Stamper Family Project
 
While surfing the internet looking for references to our Stamper surname, I came across a few
references which may offer a few gleanings of information for the 'family tree' ... :-)) GF
 
 William Bingham, son of merchant, William Bingham and his wife Mary (Stamper).

William Bingham correspondence, 1791-1803.
Bingham, William, 1752-1804.
William Bingham correspondence, 1791-1803.
1 v., 1 box.
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Historical Society of Pennsylvania
Classification part: Collection 53
Address: 1300 Locust Street; Philadelphia, PA 19107.
Notes and Summaries: William Bingham was born in Philadelphia in 1752. The son of merchant William Bingham and his wife Mary (Stamper), the younger William was apprenticed to Philadelphia merchant Thomas Wharton. During the Revolutionary War, he was appointed American consul to Martinique, where he acquired a considerable fortune. After returning to Philadelphia, Bingham and his wife Ann Willing (1764-1801), established themselves as one of the young nation's most popular couples. Bingham dabbled in politics during the 1790s, and as a result of extensive land speculation in New York and Maine, was regarded as the wealthiest man in America at the time of his death in 1804.
The correspondence of William Bingham includes copies of his outgoing correspondence, 1791 to 1793, as well as photostatic copies of his incoming and outgoing correspondence from 1795 to 1803. The former largely concerns Bingham's banking interests, while the latter relates primarily to the improvement and settlement of Bingham's Maine lands. A few references to personal affairs are scattered throughout.
Researchers are asked to use the photocopies of William Bingham's letterpress book (1791-1793).
Processing made possible by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Finding aid available.
This collection covers: Ashburton, Alexander Baring, Baron, 1774-1848.
Cobb, David, 1748-1830.
Gilmor, Robert, 1748-1822.
Low, Nicholas, 1739-1826.
Bank of New York - Officials and employees.
Bank of North America - Management.
Bank of the United States (1791-1811)
United States - Politics and government - 1789-1809.
United States - Economic conditions - 18th century.
Commerce - Middle Atlantic States - 18th century.
Frontier and pioneer life - Maine.
Land settlement - Maine - History.
Real estate investment - Maine.
Rich people - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia.
RLG Union Catalog Record ID: PAHV87-A521
 
 

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Winterthur+Museum%2C+Garden%2C+and+Library

Papers, 1741-1884, 1791-1794 (bulk dates).
Bingham, William, 1752-1804.
Papers, 1741-1884, 1791-1794 (bulk dates).
2 boxes and 2 rolls : ill.
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Winterthur Museum, Garden, and Library
DeWint
Manuscript
Classification part: Col. 649
Copy number: 1


Notes and Summaries: The deeds are written on vellum. These documents are folded and discolored. Two maps are backed with linen and are rolled. The paper documents are in good condition, although with fold lines. The account book is bound with marbled paper. A label is loosely taped to the front cover.


The collection includes an account book dated 1791-1794, deeds (dating 1740s to 1790s), one business letter from 1801, marriage settlements, three hand-drawn maps, and four volumes of surveying field notes. The account book includes records of Binghams partnership with the Reverend Dr. Robert Blackwell in the Bunch of Grapes Tavern, notes about his Dutch loan, records about ships in which Bingham had an interest, some house and family expenses, servants wages, and records of property surveys and purchases. The business letter is addressed to his partners Messr. Willing and Francis, and concerns Asian and European trade and the possibility of selling two ships. The 19th century marriage settlements are for members of the Baring family of England, into which one of Binghams daughters had married. One deed is for property in York, Pennsylvania; the other deeds are for land in the Philadelphia area. Binghams name appears on some of the deeds; the others may be for property he acquired at a later time. One piece of property passed to William Allen and then to Edward Shippen. One map is of property purchased by Bingham from William Kerlin; the deed for the property is included in this collection. The other maps depict property in Kingessing township; the maps were executed in 1825 and show property belonging to the Bingham estate. The surveying field notes were made by several different men in 1792-1793, and concern land in Lycoming, Warren, Tioga, and Potter Counties in Pennsylvania.


A letter from William Bingham is in Col. 469, Wetherill, Jones and Roberts families Papers, Downs Collection,
Winterthur Museum, Garden and Library.


Papers relating to the Bingham family are in Col. 385, Robert Blackwell Business Papers, Downs Collection,
Winterthur Museum, Garden and Library.

A stock certificate for the Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike signed by Bingham is in Col. 268, Downs Collection, Winterthur Museum, Garden and Library.

A letter about a portrait in William Binghams estate is in the Records of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Mic. 789, Downs Collection, Winterthur Museum, Garden and Library.

William Bingham was a businessman and public official who was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on April 8, 1752,
the son of Mary Stamper and William Bingham, a saddler and merchant. The younger Bingham graduated from the
College of Philadelphia in 1768, apprenticed to a merchant, and began to buy his own ships. During the American Revolution, he served as an American agent in the West Indies, where he was able to acquire a large fortune. After
the war, Bingham became a director of the Bank of North America, oversaw the construction of the Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike, founded Binghamton, New York, and dabbled in land speculation. By 1800, he was reputed to be
the wealthiest man in the United States. He served in the Continental Congress, the Pennsylvania legislature, and the United States senate.

