McCarter Brothers in NYC Directories

The freqent change of addresses seen in our New York City ancestors was because of Moving Day, an unusual annual tradition dating back to colonial times. On February 1st landlords would announce what the new rent would be after the end of the quarter. Tenants would spend the spring searching for the best deals on new houses. Then on May 1 all leases in the city expired simultaneously at 9:00 AM and thousands of people would change their residences at the same time.

McCarter Brothers in the 1800-1820 NYC Directories
  James McCarter John McCarter Arthur McCarter
1800 Grocer
Barley near Broadway
   
1801 Grocer
Barley near Broadway
Grocer
Barley
 
1802   Carpenter
Barley
 
1803 Grocer
304 Broadway
2 story house with a store, back room, and cellar suitable for dry goods
(1)
Carpenter
Barley
 
1804   Carpetner
Barley
 
1805   Carpenter
35 George
Boarding House
(4)
 
1806 249 Greenwich Carpenter
214 Front
Nearly Opposite Stevens' Wharf between Beekman and Peck Slip
Grocer
8 Barley
House
(5)
1807 Grocer
52 Chatham
Carpenter
20 Upper Barley
Grocer
60 Vesey
1808   Carpenter
20 Upper Barley
Grocer
Chatham
1813 Grocer
16 Chatham
Opposite the Jail and Arsenal
(2)
   
1814 Grocer
16 Chatham
   
1817 Millwright
50 Orange
(3)
   
1818 Millwright
50 Orange
   

Also at these addresses:

1. Mitchell Nugin, carpenter and Samuel Bakener, smith.

2. Thomas Whims (Wymes), grocer.

3. William Burns, shoemaker; Richard Newell, carpenter; and James Smith, carpenter.

4. Thomas Urell, mariner

5. Daniel Deich, baker; Charles A. McPherson, mason; Sarah Ross, tailoress; Robert Spence, carpenter; and R. Webster, bank clerk.

 

 

 

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