Always Look At the Image, Not Just the Indexing

"Pennsylvania, Philadelphia City Death Certificates, 1803-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-64GS-47L?cc=1320976&wc=9FRT-SP8%3A1073227701 : accessed 3 March 2019), Film Number (Digital Folder Number) 004009605,  image 1172 of 1771; Philadelphia City Archives and Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.

Oh, for Pete's sake.

After years of periodically looking through FamilySearch's "Pennsylvania, Philadelphia City Death Certificates, 1803-1915" I finally found Solomon Hartley's death record in Philadelphia:

This is to Certify Solomon Hartley was accidentally Drowned. -- John Dennis Coroner
August 9th 1814
                                 Aged about 40 Years.

What has thrown me off all this time was how this record was indexed ("Solomon McCarkley" instead of "Solomon Hartley").  I should know better by now that indexing is not an exact science, and yet that appears to be the only reason I didn't find this record earlier.

The record basically reveals what I already knew, that he died about 40 years old about 1815 after drowning.  I didn't know the date, and further inspection of the record indicates that he was buried in the same cemetery as his brother George Hartley.

"Solomon Mccarkley"

Solomon's brother George Hartley.

I'm not sure if August 9 is the date Solomon died, or when he was examined by the coroner.

I had no idea that he was Baptist.



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Joseph H. Foster Had a Display For His Patent at the Franklin Institute in 1844

Two years earlier: "The Franklin Institute's exhibition of American Manufacturers, October 1842, at the Chinese Museum. Daguerreotype by Paul Beck Goddard."

The man with the flag pants, my 1st cousin 4xs removed, Joseph H. Foster, had an awning patent on display for the Franklin Institute's exhibition in 1844 in Philadelphia:

Philadelphia Inquirer (GenealogyBank)
15 Oct 1844
page 2
(excerpted from a longer article)

A Rich Display. Franklin Institute

The Exhibition of the present year is likely at least to equal any similar display.  It is impossible, however, to express a confident opinion at the present time, so many of the articles had not been finally arranged when we looked through the rooms yesterday.
--There are some splendid specimens in the collection, and others exhibiting extraordinary ingenuity and skill. Crowded as our columns are, it will not be in our power to notice every thing of merit and interest in the rich collection, but we will with pleasure specify any article to which our attention may be directed by friends or subscribers.  Contributors should be careful to label their specimens, and also to accompany them with descriptions, when novel or curious.  Too much in the way of commendation cannot be said in favor of an institution that is instrumental in collecting from year to year such abundant evidences of the progress of American skill and industry, and as the present is an opportune moment for direct and substantial approbation on the part of our citizens, we trust that the rooms will be crowded, morning, noon, and night, while they continue open.... 

The Lower Saloon....
Patent Awning.  This article is raised and lowered by means of a crank, at the post, and thus the trouble is saved of unhooking and untying, as is now done, with the old style of awnings.  Made and deposited by Joseph H. Fost, Philada.

NOTE: I could not find a patent entry for him in the Ancestry database U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Patents, 1790-1909.


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The Man With the Flag Pants

The death certificate of my 1st cousin 4x's removed, Joseph H. Foster (1819-1890), a grandson of my 4th great grandmother Mary Gwinnup and her second husband Antonio Joseph Oneto (? - ?).  Although he married twice he had no known children.  "Pennsylvania, Philadelphia City Death Certificates, 1803-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-6GY8-CPR?cc=1320976&wc=9FTM-829%3A1073245201 : 16 May 2014), 004009726 > image 1948 of 1961; Philadelphia City Archives and Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.

I think of this cousin every year around the 4th of July because he was apparently known for his flag pants, according to his second obituary:

Philadelphia Inquirer (GenealogyBank)
20 Nov 1890
page 6
FOSTER.--On the 17th inst., Joseph H. Foster, in the 71st year of his age.
The relatives and friends of the family, and the Masonic bodies of which he was a member, are respectfully invited to attend the funeral services, on Thursday morning, at 11 o'clock precisely, at his late residence, No. 1317 Arch street.  Interment private. 

Philadelphia Inquirer (GenealogyBank)
21 Nov 1890
page 5
Joseph H. Foster Dead.
The most noted "awning man" this city ever boasted, Joseph H. Foster, was buried from his home, 1317 Arch street, yesterday.  For more than forty years he made awnings---money out of his business, too.  He was known as the man with the flag pants, and always wore a big diamond in his necktie.  He was prominent in Masonic and Knights Templar circles.

I do wish I had a picture of him!

More detail about his work was given in Pennsylvania Historical Review, Gazetteer, Post-office, Express and Telegraph Guide : City of Philadelphia : Leading Merchants and Manufacturers (1886), page 211:

Joseph H. Foster, Awning Maker, etc., No. 448 North Third Street.--Mr. Foster began business in 1844. He occupies commodious premises and given employment to a large force of hands, manufacturing a line of goods unsurpassed for quality, durability and general excellence.  He is prepared to furnish sails for boats, American and business flags of all nations, awnings, tents, wagon and canal boat-covers, etc., and he also supplies sacking bottoms. hammocks, bags, etc., at short notice.  A specialty is made of splicing fall and wheel rope and repairing.  Mr. Foster is a thoroughly practical man, familiar with every detail of his business, and his aim has always been not only to secure trade, but to retain it by selling a first-class article at a reason-able figure.  He comes from an old Philadelphia family, and is well and favorably known both as a citizen and merchant.

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This Blog's First Post - October 30, 2010

Christine suffered a heart attack Sunday night and after several exciting medical adventures over the past two days, is currently recovering in the intensive care unit of a local hospital. So of course she isn't up to posting anything today and I promised I'd fill in with something from the past.

Here it is, still one of our most popular posts:

Solomon Joseph Hartley: Brick Wall everlasting?

