The Winterthur Library

 The Joseph Downs Collection of Manuscripts and Printed Ephemera

Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum

5105 Kennett Pike, Winterthur, Delaware  19735

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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