UPDATE!!!
OK, in reading Dean A Fales wonderful book "American Painted Furniture 1660-1880" , it's become obvious this blanket chest was not built in Connecticut as George Seymour (original collector) & CHS thought. It was most likely built in Hadley Massachusetts. I could care less but is pretty sure Mr Seymour would be disapointed to learn that this chest was not made in his beloved Conn. Thankfully, he is not here to know this