My maiden name is Hartley. Captain Solomon Joseph Hartley (abt 1775-1815), who was a mariner in the late 1700's/early 1800's in the Philadelphia area, is my 4th-great-grandfather. When I first started my family tree it didn't sink in that he was only 1 of 64 4th-great-grandparents, and because I shared the same last name I put an undue amount of importance on his line.

The problem is, no one seems to know where he came from.

This is the original info I had on Solomon:

Captain Solomon Joseph Hartley, the progenitor of the family which forms the subject of this chapter, was a sea captain in Philadelphia, PA. He was born about the time of the beginning of the American Revolutionary War. He followed the sea from the time he was a boy and finally became a sea captain. He is known to have made long voyages to foreign countries and sometimes would be gone for three years on such trips. On one voyage to China he brought back some dishes which have been preserved by one of his descendants. [QUERY: DO WE NOW KNOW WHERE THESE DISHES ARE?] He had a brother, William, of whom nothing further is known than that he was resident either in Pennsylvania or New Jersey in 1815. Capt. Hartley married, about 1803, in Jersey City, NJ, Mary (Gwynap) (Clegg) Onetti, the widow of Joseph Onetti; he was her third husband...............
Capt. Hartley drowned in the Delaware River in 1815 at the age of 39, while rowing on the river near Philadelphia. ("It is greatly to be regretted," May Tibbetts wrote, "that some history of his branch of the Hartley family was not written down during his lifetime, to be preserved for his descendants." The widow Mary Hartley, who older sons were eight and 10 years old at the time of their father's untimely death, was left in straitened circumstances; she assumed again her occupation as glove maker and pursued that work for many years until her death, about 1855, at the home of her son, William Hartley, then of Camden, NJ.

Records indicate that the three sons of Capt. Solomon Joseph and Mary Hartley were provided with "good educations" and each was apprenticed to well-to-do Quaker families in Philadelphia. By this means, each learned a trade. All were reared in the Society of Friends, though in later life they did not all continue as members of this group.

The name Hartley immediately says "English" to most people, and one of my cousins, Richard Stanley Dunlop (who wrote the above quote), did quite a bit of research on other Hartley's in the Philadelphia area who all seemed to be of English heritage. When he assembled the list of possibilities there was no Internet as we know it today, and certainly no online genealogy sites. I took his extensive work and developed Ancestry* trees for those lines, soon discovering that Solomon Joseph Hartley did not fit into any of them.

Solomon had three children that we know of, all with his wife Mary Gwynap (??-abt 1855) (she is another monster of a brick wall): George Washington Hartley (1805-1880), William Hartley(1807-1874), and Abner Hartley (1813-1890).

I believe George W probably has the most descendants (I am one of them) and thus more people are likely looking for info on Solomon from that angle. George W claimed his father's birthplace was GER on the 1880 Census (the first federal census that asked for parents' place of birth).

Germany?? But Hartley isn't a German name! Well, actually it can be, it turns out, although I don't think it is very common, or is an anglicized version of Hertel or Hartle.

William only lived until 1874 so he didn't get to answer that question.

Abner, who was an obscure figure on my side compared to his brothers, was generally thought to have been born about 1809, a reasonable assumption of spacing between siblings, but wrong. He was born in 1813 and was only about 1 1/2 when his father drowned in the Delaware river. In the 1880 Census he put his father as from Poland.

Poland????

And then one of George W's sons, Marquis de Lafayette Hartley (1836-abt 1920), seemed to think Solomon was a Danish sailer. By this time it was decades away from the fact and he never met Solomon, so it is possible that he got it mixed up.

There is a Family Search/LDS/IGI record of Solomon Joseph Hartley married to a Miss Gijwnap, daughter of Giles Gijwnap. I'm not a big fan of the Family Search side of the LDS records, and this record is just strange. Mary Gwynap was supposedly born in New Jersey and was Scottish (although Gwynap says "Welsh" to me). At some point I will have to request the info on who submitted that data to LDS. But I digress...

I've noticed that in the 1800's and 1900's Censuses people would say that their parents were from Ireland or Germany or wherever and upon further investigation of the parents it would turn out that they were just of that ethnicity a generation or two back, and were actually from Pennsylvania or Maryland for example.

Anyway, none of this evidence on Solomon says "English" to me. I looked on the map and tried to figure out what area would have been in both Germany and Poland at some point around Solomon's time and that would work with the assertion that he "followed the sea from the time he was a boy," and came up with the tentative place of Danzig.

Solomon was gone a lot at sea, and didn't appear to be in any of the Federal Census records (although the New Jersey ones of his era were lost, so he might have been on one of those). It is possible that the Solomon Hartley in the modern-day Fishtown area of Philadelphia in the 1813 Philadelphia city directory is my guy, and possibly the 1810 Bridgeport address, but otherwise there seemed to be no documentation on him.

After months of looking around the web I discovered a wonderful index put together by the (late) Ruth Dixon that was on limited preview via Google Books:

Title Index to Seamen's protection certificate applications, port of Philadelphia, 1796-1823: record group 36, records of the Bureau of Customs, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, DC

Indexes to Seamen's Protection Certificate Applications and Proofs of Citizenship Author Ruth Dixon Edition reprint Publisher Genealogical Publishing Com, 2001 ISBN 0806345896, 9780806345895 Length 159 pages

Seamen's Protection Certificates were authorized by Congress in 1796 to identify American merchant seamen as citizens of the United States and, as such, entitled to protection against impressment at sea. This work is an index to the names of merchant seamen who made application for a Seamen's Protection Certificate (SPe at the Port of Philadelphia between 1796 and 1823. The names of 14,397 seamen appear in this new volume, and each is identified according to the date of the SPC application, age, race, and state or country of birth.

Limited preview - 2001 - 159 pages - Reference

Through this I found a Solomon Hartley (applied in 1803 at age 28, born in PA), a George Hartley (applied in 1794 at age ?? from Germany), and Joseph Onetto (likely Mary Gwynap's first son by her second husband Joseph Onetto). Umm, wow!! Hot stuff!

