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ANNUAL MEETI NG OF 1 908

T H E of of 1 0 8 th e scene the annual gathering 9 , the eleventh , was again ’ A . . t Parker House , Boston The Executive Committee met at ten o clock

of n oon the President the Association , General Joshua L . Ch amberlain , held a reception ; and later the company adjourned to the Crystal Dining Room for luncheon . After the good things provided by “ min e host had been discussed and D secluded , the President introduced Rev . E . E . S trong , D . . , who spoke briefly

- f . o . of th e life work Rev Dr Jacob Chamberlain , physician , explorer , scholar ,

. 1 8 an d preacher Jacob Chamberlain went in 5 9 , to India , where he lab ored

o f as a mission ary for nearly fifty years . Being able to speak in several the n ative dialects , he was equipped for work of wide extent, which included a

of of revision the Bible in the Telugu language . He was the father Jacob

two Chester Ch amberlain , wh o died some years ago . ’ f . t o At the conclusion of Dr S rong s address , the President spoke th e ill absence from the meeting of General S amuel E . Chamberlain , who is at his home in Barre . This is the first annual meeting of the Association from which

f . . o he has been absen t O n motion , a telegram sympathy was sent to him

i . . . Following this came an interest ng speech by Mr J H Walling, whose mother was a Chamberlain . He has but recently j oined the Association , but

his evinced all the enthusiasm of a veteran . He read a paper p repared by f f o o . father , which gave a sketch the life his gran dfather Chamberlain

Eugene Chamberlin of New York , began a picturesque an d eloquen t “ : o f address with the dictum As by the grace Providen ce we meet again , each ” ne f f o present should o fer something in honor o the name we bear . H e was

of of proud his n ame and of his descent , for it was becoming more and m ore

r an honor to trace descent from a grandfather who was b orn in this count y .

t of In the great ci y New York with its millions of people , there were barely

of of eighty thousan d whose fathers were natives this land . One his an cestors ,

n ot John by n ame , was scourged nine times because he would forego his faith , t and another, William of Connecticu t, proved his virili y by raising so m any ’ children they were n ever coun ted . The speaker s great grandfather was one of the party who helped Washington cross the D elaware . H is father served

2 th through the Civil War in the 5 Ohio . He finished his address with an eloquent tribute to the strong sterling qualities of the men who h ad borne the n ame of Chamberlain .

Mr . Kendall extended an invitation to the members to visit his home at 4 C HAM BE R LA I N A S S O C IAT I O N O F A M E R I CA

“ o n H olden the morrow . The calf has not fatted worth a cent , but two young f pigs have o fered themselves , an d we hope that all of you will try their flavor .

- Mr . George W . Adam s of Dorchester , was proud of the sweet n atured little

- woman who h ad been by his side for forty three years , and who had made him

to feel it an h onor be a member of this Association .

Vice President Emerson Chamberlin was next called upon . H e thanked i the assemblage for conferring upon him the h onor of his elect on , and expressed his pride in being connected with a family which had produced s o m any strong, purposeful men and women . His descendan ts would be proud of the honor .

Mrs . Austin sang several songs , and Dr . George M . Chamberlin of f . o Chicago , an d D r . George M Chamberlain of Brookline , added their quota i speechmaking . Miss Jess e Ch amberlin of Texas , gave an interesting sketch

’ of a four years tour through Europe an d Egypt . In Germany she happened i f o . upon a Chamberla n who was a scholar note , his specialty being history i H on . M lton Reed said he was a stranger within our gates , a trespasser ,

l old who h ad been he ped over the fen ce by h is friend , Dr . George M . Ch am

H is berlin of Chicago . witty sallies brought hearty applause .

After Miss Ella Chamberlin h ad delighted the assemblage with music ,

of o f —ch iefl of the business the Association was disposed , y matters routine and the election of officers for the year . A i i The ssoc at on adj ourn ed NT GU H MB RL N MO A E C A E A I ,

R ecor ding S ecr efa ry .

