The
The Joseph Downs Collection of Manuscripts and
Printed Ephemera
Henry Francis du Pont
5105 Kennett Pike, Winterthur,
Delaware 19735
Telephone: 302-888-4600 or 800-448-3883
OVERVIEW OF
THE COLLECTION
Creator: Chappel, William, circa
1764-circa 1834
Title: Account book
Dates: 1793-1816
Call No.: Doc. 1670
Acc. No.: 13x108
Quantity: 1 volume (around 470 pages)
Location: 31 J 3
BIOGRAPHICAL
STATEMENT
William Chappel was a
cabinetmaker, chairmaker, and wood worker in Danbury, Connecticut. His birth year has been variously given, ranging
from 1744 to 1764. His parents were
Frederick and Patience Ogden Chappel. He
worked in the firms Chappel & Calhoun (reported to be Philo Calhoun) and
Chappel & White (Ebenezer B. White), which advertised in 1790 and
1792. Chappel left Danbury in 1828
before he could be arrested for debt. He
ended up in Norfolk, Va., and was apparently dead by 1834, although his exact
place and date of death are unknown. He
married Lily McLean in 1793, and they had a son William Ogden Chappel (born
1796), plus several daughters. Lily
McLean (1771-1843) was the daughter of John McLean (a noted patriot during the Revolution)
and Deborah Adams McLean.
In 1825, Chappel’s furniture
making business was taken over by Horace or Marshall, who married William’s
daughter Mary. The surname Chappel is
found spelled several ways.
SCOPE AND
CONTENT
William Chappel made and
repaired a great deal of furniture and other items of wood. His account book mentions bedsteads, tables,
chairs (Windsor, fancy, dining, rocking, fiddle back), desks, wagon wheels,
coffins, tools, chests, bookcases, hat blocks, carriages, looking glass frames,
candle stands, clock cases, sideboards, chests of drawers, etc. He also set locks and panes of glass;
bottomed chairs; painted signs, chairs, and rooms; and did various other odd
jobs. His entries usually do not give
much description of the items on which he worked, but he does mention such
items as fancy and Windsor chairs, mahogany candle stands and tables, cherry
bureaus, and a plain chest. His
customers paid with farm produce, timber, labor, leather, livestock, etc., as
well as some cash.
Customers included Red Mill,
apparently a carding mill, and the Carding Machine. Occasionally, Chappel identified his
customers by the person’s occupation or where the person lived. Almost all customers were men; most of the
women customers were widows. A few
miscellaneous bills and notes are laid into the volume. One bill is dated 1853 and lists textiles,
gloves, braid, and similar items purchased by Horace Marshall from A.B. Hull.
LANGUAGE OF
MATERIALS
The materials are in English.
RESTRICTIONS
ON ACCESS
Collection is open to the public. Copyright restrictions may apply.
PROVENANCE
Purchased from Charles B. Wood III, Inc.
RELATED
MATERIALS
DAPC has photos of tall clock cases made by William Chappel.
Many of Chappel’s customers are mentioned in History of Danbury, Conn., 1684-1894,
compiled from notes of James M. Bailey by Susan Benedict Hill.
ACCESS POINTS
People:
Marshall, Horace, 1796-1886.
Topics:
Cabinetmaking - Connecticut -
Danbury.
Furniture making - Connecticut - Danbury.
Furniture -
Prices - 18th century.
Furniture - Prices - 19th century.
Furniture -
Repairing - Connecticut - Danbury.
Woodworkers - Connecticut - Danbury.
Account books.
Cabinetmakers - Connecticut - Danbury.
INDEX TO THE
ACCOUNT BOOK
Note: only the
names at head of accounts are indexed, not names within accounts
Adams, Hiram
208
Addams, Hezekiah
108
Ambler, Gillead
148
Ambler, Squire (Capt.) 20
Ambler, Stephen
70
Amos Wheeler & Son 158
Andrews, Andrew
183
Andrews, Eden
174
Andrews, John
189
Andrews, Levi
36
Andrews, Robert
127
Austin, James
- item laid in at p. 1
Babcock, William A.
