Guild Gazette

Guild GazetteNEWSLETTER OF THE GUILD OF COLONIAL ARTISANS AND TRADESMEN 1607-1783

Volume VI I Issue 1 Winter 2011 Karen A. Miller & Karen E. McClendon, Co-Editors

Texas Holds a Member/Guest Luncheon Meeting

While the Guild is a National organization without chapter or state meetings, each term of office in the Guild’s historyhas included a member/guest luncheon in a particular state. This term the meeting was held in the President General’sown state of Texas. Trusting to luck, the meeting was scheduled last fall to be held on the 29th of January. Texasweather is capricious, but that Saturday was perfect – a sunny day in the 70s.

Five members of the original Executive Council were present and took part in the event: Karen AveryMiller, Founding President General; Barbara C. Baylis, Founding 1st Vice President General; LaurieG. Wharton, Founding 2nd Vice President General; Karen E. McClendon, Founding RecordingSecretary General; and Nell Moss White, Founding Chaplain General. Lloyd deWitt Bockstruck , ourspeaker, has also been with the Guild from the beginning, serving on the Advisory Council during thesociety’s first term. Following the pledge to the United States flag and the salute to the Guild’s flag, forty-one membersand guests enjoyed lunch at the Royal Oaks Country Club in Dallas. After lunch, Lloyd Bockstruckspoke on America’s Capital Cities. Few of us knew that both York, PA, and Lancaster, PA,functioned briefly as capitals of the colonies. We can always count on learning something from Lloydwhile being entertained.

Honorary President General Karen Avery Miller told guests how the Guild came into beingas a society meant to honor ancestors who didn’t fit into the parameters of other lineagesocieties – the blacksmiths, the carpenters, the merchants.

Your President General explained membership eligibility, including the concept of the sixMinor Guilds. Nell White discussed the Guild’s insignia, showing examples of what’savailable and providing a form for whoever might want one.

A nice surprise was the presentation of her certificate to the Guild’s newest member,Armilda Royston Young, # 285. Armilda didn’t know about the Guild until she received herinvitation to the luncheon. She became so interested that within a few days, she hadcompleted her application which was approved before the date of the meeting.

Everyone who attended the luncheon received Guild favors and brochures, and three luckypeople won door prizes — books by Edward Tunis that focus on Colonial craftsmen. Manyleft with a new understanding of the Guild and its purpose, and some went home determinedto find the heretofore overlooked craftsperson in their lineage.

President General’s

Message

Dear Members,

I suppose every presiding officer has disparate

feelings as his or her term draws to a close. I

am disappointed that I have not accomplished quite everything that

I had hoped to do, but I am pleased with the progress that the

society has enjoyed.

Our growth has been excellent. New members are added monthly,

and many of you have challenged yourselves to become Master

Guilders several times over. Thanks to you, we have been able to

increase the amount of our annual charitable contribution to a

museum or other similar entity. In 2010, we added something new

-- the Karen Avery Miller Scholarship Fund, sending $2,000.00 to

the American College of the Building Arts in Charleston, SC. We have

added a Guild lapel pin to our available insignia, thanks to a

suggestion by Tim Finton and inquiries to CityPride by Nell White.

We continued the tradition of having a Member/Guest meeting in

one of our states with a Texas luncheon meeting held the end of

January.

I cannot close this term without expressing thanks to my Executive

Council members – Jeannine, Nell, Carole, Carla, Tim, David and Nan,

all of whom I appreciate so much. Of course, I would have had a

difficult time without the help of our Founding President General.

Karen patiently answered my innumerable questions and kept me

headed in the right direction for which I’m most grateful.

Now it’s time to look toward our April meeting and the close of this

term of office. The project for our charitable donation has been

selected and will be announced at our Meeting/Champagne

Reception on the 14th. The speaker has been enlisted. I was

intrigued by the title of her talk. A new slate of excellent officers will

be installed, and while I will no longer be a Guild officer, the

friendship that I feel for each of you will remain. That has been the

best part – gaining you as a friend.