SOC IAL GATHERI NG S O F 1 908

H I of T S year we followed the advice our President to be social , an d after the annual meeting most of the members adj ourned in the evening to the

o n for home of the Misses Chamberlain Exeter Park , in Cambridge , an informal reception and social tim e , with vocal and i nstrumental m usic inter spersed . Miss Alice M . Raymond opened with a brilliant pian o solo ; two of

- M r s . . . our well known members , M E Austin and Miss Jessie Chamberlin ,

old- favored us with sweet time songs ; and after refreshments , Miss Ella

- Chamberlin delighted all with her won derful bird like warblings . All were m uch pleased because the President , Gen . Joshua L . Chamberlain , and his daughter , Mrs . Allen , were able to be present . The next day found a large and merry party ready for the delightful trolley ride from Park Square , w Boston , to Worcester and Paradise Hill , Holden , here they were met by members of the Kendall family with carriages an d automobiles to take them h up the hill to the family ome . Tables were s et on the spacious lawn in the

of e rear the hous , in the form of a square . With appetites sharpened by th e

do . long ride , all were ready to j ustice to the bountiful dinner The vegetables H K L L F . SU M M ER H OM E O M R . AN D M R S J . EN DA

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of and the fruits were the products the farm , and were most deliciously cooked , f o . . and served to the enjoyment all Appetites being appeased , Mr James

Kendall asked Dr . George M . Chamberlin of Chicago , to take charge of the

to program . Judge Wm . T . Forbes of Worcester , referred the severe illness of

f n o Ge . . . General Robert Chamberlain , and S E Chamberlain , and moved that h an expression of sympat y be sent to them , which motion was un animously Y carried . Dr . E . E . Strong and Mr . James H . Walling of Brooklyn , N . . , m ade a few brief remarks . Mrs . Ann a E . Smiley read an interesting letter f . on e o . . and poem from Mrs Jane Moore of Ohio , our members Dr George

M . Chamberlin indulged in a few facetious rem arks , and introduced his old

l - H o n time friend and fe low traveller , . Milton Reed of Fall River , Mass . , who entertained the company with witty anecdotes an d brilliant rem arks , produc

to ing much merriment . After these pleasantries , it was voted adj ourn to a “ ” pine grove , called the Pine Parlor , where Mr . and Mrs . James H . Walling Y of Brooklyn , N . received the congratulations of the members on the ’ - twenty sixth anniversary of their m arriage . Mrs . Walling s m aiden n ame

of for being Pin e , the guests , in appreciation his great ad miration the Pine

to family , decked themselves with a sprig from the trees , and formed in line greet them . Later Mr . Kendall , Senior , conducted th e party over the estate n and showed the points of interest . His robust form and the healthful glow o

' s oke we ll for of ou n ot his face p the climate Paradise Hill , an d y will be sur prised to hear that Mr . and Mrs . George B . C aswell have decided to build

too s u n them a hom e there . All soon the setting warned the party that it

- was time to bid good by to Paradise Hill . All seemed to feel that the d ay had been a red - letter day in the history of the society ; and with many kindly wishes an d adieus , they turned their faces homeward , only regretting that all of n o t our members could have been there to enjoy th e beautiful scenery , and

f . the hospitality o fered on this occasion . A M . C .

REPORT OF THE CO RRESPONDING SEC RETARY TH E eleventh annual meeting finds us assembled again in the Parker i House , which has n ow become almost a Boston home for this organizat on .

o u r Our Report has been so recently issued , and Recording Secretary has given so full an account of the meeting last year that I will only refer to two or

of th ree items . We enj oyed the pleasure having invited guests with us , which added to the interest of the occasion . One family represented three genera

of of of tions the n ame Chamberlin , from sweet sixteen to over eighty years age . We refer to the twin brothers , Hon . Albert and Augustus Ch amberlin f o . North Abington , M ass . , and their descend ants . Miss Lila A Chamberlin ,

u s . the granddaugh ter , favored with music

- ver We have added twenty three n ames to our membership , so we are g l ing toward four hundred n ames on o u r record book . On y three deaths h ave 6 CH AMBE RLA I N A S S O C IATI O N O F AME R I CA

been recorded the past year , but we have lost our Hon orary Life Member ,

wh o Rev . Jacob Chamberlain of I ndia , died with the harness on . Although partially paralyzed , he contin ued working on his Telugu Bible Diction ary ,

0 - h ping to complete it during his life time . After the death of the venerable

- Dr . Paton , it was stated that Dr . Chamberlain , with his forty seven years of

v o f ser ice , had the longest record any living missionary in the foreign field .

