Genealogical Gleanings from Dr. Rush's Ledger A

Genealogical Gleanings from Dr. Rush's Ledger A HANNAH BENNER ROACH, F.G.S.P., F.A.S.G. INCE the first Philadelphia City Directory was not published until 1785, residents in the city prior to that time must have had a hard time remembering where all the people lived with whom they had business dealings. This is perhaps why the ledgers and journals of some merchants and physicians of the period sometimes had notations of location, marital status or relationship added alongside the entry of the client's name. Whatever the reason for the notations, they now provide a useful tool for the genealogist when they were entered in the years for which no tax returns have survived. S When twenty-four year old Benjamin Rush opened his Ledger A in the summer of 1769, he had just returned from a three-year stay in Europe during which time he had been graduated from the University of Edinburgh as Doctor of Medicine. Prior to that sojourn, when he had been apprenticed in Philadelphia to Dr. John Redman for nearly six years, he had become familiar with Philadelphia's streets and alleys and many of their residents. But now he found that new people had come to town, while many of the native-born had married or moved to new locations. It was therefor helpful, when he entered a patient's name in his books, to add some identifying remark as an assist for his memory. He kept two types of records more or less simultaneously. One, the ledger or cash book, was a double entry account. On the left hand page were entered under the patient's name the successive 206 Dr. Rush's Ledger A 207 dates of visits, and the charge made at each visit. On the opposite right hand page, the date and amount of the total final payment was entered. The second book he kept contained in effect the patient's personal medical record; when and what was prescribed, the dosage and the charge, for each visit. The following entries are all from Rush's Ledger A. It is a long, calf-bound folio volume seven inches wide by sixteen and a quarter inches high, and is on deposit in the Manuscript Department of the Historical Society by its owner, the Library Company of Philadelphia. When Dr. Rush began this first ledger, he entered on the left hand page the names of only three or four patients, leaving plenty of room between the names for the entry of possible future visits. However, over the years, when there proved to be few or no additional professional visits to or by a patient, he would insert the name of a new patient in the blank space between the names of former patients. Thus, in the subjoined list entries dated from 1769 to 1782 may appear on a single page. In each case these dates indicate only the year when the patient was first treated by the doctor, the month and day being omitted in this transcript. Superscript letters in the original have been lowered, and abbreviations have been indicated by the insertion of an apostrophe. Otherwise the spelling is as it was set down by Dr. Rush or his clerks. Marriages mentioned in the notes, unless otherwise stated, are all found in The Pennsylvania Archives, 2nd Series, II, VIII, IX. [1] 1774 JOSEPH FISHER — And: Bunner's Brother-in-law He married at Christ Church 20 December 1770, Sarah Fisher, sister of Joseph. For an account of the Fisher family, see Bennet and Margaret Hill, "William Fisher, Early Philadelphia Quaker . . .," Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine (PGM) XXI (1960) , 290-292. [3] 1769 MR. ROB'T CARSON — Butcher on the Hill 1775 ARCH'D STEWART — Mr. Bradford's Clerk & Living at Mrs. Bryan's 1775 MR. GALBRAITH—Mr. Branon Son-in-law — Lettitia Co't Robert Galbraith was granted a license to marry Mary Brannon on 16 August 1773. Pennsylvania Archives, 2nd Series, II, 94. 