Karen Elizabeth McClendon

President General 2009-2011

GUILD OF COLONIAL ARTISANS

AND TRADESMEN1607-1783

2009-2011 Executive Council

PRESIDENT GENERAL

Karen E. McClendon

214-340-6661 [email protected]

FIRST VICE PRESIDENT GENERAL

Jeannine S. Kallal

630-668–0375 [email protected]

SECOND VICE PRESIDENT GENERAL

Nell Moss White


RECORDING SECRETARY GENERAL

Carla Whitehurst Odom


CORRESPONDING SECRETARY

GENERAL

Carole Drake Belcher


TREASURER GENERAL

Tim C. Finton


REGISTRAR GENERAL

David C. Smith


CHAPLAIN GENERAL

Nan Smith Ackerman


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FOUNDED

06 May 2004

INCORPORATED

State of Texas, August 2004

501(c)(3) non profit organization

Recognizing and honoring Colonial ancestors who,through their efforts as skilled craftsmen tradesmen andtalented artisans, were involved in the formation of the American Colonies from the founding of Jamestown, 13May 1607, to the Treaty of Paris, 03 Sep 1783.

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New Guild Members NUMBER MEMBER ANCESTOR TRADE MTG

270G Charles Edward Francis Drake Cary Godbee Miller TR

271G Janet Lewis Downing John Howland Trading Post Merchant TR

272G Anne Caussin Henninger Thomas Stanton Merchant TR

273G Charles Frederick Bragg Edward Willett Pewterer S

274G April Wood Miller John Woodson Wheelwright W

275G Mary Carolyn Bartlett Austin Samuel Bartlett Basketmaker T

276G Pamela Moffitt Green Job Winslow Shipwright W

277G Jessica Lauren Duke Samuel Watson Saddler T

278G Gregory Ormand Bodge John Howland Trading Post Merchant TR

279G Richard Harley Calendine Joseph Maddox Gristmiller P

280G Josephine Lois Calendine Silman Joseph Maddox Gristmiller P

281G Douglass Mather Mabee Richard Kimball Wheelwright W

282G Lorraine Gaston Ennis Eli Branson Blacksmith S

283G Leslie Kay Reynolds Peter Shaul Blacksmith S

284G David Lawrence Grinnell Henry Adams Maltster P

285G Armilda Ellen Royston Young James Lindley Blacksmith S

286G Lowry Rush Watkins, Jr. John Gore Painter A

Guild Supplements1F Karen Avery Miller Marc Du Sauchoy Gristmiller P

Benjamin Crispe Mason W

John Bigelow Blacksmith S

Samuel Bigelow Carpenter W

John Stearns Blacksmith S

Benjamin Hoyt Blacksmith S

4F Karen Elizabeth McClendon Thomas Graves, Sr. Fort Builder W

Jesse Corn, Sr. Blacksmith S

12F David Carline Smith Bartholomew Stovall Merchant TR

13F Sharyn Dianne Kelley Worrell Tristram Coffin, I Millwright W

Richard Dole Merchant TR

Richard Conant, I Salter P

Thomas Dudley Author A

Edmund Greenleaf Silk Dyer T

Thomas Walford Blacksmith S

30C Nadine L. Brunhofer Andrew Warner Maltster P

John Coit Shipwright W

Jedediah Strong Musician A

William Bartholomew Merchant TR

Thomas Chandler Ironworker S

38C Harold Ford Reynier van de Coelen Baker P

39C Kim Nagy, MD Francis Bushnell Painter A

40C Myron Crenshaw Smith Luke Perkins Blacksmith S

Joseph Gardner Goldsmith A

Roger Conant Salter P

Luke Perkins Shoemaker T

Abel Gardner Tanner T

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William Hathorne Merchant TR