I contacted the National Archives and Records administration and they sent me copies of these certificates (so far my experience with NARA has rocked!).

Text of Solomon's protection certificate--anything in parenthesis are my comments:

(Content of the copy of the record of Solomon Hartley (n. 9566 Soloman Hartley, 2 Nov). The certificate is folded, with info on each side)

(inside)

Commonwealth of Penn.

Phildelphia County

Personally appeared before me the Subscriber one of the Justices of the Peace forsaid county, James Creed(?), who upon his sollemn Oath Sywreth and Sayeth, that Solloman Hartley to his certain knowledge was born at Pitsborough in the Commonwealth aforesaid, said Solloman is about twenty eight years of age, five feet five inches and three quarters high, brown hair, near unto black, blue eyes and dark complexion, a scarr under his left chinn on the upper part of his neck. A mark or scarr on the upper joynt of the little finger of his right hand-- Said Solloman Hartley acknowledges no government but the government of the state of Penn and generally the Government of the United States of America of whome he claims citizenship--

Sworn and subscribed before me Given under my hand and Seal the 2nd day of Novem. 1803

James Creed(?) (signed)

Salomon Hartley (signed) (might read Solomon, the writing is a little unclear)

Wm Robinson(?) (signed) (last name unclear)

So he's claiming to be from PITTSBURGH (Pitsborough) of all places lol. It just goes to show that when you assume things you'll miss out on other possibilities. For some reason I thought the population movement went from East to West in the early United States, but actually it makes sense. Pittsburgh isn't near the ocean, but it is near key rivers and maybe Solomon originally was a riverboat guy. Also, there were German immigrants in that area when he was born.


Text of George Hartley's protection certificate:

City of Philadelphia ss(?),

I Matthew Clarkson Mayor of the said City do hereby Certify that George Hartley Mariner son of George Hartley Labourer of Dantzig, where he was born, and arrived at Philadelphia--from Amsterdam----did this day take and subscribe before me the Oath of Allegiance prescribed by an Act of the General Assembly of the Common Wealth of Pennsylvania pass on the 13th day March 1789,--

five feet nine inches, dark compl.

Germany, Dansick

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my seal the--Third day of July 1794

Matthew Clarkson (signed), Mayor

DANZIG?? I just about fell over when I saw this. I'm not saying that this IS a relative of Solomon because I really have no way to prove it, but I made a pretty good guess at a mariner Hartley from Danzig! I do wonder if it IS a relative though.

So, I've made some progress on Solomon, but not as much as I'd like. I could never figure out what happened to his brother William mentioned in the quote toward the beginning.
I did recently contact the very helpful Joan Lowe, Corporate Archivist at ACE Archives for a search of the Insurance Company of North America (INA) voyage insurance records to see if his name came up, but he didn't. And I think if he was a captain he should have had a record. This makes me wonder if he was indeed a captain or if that was a natural exaggeration of status that happens so often in family genealogies lol. Ms. Lowe recommended that I contact the Philadelphia Seaport Museum library to see if they have any ideas, so that is the direction I'll go next, along with a new interest in early Pittsburgh.

As an aside, I do wish I knew how Solomon met Mary Gwynap. At that time she was twice-widowed Mary Gwynap Clegg Onetto, and mother to 2 young children, Joseph "Joe" Onetto (b abt 1796-1851) and Elizabeth "Betsey" Onetto (b abt 1800-???). Was Joseph Onetto elder a mariner as well? Did Joseph Onetto the elder and Solomon know each other?? Why on earth did Solomon and Mary get married in Jersey City, NJ, instead of Camden NJ or Philadelphia? I believe that one of Joe Onetto's own children said he was from Italy in the 1880 Census, and that seems to be one of those cases where he was of Italian ancestry (father Joseph Onetto probably WAS from Italy) rather than from Italy itself.


*I am an Ancestry subscriber, so my bias tends toward that service.


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George Hartley Did NOT Go To That Meeting

In previous posts I have speculated that Solomon Hartley (1775-1815) had a brother George Hartley who was also a mariner/rigger in the Northern Liberties area of Philadelphia in the early 1800s.  Here is a notice by this George Hartley declaring that he did not attend a meeting at the widow Clothier's ("sign of the Beehive") for raising wages:

The Subscriber,
Hereby gives notice to those Journeymen
Riggers who held a meeting at the widow
Clothier, sign of the Beehive, on the 15th inst.
for the purpose of raising their wages, that will
please to come forward, in a public manner and
clear me of the false report which has gone a-
broad, that I had attended the said meeting and
approved of the proceeding.  In case of neglect-
ing to do this, I shall consider them as the au-
thors of the report, and prosecute them to the
full extent of the law, for using my name to
serve their puposes, and to the injury of my
reputation.
George HartleyMay 22--d3t

-------------------------------
We, the Subscribers
Journeymen Riggers, do in this public man-
ner declare that neither George Hartley,
nor Martin Brown, were at the meeing held at
the widow Clothier's on the 15th inst. neither
has any of us said that they were.  We therefore
clear them of the false report that has gone a-
broad.
Joseph Wills,
Solomon Hartly,
George Ekhart,
John Mirkil,
Simon Johnson***,
Joseph Brown, x his mark.
Daniel Mark
Asa B. Bramble,
John Cristi,
Peter Walters,
F. F. Schluck,
Peter Fox, x his mark.
James Chembers,
George Carr,
John Walker, x his mark.
Frederick Keller [or Ketler?]
May 22--d3dt

"We, the Subscribers," Philadelphia Gazette (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), May 25, 1809, page 4, col. 3; digital image, GenealogyBank (https://www.genealogybank.com : 24 March 2018).

More names for the Solomon Hartley FAN club!




