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W Davenport

Alternate candidate:

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William Davenport

  • housewright in Wrentham, MA 1782 and North Providence, RI, 1785.

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GAWP5 presented William Davenport, a cabinet maker in Little Compton, RI as the craftsman behind W Davenport. It also mentioned that he kept an account book in Milton, MA from the 1782 through 1805.

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Plane photographs courtesy of A. C. Smith in the Facebook group Rhykenologists International, May 2026

W Davenport

An alternative candidate.

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William Davenport

  • housewright in Wrentham, MA 1782 and North Providence, RI, 1785.

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GAWP5 presented William Davenport, a cabinet maker in Little Compton, RI as the craftsman behind W Davenport. It also mentioned that he kept an account book in Milton, MA from the 1782 through 1805.

William Davenport court document 1782, Wrentham, MA, housewright.

William Davenport court document 1785, North Providence, RI, housewright. It mentions William as a housewright in Wrentham in 1782.

W Davenport molding plane, 11 1/2" long. Note the wedge and the molded shoulders, features which can be found on late Ce Chelor molding planes. The decorative escapement feature can also be found on the occasional Ce Chelor molding plane. (It is rarely found elsewhere.) Plane photographs courtesy of A. C. Smith in the Facebook group Rhykenologists International, May 2026.

Ce Chelor / Living In / Wrentham NC-700 Colonial Williamsburg Collection. Late wedge, molded shoulder and late chamfer stops on reverse.

(The presentation of visually based elements (scale imprints, scale drawings, etc.) is a challenge, especially when moving from the printed page to the realm of an electronic medium. For reference, the original GAWP 5, CAWP, BARS and SOJ publications had pages which were 8-1/2" in width.)

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