Francis Cooke Woolcomber T

Francis Eaton Carpenter W

Peter Folger Poet A

James Stewart Carpenter W

John Gove Brazier S

Tristram Coffin, II Merchant Tailor TR

Dionis Stevens Coffin Brewster P

Benjamin Eaton Housewright W

Degory Priest Hatter T

John Randall Wheelwright W

John Bicknell Cooper W

William Moody Saddler T

Robert Hale Carpenter W

John Hale Author A

John Hale Shoemaker T

William Moody Farrier S

William Vinson Potter T

Hugh Gunnison Vintner TR

Thomas Cook Butcher P

Edward Gray Merchant TR

John Winslow Merchant TR

James Chilton Tailor T

Peter Weare Furrier TR

Frances Donnell Brewster P

. Robert Knight Mason W

John Bradbury Carpenter W

Wymond Bradbury Cooper W

John Cotton Author A

James Noyes Author A

William Vinson Gristmiller P

Richard Kent Maltster P

Abraham Toppan Cooper W

Christopher Batt Merchant TR

Abraham Toppan Merchant TR

Christopher Batt Tanner T

Peter Toppan Pickled Sturgeon Producer P

Richard Dole Tanner T

Duncan Stewart Shipwright W

Richard Dole Merchant TR

Edmund Greenleaf Silk Dyer T

Robert Tuck Vintner TR

Henry Sayward Cornmiller P

John Sayward Millwright W

John Sayward Carpenter W

James Sayward Joyner W

George Norton Shipwright W

Thomas Dudley Poet A

Mercy D. Woodbridge Poetess A

Henry Phillips Vintner TR


Henry Phillips Butcher P

Robert Hale Blacksmith S

Isaac Allerton Merchant TR

57C Barry Christopher Howard John Prescott Blacksmith S

Mareen Duvall Merchant TR

Joseph Loomis Woolen Draper T

Thomas Joy Architect A

George Alcock Butcher P

73C Nancy Webber Davis William Chesebrough Blacksmith S

John Badger Miller TR

William Denison Maltster P

Thomas Weld Author A

89C Ona Marlene Rathbun Wilkinson Henry Howard Maltster P

William Osgood Carpenter W

Edward Frisbie Nailer S

Edward Grannis Cordwainer T

Valentine Wightman Author A

George Wightman Tailor T

Richard Smith, Sr. Trading Post Merchant TR

Edward Jackson Nailer S

Thomas Brown, Sr. Dishturner W

Henry Collins, Sr. Starch Maker P

John Rathbun, Jr. Blacksmith S

John Rathbun, Jr. Carpenter W

Thomas Gregson Merchant TR

Obadiah Holmes Author A

Thomas Root Weaver T

John Strong, I Tanner T

184C Carole Jean Drake Belcher Thomas Lord Blacksmith S

185C Nancy Louise Smith Ackerman Robert Smith Tailor T

Edward Holyoke Grocer TR

John Whitney Tailor T

228G Lou Annie Hixson Henry Liles, Sr. Gristmiller P

Thomas Graves, Sr. Fort Builder W

James Anderson Tailor T

239G David Wade Morton Walter Nichols Clothier T

Nathaniel Daggett Wheelwright W

Robert Moulton Shipwright W

Joseph Jenckes Inventor A

William Brewster Printer TR

Nicholas Snow Carpenter W

Stephen Hopkins Merchant TR

Thomas Paine Cooper W

John Doane, I Tailor T

Edward Wood Baker P

William Bassett Blacksmith S

246G Jean Holloway Albert Shubael Gorham Housewright W

Joseph Unthank Author A

Josiah Roots Apothecary P

Tristram Coffin, I Millwright W


Tristram Coffin, II Tailor T

Robert Paddock Blacksmith S

249G Larry Dan Jordan Mansfield Jenkins Shoemaker T

253G John Robert Harman, Jr. Daniel Shine Cooper W

261G Theresa Vitus Boock Joshua Blodgett Musician A

William Hackett Shipwright W

Daniel Ladd Sawmiller W

262G Laura Dean Ramsay Joseph Greeley Blacksmith S

Edward Gilman Weaver T

Abraham Perkins Distiller P

Andrew Greeley Miller TR

264G Barbara Dale Wesley Webb Thomas Mayhew Merchant TR

Nicholas Norton Tanner T

271G Janet Lewis Downing John Chipman Carpenter W

Abraham Hollingsworth Flourmiller P

Samuel Blakeslee Blacksmith S

Perez Chipman, II Fuller T

Josiah Roots Drummer A

272G Anne Caussin Henninger Samuel Rogers Baker P