208 The Pennsylvania Genealogical Society [4] 1774 BEN: JONES — Taylor in Arbuckles Row 15] 1769 WILLIAM RUSH — Blacksmith up front street 1774 1780 Rush had been living on the west side of North Front Street above Elfreth's Alley, about where #134 stood, since 1743. He was a cousin of Doctor Rush. The blacksmith died 30 November 1791, in his 74th year, according to the records of the Third Presbyterian Church. JOHN DOWERS — Arch Street John Dowers married Mary Thornhill at Christ Church, 31 April 1764. PETER FIELD — Taylor in W[alnut] Street next to Almshouse MR. DONALDSON — Ship C'r below ye Swedes Church [6] 1769 BENJAMIN MITCHELL — House Carp'r in Moravian Alley 1775 1779 1775 1775 Mitchell became a member of the Friendship Carpenters' Company in 1770, and of the Carpenters' Company of the City and County of Philadelphia when the two merged in 1786. He obtained a license to marry Susanna Wilson, 13 September 1771, and died in 1817. Philadelphia Will Book 6, 424, #48:1817. ABEL JONES — in same house with Cox ye Shoem'r MR. MCDANIEL — Taylor — Water St. SEYMOUR HART at ye Corner of 2nd & Vine Street PATRICK WRIGHT — Mr. Johnson's [of Savanah] Cousen [7] 1769 JOSEPH RICE — Tabaconist in Water Street 1779 1776 CAPT: RICE — Sail maker of Col: Proctor's Artill'y WIDOW SHOEMAKER in Market beyond 7th Street [8] 1769 1771 1776 ROBERT KENNADY — Print seller in 2nd Street WIDOW MARCH — Second Street MR. HEWES — North Carolina Delagate 1780 He married at Christ Church, 6 April 1769, Sarah Robins, whose mother Mary, widow of John Robins, lived on Elfreth's Alley. This was Joseph Hewes (1730-1779) a signer of the Declaration of Independence. [9] 1769 JESSE CAREY — Farmer beyond Frankford Dr. Rush's Ledger A 209 1775 MR. BUCKRIDGE SIMS — [Married Widow Forrest] He had married, first, at Christ Church, 5 June 1765, Elizabeth Morgan. 1771 MR. WM. HARPER — Water Street 1775 JOHN DAVIS [son of Ben'a Davis] 1781 THOS CHAMBERLAINE — Sam'l's COMM [10] 1775 THOMAS ROBINSON — Bricklayer — Bro'r of Henry deceas'd 1779 CAPT: TRUCKSON — South St. This is probably meant to be Thomas Truxton (1755-1822) ; for an account of whom, see Lewis D. Cook, Commodore Thomas Truxton, U. S. Navy . . .", in PGM, XVII [1949], 3. 1770 WIDOW Purrs — Market Street 1776 WIDOW WHITEHEAD — her husband was the keeper of the Work house 1771 MR. BOYER in 2nd Street 1775 JAMES GIST — Taylor in Water Street [11] 1769 ANTHONY MORRIS — Sarre! Morris Sherif's Son 1776 JOHN SALTAR below Pooles Bridge 1779 CAPT: ROBINSON — Almond St. [12] 1769 WILLIAM ANDERSON — Plasterer in Chestnut Street 1780 WALTER HALL — Walnut Street 1775 JOHN REYNOLDS — Mrs. Berriman's son [13] 1771 MR. JAMES STEPHENSON — Walnut Street [14] 1769 DAN'L HALEY — Locksmith in Elfreth's Alley He was a tenant of William Rush, the blacksmith, occupying a frame dwelling and shop where #115 is now. 1770 MRS. ROBINSON in Pine street — Corn: Hillman's Mother-in-law 1775 CHARLES LYON — Hatter — Capt: Lyon's son [15] 1775 CAPT: COPPER [married J. Claypole's Daugh'r] Norris Copper obtained a license dated 19 November 1774, to marry Elizabeth Claypoole. 1776 MR. ANTHONY BUTLER at Major Mifflin's 1774 MR. JOHN STAMPER in 2nd Street opp. new market 210 The Pennsylvania Genealogical Society [16] 1769 CAPT: WM. CARLISLE in Arch street 1771 WIDOW WILKINSON — Moravian Alley [17] 1769 MR. MAXFIELD — writes in Mr. Chews Office 1773 MR. WAGNER — Barber — LeBlancs Partner 1771 MR. CARTY Labourer in 3rd street 1775 LEWIS GUION [by ye China Manufactory] [18] 1769 MR. ANDREW OLIVER — deceased at Capt: Carlisle's [19] 1769 Mimi'', CRUDER — Chocolate maker in Water Street 1782 MR. GENTLE — Next door to Fitzgerald in Spruce St. 1770 WIDOW TEST — Market Street 1770 CAPT: HAMILTON on the Hill [20] 1769 WIDOW COPPOCK — at the south east Corner of Race & front street 1775 MR. Thos. TAGART [Robert Tagart's nephew — Died in North'd County] 1771 WIDOW PHOENIX — Arch Street [21] 1769 SIMON THOMAS — Rev'd Mr. Treats Brother-in-law near Busseltown [22] 1769 JAMES FULTON — Porter up Front Street 1771 