In 1780, William married Anne Willing, the daughter of Anne McCall and Thomas Willing, one of Binghams business partners. The Binghams built a large house for themselves, and it became a favorite meeting place for members of the government while the U.S. capital was located in Philadelphia. Williams and Annes two daughters married Englishmen. Following the death of Anne in1801, William moved to England to live with his daughter who had married Alexander
Baring. He died in Bath, England, on February 7, 1804, and was buried in Bath Abbey. Robert C. Alberts wrote a
book about Bingham entitled The Golden Voyage.

This collection covers: Baring family.
Blackwell, Robert, 1748-1831.
Real property, Exchange of - Pennsylvania.
Land tenure - Pennsylvania.
Surveying - Pennsylvania.
Taverns (Inns) - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia.
Real property - Maps.
Marriage settlements - Great Britain.
Home economics - Accounting - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia.
Wages - Domestics.
Domestics - Pennsylvania.
Shipping - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia.
RLG Union Catalog Record ID: DEWAV000072876-A 
 
 

Monday, July 10, 2006

http://www.pa.uky.edu/~dkbingham/
Mary Stamper b 5/1729 md 9/19/1745 PA to William Bingham b 1725
Child, Rev George Bingham b 1750 d 8/4/1829 Green Co, PA md Louisa Vest
Could this be the same family mentioned below in the description of the book seen on eBay? I think so. 

1931 COLONIAL PHILADELPHIA HOUSES history architecture
End time: Jul-17-06 18:45:00 PDT - eBay time *I don't know if the book was sold or not. I have seen this book up for auction several times.

PHILADELPHIA PRE-REVOLUTIONARY PERIODCOLONIAL HOUSES By Philip B. WallaceIntroduction by Joseph HergesheimerWith measured drawings by M. Luther MillerA much sought after reference book. Architectural Book Publishing Company, Bonanza Books, New York, ©1931. Grey cloth over grey paper hardback. Chiefly illustrated - oversized 10" x 12" book jam packed with huge photographs! 248 pages with 255, mostly full page, photographs and 30 measured drawings of historic Philadelphia buildings and Pennsylvania homes. Includes lavish illustrations of interiors
and exterior views of historic Philadelphia houses. Blue-grey boards, light blue cloth spine. Documentation on 22 historic structures, including interior details. Mr. Wallace, an artist with a camera, photographed houses with a sense of beauty and a feeling for their historic significance. His pictorial study of architecture in the early days of America gives us an insight into a fascinating part of history - the houses men live in. 
 
 
PHILADELPHIA
BLACKWELL HOUSE, 224 Pine Street (Stamper-Bingham-Blackwell House) 1759 John Stamper later Dr. Blackwell today known as the Bingham-Blackwell house. Merchant Michael Morgan O'Bryan married the original owner's daughter Mary Stamper some time between 1782 and 1785. It was demolished in the 20th century (a familiar, sad tune, though in this case nothing remained of the interior) and the front door frame was saved and is in the Philadelphia Museum of Art. The "Dog in the Manger," "The Crow, the Deer, the Tortoise, and the Rat," and the "Young Gobbler" on the tablet and frieze panels of the parlor chimneypiece from the Blackwell House are at the Winterthur Museum. The carver of the Blackwell parlor is unknown. This frame and the property it came from are discussed in Philadelphia: Three Centuries of American Art, pp. 144-46; some of these fact came from that source. 
 
From the National Cyclopedia of American Biography, Vol 2:page 133; Being the history of the United States
as illustrated in the lives of the founders, builders and defenders of the republic, and of the men and women
who are doing the work and moulding the though 
 
 
 
 BINGHAM. William, U. S. senator, was born in Philadelphia, Pa., March 8, 1752, son of William and Ann (Stamper) Bingham. Entering the College of Philadelphia, the forerunner of the University of Pennsylvania, he was
graduated in the class of 1768. His exceptional business abilities bringing him into public notice, he was sent to Martinique as an agent for the continental cougress and was appointed British consul at St. Pierre on that island
in 1771. During 1776-81 he served as agent of the American colonies there. He was a delegate to the continental
congress from Pennsylvania iu 1787-88, and two years later was sent to the Pennsylvania legislature, where in the following year he was made speaker. He was returned to the state legislature us - member in 1794, again becoming speaker. In 1795 he became U. S. senator, and in 1797 was president pro. tem. of the senate.' During his term in the upper house, he was a strong supporter of President Adams. Having amassed immense wealth, in 1793 he purchased
for $250,000 over 2,000,000 acres of land in the state of Maine which he described in a pamphlet issued at
that time. He was also the author of " A Letter from an American on tbe Subject of the Restraining Proclamation"
(1794). Senator Bingham was a member of the American Philosophic Society, and was a trustee of the College of Philadelphia from 1791 until his death. He was married to Anne, daughter of Thomas Willing, of Philadelphia, noted
for her beauty, grace of manners and generous hospitality, which the abundant means of her husband enabled her
to dispense. They had two daughters: Anne Louisa, who was married to Alexander Baring, negotiator of the Webster-Ashburton treaty; and Marie Matilda, who was married (1) to James Alexander Comte de Tilly; (2) to Henry Baring, brother of Lord Ashburton, and (3) to Marquis A. Blaisel. Senator Bingham died in Bath, England, Feb. 7, 1804.
 
Additional references for William Bingham and Mary Stamper; Page 8; Page 9 
 







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