Isaac Allerton Tailor T

Stephen Post Carpenter W

William Bradford Author A

Thomas Sawyer Blacksmith S

275G Mary Carolyn Bartlett Austin Richard Bartlett, II Sawmiller W

Richard Bartlett, I Shoemaker T

Samuel Bartlett Musician A

John Stockbridge Gristmiller P

277G Jessica Lauren Duke John Lanier, II Cooper W

278G Gregory Ormand Bodge Thomas Chute Tailor T

Henry Bodge Shipwright W

William Mayberry Blacksmith S

281G Douglass Mather Mabee Jonathan Brewster Trading Post Merchant TR

284G David Lawrence Grinnell Samuel Allen Sawyer W

Thomas Chandler Blacksmith S

John Chipman Cordwainer T

Obadiah Holmes Author A

Edmund Littlefield Clothier TR

New Master GuildersA Master Guilder is a member who has proven an ancestor/trade in all six of the Society’s Minor Trade Guilds. Master Guilders are entitled towear all six charms on the insignia top bar and receive a specially designed certificate. (numbers shown below denote more than one set of six)

Karen McClendon; Shari Worrell (3); Nadine Brunhofer; Myron Crenshaw Smith (3); Barry Howard; Nancy

Davis; Marlene Wilkinson (4); Timothy Finton; David Morton (2); Jean Albert (2); Laura Ramsay; Janet Downing;

Anne Henninger; David Grinnell.

33 Master Guilders to-date!705 papers have been approved by the Guild since our founding!

Note: FRONT page of the application form has been revised as of Feb2011. Please use this new

form. Contact the Registrar General and/or President General for the new form.


The Crown and Cushion Karen Avery Miller

The Crown and Cushion was the name of the upholstery business of Samuel Grant

established in the early 1700's on Union Street, Boston, MA.

For fifty years Samuel labored as an upholsterer, first apprenticing himself, then becoming a proprietor of a shop that

made bedding and furniture seating. Surviving account and petty ledger books help to outline the many other tradesmen

that were often used by Samuel in his business. It took all these individuals, varied specialists in their own fields, and

probably more, to complete the task of creating a bed as a piece of furniture with appropriate drapery hangings, bedding

and pillows, along with occasional upholstered chairs of all types.

A fine bed ensemble was the most expensive and prominent piece of furniture one might own. Often, it was one of the

first items of importance noted in a will’s bequeaths. It was an object that allowed for one’s comfort as well as showing

ones social position, depending on the quality and quantity of included bedding.

In The Crown and Cushion, to create a bed and bedroom furnishings from start to finish, Grant may have employed:

• CARPENTER to construct the bedstead and tester frame;

• CARVER to design and carve intricate designs into the woodwork;

• SAILMAKER or CANVASSER to obtain canvass or “sacking” for the bottoms of chairs and beds;

• BRAZIER to supply small metal hardware; BLACKSMITH to make the rods to hang draperies or the angle

iron pieces;

• CHAIRMAKER and JOYNER to construct the various seating pieces offered for sale;

• TANNER or SMITH to make the casters (wheels) of brass or leather; the tanner also supplied leather for

seating cushions and curly animal hair for stuffing;

• SEAMSTRESS to sew the various cloth pieces of which a great deal of yardage was required.

In 1749 Samuel Grant sold a high post bed, complete with fabric hangings and trim, a featherbed and possible wood

carvings for 85£.

SOURCE: Edward S. Cooke, Jr, Upholstery in America & Europe: From the Seventeenth

Century to World War I, (Ontario, Can: The Barra Foundation), Google Books.


