![]() ![]() Crumbling in your hands, the Wills also list there assets in their Investory of Assets - showing the tables, chairs, pewter plates and utensils of running a tavern. The original Wills of Peter and John are both located in the Register of Wills office in City Hall in Philadelphia. John was scheduled to muster into the Philadelphia City Militia as a Corporal, but was listed as “sick” in the Septemmuster rolls. Peter’s son John took over the tavern in 1776. ![]() Dorothy died shortly after Peter in 1778. (See history of Samson and Lion to follow).īase on available records, there is no indication that Dorothy took over the running/ownership of the tavern at Peter’s death in 1778, which would have been the custom of a widow taking over a tavern license to support a family. Based on being in the Mulberry Ward, the location of the tavern was at the know locations of the Samson and Lion, at Vine and Crown Streets and 5 th and Race Street. 25% owned by women) with a strict licensing process with annual renewal. In Philadelphia during the pre-revolutionary war era, there were some 175 taverns/inns in Philadelphia (approx. ![]() It was a way to build a business and customer base given your location in the city and a way to struggle out of poverty during the colonial times. Usually a tavern keeper serves beer, rum, Madera wine but does not serve extensive meals or lodging with the full services and accoutrements of an Inn. tavern keeper” with a tax of £ 4.4.0.Ī “tavern keeper” during the colonial period typically is different than an “inn keeper”. 25,000 people to resettle with his family of Sophia (Dorothy) and son John, now age 22. This section of the city was known for its German residents and would be a familiar place in the “big city” of approx. ![]() 5 th & Race St.īy 1774, based on the 1774 Philadelphia City Provincial Tax List, Peter Isinbrey was not shown located in Northern Liberties but is shown as being located in the Mulberry Ward of Philadelphia, due to the fact that the Eisenbrey’s home was at the corner of 5 th and Race Streets, based on City Magistrate records of 1773, although the tavern was still at the southwest corner of Vine and Crown at least through 1785, based on the City Directory. The ledger, “ A List of Public House Keepers recommended July Session, 1773” from the Historical Society of Pennsylvania shows Peter Icinbry with an “abode” of Cor. Other copies of these Ledgers as sources are available. 1776 and a Price of £2.6.0, which would be date Peter transferred the running of the tavern to his son, John. With a date of January 8, 1776, the same ledger book shows John Icenbrey for Tavern keeper’s license fees being paid with a location of “City”, time of recommended –Jan. (Ref# Am.2014, 2nd vol.), this ledger book shows Tavern keeper Licenses for a tavern keeper with the name of Peter Icenbrey on April 6, 1770, location of “City”, with a time of recommended date of April 1770, a Price of £2.6.0 and continues to pay this licensing fees through Augon this date of £3.6.0, the last date for the listing of Peter Icenbrey. In the City of Philadelphia Magistrate’s Ledger Book, located at the Pennsylvania Historical Society, in the Licenses for Marriages, Taverns, and Pedlars, 1761-1776. The Last Will and Testaments of Peter Eisinbrey and John Eisenbrey both show their occupation as Tavern keeper. ![]()
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