61
Bailey, Bebee
116
Baker, Canelm
62
Baldwin, David, esq. 179
Baldwin, Isaac
235
Baldwin, Samuel S.[?] 35
Bancraft, Zegrand[?] 230
Barber, Nathaniel
100
Barlow, Aaron (Major) 38
Barnum, Daniel
63
Barnum, Eleazer
25
Barnum, Eli
95, 204
of
Bethel
Barnum, Eli S.
161
Barnum, Elijah
184
Barnum, Ezra
38, also item laid in at p. 1
Barnum, Isaac
19
Barnum, Joseph
204
Barnum, Matthew
170
Barnum, Nathaniel
229
Barnum, Noah
111
of
Kingstreet
Barnum, Thomas
66
Barnum, Zera
83
Bartrum, James
107
Beach, Lazarus
13
Beardsley, Asher
229
Beardsley, Gideon
199
Beardsley, Najah
179
Beardsley, Obediah
160
Bearss, David P.
229
Bebee, Edmund
65
Bebee, James
177
Bebee, James H.
88
Bebee, Joseph
150
Bebee, Lemuel
104
Bedient, Zadoc
232
Beebe – see Bebee
Beebee – see Bebee
Benedict & Hawley - item laid in at p. 1
Benedict & Nickelson 224
Benedict & Wildman 14
Benedict, Benajah (Capt.) 80
Benedict, Charles - item laid in at p. 1
Benedict, Comfort
58
Benedict, David
68
Benedict, Elam
224
Benedict, Eleazer
- item laid in at p. 1
Benedict, Eli
151 [under Eli & John], 153
Benedict, Eliakim
14, 29, 88
[p.
88 – of Bethel]
Benedict, Ezra P.
98
Benedict, George
225
Benedict, Ira
196, 227
Benedict, James
151
Benedict, John
41, 141, 151 [under Eli
& John Benedict]
Benedict, John Starr 46
Benedict, Jonah
41
Benedict, Joseph
139
Benedict, Joshua
15, 55
Benedict, Levi
117
Benedict, Peter
32
Benedict, Platt
232
Benedict, Seth
23, 139, 209
Benedict, Starr
226
Benedict, Thaddeus
56
Benedict, Thomas
203
Benedict, Zadock
11
Betts, Alfred (Dr.)
228
Bevans, Henry
175, 192, 220, also item laid in at p. 1
Bevans, William
202
Bibbins – see Bevans
Bishop, Nathaniel
99
Blackman, Abel B.
90
Blackman, John S.
121, 215
Blackman, Thomas
113
of
N’Town
Bostwick, Gershom
178
Boughton, Knapp
104, also item laid in at p. 1
Boughton Starr & Co. 176
Branson, Ezra - item laid in at p. 1
Brewer, John
69, 196
Brewster, John
72
Briant, Silas
117
Brocleton, Harry
124
Bronson, Ezra (Capt.) 150
Brown, Aaron
200
(of
Summertown)
Brush, James
43
of
New Fairfield
Bull, Epaphras W.
65
Bull, Horace
166, 224
Burr, Oliver – see Oliver Burr & Co.
Byers, Robert
p. 66 – list of bonds
Byington, John
103
Calhoon, Philo
136, 218, 235
Canfield, David
74
Carding Machine
189
Carrington, Daniel N. 48, 140
Chace, Obed
53
Chamberlain & Platt 162
of
Brookfield
Chamberlain, Colby
214
Chamberlain, Harry C. 142
Chamberlin – see Chamberlain
Chapman, Daniel
232
Chapman, Joshua
93
Chappel & Adams
100
[under
account for Alanson Hamlin]
Chappel & Brewer 44
[under
account for Moss White]
Chappel & Calhoun 32, 102 (under Stuart), 128 (under Phillips),
165
Chappel & Manner[?] 48
[under
account for Carrington]
Chappel, William -
item laid in at p. 1
Chittenden, Stephen (Capt.) 159
of
New Milford
Clark & Peck
34
Clark – see also Clarke
Clark, James - item laid in at p. 1
Clark, James (Capt.) 5
Clark, James, Jr.