It’s All In The CardsKaren Avery Miller

Card games have been played for centuries. The types of card games available for

entertainment purposes were as varied then as they are today. Most Colonial card

games were intended for adults only. If children played with cards, it is thought they

stacked them to create a “house” of cards, more so than to play an actual hand game.

Playing cards in the colonies primarily resembled those used in England and France

with the familiar use of designs referred to as “suits,” i.e. hearts, spades, diamonds

and clubs. Whereas, other countries often used other graphics such as swords, coins

and acorns.

What does differ greatly today than in colonial times is the

use of numbers on the corners of a card. Early cards did not have numbers. It wasn’t until the

1870's that numbers were introduced to American cards. Prior to that, one had to count the

number of diamonds or hearts, for example, in the center of a card.

Designs and/or advertisements were not imprinted on the reverse side of the card. That area

was left blank. These blank surfaces often served as a handy place where notes were jotted, which ended up rendering

the playing card as nothing more than a piece of scratch paper. A playing card was also produced in a clean, rectangular

shape — no rounded corner to the card itself. The paper was of a heavy weight but never shiny.

A fun Colonial card game was the “mix and match.” Above are examples of extant playing cards from a mix and match

game. These cards can be found today in the collection of Historic New England. The deck would have contained three

cards per caricature – head, torso, legs. The color of these historical cards appears to have been applied by hand, and

they are known to date back to the 1700's. Obviously, over the course of time, the majority of the cards in this deck

have been lost. The result is a “mix” rather than a “match.”

Source: www.historicnewengland.org/collections-archives-exhibitions/, captured 29 December 2010;

www.ushistory.org/washingtoncrossing/cards.htm

Historic New England The Historic New England society is the oldest, largest and most comprehensive regional heritage organization in the

nation. Founded in 1910 to preserve and present the cultural and architectural heritage of New England, its focus covers

a range of interest from historical properties to art and artifacts to gardens and furniture. The organization has very

wide and encompassing collections. It provides educational programs, maintains a library and archives, owns and

preserves many historical properties and provides preservation services. Historic New England was founded as the

Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities (SPNEA) by William Sumner Appleton. Mr. Appleton was

the country’s first full-time preservationist. Today, Historic New England owns thirty-six historic properties

throughout Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut and Rhode Island. The motto of this organization

sums up their dedication and efforts — Exploring the past. Sharing the future.


New Jersey Tradesmen in the NewsKaren E. McClendon

Extracts From American Newspapers Relating To New Jersey

Edited by William Nelson, Trenton, N.J.

The John L. Murphy Publishing Company, Printers. 1906

This volume was prepared and edited by authority of the State of New Jersey, at the request of the New Jersey Historical Society

and may be found online using Google Books.

PETER HULICK, STAY-MAKER

in TRENTON, begs leave to

acquaint the Ladies of

this town and the country

in general, that he makes

on the shortest notice,

stays of all kinds,

turned, plain, pack

thread, and straw cut,

after the newest, neatest

and most fashionable

manner, either French or

English; likewise growing

Misses to give and

preserve a shape truly

perfect. Those Ladies who

please to favour him with

their employment shall

find him ever ready to

serve them to the utmost

of his ability, with

integrity, gratitude and

dispatch. He returns his

grateful acknowledgments

to those Ladies who have

already favoured him with

their custom, and assures

them that it shall be his

chief study to merit

theirs and the public's

esteem.

P. S. Ladies may be served

at the greatest distance,

by sending their length

before and the width of

the top and bottom of

their waist.

WANTED immediately TWO

JOURNEYMEN FULLERS, who

will have good

encouragement, and be

exempted from military

duty, by applying to

WILLIAM De.Nisron, near

Morristown, East Jersey.

Dec. 13,1778.

