Description:
Side valance made of blue wool moreen made up of three pieces sewn together and edged with two tapes - one in navy and cream and one of tan and lighter blue, both 3/4" wide. These bed furnishings came from relatives of the Rev. Dr. Samuel Buell (1716-1798) who was born in Coventry, Connecticut, and moved to East Hampton, New York, on the eastern end of Long Island. In 1746, Rev. Buell married Jerusha Meacham (1721-1759), the daughter of the Rev. Joseph Meacham of Coventry, Connecticut, and Esther Williams (1691-1751) who was the daughter of the Rev. John Williams (1664-1729) of Deerfield, author of "The Redeemed Captive." Esther Williams was one of those captured in the Indian raid on Deerfield in 1704, taken to Quebec, and later redeemed. Rev. Buell married his second wife, Mary Mulford (1746-1783) of East Hampton, around 1767, and his third, Mary Miller (1766-1844), in 1788. According to Stephen West Williams (1790-1855) of Deerfield, this fabric comes from Buell's second marriage to Mary Mulford.
Subjects:
Textile fabrics; Wool Link to share this object record:
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