Occupation and Use of the 500 block of Market Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1680-1850:

An Historic Resource Study conducted for Independence National Historical Park

Sharon Ann Holt, Ph.D
Research Associate of the Philadelphia Center for Early American Studies
University of Pennsylvania

August, 1997


Appendix C. NORTH SIDE: List of Owners, Alphabetical
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HIGH ST. 5th to 6th, North side
 
Bagaley, William, 1856
Baker, Samuel, <1805
Beates, Conrad, 1791-1800
Beates, Conrad, heirs of, 1820
Beates, William, 1800-1805
Bell, William, 1787-1801
Bilsland, Wm. 1800-1807
Boush, Adam, 1787
Brinton, J. H., 1806
Bucknell, William, jun., 1859
Cadwalader, John and Martha
Chamberlain, Charles, 1787
Clark, Michael F., 1829-1841
Cooper, George, 1797
Cope, Caleb, 1855-56
Cope, John, 1787
Craig, John, 1801
Craig, Seth, 1806-1831
Cresson's est., 1839 [Comm]
Cresson, Clement, 1831 [Comm]
Cresson, Jas. E., 1831 [Comm]
Cresson, Joseph, 1836
Dale, Ross, and Withers, 1856
Davis & Co., 1848
Donaldson, Joseph and Mary, <1810
Dunlap, Dr. James, 1787
Durborow, John
Earp, Messrs., 1831-35
Eberle, Adam, 1822-1853
Ellis, Rowland
Emlen, Hudson, 1759
Emlen, Hudson, 1759
Emlen, Rachel , 1759
Emlen, Rachel, 1759
Emlen, Rachel, 1759
Emlen, Rachel, 1759
Emlen, Rachel, 1759
Emlen, Samuel's home, 1783-1822
Emlen, Samuel late, "had whole lot," 1822
Emlen, Sarah, 1759
Emlen, Sarah, 1759
Emlen, Sarah, 1806 (whole)
Esler, Jacob estate, 1787
Fassitt, Jas. W. 1854
Fassitt, Jas. W. 1854
Foulke, [Capt.?] Caleb, 1783
Foulke, Amos, 1787
Foulke, Caleb's estate, 1787
Gilbert, Frederick, est. dec.d, 1854
Guier, John 1794-1821
Guier, William 1791-1830
Gunkel, Michael, 1783-1822
Hassinger, Jacob 1805-1825, est 1826-31
Head, John, and wife, 1762-1765
Heise, Frederic, 1791-1801
Helmuth, John, 1815
Hine, John, 1788
Hoskins and Ha[i]skell, 1852
Howell, Mary, 1759
Hudson, Mary, (dau of Samuel) 1759
Hudson, Mary, (dau of Wm. jun.), 1759
Hudson, Mary, < 1786
Hudson, Samuel, 1787
Hudson, William
Hudson, William, jun. 1759
Hudson, William, jun., 1759
Kimel, Adam <1771
Knox and Boggs
Lang, James, 1787
Leaming, Furman, 1831
Levick, Richard R. and Robert, 1856
Moore, Thomas, 1786-1806
Moore, Thomas, 1786-1806
Newkirk, Mathew 1831
North, Stephen, 1810-1825
Owens, Hannah and Rachel, 1759
Palmer, Thomas, >1786
Pemberton, John, <1801
Pemberton, John, heirs of, 1801
Pennock, Abraham Lidden and Mary Lewis, 1856
Pogue, Joseph, 1831
Redman, Dr. Joseph, 1787
Reed and Gray, 1826
Reinholdt, George, 1787-1800
Richardson, John, 1826
Richardson, John, 1859
Roberts, Edward and Mary
Rosette and Bicking, 1831
Scattergood, John 1791-1800
Seckel, Henry, 1800 (earlier? est. 1787?)
Sellers, Nathan V. D., 1783-1829
Sellers, Samuel, 1855
Sheaf, Widow 1805
Sheaf, William's estate, 1787
Sheaf, William, 1783-88
Sheaf, William, 1806
Sheaf, William, heirs of, 1806
Sheaf, Wm 1791
Shewall, Thomas, 1822, 1836
Slaughter, William (late), 1831
Spier, Jacob's house, 1783
Stacks, James, 1787
Staticorn, Samuel, 1787
Stein, Jacob, grocer, 1787
Steinmetz, 1806
Sterling, 1831
Swett, Benjamin, <1764
Swett, Benjamin, 1764
Syng, Charles' estate, 1787
Syng, Charles, 1783-c. 1810
Tams, S., 1831
Tams, William, nwc 5th and High, 1825
Thompson, Charles, >1779
Truck, John, 1856 [Comm]
Vanderkemp, J. 1815-1831
Welfling, Henry, 1765-1779
Welfling, Henry, 1820 [Comm]
Wharton, Robert 1790s, 1830 (earlier; front?)
Wharton, Widow's estate, 1787
Wharton, Widow's estate, 1787
Wistar, Caspar, 1795
Wright, Peter 1843
 
North along 6th Street, High to Commerce/South
Crilly, Thomas, 1832
Donaldson, Mary, 1810-1825
Howell, Miss, 1848
Moore, Thomas, 40 X 68, 1783
Syng, Charles, 60 x 68, 1783
 