January 6, 1779

Forty Dollars Reward

WAS stolen out of the

Fulling-mill, in Amwell,

Hunterdon county, on the

4th or 5th of this

instant, a piece of

broadcloth consisting of 8

yards in length, and near

3-4 wide, a brown colour,

shear'd and press'd, being

finished; the number cut

in the corners at one end,

and at one corner of the

other end marked B, worked

in the cloth, belonging to

Mr. Ten Brook. Whoever

secures said cloth and

thief, so that the

subscriber may have the

cloth, and bring the thief

to justice, shall be

entitled to the 'above

reward, or for the cloth

only Twenty Dollars and if

required to questions

asked, and all reasonable

charges paid by me JOSHUA

MOTT, Fuller.

N. B. All taylors are

requested to take

particular notice of brown

cloth, and whether the

marks are cut out of the

ends, or new ones put in,

which may easily be

discovered by the marks

not being fulled in.

WANTED at the Union Salt-

Works, at Manasquan, a

number of Woodcutters. For

whose labour a generous

price will be given by the

Manager of said works.

—The New Jersey (gazette,

Vol. II., No. 65, March 3,

1779

FRANCIS WITT, 1779

opposite Captain Clunn's,

in Trenton, has for SALE,

BROADCLOTH, linens,

checks, cambrick, lawn,

muslin, handkerchiefs,

white thread, mohair,

sewing silk, knee garters,

crewells, silk laces,

packet pins, ivory combs,

black ribbon, razors,

scissors, shoe and knee

buckles, cards, door and

desk locks, brass clocks,

large garters, gravy

ladles, 3-4 inch augers, a

beaver hat, flannel vests

and drawers. Also coffee,

tea, pepper, alspice,

indigo, hard soap,

tobacco, snuff, candles,

wafers, stone and

earthenware; likewise

sugar by the barrel or

smaller

quantity, &c &c.


Artisans , Please Apply in the

Province of Carolina, 1666

In 1666, Robert Horne of London wrote A BriefDescription of the Province of Carolina. At that date,Carolina encompassed all of what we now know as Northand South Carolina and stretched in somewhat ahorizontal line from the Atlantic seaboard to the coast ofpresent day California. Horne’s description was intendedas a way to entice new settlers to this English Colonywhich had been first settled in 1664 and heldapproximately 800 inhabitants by the date of his writing.Under the authority of the Lord Proprietor, Carolina wasin need of an influx of new immigrants.

A great deal of positive attitude went into Horne’sdescription to entice new settlers. He assured the readerthat the residents had overcome all the difficulties thatattend first attempts, and have cleered [sic] the way forthose that come after, who will find good houses to be inwhilst their own are in building; good forts to securethem from their enemies; and many things brought fromother parts there, increasing to their no small advantage.And to probable immigrants on the other side of the pond,this would be sound safe and welcoming. How long theywould be ashore in Carolina before they grew accustomedto the shock of what they had left behind is anyone’sguess.

Mr. Horne described the lay of the land and thewaterways and took special note of the inlets that weresaid to be the proper fathoms deep to allow ships to enterand be protected from the Atlantic sea. The waters werefilled with sturgeon, salmon, bass, trout and Spanishmackrill and many others that the English Tongue hath noname . . . He told of woods stored with deer and wildturkeys of great magnitude, weighing many times above50 lbs. a piece. Carolina had indigo, and tobacco growingwas prosperous. Imported fruit trees such as lime,oranges, lemon, apple and pear now thrived. As for theclimate, he claimed the summer is not too hot, and thewinter is very short and moderate, best agreeing withEnglish constitutions. . . . His evaluation of the summertemperatures leaves one wondering if he was everpersonally in the Carolinas!

The chief privileges listed by Mr. Horne for those whowould consider this adventure were:

(1) The privilege of full and free liberty of conscience to all, so that no man is

molested or questioned in regards to his religion. Everyone to be obedient to the

civil government but could worship God in his/her way.

(2) Freedom from custom charges on all wine, silk, raisins, currants, oil, olives

and almonds that are raised in the Province over the course of seven years

“after” 4 tons on any one of those commodities has been exported.