***Simon Johnson was known to be Solomon Hartley's brother-in-law: Solomon Hartley married Mary Gwinnup, and Simon Johnson married Elizabeth Gwinnup, Mary's sister.  Simon Johnson's son, Joseph A. Kelting, was my grandfather George W. Hartley's (1805-1880) first cousin.  Joseph Kelting was active in the Mormon church for many years.



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Limited Time Free Webinar: Catherine B. Wiest Desmarais presents "From Baltimore to Burlington: Hazen P. Day's Neighbors Bring Him Home"

I've been going through my 4th great grandfather Solomon Hartley's neighbors and associates in Philadelphia for years now, trying to see if I can find any more hints about his ancestry:

Solomon Joseph Hartley; 
Update on Solomon Joseph Hartley;
Update on the Update; 
Brick Wall part 1;
Brick Wall part 2;
Some Notes on People living along Coates' in Philadelphia circa 1810)

Plus, today I submit a summary of people living at the same address as Solomon Hartley in the Philadelphia directories (1807-1814):

1807
Emlen's Court
Barber John M (1768-1828?) bricklayer Emlen's court
Hartly Solomon, rigger Emlen's court
Parker Phoebe widow Emlen's court

1808
Emlen's Court
Barber John M. bricklayer Emlen's court
Hartley Solomon, rigger Emlen's court
Miller Michael, shoemaker Emlen's court
Wiley (?) Richard (1765-1842), ship joiner Emlen's court
 (note: "Wildey Richard, shipjoiner, Emlin's court" in 1809 city directory: http://www.archive.org/stream/philadelphiadire1809phil#page/312/mode/2up)

1810
43 Coates'
Hartley Soloman, rigger 43 Coates'
Stackhouse H. [Hastings?] (1781-1840)hatter 43 Coates' alley

1811
43 Coates'
Anderson John, rigger, near 43 Coates'
Hartley Solomon, rigger, 43 Coates'

1813
49 Browne/Brown
Fisher, Jacob (1777-1850) 49 Brown
Hartley Solomon 49 Browne
Shaffer John, tanner back 49 Browne

1814
49 Browne/Brown
Fisher George, drover 49 Browne
Fisher Jacob, carpenter 49 Browne
(note by 1830 Philadelphia city directory has him as "Fisher Jacob, house carp 50 Browne")
Hartley Solomon, mariner 49 Browne
Shaffer John, tanner back 49 Browne

I feel confident that he at least knew these people listed at the same address.  What relation or association they had with Solomon is as yet unknown, but they are leads.

I was very happy to see a similar FAN-type approach in a webinar presented this week by Catherine B. Wiest Desmarais, "From Baltimore to Burlington: Hazen P. Day's Neighbors Bring Him Home:"

A Maryland resident claimed an 1816 Vermont birth to Vermont-born parents, but no known record provides his specific birthplace or his parents' or siblings' names. Studying his ties to his neighbors and those associates who shared close geographic, vocational, political and religious proximity brings a Maryland man home to his Vermont family. Learn how the presenter analyzed, correlated, and  assembled common and lesser-known records to build a persuasive case.

Board for Certification of Genealogists
Runs 1 hour 11 minutes
Free to non-subscribers through March 27, 2018







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Some Notes on People living along Coates' in Philadelphia circa 1810

I did a post on the area already, but this is a little clearer on designating some key streets mentioned. The 1808 map I used in the previous post is lacking in many street names, so I had to use a later map for clarity. Ellet Charles, Jr., A Map of the County of Philadelphia from Actual Survey, 1843, map detail, original digitized at the Philadelphia Free Library: digital image, Greater Philadelphia GeoHistory Network (http://www.philageohistory.org/rdic-images/view-image.cfm/ellet : 3 March 2018).

This is a list of individuals living along Coates' Street (1810 Philadelphia City directory).  I created this list to get an idea of some of Solomon Hartley's neighborhood and neighbors around 1810.  I didn't check for individuals living slightly off Coates' and maybe I'll expand my search through those streets in the future.

There is some overlap with this list and the 1810 Census, although there are many more in the city directory.

This is just a preliminary survey of names.  I'll need to analyze each person and see what I can find out about them, and if they relate in any way to Solomon Hartley.  A second listing by street number might be helpful.  I'm not sure which direction the street numbers go, so that is something else I need to figure out.


MIDWIVES.

Anthony Mrs. 130 Coates'

