Description:
Single valance made of navy blue worsted wool (possibly a camlet, related to cheneys, harrateens, and moreens). The valance is gathered at the top and features a decorative navy and brown fringe 1" long fringe along the bottom, which is made up of six pieces sewn together. 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.
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