Cesar Chelor

Cesar Chelor (born in Wrentham, Massachusetts) was an African-American woodworker, toolmaker, plane-maker and was enslaved by the colonial entrepreneur and the earliest documented American plane maker Francis Nicholson (1683–1753). Chelor is the earliest documented African-American plane maker in North America.

Background Chelor's exact birthdate is unknown; however, he is thought to have been born in about 1720. Along with freedom, Nicholson willed Chelor a workshop, 10 acres of land, tools and materials to continue independently.

Chelor was married to Juda Russell in 1758, with whom he had shared eight children.

In 1784, Chelor died without a will with an estate inventory valued at 77 pounds 2 shillings.