General Secretary: "All members of the Society of Free and Accepted Masons are requested to meet Monday next at 9 A.M. at The Lodge Room in Lodge Alley, from thence to march in Masonic Procession to Christ Church where a charity sermon will be delivered for the Relief of the Poor of the craft, the Poor of the Congregation, and the distressed prisoners in the Goal."

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Many more listings for Joseph Howell; "Jr." may have been omitted from some of them.