Spinning Wheel of Rachel Fell (Waldorf) Dawes

Date: [unknown] [unknown]
Location: [unknown]
Surname/tag: heirloom

This treasured spinning wheel, thought to have been the spinning wheel owned and used by Rachel Fell (Waldorf) Dawes, was inherited by her daughter, Mary Melinda (Dawes) Brigham, who was only 8 years old when her mother died. The cherished spinning wheel was given by Mary as a gift to her grand niece, Emmy-award winning actress Mildred Natwick. Mildred "Milly" Natwick never married or had children and was predeceased by all her immediate family, so the fate of Rachel's spinning wheel after Mildred Natwick's death in 1994 is unknown.