Philadelphia County PA Archives Taxlists .....Effective Supply Tax, Chesnut Ward, City Of Philadelphia 1779 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/pafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00001.html#0000031 February 26, 2010, 7:28 pm Tax Paid in Pounds Sterling (£) Amount of Tax William Bradford, Sen'r, 5 William Trickett, d., 10 Thomas Houston, 4 Thomas Bradford, d., 7 Conel's Bradford's est., 30 William C. Bradford, Ju'r, p.h'd, Francis Daymon, 10 Lewis Nicola, 2 Walter Shea, d., 28 Jas. Benezett's est., 227 Irvine, p.h'd, Richard Humphreys 10 Susannah Budden 86 Joseph Stansbury, d., 20 Coxe, merch't, p.h'd, d., Lawrence, merc't, p.h'd, d., Joseph Turner, p.h'd, d., 514 Tho's Turner's est 120 James Humphreys, d., 5 Samuel Jefferys, d., 5 Joseph Morris, 175 George Mifflin, 100 Joseph Swift, mer't, 220 Thomas Beck, silvers'th, d., 2 Samuel Judah, 2 Amos Strettle, 135 Ben'n Willson's est 69 John Finney, coachm'r, d., 1 Alexander Todd, 100 John Stilly, taylor, d., 38 Cha's Meredith, d., 225 John Jenkins, 10 Jos. Mifflin's est'e, 12 John Sillevan, mar'r, d., 2 Adam Weaver, 16 Isaac Morton's est'e, 13 Adam Weaver, Jun'r, p.h'd, d., Anthony Yeldall, d., 20 Christopher Cairnes 2 Edward Dolind, d 2 Dean Timmons, 75 Sarah Brooks's est'e 5 Margaret Leech, 80 James Stevens, d., 84 Jno. Downing's est., 37 Samuel Pancoast, d., 5 Christian Rudolph, d., 3 Samuel Couty, gunsm'th, p.h'd, d., Stephen Blunt, d 4 John Slater, p.h'd, d., Nicholas Hand, p.h'd, d Thomas Crumbey, ba'r, d., 3 Joseph Saunders, d., 110 John Shields, merch't, d., 30 Isaac Fitzrandolph, 3 Lambert Cadwalader's est., 42 John Hannah, 58 Roger Flahavan, Jun'r, p.h'd, d., John Connely, p.h'd, Widow Willis's est'e, 5 John Wieglesworth, 10 James Clark, d., 4 James Clark, Jun'r, p.h'd, Hannah Hall, '. 30 James Mullen, p.h'd, Peter Stoy, sadler, 2 Edward Fife, 2 Thomas Betah, d., 2 Henry Roosen, d., 5 Andrew Kennedy, 10 Thomas Williams, 20 William Bevan, d., 40 James McCrea, d., 15 Mary Zane, 179 Jesse Zane, p.h'd, d., William Proctor, p.h'd, d., David Telfare, d., 40 Robert Stevenson, 7 Tho's Charlton's est 24 James Fisher, 6 Nicholas Brooks, 15 John Clark, shopk'r, d., 6 Thomas Gregory, d., 2 George Rankin, d., 10 Capt. Draisen's est., 60 William Savery, d., 60 Sam'l Cope's est'e, 8 William Savery, Ju'r, p.h'd, d., Thomas Savery, p.h'd, d., William Bedford, 2 Thomas Hern, p.h'd, Benja. Pittfield, d., 12 Roger Flahaven, Sen., 7 Gavin Hamilton, 10 Mary Maddox's est., 300 _____ Hamilton, Ju'r, p.h'd, John Elmsly, d., 50 James Gallagher, d., 15 William Adcock 10 John Lester, p.h'd William Thomas, 3 Andrew Gallagher, d., 6 Edward Ovington, p.h'd, d., _____ Noland, p.h'd, d., Matthew Potter, Elizabeth Test's est'e, 60 James Potter, p.h'd d., Ann Burdeau, Widow Mifflin's est'e 90 Richard Barry, innk'r, 10 Edward Pole, grocer, 10 Jonas Philips, d., 45 Deborah Claypoole, 20 Samuel Mifflin, 236 Patience Paschall's est'e, 10 Enoch Lyon, p.h'd, d., Elias Botner, d., 25 Thomas Meredith, cordw'r, d., 20 David Cummings, Sen'r, d., 36 His Son's est'e, d., 7 Lewis Grant, coppers'h, 130 John Donnell, merch't, d., 20 Sol'n Meyers Cohen, p.h'd, 5 Eleazor Levy, p.h'd, d., George Hefferman, d., 3 John Knight, innk'r, 28 John Philips, baker, 10 John Cope, 2 Ch'r Fisher, carpenter, 2 Alex'r Morrison, d 4 Alex'r Nelson, merch't, d 20 James Yaws, p.h'd, d., Edward Foxe, p.h'd, d., Samuel Seibert, d 4 William Pointle, p.h'd, d Christ'r Ludwig, 48 Mary Churt's est 20 George Felcker, cordw'r, 2 John Dean, bookb'r, 2 William Mason 2 John Williams 2 Jerem'a Smith, innk'r, d., 4 James Alexander, p.h'd John Alexander, p.h'd, Casper Geyer, taylor, d., 3 James Glenn, 40 John Trymuht, d 2 Elizabeth Hyde, 30 Joseph Boehm, 4 Joseph Shotwell's est'e, 14 Additional Comments: A Tax of Five Shillings in the Pound and Thirty Shillings p. Head (besides their Estates) laid on the Estates of the Inhabitants and on single Men of the City and County of Philadelphia in pursuance of a Supplement to the Act, entitled "An Act for emitting the Sum of Two hundred thousand pounds in Bills of Credit, for the defence of this State, and providing a fund for sinking the same by a Tax on all Estates, real and Personal, and on all Taxables within the same," passed in the Year of our Lord, one thousand, seven hundred and seventy seven. Assessed the 26th Day of May, 1779, JACOB LAUGHLIN, ROBERT CURRY, CHRISTIAN SNYDER, WILLIAM RUSH, GEORGE SCHLOSSER, PRESLEY BLACKISTONE, Assessors. [Note.—The "d" denotes "double tax."] Extracted from: Pennsylvania Archives Third Series Printed under direction of DAVID MARTIN, Secretary of the Commonwealth Edited by WILLIAM HENRY EGLE, M. D VOL. XIV HARRISBURG: Wm. Stanley Ray, State Printer 1897 PROVINCIAL PAPERS: PROPRIETARY, SUPPLY, AND STATE TAX LISTS OF THE City and County of Philadelphia FOR THE YEARS 1769, 1774 and 1779 EDITED BY WILLIAM HENRY EGLE, M. D WM. STANLEY RAY, STATE PRINTER OF PENNSYLVANIA 1897 PROPRIETARY TAX, County of Philadelphia 1769 Vol. XIV-3d Series This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/pafiles/ File size: 8.2 Kb This file is located at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/pa/philadelphia/taxlist/chestnutwardest1779.txt