The Phildelphia Directory for 1810

Alcock William, printcutter 19 and 21 Coates'
Andersen — — -, distiller 19 Coates' alley
Anthony Jacob, shipwright 57 Coates'
Ash James, jur. shipchandler corner of Coates' and Oak, dwelling 31 Coates'
Ashton George, shipwright and undertaker of old work, corner of Coates' and Oak
Ashton John, oakcooper 17 Coates' alley
Bacon John, lumber yard Oak near Coates'
Bannan John, cooper Coates's alley
Barger John, cedarcooper Fourth above Coates'
Beck Martin, carpenter 171 Coates'
Beck Peter, late storekeeper 180 Coates'
Belsterling Jacob, innkeeper corner Coates' and Third
Bennet Nathaniel, porter 172 Coates'
Besse John Baptist, gentleman 37 Coates' alley
Blest Thomas, hatter 49 Coates' alley
Bowlin John, labourer Coates' court
Brady John, watchman 40 Coates'
Brannegan Thomas, accomptant 167 Coates'
Brodie Andrew, grocer corner Coates' and Second
Brown James, tobacconist 36 Coates' alley
Caldwell Noble, labourer 214 Coates'
Cann Stuart, mariner 115 Coates'
Carpenter John, jun. bookbinder 34 Coates' alley
Carraway Charles, mariner 44 Coates'
Casnor John, carpenter 94 Coates'
Chamberlane Richard, carpenter 35 Coates' alley
Cheesman David, bricklayer 160 Coates'
Chester James, boot and shoemaker 167 Coates'
Christopher Michael, porter 134 Coates'
Claypoole Josiah, shoemaker 69 Coates'
Clymer Jacob, candle boxmaker 128 Coates'
Comerlow widow, bandbox maker 67 Coates'
Condon William, blacksmith shop Coates'-st. wharf, dwelling Beach near Maiden
Correy Lawrence, carter Fourth above Coates'
Courlet John B. gentleman Coates' alley
Darr John, victualler Rose alley near Coates'
Darr Nicholas, shoemaker 133 Coates'
Davis and Keen, shipjoiners Oak near Coates'
Deal John, porter 157 Coates'
Diehr and Lorar, smiths 104 Coates'
Dixon widow of captain, 120 Coates' [See Dickson.
Dougherty Hugh, labourer 108 Coates'
Drisden John, mariner 63 Coates'
Ducoing and Lacombe, merchants 18 Coates' alley
Eastick Stephen, plaisterer 169 Coates'
Ebert Peter, rigger 41 Coates'
Eldridge Jacob, labourer 65 Coates'
Ella John, labourer 42 Coates'
Fisher Samuel, mariner 64 Coates'
Fitler George, morocco dresser 122 Coates'
Foulke Elizabeth, gentlewoman 27 Coates'
Fox Justinean W. 39 Coates'
Francis John, carter Fourth above Coates'
Fyan John, shoemaker 39 Coates'
Garrish Levy, storekeeper 52 Coates'
Gibbs James, musician 58 Coates'
Glading Jos. nailer 197 St. John's and 93 Coates'
Goldsmith George, planemaker 85 Coates'
Gordon John, taylor 15 Coates' alley
Gourley John, grocer 385 north 3d corner of Coates'
Gray Joseph, porter Fourth above Coates'
Gregory and Clever, lumber yard Coates' st. wharf
Hannold George, taylor 49 Coates' alley
Harding James, cooper 9 1 Coates'
Harkey Charles, brassfounder 128 Coates'
Harrison Job, shoemaker 61 Coates'
Hartley Soloman, rigger 43 Coates'
Hartman Peter, chairmaker 39 Coates' alley
Hawthorn Hanse, labourer 204 Coates'
Hepp Adam, distiller 103 Coates'
Hess George, carter 102 Coates'
Hilyard John, bricklayer near 165 Coates'
Hood Mrs. widow 33 Coates'
Hoover Andrew, shoemaker 97 Coates'
Jackson Isaac, labourer 66 Coates'
Jared James, labourer 38 Coates'
Jefferson John, currier 107 Coates'
Jeffreys Edward, carter 137 Coates'
Johnson Andrew, mariner Coates' court
Jourdan Zachariah, labourer 68 Coates'
Kessler John, justice of the peace 166 Coates'
Kessler John, jun. grocer 164 Coates'
Kibler David, grocer 94 Coates'
Kingsland John, carpenter corner Coates' and Front
Krouskup George, carpenter 123 Coates'
Langbertels Augustus, sugarboiler 95 Coates'
Lavardee Francis, labourer 36 Coates'
Lawrence Thomas, taylor 66 Coates'
Leightel Jacob, porter 156 Coates'
Lorar Conrad, smith 99 Coates'
Long Christian, labourer 101 Coates'
Lord Thomas, shoemaker Fourth near Coates'
Lyons widow of E. 177 Coates'
M'Manes Robert, labourer 62 Coates'
Maggs Jacob, shoemaker 53 Coates'
Marks Daniel, rigger Fourth above Coates'
Marette Lewis, 33 Coates' alley
Maxwell John, tinsmith 72 Coates'
Mead Mary, widow 132 Coates'
Miller Andrew, smith 160 Coates'
Miller Jacob, shoemaker 89 Coates'
Moille M. winecooper 31 Coates' alley
Mona Ludwick, labourer 145 Coates'
Mottley Mary widow, 30 Coates' alley
Myers Michael, chinapacker Coates' court
Nagle Elizabeth, corner Coates' and St. John's
O'Hara James, travelling stationer, billsticker, ven-due cryer and shipwatch. Rose alley near Coates'
Owen Jesse, silver refiner 154 Coates'
Painter John, carpenter 152 Coates'
Pedrick Wm. labourer 101 Coates'
Peirce George, gentleman 23 Coates' alley
Pert Mary, 33 Coates'
Pinkerman Henry, bricklayer 155 Coates'
Pomroy Wm. L. shoemaker Fourth above Coates'
Pope Wm. labourer 64 Coates'
Potts George, tobacconist 41 Coates' and 4 Quarry
Poyner Francis, late bottler 32 Coates' alley
Probasco Henry, justice of the peace, corner Budd and Coates'
Qandrill Jane, shopkeeper Fourth above Coates'
Rauschenbery John, salt measurer Coates' court
Read Wm. F. copperplate printer Coates' court
Remshart Frederick, baker 172 Coates'
Renshaw James, carter 126 Coates'
Riday widow of John, 97 Coates'
Robinson Parker, carpenter 40 Coates' alley
Rookstool W. shoemaker 136 Coates'
Sailer John, taylor 18 north Water and 41 Coates' alley
Schoch Frederick, labourer 136 Coates'
Schoch Michael, shoemaker 78 Brown
Schoch Casper, teacher 99 Coates'
Schrunk widow of George, 200 Coates'
Senneff John, taylor 99 Coates'
Senneff Ann, widow 106 Coates' and 186 south Front
Seybert John, labourer 36 Coates'
Shoemaker Christian, combmaker 59 Coates'
Shuttle Daniel, labourer 143 Coates'
Singer John, mariner 137 Coates'
Smith Cornelius, labourer 165 Coates'
Snagg Thomas, carter 65 Coates'
Spalding Matilda, widow 87 Coates'
Stackhouse H. hatter 43 Coates' alley
Stiner Henry, carpenter 122 Coates'
Stout George P. welldigger 125 Coates'
Stout John P. vendue cryer 106 Coates'
Stratton Fithian, gentleman 69 Coates'
Stretch Mrs. nurse 53 Coates'
Swats John, shoemaker 151 Coates'
Swats Jacob, shipwright 101 Coates'
Tackman Christian F. baker 144 Coates'
Teel Rosina, widow 106 Coates'
Tomlin and Brown, grocers corner Coates' and Oak
Tucker Samuel, shoemaker 89 Coates'
Vinyard Elizabeth, widow 62 Coates'
Wallis Charles, ornament cutter 65 Coates'
Walter Stephen, constable 34 Coates'
Watman Adam, porter 96 Coates'
Weazey Samuel, shoemaker 53 Coates'
Weaver John, M.D. N. E. corner Coates' and 2d
Weckerly A. victualler 127 Coates' and 27 N. Shambles'
Weckerly Wolery, oakcooper corner 4th and Coates'
Whiteman John, shoemaker 40 Coates'
Wieatt Ann, teacher 60 Coates'
Wightinburg Michael, bookbinder 124 Coates'
Williams Charles, sea captain 29 Coates'
Wilson Charles, rigger. 44 Coates'
Wilson Isaac, accomptant 50 Coates'
Wilson Seth, taylor 30 Coates' alley
Wisler Jacob, labourer 117 Coates'
Wood James, boatbuilder 55 Coates'
Wright Wm. shoemaker 200 Coates'