CAPT: BLEWER — Near the Swedes Church [23] 1770 1770 MRS. BROKINTON in Coombe's Alley MR. UQUHART — Merch't in Water street [24] 1769 1776 DAN'L MoNATA — Italian sailor up Front Street ABLE MORGAN Lieut: of Marines — Dr. Edwards step-B'r [25] 1775 JOHN SNOWDEN — shopkeep'r next door to P. January [26] 1769 Carr: GORDON — up Walnut Street 1770 BEN I'N DAVIES in 2nd Street Dr. Rush's Ledger A 1281 1769 1770 1771 MR. Dow — in 2nd Street SAMUEL TONKIN — in Gloucester County New Jersey CAP'T: LEVINGSTON 7th street [29] 1769 1770 JOHN LITTLE — Blacksmith in 4th street WIDOW DEAN — in Elfreth's Alley 211 Jean Turner and William Dean had been married in the German Reformed Church of Philadelphia on 29 May 1750; both were of Providence Township, Chester County at the time. By 1767 Jean Dean was living in Elfreth's Alley when she was bequeathed £5 in the will of Rachel Taylor. Philadelphia Will Book K, 128, #93:1767. (301 1769 1770 SAM'L DELAP — Wood Corder up front street NICHOLAS BROOKS — in Front Street [31] 1769 ROB'T SMrrss Hatter in Market Street 1770 CArT: SOWDER in Water Street 1770 Ma. LAYCOCK — lives at Capt: Carlisles [Dav'd Hall's brotherin-law] His sister Mary (1720.1781) married at Christ Church 7 January 1748, David Hall, Benjamin Franklin's printing partner. See Francis James Dallett, "John Leacock and the Fall of British Tyranny," The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography (PMHB) , LXXVII (1954), 457n. [33] 1775 1771 1775 1779 1771 JOHN PEARIS — Painter — ye Corner of 2nd & South Streets WIDOW MORGAN — up 2nd Street MR. SMITH at Lougheads MR. GEO. MCCALL — Penn Street WIDOW PETERS — front street [34] 1771 1771 MR. PRIDEAUX of the 18th Regim't MR. JOHN CARSON at Jno. Ords [35] 1776 1779 MR. DAN'L MERIDITH — B. founder 2nd Street JOHN YOUNG SENR. 2nd Street 212 The Pennsylvania Genealogical Society 1776 GILBERT GREEN in Callowhill Street by the Wharf 1775 MR. PERKINS at Barkers, a Gun Lock maker [36] 1769 GEORGE ROBINSON — married Widow Harper He obtained a license to marry Mary Harper 6 September 1764. 1770 JAc: WEAVER — Tanner up front street [37] 1769 MR. Jrvo. DAVIDSON — sadler in Market street 1771 MR. PAUL FOOKS — Front Street Fooks was appointed Notary and Tabelion Publick 7 April 1777. Minutes of the Supreme Executive Council, XI, 200. [38] 1769 NIGH: COXE — Chocolate maker in Arch street 1775 MR. HAND — at Guerneys 1775 THOS. LAURENCE ESQ'RE — Arch Street 1775 JOHN KNOWLES — opposite black Horse Alley 1778 JoHN DAVIDSON — Sadler in Market St. [39] 1771 ISAAC JONES — Tabacconist in Front St. 1775 MRS. MASSEY — a Widdow in Norris Alley [40] 1771 MR. THOS. WHITE—water street below the Draw Bridge 1779 CHRIST: HONEY — Sadler in 6th Street 1771 MR. MATHIAS KEEN 2nd Street — Sexton to St. Paul's church 1776 CAPT: LEECH in Chestnut Street [41] 1769 ENOCH HUGHS — Painter in Water street 1770 Mx. EVANS — Street Com'sioner Front Street [42] 1776 MR. ROCKWELL — Cardmaker in front Street 1770 GEORGE FLANAGAN — in Gloucester Cy New Jersey [43] 1769 NIGH'S LOYD — Joiner in front street [44] 1769 JAMES CLAYPOOL — Painter in Walnut Street 1776 CAPT: PAPLEY at Mrs. Dewars in 2nd Street John Papley married Susanna Dewar on 10 June 1776, at the First Presbyterian Church. She was the widow of David Dewar, Dr. Rush's Ledger A 213 a sea captain, whom she had married at Christ Church 18 October 1748; he had died in April 1767. See Philadelphia Orphans Court Book 8, 123, petition of 14 September 1767. She was the youngest daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth Thornhill, born 25 December 1728, according to Trinity Church, Oxford, records, and died testate with will proved 13 January 1807. Philadelphia Will Book 2, 86, *x:1807. [45] 1779 JOHN WIER — Brass founder — Norris's alley [47] 1770 1778 JAc: BARKALOW in Front street JOHN KEELING in 4th Street [48] 1770 MR. WILLMORE in Elfreth's Alley Lambert Wilmor (Wilmer) married Mary Barker at St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Philadelphia, 12 October 1770. 