Chadds Family Inventories and Wills

The Primary Sources Mentioned May Not Be Exhaustive!

List of Food Products

1. Francis Chadds: Wheat & flower in Mill; Wheat on the ground, twenty horses, mares & colts; Twenty one cow cattle, forty four sheep, Thirty swine; Five casks of flower
2. John Chadds: To four of the first choice of his milch cows; To two of the first choice of his horse kine??; To his wheat in the ground; To wheat in the barn and hay where he dwelt; To two swine; (All the particulars above mentioned are bequeathed to his widow) (#2 only); To one red cow; To one yearling bull, one yearling steer; To one brown steer; To 4 spring calves; To one sow and six shoats, four swine in the pen; To 15 sheep; To hay at the Townsonds Loft; To 7 fat cattle/ sold to Wm. Shipley

List of Cooking/Serving Utensils

1. Francis Chadds: An oval table; a Square Table; in the kitchen; a copper kettle, two iron pots, and a mortar; A fire shovell, Tongues Pott hanging and frying pan; Pails, pans, and milk vesolls; A doz. plates, three pewter Dishes, and a Tankard; A Brass Pan, Mortar Shellot, and Skimmer; Six Glass Bottles; Ten Barrells; 2 table cloths, 12 napkins; 160 pound of wool; Two Boulting Mills Scales and Weights; Cash rec'd for flower,  A square table in the kitchen
2. John Chadds: To his household goods and kitchen furniture
3. Elizabeth Chadds: Tea Table, Tea Warr, and Table linnen; all pewter

Analysis

1. List of Resources Known to be Available to the Chadds at the time of the Inventories
2. Questions about Consistent Availability of the Resources Mentioned in the Inventories? 
1. What is included in the "Household Goods and Kitchen Furniture" in the John Chadds Inventory?
2. What was the production of livestock and crops on an annual basis?
3. Was there selling of kitchen goods between the times the two inventories mentioned here were made?
3. Limits of Chadds Inventories
1. Limited Picture of the Items that the Chadds Possessed (Can also be a good thing, depending on the goals of the researcher!)
2. Focus on Items of Commercial Value (Can also be a good thing, depending on the goals of the researcher!)
3. Lack of Clarity in the John Chadds Inventory about what Kitchen Utensils he had

Source: Chadds Ford Historical Society Guide Manual p72-75 (See Bibliography)