A Boyer
At least four 1st tier candidates found in PA records:
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Andrew Boyer, 1764-1840, Upper Bern TWP, PA, carpenter
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Andrew Boyer, b ca 1781/90 - d 1858, Norristown, PA, house carpenter
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Andrew Boyer, b 1769 Norristown, PA - d 1850 Beaver TWP, OH, cabinet maker
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Abraham Boyer, Philadelphia, PA, 1796 to 1816 records as carpenter and house carpenter
The GAWP5 entry is edited to include only the "B" imprint as that relates to a plane likely from PA.
A Boyer
Four 1st tier candidates
GAWP5 lists two separate imprints for A Boyer, "A" and "B". This entry covers only the 2nd imprint "B" as it relates to a plane likely to be "from rural PA".
Andrew Boyer
b 1764-d 1840, Upper Bern TWP, PA, carpenter
2nd wife Catherine Schlappig m 1825
children include; Samuel, Jacob, John, Sarah, Lydia, Polly, Rebecca, Susan, Lovina and Andrew.
His 1840 inventory included; 9 planes and a 1 carpenter bench with sundry tools. The inventory sale provided a more detailed account of the tools; a plow plane, (grewve) plane, 16 planes, 2 large planes, 4 gauges, 7 augers, compass, chisels, foot measure, 3 squares, vice, a lot of old carpenter tools, drawknife.
Andrew Boyer, Upper Bern, family details from "American Boyers"
Andrew Boyer, Upper Bern, 1840 inventory excerpt
Andrew Boyer, Upper Bern, 1840 inventory sale excerpt
Andrew Boyer
b ca 1781/90 - d 1858, Norristown, PA, house carpenter
1807 tax listing as a carpenter and a 1813 deed as a house carpenter, both in Norriton.
wife Elizabeth
His funeral was May 3 1858 at St. John's Episcopal Church.
Andrew Boyer, 1807 Norriton tax, carpenter
Andrew Boyer, 1813 Norriton deed excerpt, house carpenter
Andrew Boyer
b 1769 Norristown, PA - d 1850 Beaver TWP, OH, cabinet maker
His family moved from Montgomery Co. to Huntingdon Co. between 1796 and 1799. This move precludes this Andrew from being the Andrew, carpenter / house carpenter, in the above referenced 1807 and 1813 Mongomery Co. records.
m Susan Hiestand in 1799 in Huntingdon Co., PA. Moved to OH before 1818.
children; Barbara 1802, Susan 1811 and Henry 1818 ... with Susan b in PA and Henry b in OH.
Andrew's father was named Abraham Boyer as was his grandfather. These elder Abrahams immigrated from Germany and settled in Norristown where they died in 1796 and 1754 respectively. Andrew's grandfather's inventory included augers, chisels, gimlets, planes and a grindstone. This Andrew and Andrew ca 1781/1790, both born in Norristown, were most likely related but the specifics are not yet verified. Reference; "American Boyers"
Andrew Boyer, 1850 Beaver TWP, OH, cabinet maker. Additional Boyer's listed as well.
Abraham Boyer
Philadelphia, PA, 1796 to 1816 records as carpenter and house carpenter
Abraham is 45+ in the 1810 census, with no confirmed biographical information
1796 deed on Mulberry Street, Philadelphia, carpenter
1800 tax listing as a carpenter on So. Mulberry
1799 1801 and 1802, a house carpenter on 10h St. in Philadelphia Directories
1804, 1808 and 1811, a carpenter on 10th St. in Philadelphia Directories
1816 and 1817, a carpenter on Vine near Schuylkill in Philadelphia Directories
Abraham Boyer, 1796 deed D 57-217, Philadelphia, carpenter
Abraham Boyer, 1799 Philadelphia Directory, house carpenter on 10th Street