1782 JOHN ELLIOT merch't [married Miss Funk] 1771 MR. RITCHARDSON — lives at Eman: Woodby's Front Street 1773 Cm: ALLEN at B'n Proctor Taverrikeeper's 1775 GEORGE HARDING Shoemaker on Vine Street [49] 1770 1776 DAVID RICHARDSON — Hatter in Lutheran Alley MR. MOULDSWORTH in Chestnut Street (50] 1770 1770 CArT: JAMES DUNCAN — Front Street SAMUEL BORDON — in 5th Street [51] 1770 WIDOW DONALDSON Dan'l Jones Baker's Daugh'r She was Hannah Jones and had married James Donaldson by license dated 12 December 1763. 1770 HENRY KERR — Taylor in 2nd Street 1778 JOHN SMITH House Carp'r 2nd Street [52] 1770 CArT: Form in 5th Street 1780 CArT: BUDDEN — Carters alley 1770 Miss JENNY ALLEN — living at Mrs. Blakeleys [53] 1770 CAPT: MCCULLOUGH — Hugh McCullough Brother 214 The Pennsylvania Genealogical Society 1770 MR. HANM — Shallop man in Coats Alley 1775 MR. DENNIS at Mr. Hooverim in Chestnut Street [54] 1775 JACOB MYERS — Barber In Chestnut St. 1775 Miss FORBES — used to live next door to Mrs. Fishbournes 1770 CAPT: RORERT SHEWELL — Steph: Shewell's Brother [55] 1778 MR. ALMON — House Carp'r in 5th Street 1773 MRS. GIBBS — Benj'n Gibbs Junr Mother 1770 DAVID PANCOAST — Carpen'r in Arch Street 1773 MR. RowsE on the Road to Grays Ferry [56] 1770 JOWN BROWN — Joiner front street [57] 1775 DAVID LENNOX at Mr. Sproats 1770 MR. ARMSTRONG lives at Mr. Casewells [58] 1770 PETER RIDGE — Rigger in Keys Alley 1775 PHILIP PRICE — Farmer over Skuilkill [59] 1775 WILLIAM Ponrry — next door to the Widow Forrests 1770 JOHN SMITH — Shoemaker in Walnut Street 1774 JAMES KING — Merch't in Arch street 1780 JAMES KING Merch't married Miss Adams — now lives in Walnut St. [60] 1770 LAZARUS PINE — School master in 5th Street Pine had opened his school in Fifth between Arch and Race, opposite the "old Dutch Lutheran church" in January 1767; a year later he had moved to a new location on Fifth "a few doors above Market Street." Pennsylvania Gazette, 29 January 1767, 29 September 1768. After the British left Philadelphia, Pine announced the reopening of his school in Fourth Street, second door from the corner of Market, between Market and Arch. Pennsylvania Evening Post, 11 July 1778. He was buried 1 December 1778, according to the Rev. James Sproat. PMHB, XXVII (1903), 505. 1770 JAMES MCCUTCHEN — Butcher on Society Hill Dr. Rush's Ledger A 215 [61] 1770 EDWARD JONES ESQ'R Lawyer 1774 RICHARD SWANWICK — [of the Collector's Boat] Swanwick, "late of the Custom House," was summoned to stand trial for treason on 21 May 1778, having joined the British "army at Brandywine" where he was "engaged to point out roads especially to discover ford over Schuykill (Fatland Ford) ." Pennsylvania Archives, 2nd Series, X, 522; PMHB, LXXII (1948) , 50. 1774 JOSEPH TATEM, Taylor He married at Second Presbyterian Church 2 August 1770, Mary Rush, sister of sculptor William Rush, and daughter of Joseph Rush and his first wife Rebecca Lincoln. PMHB, XVII (1893) , 333. 1770 MAT: LUKENS — in Walnut Street Both Matthias Lukens and Mercy or Mary Gray, who were married by license dated 8 March 1769, were disowned by the Philadelphia Monthly Meeting for marrying contrary to discipline. William W. Hinshaw, Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy (Ann Arbor, Mich., 1938), II, 587. 1774 GEORGE NELSON — Elm Street 1774 RANALD MCDONALD — front street [62] 1770 WIDOW Junmi — in Arch Street 1775 ROBERT FITZGERALD [blockmaker] 1770 JOHN FLINTON — Cooper in Coats Alley [63] 1770 WM. SALISBURY — Blockmaker 1770 WIDOW GREEN — in Mark't Street [64] 1770 THos. LEIPER — Tobaconist 2nd Street 1770 JOSEPH JINKINS — House Carp'r — Cherry Alley [65] 1770 PETER JANUARY — Shoemaker over the Draw Bridge He had married Mary Walton at the First Presbyterian Church on 23 April 1761. 