East along Commerce St. south side, from 6th to 5th
 
Baker, Samuel, 1805
Bell, William, 1787-1801
Branton (or Brinton), J. H., stables, 1806
Craig, John, 1801
Craig, Seth, 1806-1831
Cresson's J. E. est, 1831
Cresson est, 1839
Cresson, Clement 1831
Cresson, Joseph and John H., 1815,
Dale, Ross and Wither, 1856,
Emlen, Samuel's home, 1783-1822
Emlen, Sarah, 1806
Fite, George, 1767
Foulke, Caleb, 1783 etc.
Fritz, Jacob, 1825
Guier, John, 1794-1821
Gunkel, Michael, 1783-1832
Hassinger, David, 1871,
Hassinger, Jacob, 1820
Hassinger, Jonathan K.
Helmuth, John, 1815
Hoskins and Ha[i]skell, 1852,
Keighler, Christopher, 1800
Klein, George, 1765
Middleton, Joseph, 1831
Moore, Thomas, 1788-1806
Moore, Thomas, 1788-1806 (?)
Pemberton stables
Pemberton, John, 1768 (stables?)
Pemberton, John, heirs of, 1801
Peter, Abraham, 1765-1800
Seal, Joseph H., 1838
Sheaf, William, 1783-88
Swett, Benjamin, 1765
Welfling, Henry, 1762-1765
Welfling, Henry, 1820
Wetherill, Samuel, # 8 Commerce
Yorke, Thomas (?), < 1779
 
South along 5th street, west side, from Commerce to High.
 
Barker, Peter, 1764,
Hudson, Mary, dau of Samuel, g. d. of Wm Hudson, 1785
Hudson, William, 1759
Rabsom, Jacob and Wife Cleophia
Richle [Richt], [John] Si[e]gmund, 1802
Richle [Richt], William, 1840,
Rosenbruch, Theophilus, 1853,
Shepperd, Thomas, 1821,
 
East along Commerce St, north side, from 6th to 5th
Beck, Paul, 1839
Beck, William Henry, 1856
Brookes, John, 1836
Brown, John A., 1853
Bryan, Dr., 1842
Croft, Samuel, 1845-1859, then east 33.8 feet to
Dore, Jacob, 1838
Douradore, Bernard, 1839
Erwin, John, 1793 (2 frame houses with kitchen behind)
Esler, John, [1800]
Fritz, Jacob (or John), 1830-31
Johns, Agnes, 1801
Joncy, Rachel, <1793
Kemble, Charles, 1831
Kemble, Charles, 1856
Metcalf, Susan (late), 1838 (rec'd land in Wm. Hudson's will, 1803)
Reinboth (or Reinholdt), J. D., 1849
Seal, Joseph H., 1856
Simons, John, 1801
Wetherill, M[ordecai?], 1838
Wetherill, Mordecai, 1831
Winder, William H., 1838
 
North along 5th street, west side, from Commerce to North Alley (Cuthbert)
 
Bailey, Lydia (?), 1870
Bailey, Lydia R., 1831
Betton, Joseph, 1783
Bitting, Lewis, 1785
Clark, William W., 1846
DeSaa, Peter Arnould, 1797
Dixon, John, 1838
Eckfeldt, Jacob, <1785
Eckfeldt, Jacob, 1772-1785
Erwin, Henry, [1800]
Fire Association, 1866
Gerker, Henry, 1856
Haviland, 1831
Justice, Philip, 1853
Justice, Philip, 1853
Meyer, Benjamin, 1785
Owen, Evan, 1783
Parke, Samuel, 1800
Ritter, Charles, 1840
Ritter, Henry, heirs of, 1800
Savery, Thomas
Sellers, Coleman, 1821
Zantzinger, Adam, 1785
 
West along North Alley (Cuthbert), south side, from 5th to 6th
 
Biddle, Messrs and Co., 1867
Brown, John A., 1853
Drummond, Josiah, 1826
Elsegood, Mathew, 1835
Gano, John, 1826-28
Graham, John H. 1871
Herbert, Michael, <1791
Hopper, William, 1853
Jessup, Augustus, 1856
Larkey, Edward, 1783
Livezey, Samuel, 1848
Masters & Tomlinson, 1856
Moore & Jessup, 1852-3
Reinholdt, J. D. 1849
Snyder, Benedict, >1791
Suplee and Myers, 1856
Tilagher, Mrs., 1828
 
South along 6th street, east side, from North Alley (Cuthbert) to South Alley (Commerce)
 
Abbott, John, 1829
Brand, Jacob
Brand, Martha Gardner, 1793-1801
Bruder, George, 1856
Bucknell, William, Jr., 1859
Clark, Michael F. 1831
Clark, Michael F., 1831
Clark, Michael F., 1831
Clark, Michael F., 1831
Clark, Michael F., 1834
Clopp, John, 1828
Cross, Peter, 1791-1806
Cross, Peter, 1791-1806
Douradore, Bernard, 1840, 1843
Ebberle, Charles, 1801
Eicholtz, Jacob, 1828
Emerick, George, 1829-34
Emerick, William, 1829-34
Empsons, Elizabeth, 1793
Erwin, Robert
Etter, Philip, heirs of, c. 1771
Garriques, William, 1814?
Graff, ??, 1828
Haverstick, William, 1829
Howells, Christian, 1791
Howells, Christian, 1791
Hudson, Susannah
Hudson, Susannah, <1775
Hudson, Susannah, <1793
Jessup, A. E., 1856
Kern, Horatio, 1856
Kern, Horatio, 1856
Manufacturers and Mechanics Savings and Loan Co, 1858
Marley, Richard Jackson, 1775-c.1791
Marley, Rosanna (widow?), 1842
Marley, William, 1819
Parris, c. 1791-c. 1798
Rushac, heirs, c. 1791
Sellars, Samuel, 1830
Sphon, William, 1819
Wood, Thomas, c. 1791

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