(3) Every freeman and freewoman, including servants, that arrive by 25 March

1667, shall have for himself, wife, children and men servants, 100 acres of land

for him and his heirs for ever. And for every woman-servant and slave, 50

acres, paying at the most 1/2d. per acre, per annum, in lieu of all demands to

the Lord Proprietors. Every man to be armed with a good musket, 10 lbs.

powder and 20 lbs. of bullets, with six months of provisions.

(4) To the men and women servants who have served their time and received

their acreage there shall be allowed two suits of apparel and tools according to

the customs of the country.

(5) Settlers shall appoint a Governor and Council among themselves [freedom

to elect was surely enticing] to execute the Laws of the Assembly. However the

Governor was limited to only three years in office and he was to learn to obey.

Also, he had no power to tax or to make or change laws without the consent of

the Assembly.

(6) Lastly, they were allowed to annually select among themselves a certain

number of men to send to the General Assembly. These men would have the

sole power of making laws and laying taxes for the common good when need

shall require.

These six privileges were considered the chief andfundamental privileges that the Lord Proprietors werewilling to promise but Mr. Horne went on to explain thatthey were willing to offer even more for the good of theColony and to the advantage of the Lord Proprietors


themselves. It is here that the text provides the readerwith an understanding of the formation of the early tradesin the Carolina’s. Horne wrote:

Is there therefore any younger Brother who is born of Gentile

blood, and whose Spirit is elevated above the common sort,

and yet the hard usage of our County hath not allowed

suitable fortune; he will not surely be afraid to leave his

Native Soil to advance his fortunes equal to his Blood and

Spirit, and so he will avoid those unlawful ways too many of

our young Gentlemen take to maintain themselves according

to their high education, having but small Estates: here, with a

few Servants and a small Stock a great Estate may be raised,

although his Birth have not entitled him to any of the Land of

his Ancestors, yet his Industry may supply him so, as to make

him the head of a famous family.

Such as are here tormented with much care how to get worth

to gain a Livelyhood, or that with their labour can hardly get

a comfortable subsistence, shall do well to go to this place,

where any man what-ever, that is but willing to take

moderate pains, may be assured of a most comfortable

subsistence, and be in a way to raise his fortunes far beyond

what he could ever hope for in England. Let no man be

troubled at the thoughts of being a Servant for 4 or 5 year,

for I can assure you, that many men give mony with their

children to serve 7 years, to take more pains and fare nothing

so well as the Servants in this Plantation will do. Then is to

be considered, that so soon as he is out of his time, he hath

Lane and Tools, and Clothes give him, and is in a way of

advancement. Therefore all Artificers, as Carpenters,

Wheelwrights, Joyners, Coopers, Bricklayers, Smiths, or

diligent Husbandmen and Laborers, that are willing to

advance their fortunes, and live in a most pleasant healthful

and fruitful Country, where Artificers are of high esteem, and

used with all Civility and Courtesies imaginable, may take

notice.

And the artisans did come. Some of them of “gentleblood,” the second sons who wanted the opportunity anda seemingly secured way to rise above the laws ofprimogeniture that blocked them from inheriting the landof their ancestors in their native lands.

SOURCE: Robert Horne, A Brief Description of the Province of Carolina . .. (London 1666) reprinted in Alexander Salley, Jr., ed. Narratives of EarlyCarolina, 1650-1708 (New York 1911), pp.66-73, captured 28Dec2009www.learnnc.org/lp/editions/nchist-colonial/2043,

The Guild will be posting a list of

all approved ancestors, their trades

and minor trade guilds on the website

soon! It will be updated bi-annually,

not every time a paper is submitted.

Karen Avery Miller Scholarship

Awarded to ACBA

The Guild has awarded its first scholarship from thenewly formed Karen Avery Miller Scholarship Fund,established at the April 2010 Annual Meeting and namedin honor of the Society’s Founder. The Society awardedthe American College of the Building Arts, Charleston,SC, a $2000 scholarship to be applied as financialassistance to a student based on academic skills andfinancial need. Michael P. Lauer was chosen by thecollege as the recipient of the 2010 scholarship. Michaelis studying in the field of Plaster Working. He is anaccomplished young man and maintains a wonderfulwebsite www.michaelplauer.com.

