Chickering Family Papers, 1813-1873
2 folders (0.25 linear ft.)
Collection number: MS 95
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The collection is open for research.
Nathaniel Chickering came to Enfield, Massachusetts in 1800 with his son Otis and operated a grist mill for twenty years. One of Otis' children, Bertrand, operated the Enfield telephone system in the Howe family store and lived with the Edwin H. Howe family.
Enfield was among the Western Massachusetts towns abolished in 1938 to allow the Swift River Valley to be flooded, thereby creating the Quabbin Reservoir to provide Boston with water.
Collection comprises deeds (land and pew) in Nathaniel Chickering's name and an account booklet of Mrs. Otis Chickering. Nathaniel Chickering's deeds show evidence of mills in Belchertown, Massachusetts in 1813 and Enfield in 1835. He seems to have been on the line between the two towns and may have owned property in both at the same time. In 1843, Nathaniel Chickering bought a horse shed near the church in Enfield. Mrs. Otis Chickering's account booklet consists of six pages of her accounts with C.F. Wood and Co, from the years 1856-1873.
The collection is open for research.
Cite as: Chickering Family Papers (MS 95). Special Collections and University Archives, W.E.B. Du Bois Library, University of Massachusetts Amherst.
Acquired from Donald W. Howe, 1960
Processed by Ruth Owen Jones, October 1985.
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Special Collections and University Archives W.E.B. Du Bois Library
University of Massachusetts Amherst Amherst, MA 01003-9275 Phone: (413) 545-2780 Fax: (413) 577-1399 Link to:
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Deeds (land and pew), Nathaniel Chickering Family, Dover, Belchertown, Enfield
| 1813-1848 |
Box :1 | |
Mrs. Otis Chickering account booklet with C.F. Wood and Co.
| 1856-1873 |
Box :2 | |