Ezra Chappell, son of Capt. Edward Chappell, married Wealthy Arnold, daughter of Capt. John Arnold, on Sept 10, 1804. Barbour vital records for New London, vol. 3 page 200
Ezra succeeded to the business of his father (sale of West India products) but he so extended that enterprise, and embarked in so many other ventures, that for half a century he was one of the most prominent merchants of New London. Mr. Chappell was engaged in the West India and whaling trade, and distributed his importations from the West Indies, besides his local trade, to other towns throughout the county. He was a jobber as well as an importer, doing no retaining. His old stand was in the vicinity of Golden Street, but in 1807 he moved to the corner of John and Water streets, and in 1828 purchased the property and there occupied a store until 1843, when he engaged in a bond and brokerage business, which he continued until his death. From early life Ezra Chappell, outside of his regular business, engaged more or less in real estate, buying, building and selling, a business in which he was most successful, several buildings now standing in the city as monuments to the family name. He was the first director of the Savings Bank of New London on the organization of the institution in 1827, and its first president, an office he held for five years, resigning in 1833, when he was a made a trustee of the bank. He was elected vice-president of the bank in 1836, and continued in office several years, when he resigned. For years he was identified officially with what is now the New London City Bank, becoming a director in 1823, and in 1847 president. He showed his patriotism and evidenced farsightedness in the large purchases of government bonds at the beginning of the Civil War.
From "A Modern History of New London County Connecticut", by Editor in Chief Benjamin Tinkham Marshall, Volume 2, 1922, page 104.
Ezra succeeded to the business of his father (sale of West India products) but he so extended that enterprise, and embarked in so many other ventures, that for half a century he was one of the most prominent merchants of New London. Mr. Chappell was engaged in the West India and whaling trade, and distributed his importations from the West Indies, besides his local trade, to other towns throughout the county. He was a jobber as well as an importer, doing no retaining. His old stand was in the vicinity of Golden Street, but in 1807 he moved to the corner of John and Water streets, and in 1828 purchased the property and there occupied a store until 1843, when he engaged in a bond and brokerage business, which he continued until his death. From early life Ezra Chappell, outside of his regular business, engaged more or less in real estate, buying, building and selling, a business in which he was most successful, several buildings now standing in the city as monuments to the family name. He was the first director of the Savings Bank of New London on the organization of the institution in 1827, and its first president, an office he held for five years, resigning in 1833, when he was a made a trustee of the bank. He was elected vice-president of the bank in 1836, and continued in office several years, when he resigned. For years he was identified officially with what is now the New London City Bank, becoming a director in 1823, and in 1847 president. He showed his patriotism and evidenced farsightedness in the large purchases of government bonds at the beginning of the Civil War.
From "A Modern History of New London County Connecticut", by Editor in Chief Benjamin Tinkham Marshall, Volume 2, 1922, page 104.
Ezra Chappell, son of Capt. Edward Chappell, married Wealthy Arnold, daughter of Capt. John Arnold, on Sept 10, 1804. Barbour vital records for New London, vol. 3 page 200
Ezra succeeded to the business of his father (sale of West India products) but he so extended that enterprise, and embarked in so many other ventures, that for half a century he was one of the most prominent merchants of New London. Mr. Chappell was engaged in the West India and whaling trade, and distributed his importations from the West Indies, besides his local trade, to other towns throughout the county. He was a jobber as well as an importer, doing no retaining. His old stand was in the vicinity of Golden Street, but in 1807 he moved to the corner of John and Water streets, and in 1828 purchased the property and there occupied a store until 1843, when he engaged in a bond and brokerage business, which he continued until his death. From early life Ezra Chappell, outside of his regular business, engaged more or less in real estate, buying, building and selling, a business in which he was most successful, several buildings now standing in the city as monuments to the family name. He was the first director of the Savings Bank of New London on the organization of the institution in 1827, and its first president, an office he held for five years, resigning in 1833, when he was a made a trustee of the bank. He was elected vice-president of the bank in 1836, and continued in office several years, when he resigned. For years he was identified officially with what is now the New London City Bank, becoming a director in 1823, and in 1847 president. He showed his patriotism and evidenced farsightedness in the large purchases of government bonds at the beginning of the Civil War.
From "A Modern History of New London County Connecticut", by Editor in Chief Benjamin Tinkham Marshall, Volume 2, 1922, page 104.
Ezra succeeded to the business of his father (sale of West India products) but he so extended that enterprise, and embarked in so many other ventures, that for half a century he was one of the most prominent merchants of New London. Mr. Chappell was engaged in the West India and whaling trade, and distributed his importations from the West Indies, besides his local trade, to other towns throughout the county. He was a jobber as well as an importer, doing no retaining. His old stand was in the vicinity of Golden Street, but in 1807 he moved to the corner of John and Water streets, and in 1828 purchased the property and there occupied a store until 1843, when he engaged in a bond and brokerage business, which he continued until his death. From early life Ezra Chappell, outside of his regular business, engaged more or less in real estate, buying, building and selling, a business in which he was most successful, several buildings now standing in the city as monuments to the family name. He was the first director of the Savings Bank of New London on the organization of the institution in 1827, and its first president, an office he held for five years, resigning in 1833, when he was a made a trustee of the bank. He was elected vice-president of the bank in 1836, and continued in office several years, when he resigned. For years he was identified officially with what is now the New London City Bank, becoming a director in 1823, and in 1847 president. He showed his patriotism and evidenced farsightedness in the large purchases of government bonds at the beginning of the Civil War.
From "A Modern History of New London County Connecticut", by Editor in Chief Benjamin Tinkham Marshall, Volume 2, 1922, page 104.
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