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"The historian is a prophet in reverse." Friedrich von Schlegel
The following vignettes of Chepachet Village were graciously provided to Chepachet.com by Edna Whitaker Kent,
Glocester's Town Historian. More will be posted in the near future.
Read more about Edna Kent here at Chepachet.com, and be sure to visit Ms. Kent's web site at GlocesterHistorian.com if
you're interested in local historical or genealogical research.
 Chepachet has been the seat of government for the
Town of Glocester since 1730. The village was an active settlement since about 1708. By 1713 the Six Principle Baptist Meetinghouse was being built.
There have been three bank buildings in Chepachet - all are still standing
today ...
- Farmer's Exchange Bank in the Masonic Hall Building, failed in 1809.
- Franklin Bank at the corner of Oil Mill Lane and Main Street (Route 44) was
established in 1818 and operated successfully for 47 years, until 1865 when the national banking system was introduced.
- Old Stone Bank became Citizens Bank and operates today near the intersection of Routes 100 and 102.
Chepachet was an active trading village in the early 1800s, having thirteen
dry goods and grocery stores and several hotels and stables to accommodate the traveller. Drovers and shepherds came through the village with their herds of cattle and sheep.
There are only two villages named Chepachet in the country ... Chepachet, RI
and Chepachet, NY.
Chepachet, RI was an active village even before the incorporation of Glocester in
1730. Chepachet, NY was settled in 1816 and is located in the northwest part of the town of Winfield in Herkimer County, east of Utica.
There are some interesting similarities ... a river runs through both villages and
there are familiar family names such as Potter, Angell, and Davis. Both villages produced farm tools and each had a triphammer operation, a distillery, and cloth
factories. A large stone house still stands at Chepachet, NY as does the 1814 Old Stone Mill at the bridge in Chepachet, RI.
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