H e h ad a varied experience as a physician as well as a missionary . Colon el

of Simon E . Chamberlin , one our Vice Presidents , died last spring ; he had a

of remarkably brilliant and patriotic record during the Civil War, being on e f o C . the leading factors in saving the city Washington , D . , at the time that

1 8 6 the C onfederate General , Jubal Early, m ade his raid in 4 , followed by the f battle of Fort Stevens . An interesting accoun t o the part that he took in ’ helping to save the Nation s Capital , was written by Captain Henry A . C astle

' ' of N o lzofm l Tr zoz m e R e os i tor Minnesota , an d published in the p y , November ,

1 to to 9 0 7 . I wish that we had the space print the article in full do j ustice to the memory of such a brave man . We have received his photograph , taken

- fiv e . f twenty years before his death He was a great su ferer from rheumatism ,

o f con tracted during the war , the latter part his life , but bore it with remark

. of able fortitude and patien ce Mr . William Hayes of Minnesota , informs us the death , in Jan uary , of his wife , Mrs . Ch arlotte Prentiss H ayes . Th e Biennial Report seems to have given gen eral satisfaction to o u r

not members . O ur Presiden t writes that it is only the largest but the finest

a that the society has published . Vice President Thomas Ch mberlin said that

of it was the ban ner Report the society . The illustrations are especially fine ,

of ou r and the Grafton Press is entitled to the thanks of the society . Several

fo r members loaned plates and photographs this number , for which we return h . . . C 0 thanks Prof Paul M amberlain of Chicago , sent generously 5 5 pictures

o f . his late father, Hon H enry Chamberlain of Michigan , to be bound in the f a Report . Last year it was suggested that fi ty dollars be spent in preparing genealogy of four or five generation s of each of the five or six branches in the society . The Executive Committee selected the New England pioneer , Henry

f r w ill w e o . of H ingham , the first bran ch , and they , trust , continue in the same line

On account of services rendered during the C ivil War , we learn , Mr . Roe f f o . o Reisinger Franklin , Penn , was awarded the Congressional Medal Honor,

2 1 0 . Febru ary , 9 7 , by the unanimous vote of both H ouses of Congress His only h s on a t . . . is a graduate of West Point , and a Lieuten ant in the 7 U S Infantry

M n r Som e of us received a pleasant call from President cK e d e e H . — Chamberlin , when on a trip to the East . The Ch ase Chace Family Reunion at the Vendome was a very fin e affair ; some Ch amberlains are con nected with that family . ’ ’ The account prin ted of Col . Harding s search for his wife s an cestors is both interesting and stimulating , and may lead others to attempt the same M H RT B . CH AM LA IN R . ERBE BER

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“ of thing . We need the cooperation every member in finding missing links

of of When all the members an organization spring from a common ancestor , the work of tracing the line of descen t is usually an easy task ; but with five or s ix f branches , with several progenitors , who settled in di ferent states at

- i various times , with twenty three variat ons of spelling the n ame , the work is m ore complicated . When the society was first formed there were compara “ ” tiv el d nor y few family genealogies publishe , were there many Vital Records f o historic towns . Now that patriotic societies are printing such statistics

of year by year, let me u rge you to consult the records the town s where your “ ” o u o r forefathers lived ; y m ay thus find valuable data missing links . The

to work is growing easier in many respects . Allow me to relate an in cident

of encourage and stimulate you to research . General William Chamberlain

of o u t for H opkinton , Mass . , later Vermont , wrote his descendan ts a sketch f o of . s on of what he had learned his ancestors I n it he stated that John , the f o . tw o Jacob Chamberlain Chelsea , Mass , had four sons ; went to western

two ff . . New York , then a wilderness , and settled in Ja rey , N H I n after years

of frequent inquiries for those sons failed to find th e lost tribe Israel , until the year before th is Association was organized , the clue that General Cham be rla in left was followed in New Hampshire , and a connecting link was found

old in Oneida Coun ty , N . Y . After exam ining files of letters , visiting ceme te ries , consulting dates in family Bibles and in the Hopkinton and Chelse a records , it was found that dates and names harmonized , although all trace of the New York and the New Hampshire con tingents had been lost fo r half a w or . So no cen tury more many family ties have been established , that it seems very possible that m a n y New England Chamberlains m ay fin d they are — to . conn ected . This society never seemed more hopeful than day We begin to s ee some of the fruitage of ou r work ; and if it proves as hopeful as ou r com m ittee to - l ou r seem believe it will , the day dawn wil soon overspread horizon , f and not many years n eed elapse before all will find their lost tribes o Israel . Thanking y o u all again for the expressions of kind forbearance and patience , as well as for your hopefulness in the work for the future , we close with friendly greetings to all . B G M R . CA ID E, MASS , Faithfully submitted ,

1 0 8 I LL N H MB RLA N . September 9 , 9 . ABB E ME E C A E I REPORT OF THE TREA SURER

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W D . L E I S J . B I R A NNUAL MEETI NG OF 1 909

THE t welfth ann ual meeting of the Association was held at the Parker

1 1 0 . House , September 5 , 9 9 Fifty people from ten states gathered for the social hour from twelve to o ne . The two members wh o came from the g reatest distan ces were found to be our gen ial Vice President , D r . George M .