1770 LEUT: BRUERE of the 18th Regim't 1771 WIDOW SHROCK — 2nd Street 1776 MR. ISAAC JONES — ropemaker down town 216 The Pennsylvania Genealogical Society [66] 1770 ABRAHAM SMITH — Free Negro — Front Street 1778 WM. TANER Tavernkeeper Front St. 1775 MR. THOMAS BAROCH — sadler 1779 MR. MCCLURE — Carpenter 1770 HUGH COOPER — works tk lives at Coopers Ferry 1770 Jos: THOMAS — House Carp'r n Mor: [avian] Alley 1778 Wmow SMITH Rob't Smith's Widow 2nd Street She had probably been Esther Jones, said to have been reported to the Philadelphia Meeting for having married contrary to discipline. Her husband, probably the most distinguished of the colonial members of the Carpenters' Company, was buried 11 February 1777, in his 55th year, in Friends' ground. Evening Post, 18 February 1777. Hinshaw, II, 654, cited above. She was buried 16 7m 1788, ae. 58, according to Southern District Monthly Meeting records, 22. [67] 1770 COL. GEO: NOARTH Lawyer 1770 MR. BUTLER lives with Mr. Chambrs 1775 MRS. LOBDIN (?) — Capt: Tong's Mo'r in Law down Town 1778 ROBERT WILSON — Chas. Stewarts Son-in-law 1770 LEUT: BET-r of the 18th Reg't 1775 CAPT: JAMES WARDEN, in front Street partly opposit to Wm. Rush's [68] 1770 DAviu JONES — Shoemaker in front Street 1774 JACOB BENINGHOVE Tobacconist 1770 WIDOW ROBINS — Jos: Rice's Mother-in-law John Robins, shipwright, and Mary Skelton (Selton) were married at Philadelphia Friends' Meeting in 1745. He died intestate in 1760, and she administered his estate. Administration Book G, 242, #111:1760. She was buried 9 12m (December) 1777, ae. 49, according to Northern District Monthly Meeting records. She lived at #110 Elfreth's Alley. 1774 MR. ISAAC MELCHER Merchant The son of Leonard Melchior, shop-keeper and innholder at the northeast corner of Second Street and Elfreth's Alley, he was born 5 May 1749 and died 8 July 1790, according to the records of the German Reformed Church. He would participate as a volunteer in the Canadian Expedition under Benedict Arnold in the fall of 1775. Pennsylvania Archives, 2nd Series, Dr. Rush's Ledger A 217 X, 8. On 16 December 1776, he was appointed Barrack Master General of the State, with the rank of Colonel, in which office he served until 14 August 1778, when it was abolished. Minutes of the Supreme Executive Council, XI, 51, 553. [69] 1770 Men: YOUNG — Ship Joiner — Front Street 1774 MR. REYNAUD — Frenchman at Copirth[waits?] 1774 HENRY DEBARRIER 3rd Street Corner of Cotes's Alley 1776 GENERAL MIFFLIN This of course was Thomas Mifflin (1744-1800) , son of John Mifflin, and became Governor of Pennsylvania, 1790-1799. 1770 DAN'L KING — Brass Founder front Street [70] 1770 CAPT: AND'W MAY — Cherry Alley 1770 GEORGE MORTON — Tavernkeeper — Pewter Platter Alley 1770 GEORGE MAY — Capt: Mays Br'r [71] 1770 WIDOW PEARSE — Market Street — married Wm. Drewry 1770 MR. Thos. BAYLEY — Tavern keeper in 2nd Street 1775 MR. BRANNON in Laetitia Court [72] 1770 Tilos. PATTERSON — married Chas. Brogden's Daughter Thomas Patterson married at Christ Church 8 March 1768, Mary, daughter of Charles Brockden. 1770 MRS. STEPHENS in 4th Street 1778 CAPT: MOULDER — Sail Maker 1775 MRS. BLAIR in Chestnut Street at Fullertons [73] 1770 JOHN HARRISON Elm Street — removed to Cherry Alley 1770 GEORGE PEALING — weaver 1775 JAMES WRIGHT — Wm. Johnson's Relation [74] 1770 DAVED GIFFEN — House Carp'r — Cherry Alley 1771 MR. WILSON — lives at Mr. Ritchardsons 1774 MR. NICHOLAS HART Cedar Cooper in Water Street 1770 ABRAHAM USHER — Merch't 218 The Pennsylvania Genealogical Society 1774 JOHN SMITH Shopkeeper in 2nd Street 1774 MR. THORNBOROUGH [at Wm. Strickter, Hatter's] [75] 1770 JOSEPH CARSON — Merch't Second Street 1774 MR. BISSEL near the Barracks 1778 MR. WEAVER in Chestnut Street 1770 WILL'M HUSSEY — Taylor 1771 MR. JAS. DELEVEU — Spruce Street 1776 MR. JOSEPH GRAYSBURY — Taylor in front Street [76] 1770 Thomas HASLEWOOD — Wood Corder in Race Street 1770 Jomx LISLE — Breeches Maker in 3rd Street 1778 GEO: BRIGHT mar'd Capt: Moulders Daugh'r Mary Moulder had married at First Baptist Church 28 April 1774, George Bright. 