Pew rents, Christ Church and St. Peter's Church, 1789 September
Christ Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Pews and pew rights
Church finance
St. Peter's Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
United Churches of Christ-Church and St. Peter's (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Episcopalians
Episcopal Church
The practice of renting pews was common in 18th and 19th century churches; members paid a fee for the right to occupy a particular pew every week. This bound manuscript is a record of pew rents due to Christ Church and St. Peter's in September 1789. Entries are listed by pew number, with occupant's name, number of seats, sums due and sums paid. Christ Church pew rents are listed from the beginning of the book, and St. Peter's pew rents start on page 15.
Pew rents, Christ Church and St. Peter's Church, 1789 March, and arrearages, 1788-1789
The practice of renting pews was common in 18th and 19th century churches; members paid a fee for the right to occupy a particular pew every week. This bound manuscript is a record of pew rents due to Christ Church and St. Peter's in March 1789. Entries are listed by pew number, with occupant's name, number of seats, sums due and sums paid. Christ Church pew rents are listed from the beginning of the book, and arrearages are listed on pages 14 to 16. St. Peter's pew rents start on page 19, with arrearages listed on pages 28 to 32.
Pew rents, Christ Church and St. Peter's Church, 1788 September, and arrearages, 1783 March, 1788 September
The practice of renting pews was common in 18th and 19th century churches; members paid a fee for the right to occupy a particular pew every week. This bound manuscript is a record of pew rents due to Christ Church and St. Peter's in September 1788. Entries are listed by pew number, with occupant's name, number of seats, sums due and sums paid. Christ Church pew rents are listed from the beginning of the book, and St. Peter's pew rents start on page 18. This volume also includes arrearages for Christ Church, with arrearages from March 1788 beginning on page 30, and arrearages from September 1788 beginning on page 39.
Pew rents, Christ Church and St. Peter's Church, 1788 March
The practice of renting pews was common in 18th and 19th century churches; members paid a fee for the right to occupy a particular pew every week. This bound manuscript is a record of pew rents due to Christ Church and St. Peter's in March 1788. Entries are listed by pew number, with occupant's name, number of seats, sums due and sums paid. Christ Church pew rents are listed from the beginning of the book, and St. Peter's pew rents start on page 19.
Pew rents, Christ Church and St. Peter's Church, 1787 September
The practice of renting pews was common in 18th and 19th century churches; members paid a fee for the right to occupy a particular pew every week. This bound manuscript is a record of pew rents due to Christ Church and St. Peter's in September 1787. Entries are listed by pew number, with occupant's name, number of seats, sums due and sums paid. Christ Church pew rents are listed from the beginning of the book, and St. Peter's pew rents start on page 21.
Pew rents, Christ Church and St. Peter's Church, 1787 March
The practice of renting pews was common in 18th and 19th century churches; members paid a fee for the right to occupy a particular pew every week. This bound manuscript is a record of pew rents due to Christ Church and St. Peter's in March 1787. Entries are listed by pew number, with occupant's name, number of seats, sums due and sums paid. Many entries include the pew occupant's home address. Christ Church pew rents are listed from the beginning of the book, and St. Peter's pew rents start on page 13. The cover and initial pages at front and back are missing in the original volume.
Pew rents, Christ Church and St. Peter's Church, 1786 September, book 1
The practice of renting pews was common in 18th and 19th century churches; members paid a fee for the right to occupy a particular pew every week. This bound manuscript is a record of pew rents due to Christ Church and St. Peter's in September 1786. Entries are listed by pew number, with occupant's name, number of seats, sums due and sums paid. Many entries also include the pew occupant's home address. Christ Church pew rents are listed from the beginning of the book, and St. Peter's pew rents start after page 16.
Pew rents, Christ Church and St. Peter's Church, 1786 September, book 2
The practice of renting pews was common in 18th and 19th century churches; members paid a fee for the right to occupy a particular pew every week. This bound manuscript is a record of pew rents due to Christ Church and St. Peter's in September 1786. Entries are listed by pew number, with occupant's name, number of seats, sums due and sums paid. Many entries also include the pew occupant's home address. Christ Church pew rents are listed from the beginning of the book, and St. Peter's pew rents start on page 16.
Pew rents, Christ Church and St. Peter's Church, 1786 March
The practice of renting pews was common in 18th and 19th century churches; members paid a fee for the right to occupy a particular pew every week. This bound manuscript is a record of pew rents due to Christ Church and St. Peter's in March 1786. Entries are listed by pew number, with occupant's name, number of seats, sums due and sums paid. Christ Church pew rents are listed from the beginning of the book, and St. Peter's pew rents start on page 19.
Pew rents, Christ Church and St. Peter's Church, 1785 September
The practice of renting pews was common in 18th and 19th century churches; members paid a fee for the right to occupy a particular pew every week. This bound manuscript is a record of pew rents due to Christ Church and St. Peter's in September 1785. Entries are listed by pew number, with occupant's name, number of seats, sums due and sums paid. Christ Church pew rents are listed from the beginning of the book, and St. Peter's pew rents start after page 14, with new page numbering.
Pew rents, Christ Church and St. Peter's Church, 1785 March
The practice of renting pews was common in 18th and 19th century churches; members paid a fee for the right to occupy a particular pew every week. This bound manuscript is a record of pew rents due to Christ Church and St. Peter's in March 1785. Entries are listed by pew number, with occupant's name, number of seats, sums due and sums paid. Christ Church pew rents are listed from the beginning of the book, and St. Peter's pew rents begin after page 24 with new page numbering.