168
Clark, Joseph
6, 172
Clark, Rufus
52
Clark, Sallue P.
129, 176
Clarke, Adam S.
49
Cole, Nathan
92
Collar, Levi
19
Collier John Sell[?] p. 66 – list of bonds
Collins, Ambrose
230, also item laid in at p. 1
Comstock, Daniel & Seth 95
Cooke & Boughton 120
Cooke, Amos
127
Cooke, Daniel B.
166
Cooke, Horace (Capt.) 209
Cooke, Samuel
26
Cooke, Thomas, Jr.
176
Cooke, William
13, also item laid in at p. 1
Cooley, Isaac
67
Cornwell, Anson
199
Cornwell, Nathan
87
Couch, Eli
20
Couch, Simon, Jr.
135
Couch, Thomas
135
Cozier, Benjamin
46, also item laid in at p. 1
Crawford, William
147
Crofut – see Crowfut
Crowfut, Daniel (Capt.) 218
of
Newtown
Crowfut, Eri
188
Crowfut, Joseph - item laid in at p. 1
Crowfut, Merancy
42
Cummins, Asa
147
Curtis, Abner
10
Curtis, Asa
168
Curtis, Jessee
122, 234
Curtis, Matthew
141
Curtis, Monson
171
Curtis, Philo
205
of
N’town
Curtis, Reuben
67, 213
Curtis, Thomas
222
Davis, John (Capt.)
79
Davis, William
202
an
ore digger
De Forest, David L.
156
Dibble, Cornish -
item laid in at p. 1
Dibble, Ezra (Capt.)
45, 91, 137
[p.
91 – of Brookfield]
Dibble, Levi
114
Dibble, Nathan (Capt.) 88
Dibble, Nehemiah
17, 40, also item laid in at p. 1
Dibble, Noah
54, 77, 111
[p.
77 – in account for Matthew Starr]
Dibble, Samuel C.
131
Dibble, Walter
5, 108
Dibble, William N.
42
Dibble, Zar
51
Dikeman, Daniel
133
Diteman, Thomas
62
Dixon, George
71
Dobbs, William
34
Dodd, John
2, 3, 61
Dodd, John, Jr.
172, 193
carriage
maker
Douglas 1
Douglas & Nichols 55
Douglas, Nathan (Capt.) 78
Drew, Isaac
58
Duncomb, Zachariah
206
Ellis, James
81
Elwell, Ebenezer
115
Ely, Edwards
3
Ely, William B.
160
Episcopal Society
71
Evans, Joshua
p. 66 – list of bonds
Fairchild, David
129
a
hatter
Fairchild, Samuel
100
Flinn, John
188
Flinn, Thomas
124
Foot, David
9, 123
Foot, Gideon
112
of
Washington
Foot, John (Capt.)
10
Foster, Timothy
102
Frost, Ezra
112
Gilbert, Sturges (Rev.) 233
Gilbert, Thaddeus
95
Glover, Christopher
48
Goff, David
206
Goodale, Eli
109
Goodsel, Zalmon
97, 144, 186, 211, 225
Gorham, Isaac
31
Gould, John
176
Gray, Gabriel
71
Gray, John
31
Gregory & Benedict 119
Gregory, Abel B.
72, also item laid in at p. 1
Gregory, Eli
66
Gregory, Elijah
62
Gregory, Ezra
28
Gregory, John
69
Gregory, Joseph H.
119, 176
Gregory, Munson
43
Gregory, Nathaniel (Capt.) 214
Gregory, Robert
43
Gregory, Stephen
223
Grey, John C.
149
Grey, Samuel
57
Griffin, Benjamin
214
Griffin, Eli
73
Griffin, John
16
of
Weston
Griffin, Jonathan
118
Griffin, Uriah
73
Griswould, Zachariah 151, 153, 197
Hack, Peter
184, 186
Hall, Amaziah
32, 223
Hamilton, Eliakim
74
Hamilton, Ezra
118
Hamlin, Alanson
100
Hanley, Starr
109
Hatch, Harry
137
Hatch, Joseph
204
of
Brookfield
Hatch, Moses
161
Hauley – see Hawley
Hawley, Daniel
158
Hawley, Hezekiah
136
Hawley, James
115
Hayes, Peter (Dr.)
