Carpenters and Joiners of New Jersey Project
This project was developed in 2014 for Museums and Modern Technology, a graduate course taught by Michael Zarafonetis at the University of Delaware. The research presented here is part of my Master's thesis, United by Water: Cabinetmaking Traditions in the Delaware River Valley, 1670-1740, completed for the Winterthur Program in American Material Culture.
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This project hosts information about members of the woodworking crafts active in provincial and colonial New Jersey prior to 1730, with a particular focus on those who were members of or affiliated with the religious group known as Quakers, or the Society of Friends, and seeks to identify the surviving material culture and networks of early New Jerseyans.
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This research project is ongoing. Please submit comments, corrections, and inquiries to the comments section at the bottom of this page.
Photo captions and credits:
Banner image: A New Mapp [sic] of East and West Jarsey [sic]: being an exact survey. Drawn by Richard Worlidge, printed by John Thornton. London, 1706. Image courtesy of the Geography and Maps Division, Library of Congress (http://lccn.loc.gov/97683601)
1769 William & Susanna Newbold House, Chesterfield, NJ. Photo by author.
Joined table, hard pine, early eighteenth century. Possibly by Isaac Marriott and Benjamin Wheate for the Burlington Meeting of the Society of Friends. Courtesy of the Burlington County Historical Society. Photo by Jackie Killian.
Banner image: A New Mapp [sic] of East and West Jarsey [sic]: being an exact survey. Drawn by Richard Worlidge, printed by John Thornton. London, 1706. Image courtesy of the Geography and Maps Division, Library of Congress (http://lccn.loc.gov/97683601)
1769 William & Susanna Newbold House, Chesterfield, NJ. Photo by author.
Joined table, hard pine, early eighteenth century. Possibly by Isaac Marriott and Benjamin Wheate for the Burlington Meeting of the Society of Friends. Courtesy of the Burlington County Historical Society. Photo by Jackie Killian.
Acknowledgements
The Carpenters and Joiners of New Jersey Project would like to thank the following individuals and institutions for their assistance and support:
Dr. Michael Zarafonetis, Haverford College
Dr. J. Ritchie Garrison, Director, WPMAC, University of Delaware
Winterthur Program in American Material Culture, University of Delaware
Jeanne Solensky and Susan Newton, Winterthur Museum, Garden and Library
Jeff Macechak, Burlington County Historical Society
Rare Books and Special Collections, Princeton University
Historic Map Collection, University of Delaware
Pat O'Donnell and Christopher Densmore, Friends Historical Library, Swarthmore College
Joan Berkey, independent historian
Paul Schopp, independent historian
Jay Robert Stiefel, independent historian
Christopher Storb, independent conservator and historian
The Carpenters and Joiners of New Jersey Project would like to thank the following individuals and institutions for their assistance and support:
Dr. Michael Zarafonetis, Haverford College
Dr. J. Ritchie Garrison, Director, WPMAC, University of Delaware
Winterthur Program in American Material Culture, University of Delaware
Jeanne Solensky and Susan Newton, Winterthur Museum, Garden and Library
Jeff Macechak, Burlington County Historical Society
Rare Books and Special Collections, Princeton University
Historic Map Collection, University of Delaware
Pat O'Donnell and Christopher Densmore, Friends Historical Library, Swarthmore College
Joan Berkey, independent historian
Paul Schopp, independent historian
Jay Robert Stiefel, independent historian
Christopher Storb, independent conservator and historian
