Metadata
Title
Palmer, William
Description
William Palmer was a master builder elected to The Carpenters' Company in 1800. One William Palmer was also noted by Scharf & Westcott as an original member of the King George III Fire Company, founded in 1761; however, it is not known if this is the same Palmer (S&W, III, 1886). Copies of indenture papers do exist to indicate that Palmer was apprenticed to Joseph Govett in 1787, and that Palmer himself took on an apprentice beginning in 1802 (Thomas Worn).
Biography from Philadelphia Architects and Buildings, a project of the Athenaeum of Philadelphia. Written by Roger W. Moss, and Sandra L. Tatman.
Biography from Philadelphia Architects and Buildings, a project of the Athenaeum of Philadelphia. Written by Roger W. Moss, and Sandra L. Tatman.
Member Number
213*
Last Name
Palmer
First Name
William
Deceased Date
9/5/1815
Spouse Name
Ann Chambers; died March 20, 1865
Spouse Born
1780
Date Elected
1/1/1800
Office Held
Warden, 1806-08
Committee Membership
Managing Committee, 1813-15
Business Address
10th below Chestnut (CD) (1814)
Reference
Tatman & Moss Bio Dictionary Phila. Architects page 589. A master builder elected to The Company in 1800. See Selected Bibliography in Tatman & Moss Bio Dictionary Phila. Architects. ------------------ City Directory - 1814 - William, carpenter, 10th below Chestnut ------------------ E-mail from Susan Gunderson, a descendant, states that :Palmer's wife's name was Ann Chambers, who died March 20, 1865. They are buried in Woodland Cemetery, Philadelphia. ------------------ Member File: Correspondence with Eleanor Palmer concerning documents in her possession of William Palmer; also letter from Chas. Peterson on this topic. Ms. Susan Grier Gunderson has an "A, B, C"needlework by Ann Chambers in which she stitched the date 1789. It must have been completed when she was nine years old since it appears, from family records, that she was born in 1780. She married William Palmer and became Ann Chambers Palmer. ----------------- Managing Committee Minutes-1800-8-116, 129 William Govett proposed William Palmer; William Palmer elected. Managing Committee Minutes-1811-15-267 The President is requested to draw an order on the Treasurer in favor of William Palmer for $184.95
File Number
a
Grantor Records Notes
Also listings for Walter. Grantor book did not, in this case, use any middle initial; hence deeds must be checked to see whether middle initial ("C) appears.