Pew rents, Christ Church and St. Peter's Church, 1783 March, book 1
The practice of renting pews was common in 18th and 19th century churches; members paid a fee for the right to occupy a particular pew every week. This bound manuscript is a record of pew rents due to Christ Church and St. Peter's in March 1783. Entries are listed by pew number, with occupant's name, number of seats, sums due and sums paid. Christ Church pew rents are listed from the beginning of the book, and St. Peter's pew rents begin towards the middle of the book, with new page numbering.
Pew rents, Christ Church and St. Peter's Church, 1783 March, book 2
The practice of renting pews was common in 18th and 19th century churches; members paid a fee for the right to occupy a particular pew every week. This bound manuscript is a record of pew rents due to Christ Church and St. Peter's in March 1783. Entries are listed by pew number, with occupant's name, number of seats, sums due and sums paid. Christ Church pew rents are listed from the beginning of the book, and St. Peter's pew rents start on page 10.
Pew rents, Christ Church and St. Peter's Church, 1782 September
The practice of renting pews was common in 18th and 19th century churches; members paid a fee for the right to occupy a particular pew every week. This bound manuscript is a record of pew rents due to Christ Church and St. Peter's in September 1782. Entries are listed by pew number, with occupant's name, number of seats, sums due and sums paid. Christ Church pew rents are listed from the beginning of the book, and St. Peter's pew rents start on page 13. These are the accounts of church warden Wooddrop Sims.
Pew rents, Christ Church and St. Peter's Church, 1782 March
The practice of renting pews was common in 18th and 19th century churches; members paid a fee for the right to occupy a particular pew every week. This bound manuscript is a record of pew rents due to Christ Church and St. Peter's in March 1782. Entries are listed by pew number, with occupant's name, number of seats, sums due and sums paid. Christ Church pew rents are listed from the beginning of the book, and St. Peter's pew rents start on page 12.
Pew rents, Christ Church and St. Peter's Church, 1781 September
The practice of renting pews was common in 18th and 19th century churches; members paid a fee for the right to occupy a particular pew every week. This bound manuscript is a record of pew rents due to Christ Church and St. Peter's in September 1781. Entries are listed by pew number, with occupant's name, number of seats, sums due and sums paid. Christ Church pew rents are listed from the beginning of the book, and St. Peter's pew rents start on page 12.
Pew rents, St. Peter's Church, 1781 March
The practice of renting pews was common in 18th and 19th century churches; members paid a fee for the right to occupy a particular pew every week. This bound manuscript is a record of pew rents due to St. Peter's Church in March 1781. Entries are listed by pew number, with occupant's name, number of seats, sums due and sums paid.
Land, H. (Henry), 1723 or 1724-
The practice of renting pews was common in 18th and 19th century churches; members paid a fee for the right to occupy a particular pew every week. This bound manuscript is a record of pew rents due to Christ Church in March 1781. Entries are listed by pew number, with occupant's name, number of seats, sums due and sums paid.
Pew rents, Christ Church, 1780 September
The practice of renting pews was common in 18th and 19th century churches; members paid a fee for the right to occupy a particular pew every week. This bound manuscript is a record of pew rents due to Christ Church in September 1780. Entries are listed by pew number, with occupant's names, number of seats, sums due and sums paid. The journal entries are formatted such that they carry across both leaves of the book opening, and instead of pages being numbered, the openings (called "folios" in the book) are numbered. Both left and right leaves have been scanned together.
The practice of renting pews was common in 18th and 19th century churches; members paid a fee for the right to occupy a particular pew every week. This bound manuscript is a record of pew rents due to Christ Church in March 1780. Entries are listed alphabetically by last name, with pew number, number of seats, sums due and sums paid.
Pew rents, St. Peter's Church, 1779 March
The practice of renting pews was common in 18th and 19th century churches; members paid a fee for the right to occupy a particular pew every week. This bound manuscript is a record of pew rents due to St. Peter's Church in March 1779. Entries are listed alphabetically by last name, with pew number, number of seats, sums due and sums paid. Pages after page 17 are blank and were not scanned.
The practice of renting pews was common in 18th and 19th century churches; members paid a fee for the right to occupy a particular pew every week. This bound manuscript is a record of pew rents due to Christ Church in March 1779. Entries are listed alphabetically by last name, with pew number, number of seats, sums due and sums paid. Pages after page 17 are blank and were not scanned.
Draft of constitution for St. Paul's Church, circa 1760
St. Paul's Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
McClenachan, William, 1714-
Church of England
Church buildings
Church history
Church management
In 1760 a group of congregants from Christ Church, supporters of the Rev. William McClenachan, an Anglican minister of evangelical leanings, seceded from Christ Church, and eventually formed St. Paul's. This document is a first draft of the constitution of St. Paul's, resolving to find land to rent in Philadelphia and funds to erect a new church building. The church was to follow the principles of the Church of England. Twelve persons were to be elected trustees, with the Reverend McClenachan serving as the first minister, and "sober Reputable and Religious Persons of the Congregation" appointed to collect pew rents and tend to the church building and grounds.
Pew rents, Christ Church, 1778 September
The practice of renting pews was common in 18th and 19th century churches; members paid a fee for the right to occupy a particular pew every week. This bound manuscript is a record of pew rents due to Christ Church in September 1778. Entries are listed alphabetically by last name, with pew number, number of seats, sums due and sums paid.