The Guild plans to annually provide a scholarship to astudent who’s academic focus is aligned with thehistorical aspects of this society.

Over A Brick Wall

To Another Master Guilder CertificateJean Holloway Albert

I recently received my second Master Guildercertificate and to see my ancestor Joseph Unthank onthere as an Author made me get teary. JosephUnthank has been my brick wall for years because Irefused to believe that he married a 22-year-old ladywhen he was 75. However, as a result of thatmarriage, a child was born. Unfortunately, Josephdied when the baby was only 3 months old, and tofurther complicate this issue, his young wife had torelinquish the baby to Joseph’s oldest son to rear perthe guidelines of the Quakers. I descend from thisbaby boy.

I read about Joseph and how hard he worked andthen quietly wrote about what mattered most to him:English Quaker preachers and the sermons they gavewhile in America in the mid to late 1700's. He wrotehis notes in broken English. Two hundred yearslater, his little red book was found in a pile ofdiscarded items and printed. This is the sort of storythat makes me push harder and harder to uncoverand honor more of my ancestors’ occupations. Thankyou for starting such a wonderful Society!


Example of a quern.

Old Salem Museum and Gardens

Update on the 2010 Guild ProjectKaren E. McClendon

At our April 2010 annual meeting, it was announced that the Guild’s charitable donation would go to Old Salem

Museums and Gardens in Salem, North Carolina, to cover the cost of a quern for the pottery.

Nat Norwood, Historic Trades Director, reports that they were fortunate to find a company within an hour’s drive of

the museum that makes gristmills and was willing to fit this project into their production schedule. It is hoped the

finished project will be in place before the March opening of “Art in Clay,” a pottery exhibit scheduled at Old Salem’s

Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts. (http://www.oldsalem.org/artinclay)

Nat says that they’re working with a plan that has the quern positioned away from the wall in the pottery so that visitors

can turn it and grind glaze materials and grog (fired pottery ground to a powder and added to the clay to make it

stronger). He says enlisting the help of visitors will not only give them a hands-on experience but also help seat the

stones a little more quickly.

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President General, Mrs. Karen E. McClendon, and the Executive Council

cordially invite all members and their guests to the

Seventh Annual Meetingof the

Guild of Colonial Artisans and Tradesmen 1607-1783

Thursday, 14 April 2011The Mayflower Hotel, Washington D.C.

3:00 p.m. — 5:00 p.m.

Anne Caussin Henninger - Guest Speaker“To the Belly or the Honour: The Art of Staymaking 1607-1783 - Program

$55.00 per person ❦ Advance Reservations RequiredChampagne Reception to follow

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2011 GUILD ANNUAL MEETING RESERVATION FORM — $55.00 per person

Return this portion. Your check will serve as your confirmation.

Photocopy for multiple reservations, please one form per person.

NAME: ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

ADDRESS: ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

PHONE: ____________________________________________________ EMAIL:_____________________________________________________

Check one: ❑ Member ❑ Guest [send new membership information please. Yes ❑ No ❑ ]

Would you like to make a donation towards the Guild’s Annual Charitable Donation Fund? $ ___________________

Would you like to make a donation towards the Karen Avery Miller Scholarship Fund? $________________________

Would you like your above donation made in honor ❑ or memory ❑ of: $_________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

(Name of individual recognized, include address if acknowledgment is requested to be sent to the individual or family)

Please submit this form with your total check $________________ made payable to Guild Treasurer General:

Timothy C. Finton, Treasurer General

Guild of Colonial Artisans and Tradesmen 1607-1783

5818 Ogden Court, Bethesda, MD 20816-1263

RESERVATION DEADLINE — 10 APRIL 2010

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