1774 MR. JOHN FRISE — merch't — Race Street [77] 1770 Joins: STILLE — Taylor in Front Street 1770 JOHN MGCALLA — Taylor in 2nd Street 1774 MR. DAILY Dancing Master 1778 CAPT: SIMMONS at Kingcess [78] 1776 MR. COE married Mrs. Watkins daugh'r 1771 MR. JOHN HOOVER — Christ'n Street 1774 JOHN COLE Coates's Alley 1770 MR. CARUTHERS in 3rd Street Samuel Caruthers would be elected to the Carpenters' Company in 1771. In 1765 he had advertised as a plane maker at the Sign of the Carpenter's Plane and Hand Saw, third door above Church alley in Third Street. Pennsylvania Gazette, 26 December 1765. 1770 BETSY DEVONSHIRE Simpstress in Race Street 1771 JNO. CANNAN Taylor [79] 1770 JOHN KIDD — Shopkeeper in 2nd Street 1774 NATHAN JONES Scrivener 1770 JOHN HALL — Cooper in front street 1775 WM. MALSEY in Church Alley Dr. Rush's Ledger A 219 [80] 1770 BENJ.' A SHOEMAKER — House Carp'r in 7th Street 1774 DANIEL SCALENGER Pilot Shipper' Street 1770 CAPT: DAVIDSON — in Front Street [81] 1770 MR. BANKS — Coach maker next to Miss L: Hyde's 1774 MR. SINCLAIR Vine Street 1774 MRS. CROSS— [George's Widow Two Doors above T'd Whites's] George Cross had married Hannah Franks on 26 March 1761, at St. Paul's Episcopal Church. 1770 ROB'T PORTER — sadler in Mark't Street [82] 1770 JOHN PURDEN — storekeeper front Street by the bridge John Purden (Purdon) had married Mary Hutchinson on 14 December 1761, at St. Paul's Episcopal Church. 1770 MR. CASEWELL in Front Street 1771 MR. ROB'T HUNTER — Shopkeeper Front Street [83] 1770 THOS. KEATS Shopkeeper in 3rd Street 1776 MRS. KEATS [Thos. Widow] 1770 GEORGE JENKINS — JOS: J's Brother 1774 JONATHAN HUNN partly opposite to the St. Patrick 1771 MR. DAVID EVANS — House Carp'r He had been elected a member of the Carpenters' Company in 1769, the same year he was elected to membership in the American Philosophical Society. For mention of some of his works as a carpenter see Nicholas B. Wainwright, Colonial Grandeur in Philadelphia . . . , (Philadelphia, 1964) passim. [84] 1774 JAMES STERLING from Burlington at J. Hunter's 1778 MR. LEHI Commissary at Price's Tavern [85] 1770 CHRIS'N PHIS — Fan maker in Spruce Street Christian Fiss and Mary Blackwood were married by a license dated 1 March 1769. 1770 CAPT: BURROWS Married Widow Sherlock John Burrows married Margaret Sherlock on 13 August 1768, at Christ Church. 1772 JOHN ANDERSON over the Drawbridge formerly Tav'n keeper 220 The Pennsylvania Genealogical Society [86] 1774 JOHN KING House Carp'r Lombard Street 1770 MR. PERRY married Widow Kerr's Daugh'r 1771 MR. PHILIP WIRT: Christian Street [871 1770 BENJAMIN BARGER — Shoemaker in Mori[ss?] Alley 1771 MR. LEWIS — lived at Mr. Moodeys 1774 CAPT: ALIBONE Corner of Front & Callowhill St. 1770 JAMES HUSTON — Tavern keeper in 2nd Street [88] 1770 WIDOW ALLISON — Widow White's Daugh'r Thomas Allison and Elizabeth White had been married at St. Paul's on 28 June 1760. 1776 MR. JOHN GEORGE printer 1770 MISS JENNY ANNIS — widow Pearse's sister [89] 1770 HEN: SHEARMAN — Turner in 2nd Street 1774 CHAS. RUDOLPH Shoemak'r Chest. Street 1770 WIDOW BAYLE — Widow Murdoch's Daugh'r in 2nd Street George Bail and Mary Murdock had been married at Christ Church on 2 August 1756. 1776 MR. HOUGHTON — Upholst'r 1778 MRS. NORRIS Walnut St. [90] 1770 WM. RICHARDS — Breeches maker in Mark: Street 1770 WIDow COATS in 2nd Street [91] 1770 CAPT: JAMES MONTGOMERY — married Capt: Bowes's Daugh'r James Montgomery and Margaret Bowes were married at Christ Church on 12 November 1767. 1770 ARCHIB'D MCELROY — Barber 1771 MR. JOS. SERMAN in 2nd Street [92] 1770 MENARD KEANEARD — Sail maker Keys Alley 1781 JOHN KINNEAR — Corner of 3rd & Vine Street 1770 ISAAC POWELL — joiner in Arch Street Dr. Rush's Ledger A 221 [931 1770 MATHIAS ASPDEN — Merch't He was proclaimed a traitor 27 July 1780, but by 1786 the Supreme Executive Council was considering a reprieve. Pennsylvania Archives, 2nd Series, X, 538; Minutes of Supreme Executive Council, XIV, 625. 