88
Hickock – see Hickok
Hickok, Amos
178
Hickok, Benjamin (Major) 31
Hickok, Ebenezer (Jr.) 108, 113, 120
Hickok, Eli
37
Hicock – see Hickok
Higgins, Bela
227
Hitchcock, Joseph
184
Hodges, Ezra
199
Holley, Gregory
153
Holly, Daniel
- item laid in at p. 1
Holman, John
169
Hone, Joel
201
Hopkins, John
p. 66 – list of bonds
Hoyt, Agur
56, 125
Hoyt, Amos
21, 145
Hoyt, Ansel
226
of
Bethel
Hoyt, Ard
18, 79
Hoyt, Comfort (Capt.) 200
Hoyt, Comfort, Jr.
64
Hoyt, Benjamin
30, 225
Hoyt, David
134
of
Reading
Hoyt, Eli 17
[&
Co. is crossed out]
Hoyt, Elijah (Capt.) 19
Hoyt, Ira
148
Hoyt, Miles
182
Hoyt, Moses
18
Hoyt, Noah, Jr.
12
Hoyt, Simeon
125
Hoyt, Stephen
235
Hubbard, Reuben (Revd.) 95, 222
Hubble, Moses
160
Hull, A.B. –
p. 88, laid-in bill (not Chappel account)
Hull, Bradley
190
Hull, Chapman
99
Hull, Elias
109
Hull, Hezekiah
218
Hull, John
56, 103
Hunt, Daniel
137
of
Salem
Hunt, Isaac
180
Husted, Samuel
85
Hyde, Chancellor
121
Ives Whites & Co. 93
Jackson, David
117
Of
Reading
Jackson, Ezekiel
82
Jackson, Hiram
212
Jallue[?], Peter
134
of
Reading
Jarvis, Eli
38
Jerves, Harry
74
Judd, David
60
Judd, Elijah
97
Judd, Jacob
39
Judd, Phineas
82
Judson, Andrew
16
a
blacksmith
Keeler, David
106
of
B’field
Kellog, Martin
203
Knapp, Benjamin
78
Knapp, Comfort
180
Knapp, Eli
112
Knapp, Francis
183, also item laid in at p. 1
Knapp, James
194, also item laid in at p. 1
(town)
Knapp, John
85, 199
of
Harpersfield
Knapp, Levi
32
Knapp, Noah
76
Landers, Lemuel
168
Lane, David, esq.
106
Levett, David
223
Lewis, Isaac
27
Lewis, Walker
51
Lothrop, Henry - item laid in at p. 1
Lovelace, Peter
152
Lovelace, Richard
152
Mansor, Aaron
89
Marshall, Horace
– p. 88, laid-in bill (not Chappel account)
Marwin, Philo (Dr.)
109, 148 [account crossed out]
Masters, james
152
Maxfield, Joseph
63
Maxwell, Polly
p. 66 – list of bonds
McLean, Alexander
47
McLean, Deborah
157
McLean, John
4, 164, 191, 195, 216, also item laid in at p. 1
McLean, John (Capt.) 233
McLean, John, Jr.
59
McLean, Mary
171
Mead, Benjamin
147
of
Southeast
Mead, Elias
91, 234
Mead, Nathan
147
Mearchant, Lemuel
74
Meeker, Ezeriah
33
Meeker, Isaac
163
Meeker, William
101
Mennypenny, Joseph
114
Merwin, Andrew
43
Monson, Samuel
143
Morris, Amos
213
Morris, Bethel
36, 198
Morris, Edmund
- item laid in at p. 1
Munroe, David
109, 204
Munrow – see Munroe
Mygatt Taylor & Co. 45
Mygatt, Augustus
115
Mygatt, Comfort
92
Mygatt, David J.
135
Mygatt, Eli (Col.)
106
Mygatt, Filor
84
Mygatt, Miles B.
