At the time of his death, Elder Brewster had one chair worth 4 shillings, and another worth 1 shilling. Along with the very similar Bradford chair, this chair is one of the earliest chairs made in America. We know the Brewster chair was made here rather than in England because the species of ash is native to America. The Brewster Chair and the Bradford Chair are related to other turned chairs with board seats found in Boston and Charlestown. As chairs are seldom signed, researchers have to make an educated guess as to who made them.
Researchers examine documents, including probate inventories, to see who was a woodworker.
Then they match the woodworkers and where they lived to the chairs and where they were found. The places Eddy worked correspond to the location of this group of chairs.