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Cross-Referencing Neighbors to Solomon Hartley in the 1810 Federal Census and the 1810 Philadelphia City Directory

In an effort to expand my elusive ancestor Solomon Hartley's FAN club, I've taken some notes using the many of the names near Solomon (pages 8 and 9 of the Census) and cross-referenced them with the 1810 Philadelphia city directory.

"Salmon Hartly" among some of his neighbors in Philadelphia.  1810 U.S. census, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Northern Liberties, p. 147 (stamped), line 8, Salmon Hartly; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 1 March 2018); citing National Archives microfilm publication M252, roll 56.

Hartley Soloman, rigger 43 Coates'

Solomon Hartley's household consists of the following:
Free White Persons - Males - Under 10: 2
Free White Persons - Males - 26 thru 44: 1
Free White Persons - Females - Under 10: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 26 thru 44: 1
Number of Household Members over 25: 2
Number of Household Members: 5

I suspect this household consists of:
sons George W. Hartley (5) and William Hartley (3)
Solomon Hartley (35) 
Elizabeth "Betsey" Onetto (almost 10), Mary's daughter with her previous husband Antonio "Anthony" Joseph Oneto (b ??).
wife Mary Gwinnup (38)

On the previous page in the 1810, I've incuded John Kingsland, Wm Alcock, Elizabeth Feltz, Isaac Robeson, Elizabeth Thatcher and Henry Deringer.

Kingsland John, carpenter corner Coates' and Front (page 159)

John Kingsland (in the 1810 Census)
Free White Persons - Males - Under 10:  1
Free White Persons - Males - 16 thru 25: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 16 thru 25: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 26 thru 44: 1
Number of Household Members Under 16: 1
Number of Household Members Over 25: 1
Number of Household Members: 4

Alcock William, printcutter 19 and 21 Coates' (page 15)

Wm Alcock (in the 1810 Census)
Free White Persons - Males - Under 10: 2
Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 15: 2
Free White Persons - Males - 45 and over: 1
Free White Persons - Females - Under 10: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 15: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 16 thru 25: 1
Number of Household Members Under 16: 6
Number of Household Members Over 25: 1
Number of Household Members: 8



Elizabeth Feltz
Free White Persons - Females - 26 thru 44: 1
Number of Household Members Over 25: 1
Number of Household Members: 1

(not found in 1810 city directory, looked under Feltz, Foltz, Voltz, and variations)

I don't find Isaac Robeson in 1810 city directory, he might possibly be the Isaac Robinson labourer on 34 Budd (page 238)

Isaac Robeson (in the 1810 Census)
Free White Persons - Males - Under 10: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 16 thru 25: 2
Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 15: 2
Free White Persons - Females - 16 thru 25: 2
Free White Persons - Females - 45 and over: 1
Number of Household Members Under 16: 3
Number of Household Members Over 25: 1
Number of Household Members: 8

Is Elizabeth Thatcher the Thatcher E. widow of Richard, 76 Vine?? (page 279)

Elizabeth Thatcher (in the 1810 Census)
Free White Persons - Males - Under 10: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 15: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 15: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 16 thru 25: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 26 thru 44: 1
Number of All Other Free Persons: 1
Number of Household Members Under 16: 3
Number of Household Members Over 25: 1
Number of Household Members: 6

Deringer Henry, gunsmith 29 Green (page 80)

Henry Deringer (in the 1810 Census)
Free White Persons - Males - 16 thru 25: 2
Free White Persons - Males - 26 thru 44: 2
Free White Persons - Females - 16 thru 25: 1
Number of Household Members Over 25: 2
Number of Household Members: 5

On the same page as Solomon: John Shreeves, Enock Walters, John Fian, Peter Ebert, Wm Harrison, Jon Anderson, Essex Brady, Samuel Jones, Jonathan Stretch, James Penson, and James Faris. 

Shreve John rigger loft 6'south Wharves and 399 north Front (page 253)

John Shreeves (in the 1810 Census)
Free White Persons - Males - 26 thru 44: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 16 thru 25: 1
Number of Household Members Over 25: 1
Number of Household Members: 2

Is Enock Walters the same as "Walter E. glover 5 Brewers alley"? (page 293).