206, 212
Mygatt, Noahadiah
207
Newman, Noah
89
New Market book - item laid in at p. 1
Nichols, A & P
201, also item laid in at p. 1
Nichols, Aaron
132, 146, 197
Nichols, Ebenezer
30
Nichols, Ezra
85
of
Harpersfield
Nichols, Phillip
190
Nichols, Stiles
70
Norris, Stephen
93
Norton, Gaius
158
Oliver Burr & Co. 22
Olmstead, Daniel
101
Osborne, Moses
15
Parsons, Daniel
226
Patch, John H. - item laid in at p. 1
Patch, William
190, also item laid in at p. 1
Payne, Benjamin
89, also item laid in at p. 1
Pearsons, Elijah
83
Pack & Smith
207
Peck, Abijah
27, 79
Peck, Eli 94
Peck, Eliakim
24, 36, 138-139, 182
Peck, Zera
127
Pell, Sallue (Dr.)
55
Perry, Abel
3
Perry, Daniel
95, 215
of
Newtown
Perry, Timothy
181
of
Redding
Phillips, Samuel
68
Phillips, Samuel, Jr. 209
Phillips, Samuel H.
128, 218
Pickett, Seymour
61
Platt, Benjamin
59
of
Fredericktown
Platt, Newton
209
Plumb, Elijah G.
86
Price, Edmond
188
Price, Lemuel
26
Price[?], Zalmon
150
Read, Aaron
174
Read, Hezekiah
28-29
Red Mill 182
Reed, Daniel
215
of
Southeast
Reed, David
194
Reed, Eli
194
of
Reading
Reed, Thadeus
113
Reed, Zalmon
134
Rider, John
25
Rider, John, Jr.
177
Riley 103
Roberts, Isaac
88, 96
[spelled
Robberts on p. 88]
Roberts, William
30
Robinson, Calvin
23
Rockwell, Isaac
26
Rockwell, Jabez
49
Rockwell, Levi 75
[surname
spelled Rocwell, but doubtless Rockwell
was intended]
Rockwell, Noah
69
Rowland, Jonathan
p. 66 – list of bonds
St. Johns, Gamaliel
43
Salmon, Asahel (Col.) 159
of
Redding
Sandford, J.
35
a
wheel maker
Sandford, Joel
33
of
Redding
Sandford, Sturges
36
Sanford, Ebenezer
170
Sanford, Eli
116
Sanford, Elias
195
Sanford, Elias T.
195
Sanford, Elijah
16, 41, 185
Sanford, Ephraim
179
Sanford, Peter (Capt.) 16, 114
of
Redding
Sanford, Seth
181
Scribner, John
85
Scribner, Joseph
183
Scribner, Samuel
178
Sears, Charels
27
Seeley, Aaron
1
Seeley, Nathan
105
Seelye – see Seeley
Shephard, Pason
49
Shephed [sic], Oliver 175
Sherwood, Joseph
205
Sherwood, William
221
of
N’bury
Showalter, John
p. 66 – list of bonds
Siel, Anna (widow)
78
Siel, James
29
Silivan[?], William (Major) 133
Sillick, William
80-81
[spelled
Scillick on p. 80]
Skellenger, Jesse
163
Skidmore, Amos
230
Skinner, Nathaniel L. 73
Smith, Abel
104
Smith, Clark
205
Smith, Ebenezer
155
of
Brookfield
Smith, John
194
Smith, Joseph, 3d
170, 180
of
Brookfield
Smith, Josiah
72
Smith, Luther
155
Smith, Nathan
189
of
Brookfield
Smith, Samuel
53
Spear, Elihu
110
of
New Haven
Sprague, Eleazer
102
Stanley, Joseph
152
Starr & Sanford
221
Starr, Benajah
76
Starr, Betsey (widow) 94
Starr, Boughton
- see Boughton Starr
Starr, Caleb
115
Starr, Darius
210
Starr, Ebenezer
168, 174
Starr, Edward
175
Starr, Elias
92
Starr, Ethiel
129
Starr, Ezra
52, 94, also item laid in at p. 1
Starr, Friend
22, 130
Starr, Jabes (Dr.)
96
Starr, John W.
177
Starr, Joseph
110
of
Brookfield
Starr, Leman
189
Starr, Matthew, Jr.
