Evans, Jr., Jonathan

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Jonathan Evans, Jr., was a Master Builder who joined the Friendship Carpenters Company in 1769 and became a member of The Carpenters' Company in 1787. He was excluded from The Company, probably for failure to pay dues, in 1792. His copy of the secret and closely guarded pricing book, Articles of the Carpenters Company of Philadelphia and their Rules for Measuring and Valuing House-Carpenters Work (Philadelphia: Hall and Seller, 1786) was lent to James Widdowfield who gave it to the printer Richard Felwell who published an unauthorized edition in 1801.

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

Member Number

154*

Last Name

Evans

First Name

Jonathan

Name Suffix

, Jr.

Birth Date

1/1/1759

Deceased Date

1/1/1839

Children

William

Descendant

Austin L. Davison (1976)

Date Elected

1/1/1787

Date Expelled

#1800

Business Address

102 Union St. (1793-1800) Prime

Project

322 Delancey St., Phila.

Reference

Tatman & Moss Bio Dictionary Phila. Architects, page 252. A master builder who joined the Friendship Carpenters' Company in 1769 and became a member of The Carpenters' Company in 1787. He was excluded from The Company, probably for failure to pay his dues, in 1792. His copy of the secret and closely guarded pricing book, "Articles of The Carpenters' Company of Philadelphia and Their Rules for Measuring and Valuing House-Carpenters Work" (Philadelphia, Hall and Sellers, 1786) was lent to James Widdowfield who gave it to the printer Richard Felwell who published an unauthorized edition in 1801. See Selected Bibliography in Tatman & Moss Bio Dictionary Phila. Architects. ----------------- In member files: Correspondence between F. Spencer Roach and a biographer of Evans concerning reasons for expulsion. Some interesting facts and a copy of title sheet "Jonathan Evans and his time 1759-1839," by William Bacon Evans. With Princeton Library call number. ----------------- City Directory - 1805 - Jonathan, lumber merchant, 102 Union 1810, 14 - Jonathan, lumber merchant; yard Orange; dwelling 102 Union 1820, 24, 26 - Jonathan, gentleman, 102 Union. City Directory - 1835 - Jonathan, gentleman, 102 Union. ---------------- House at 322 Delancey St. owned and built by Jonathan Evans about 1785. His son William then lived in house (three generations). -- From: "Byways & Boulevards" by Francis Burke Brandt and Harry Volkman Gummrtr; a Sesquicentennial Souvenir, 1926.

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