Enock Walters (in the 1810 Census)
Free White Persons - Males - 16 thru 25: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 26 thru 44: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 16 thru 25: 1
Number of Household Members Over 25: 1
Number of Household Members: 3

Is John Fian the same person as "Finn John, smith 21 Pewterplatter alley"? (page 99)

John Fian (don't find in 1810 directory)
Free White Persons - Males - 45 and over: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 45 and over: 1
Number of Household Members Over 25: 2
Number of Household Members: 2

Ebert Peter, rigger 41 Coates' (page 90)

Peter Ebert (in the 1810 Census)
Free White Persons - Males - Under 10: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 26 thru 44: 1
Free White Persons - Females - Under 10: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 26 thru 44: 1
Number of Household Members Under 16: 2
Number of Household Members Over 25: 2
Number of Household Members: 4

There are two William Harrisons, but I suspect the mariner due to profession and address. "Harrison William, mariner Coxe's alley" (page 128)

William Harrison (in the 1810 Census)
Free White Persons - Males - Under 10: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 45 and over: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 15: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 45 and over: 1
Number of Household Members Under 16: 2
Number of Household Members Over 25: 2
Number of Household Members: 4

There are quite a few, but I suspect the John Anderson in N.L. (Northern Liberties). "Anderson John, rigger Oak (N.L.)" (page 18).

John Anderson (in the 1810 Census)
Free White Persons - Males - 45 and over: 1
Free White Persons - Females - Under 10: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 15: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 16 thru 25: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 26 thru 44: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 45 and over: 1
Number of Household Members Under 16: 2
Number of Household Members Over 25: 3
Number of Household Members: 6

Lots of Bradys, I suspect the John Brady because of address "Brady John, watchman 40 Coates'" (page 42).

Essex Brady (in the 1810 Census)
Number of All Other Free Persons 7
Number of Household Members 7
 NOTE: this indicates non-white, most likely Black.  How nice to see non-whites listed in the census so early!




Solomon Hartley (see beginning of post)

Carraway Charles, mariner 44 Coates' (page 56).

Charles Carraway is not on the census, but is in the directory at 44 Coates' (Solomon Hartley was at 43 Coates', which had to be next door).

I don't know which one he is (page 152).

Samuel Jones (on 1810 Census)
Free White Persons - Males - Under 10: 2
Free White Persons - Males - 26 thru 44: 1
Free White Persons - Females - Under 10: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 26 thru 44: 1
Number of Household Members Under 16: 3
Number of Household Members Over 25: 2
Number of Household Members: 5

I don't find a Jonathan Stretch, but I find a "Stretch Mrs. nurse 53 Coates'" (page 273) who lives near Solomon.

Jonathan Stretch (in the 1810 Census)
Free White Persons - Males - Under 10: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 26 thru 44: 1
Free White Persons - Females - Under 10: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 15: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 16 thru 25: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 45 and over: 1
Number of Household Members Under 16: 3
Number of Household Members Over 25: 2
Number of Household Members: 6

It might actually read James Pearson instead of Penson, in which case I find this "Pearson James, city surveyor 17 north Seventh" (page 218).  Seems unlikely due to profession, age, and address.

James Penson (don't find in 1810 directory, household as follows in 1810 Census)
Free White Persons - Males - Under 10: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 16 thru 25: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 16 thru 25: 1
Number of Household Members Under 16: 1
Number of Household Members: 3





James Faris (don't find in 1810 directory, although I did find a variety of Ferris/Farris last names)
Number of All Other Free Persons 2
Number of Household Members 2
NOTE: This indicates non-white, most likely Black.

Farther down the page from Solomon: James Wood, Jacob Antony, Caty Hagar, Job Harrison, Christian Shoemaker, Wm Carer, Jacob Frantz, Thos Sorag, Benja Mall/Mull, Mrs C. Camerlowe, and John Thomas.

Although there are a few James Wood, I suspect that "Wood James, boatbuilder 55 Coates'" is the right one (page 311).

James Wood (in the 1810 Census)
Free White Persons - Males - 26 thru 44 1
Free White Persons - Females - Under 10 2
Free White Persons - Females - 26 thru 44 1
Number of Household Members Under 16 2
Number of Household Members Over 25 2
Number of Household Members 4

Anthony Jacob, shipwright 57 Coates' (page 19).

Jacob Antony (in the 1810 Census)
Free White Persons - Males - Under 10: 2
Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 15: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 26 thru 44: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 15: 2
Free White Persons - Females - 26 thru 44: 1
Number of Household Members Under 16: 5
Number of Household Members Over 25: 2
Number of Household Members: 7




Caty Hagar or Hazar (don't find in 1810 directory, household as appears in 1810 Census)
Free White Persons - Males - Under 10: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 26 thru 44: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 15: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 16 thru 25: 1
Number of Household Members Under 16: 2
Number of Household Members Over 25: 1
Number of Household Members: 4

Harrison Job, shoemaker 61 Coates' (page 127).

Job Harrison (in the 1810 Census)
Free White Persons - Males - Under 10: 3
Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 15: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 16 thru 25: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 45 and over: 1
Free White Persons - Females - Under 10: 2
Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 15: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 26 thru 44: 1
Number of Household Members Under 16: 7
Number of Household Members Over 25: 2
Number of Household Members: 10

Shoemaker Christian, combmaker 59 Coates' (page 253)

Shoemaker Christian (in the 1810 Census)
Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 15: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 26 thru 44: 1
Free White Persons - Females - Under 10: 4
Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 15: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 26 thru 44: 1
Number of Household Members Under 16: 6
Number of Household Members Over 25: 2
Number of Household Members: 8


William Carer (don't find in 1810 directory, as appears in 1810 Census)
Free White Persons - Males - 16 thru 25: 1
Free White Persons - Females - Under 10: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 16 thru 25: 1
Number of Household Members Under 16: 1
Number of Household Members: 3

Is Jacob Frantz the same guy as "Franks Jacob, tanner Noble near Fourth (see Frank." (page 105).

Jacob Frantz (possible Jacob Franks, in the 1810 Census)
Number of All Other Free Persons 4
Number of Household Members 4
NOTE: This indicates non-white, most likely Black.