77
Starr, Matthew W.
87
Starr, Nathan
43
Starr, Peter
8, also item laid in at p. 1
Starr, Peter (Capt.) 33, 39, 134, 167, 187, 217
Starr, Thaddeus
227
Starr, Zadoc
51, 131
Starr, Zalmon
35
Stephens, Amos
149
of
Brookfield
[see
also Stevens – possibly same person]
Stephens, Ebenezer
198
of
New Fairfield
Stevens, Amos
230
[see
also Stephens – possibly same person]
Stevens, James
13
Stevens, Jonathan
46
Steward, James
42
Stewart, G. & G.W. – item laid in at p. 1
Stone, Aaron
20
Stone, Joel
10, 20
Stone, Oliver
76
Stove, Daniel
19
Stuart, Jacob W.
102
Stuart, James
128
Sturdevant, Amos
18
Sturdevant, Elijah
224
Sturges, Samuel (Revd.) 225
Tarbill, William
54
Taylor (Major)
66
Taylor, Anna
62
Taylor, Cooke
105
Taylor, Daniel
57, 112
Taylor, Ebenezer
11
Taylor, Eleazer
120-121
of
Bethel
Taylor, Eli (Capt.)
132
Taylor, Elias
110
Taylor, Elizabeth (widow) 90
Taylor, Gilead
65
Taylor, Harry
221
Taylor, Ira
71
Taylor, John
179
Taylor, Lemuel
57, also item laid in at p. 1
Taylor, Lewis
221
Tyalor, Phineas
202
Taylor, Phinehas
37
Taylor, Samuel
117
of
Bethel
Taylor, Theophalus
83
Taylor, Thomas, Jr.
53
Taylor, Timothy (Col.) 89
Taylor, Zalmon
100
Tousey, Oliver
120
Tousey, Zalmon, Jr.
146
of
Newtown[?]
Trowbridge, Abraham
104
of
New Fairfield
Trowbridge, Eliakim
227
Trowbridge, James
23
Trowbridge, Joseph
7
Trowbridge, Matthew
28
Tucker, Thomas
77
Underhill, Simon
205
Veal, Oliver
116
Wakeman, Jabes
39
Wakeman, Timothy
91
Watterman Ward & Co. 99
Welch, James
p. 66 – list of bonds
Weld, Solomon
35
Wellman, Jedediah
44
Wells, Thomas
of
New Milford
Wheeler, Amos, & Son – see Amos Wheeler &
Son
Wheeler, Andrew
212
Wheeler, Philip
210
White & Tweedy
73
White, E. B.
- item laid in at p. 1
White, Ebenezer
50, 154
White, John
68
White, Joseph F.
98
White, Joseph M.
75
White, Moss
44
White, Philo
150
White, Prosper
151
White, Russel
30
White, Thomas P.
27
Whiting Clark & Stetson 34
Whiting, Frederick
39
Whiting, Henry S.
210
Whittlesey, Elisha, esq. 37
Whittlesey, Matthew Beal, esq. 12
Whittlesey, Mary (widow) 184
Wildman & Bailey 119
Wildman & Starr
126
Wildman, Abraham
72
Wildman, Eli S.
220
Wildman, Ezekiel
222
Wildman, Ezra
126, 147, 221, 228, 233
Wildman, L.[?] & S. 188
Wildman, Najah
38
Wildman, Samuel
1
Wildman, Samuel, Jr. 169
Wildman, Thomas
133
Wildman, Uz
189
Wildman, Zalmon
60, also item laid in at p. 1
Williams
(Revd.) 198
Williams, Thadeus
156
Wilmot, William
90, 172
[surname
also spelled Wilmont]
Wood, Benjamin
203
Wood, Daniel, Jr.
58
Wood, David (Major)
8
Wood, David, 2d
132
Wood, John (Dr.)
60, 124
Wood, Moses
200
Wood, Nathaniel
13, 228
Wood, Preserved (Dr.) 86
Wood, Zadoc
162
Woolcot, Najah
46
Wooster, William W. 70, 133
[surname
also spelled Worster]
Worster – see Wooster