1774 WILLIAM FORBES Cooper 1780 MR. GAMBLE — pilot Alm'd Street 1770 WM. BARTRAM — silversmith in front street William Bartram, silversmith, not the son of the botanist, married at Christ Church 1 December 1767, Mary Fisher; he was buried at Christ Church 7 October 1771. In 1769 he was living in Chestnut Ward quite near Philip Syng, the goldsmith, and may have worked with or for him. Pennsylvania Archives, 3rd Series, XIV, 218. 1771 THOS. KENTY in water street 1776 STEPHEN SHEWELL JUN'R in front street [941 1770 DAV: MACMURTRIE — merch't 1770 CAPT: AGAR lives at Mr. Casewells 1774 THOS. AGAR at John Davidson's sadlers 1782 JOHN STAMPER opposite the new-Market [951 1770 GEO: LONG — Shoemaker in Race Street 1774 MRS. TRUSS Mantua maker in Viddels Alley 1775 MARGARET BURGOT — in an Alley yt turns out of Moravian Alley into Third Street 1778 DAv: TEW — Engraver 1774 CAPT: BENSON in 2nd Street near the New Market [961 1770 JOHN TOWERS — Lombard Street 1770 CAPT: ROBERT HARDIE — in Spruce Street [97] 1770 CAPT: PETER LONG — Front Street 1770 SAMUEL HONEYMAN — House Carp'r up Arch Street A marriage license dated 5 April 1765, had been issued fot Samuel Honeyman and Mary Heney (Henry?). 1778 MR. GOODMAN [House Carp'r] 1770 DANIEL GOODMAN — Baker 222 The Pennsylvania Genealogical Society [98] 1770 WIDOW RANALD in 2nd Street below Union Street 1778 WIDOW HAMILTON — Corner of Cath: Street in f: (ront?) Street 1770 JOHN GILBERT in Vine Street 1778 MRS. BLACK BERRY — Wart Street 1775 DAVID COWPLAND [Chester County] [99] 1770 MR. JOHN PHILIPS in Front Street 1770 MR. WALKER — And. Caldwell's Relation [100] 1770 WILLIAM OLIPHANT — Shool master [sic] 1775 MR. MILLIGAN, Jun'r — Wr to Milligan, merch't 1770 MR. STEEL — Taylor next to John Stille 1775 RICHARD RENSHAW in Lombard Street [101] 1770 JAMES THOMPSON — Tavernkeeper 1778 THOS. STEWART [Sail maker] 1774 MR. LEECH — Spruce Street — Tide waiter 1778 JOHN ASHBURN Alm'd St. — Rigger [102] 1771 MR. BEN J'N LOXLEY — House Carp'r Benjamin Loxley and Jane Watkins had been married by license dated 28 March 1743. She died 22 September 1760, ae. 55. Subsequently he married Catherine Cox, daughter of John and Mary Cox of New Jersey. One of the earliest members of the Carpenters' Company, he died 15 October 1801, ae. 81. See Charles E. Peterson "Benjamin Loxley and Carpenters' Hall," Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, XV (1956) 23; PM HB, XXIII (1899), 265; Poulson's American Daily Advertiser, 23 October 1801. 1778 HON'BLE THOS. MCKEAN ESQ'R He had signed the Declaration of Independence, and at this time, was Chief justice of Pennsylvania. He was born in Chester County in 1734, and died in Philadelphia in 1817. 1774 MR. ANDREW CARSON — Breechesmaker 1774 MIss B. MOORE 1774 MRS. ELFRETH 2nd Street 2nd Door above Elfreth's Alley Mary (Barnes) Wells, widow of Arthur Wells, had married Jeremiah Elfreth as his fifth wife on 17 4m (June) 1740. Jeremiah had been buried 20 10m (December) 1772, ae. 80. Dr. Rush's Ledger A 223 [103] 1771 MR. ROB'T FERGUSON — merch't 1771 MR. FRAZER KINSLEY — House Carp'r 1771 MR. JOHN PRINGLE merch't [104] 1771 MR. JEREM'H BAKER — North: Liberties 1774 TENCH TILGHMAN — [Francis & Tilighman] Tench Tilghman (1744-1786) became aide-de-camp to George Washington in 1776 and served in that capacity until 1783. 1778 C. W. GILLMORE opposite ye State House 1771 Winow WILLIAMS in Front Street 1775 EZEKIEL LErrs — Taylor in 3rd Street According to records of the First Baptist Church in Philadelphia, Ezekiel Letts and Hannah Farmer were married 13 April 1772. 