Savery Thomas, carpenter near 5 South alley. (page 245)  Might be the same person as "Thomas Sorag" as indexed in the Ancestry 1810 Census.

Thomas Sorag(?), possibly Savery (in the 1810 Census)
Free White Persons - Males - Under 10: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 15: 2
Free White Persons - Males - 16 thru 25: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 26 thru 44: 1
Free White Persons - Females - Under 10: 2
Free White Persons - Females - 26 thru 44: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 45 and over: 1
Number of Household Members Under 16: 5
Number of Household Members Over 25: 3
Number of Household Members: 9

Is Benja Mall/Mull associated with Moille?  Moille M. winecooper 31 Coates' alley (page 198).

Benjamin Mall or Mull (in the 1810 Census)
Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 15: 2
Free White Persons - Males - 26 thru 44: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 16 thru 25: 1
Number of Household Members Under 16: 2
Number of Household Members Over 25: 1
Number of Household Members: 4

Comerlow widow, bandbox maker 57 Coates' (page 65).

Mrs C Comerlow (MAYBE, very hard to read, in the 1810 Census)
Free White Persons - Females - 26 thru 44: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 45 and over: 1
Number of Household Members Over 25: 2
Number of Household Members: 2

He could be any of these guys (page 280).

John Thomas (in the 1810 Census)
Number of All Other Free Persons 4
Number of Household Members 4

NOTE: This indicates non-white, most likely Black. 

The final round of people near Solomon Hartley in 1810.  Fithian Stratton, Josiah Claypole, Thos Alston, John Able, Daniel Slack, Daniel Henry, John Begle, John Higgins, Joseph Brown, John Steele, Pearson Comly, and George Nego.

Stratton Fithian, gentleman 69 Coates' (page 272).

Fithian Stratton (in the 1810 Census, Ancestry indexes as Hatton)
Free White Persons - Males - 45 and over: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 45 and over: 2
Number of Household Members Over 25: 3
Number of Household Members: 3

Claypoole Josiah, shoemaker 69 Coates' (page 61).

Josiah Claypoole (in the 1810 Census)
Free White Persons - Males - 26 thru 44: 1
Free White Persons - Females - Under 10: 2
Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 15: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 16 thru 25: 1
Number of Household Members Under 16: 3
Number of Household Members Over 25: 1
Number of Household Members: 5

I don't find a Thos Alston (or any Alston), but I do find "Altimus Thomas, teacher 85 Coates'" in roughly the same place (page 17).

Thos Alston (or possibly Thomas Altimus, in the 1810 Census)
Free White Persons - Males - Under 10: 2
Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 15: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 16 thru 25: 2
Free White Persons - Males - 45 and over: 2
Free White Persons - Females - Under 10: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 16 thru 25: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 45 and over: 1
Number of Household Members Under 16: 4
Number of Household Members Over 25: 3
Number of Household Members: 10

These are likely the "Abel John and Joseph, carpenters 10 [40?] Brown" (page 13)

John Able (in the 1810 Census)
Free White Persons - Males - Under 10: 2
Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 15: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 45 and over: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 15: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 16 thru 25: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 26 thru 44: 1
Number of Household Members Under 16: 4
Number of Household Members Over 25: 2
Number of Household Members: 7



Joseph Able (in the 1810 Census)
Free White Persons - Males - Under 10: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 16 thru 25: 1
Free White Persons - Females - Under 10: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 16 thru 25: 1
Number of Household Members Under 16: 2
Number of Household Members: 4

Slack Daniel, shipwright 12 Brown (page 257)

Daniel Slack (in the 1810 Census)
Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 15: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 26 thru 44: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 26 thru 44: 1
Number of All Other Free Persons: 1
Number of Household Members Under 16: 1
Number of Household Members Over 25: 2
Number of Household Members: 4

Henry Daniel, shipwright 16 Brown (page 133).

Daniel Henry (in the 1810 Census)
Free White Persons - Males - 26 thru 44: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 26 thru 44: 1
Number of Household Members Over 25: 2
Number of Household Members: 2



John Begle (, as he appears in the 1810 Census, I don't find in 1810 city directory, possibly related to "Belger James, 28 Moravian alley" (page 31))
Free White Persons - Males - Under 10: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 16 thru 25: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 26 thru 44: 1
Free White Persons - Females - Under 10: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 15: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 26 thru 44: 1
Number of Household Members Under 16: 3
Number of Household Members Over 25: 2
Number of Household Members: 6

Higgins Lott, carpenter 18 Brown (page 135).

Lott Higgins (in the 1810 Census)
Free White Persons - Males - 26 thru 44: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 26 thru 44: 1
Number of Household Members Over 25: 2
Number of Household Members: 2

Brown Joseph, 313 Sassafras (page 46).

He could also be one of these guys (page 47).

Joseph Brown (in the 1810 Census)
Free White Persons - Males - Under 10: 2
Free White Persons - Males - 16 thru 25: 2
Free White Persons - Females - Under 10: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 16 thru 25: 2
Number of Household Members Under 16: 3
Number of Household Members: 7

Steel John Q. taylor 22 Brown (page 267).

John Steele (in the 1810 Census)
Free White Persons - Males - Under 10: 2
Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 15: 2
Free White Persons - Males - 26 thru 44: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 45 and over: 2
Free White Persons - Females - 16 thru 25: 1
Number of Household Members Under 16: 4
Number of Household Members Over 25: 3
Number of Household Members: 8

I don't find a Pearson Comly, but I do find a number of Comlys in the directory (page 65).

Pearson Comly (in the 1810 Census)
Free White Persons - Males - 16 thru 25: 1
Free White Persons - Females - Under 10: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 16 thru 25: 1
Number of Household Members Under 16: 1
Number of Household Members: 3




George Nego (in the 1810 Census, I don't find him in 1810 city directory)
Free White Persons - Males - 16 thru 25: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 16 thru 25: 1
Number of Household Members: 2




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