1774 WILLIAM STRETCH — Hatter — 2nd Street 1778 JACOB BANKSON — Lawyer He is probably the man of that name who married on 13 February 1772, Elizabeth Bedford at the Second Presbyterian Church. [105] 1771 MR. SAM'L GARRIGUES — Shop keeper 1779 CAPT: PALFREY — COI: Dos Brother 1774 MIss CAMPBELL at Capt: John Eve's 1782 CAP-r: SIMMONS [in Water St.] 1771 MR. GARRISON House Carp'r — Water Street 1774 JOSEPH CLAYPOOLE — Hatter in Market Street Joseph Claypoole (1734-1809) and Mary Wilkinson (17381785) were married at Christ Church 13 October 1756. See Eunice S. E. Ullman, "The Gabriel Wilkinson Family of Philadelphia," PCM, XXVI (1969) , 83. [106] 1771 HENRY CROKER — Dutch'n 7th Street 1778 CArr: CROSS [at ye Corner of Walnut St.] 1771 CAPT: DEMBER — Lieut: in the Royal Americans 1774 MR. NOBLE — at Mr. Lenoxes [107] 1771 BENJ'N POWELL — Joiner 1779 CAPT: BREWER — married Miss Atkinson Jonathan Brewer married Margaret Atkinson at Old Swedes' (Gloria Dei) Church 26 May 1778. 224 The Pennsylvania Genealogical Society 1779 CAPT: PALFREY at Mrs. Danovon's 1771 DAVID Porrs — merchant 1775 JAMES STEUART — merch't next door to C. Coxes 1774 GEO: NAPPER — Baker in front above Arch Street [108] 1771 MR. SOMERVILLE — merch't 1774 Miss MARY ANN SELF at Jonathan Gostalowe's 1774 ALEXANDER EDWARDS — Enochs father 1771 CAPT: WM. LoNG — Capt: Peter Long's Brother 1774 CHARLES STOW — Taylor next Door Charles Stow obtained a license dated 6 May 1773, to marry Mercy Williard. 1774 Amos WALKER near the old China House 1778 MR. CARMICHAEL Delegate From Maryland, William Carmichael died in Madrid, Spain in 1795, having been secretary to John Jay during the Spanish mission, 1780-82, and thereafter acting as charge d'affaires at Madrid 1782-92, and one of the commissioners to secure a treaty with Spain. [109] 1771 MR. WM. COOPER — at the Ferry in the Jerseys 1774 MR. LILE — Mate of Capt: Hardie 1775 BENJAMIN JANUARY — Bookbinder Benjamin January and Hannah Langdale were married at the First Baptist Church 16 March 1775. 1773 MR. PARKER — Player [110] 1771 WIDOW DUNCON 2nd Street [111] 1771 MR. RICHARD RENSHAW JUN'R — grasier Richard Renshaw, Jr. and Ann Young were married at St. Paul's Church 16 April 1771. 1774 BEN J'N DEAN — Dry Good Merchant 1774 MR. CAREY — Baker in Taylor's Alley 1771 MR. THOMPSON — Irishman 1774 MR. VANHAUSEN — Lees Alley in Bl'k horse Alley 1778 MR. NIXON Merchant front St. 1774 MR& FORREST at the black Boy & Trumpet Dr. Rush's Ledger A 225 11121 1771 MR. NIGH'S FITZHARRIS — Painter 1776 MR. BECK — taylor in front Street 1774 MR. REEVE — Irishman — Pine Street 1771 CAPT: WM. MONTGOMERY — Race Street — Capt: Carlisle's Friend 1778 JOSEPH ELLIS at Mrs. Blackinberry's 1774 WILLIAM BEAVEN Corner of 2nd Street & Elfreth's Alley A shopkeeper, William Beaven had married Mary Greenway 10 July 1771, at Christ Church. He died in December 1800, "for many years a respectable citizen." PMHB, XXIII (1899), 361. 1775 WM. ZANE — Jonathan Zane's Sen'r Son 1113] 1771 MR. GEO: CLELAND — lives at Mrs. Dewar's 1772 MR. AD: FORNAVON opposite the 2nd Presbyterian Church in 3rd St. 1774 BEN J'N TAYLOR front below South Street 1779 MR. JOHN WOODWARD below Walnut Street 1771 Miss PEGGY WATSON milliner in 2nd Street 11141 1771 1771 CAPT: WARDNER — in Cooper Alley Arch St. MR. ROB'T AITKIN SEN. book seller Born in Scotland in 1734/5, Aitken printed the first English Bible in America. Historical Catalogue of the St. Andrew's Society (Philadelphia, 1907), 101. A Sober sedate Widow, about thirty years of age, lately come from London, would be glad to serve in any gentleman or tradesman's family in the capacity of a Nurse: She has been used to children, and understands needle-work. Enquire for Mrs. CONNER, at THOMAS CROXFORD'S, heel-maker, in Coates's Alley, facing the Buck Tavern in Second-Street, Philadelphia. N. B. The same person would be glad to know if JONATHAN LONG (of Scots descent) or any of his family, to whom she is related, or THOMAS GAVEN, Cooper, who sailed from London for Baltimore on board the Speedwell, Capt. Clarke, be living or not. Dunlap's Packet, 22 August 1774