. . K . Chamberlin of Chicago , and Mr William C Chamberlain of Louisville , y ,

of who , though one the earliest members of the Association , h ad never before atten ded o n e of the reunions . ’ At one o clock the mirrors of the Crystal Room reflected a j oyous company , who questioned the red an d white roses strewn on the table , not knowing whether our English an cestors followed the house of Lancaster or o f

on York . I t was hoped that some day the Committee English Ancestry might inform u s whether the white or th e red rose were the m ore appropriate

for decoration a Chamberlain gathering , or at least en able u s to divide the red and the white roses j ustly when the dinner ended . D . . . . . f Rev E E Strong, D , called the company to order as the co fee was

of - passed . He spoke of the illness our President , Maj or General Joshua L .

i - Chamberlain , LL . D . A special del very letter from Maj or General Chamber l u s ain was read wishing all well an d regretting that he had not , as he h ad f hoped , recovered su ficiently from a severe illness to endure the j ourney from f l . . o Port and to Boston Dr Strong referred to a fact worthy n ote , that until

i o u r this twelfth annual meet ng, President had n ever been absen t but once .

He spoke especially of his worth as a m an , delivering an eulogy that was heartily applauded . He appointed Dr . George M . Chamberlin and Mr . P . M .

‘ Ch amberlain a committee to prepare a nd di sp a tc h a telegram expressive of

ou r h is . sorrow at absen ce , an d our hopes for his recovery f h o . w o The first speaker the day was a guest, H on Milton Reed , gave a most delightful account of his journey aroun d the world through the northern

o ne — half of th e two hemispheres . He h ad but regret , that h e had not known how easy it was to make a dash to the North Pole so that he might have w o n for us the laurels th at Dr . Cook was e njoying , Instead of wandering as he did an ungarlanded stranger through the courts of the University at Copen h agen . When he ended his lively account of m any lands an d peoples , Miss

Ella Chamberlin charmed us with her musical whistling .

to Rev . Lewis Cornish of H ingham , Mass . , explained the plan erect at

of Hingham , at a cost of about a tower with a chime bells as a memorial to the first settlers of the town on the two hundred an d seventy- fifth

of anniversary of the founding of the town . The n ame Henry Chamberlin

o n . will appear th e tower on a tablet listing the first settlers , and Mr Cornish wished that the n ame of every on e of his descendants might appear in the 1 0 CH AM B E R LAI N AS S O C IATI O N O F AME RI CA

th Book of Donors that will be preserved in e tower . H e asked the Associa l . C o . . tion to appoint a com mittee The chair nam ed William J Harding, Mr . f o . . to Eugene Chamberlin Brooklyn , and Miss J C Watts , with power increase their number .

. . . on Mrs M E Austin entertain ed the company with songs , accompanied the piano by Mrs . Noah Curtis . Mrs . Anna E . Smiley of H olyoke , Mass . , f “ ” . . o read a poem by Mr William R Chamberlain Chicago , entitled A Dream , a fond dream o f a visit to historic Massachusetts and the Chamberlain reunion .

to Dr . Strong was compelled withdraw, and resigned the chair to Dr .

George M . Chamberlin , who was compelled to accept the honor because a

Crystal Room offers no hiding places . He charged his reverend brother with breach of promise , desertion , an d other high crimes and misdemean ors , but the Association , though entertained by his complain t , refused to entertain it , f and gave their departing o ficer a vote of thanks . f o . Chamberlain Brown , grandson Gen . S amuel E Chamberlain , contrib Af u e . t d a brief item con cerning Ch amberlain Falls in rica Mr . Edwin M .

Y . h of . o w Ch amberlain Albany , N , told us briefly he heard of the Chamber

of lain Association through Senator Chamberlain Oregon . Mr . Pierson M .

o ne of Chamberlain , of our Vice Presidents , brought us n ews the New Jersey

Chamberlain Reunion Ass ociation . His speech was followed by a pian o solo

. f o . . . . by Miss Elizabeth O Chamberlain Concord , N H Mr George W Adams of of Dorchester, gave an in teresting memorial Sketch the life an d person ality f ’ f — o . . o his wife s brother , Dr Albert H Chamberlain London , England , also dentist to Queen Margarita of Italy . Brief remarks were made by Mr . James f Y o . . . H . Walling Brooklyn , N , and by others

to Dr . George M . Chamberlin called the business meeting order an d , as

of n he was chairman the Nomi ating Committee , resigned the chair tempora

f . to . . o rily Mr Martin H Chamberlin Rutland , Vt Miss Jenny Chamberlain

r f Watts was appointed by the chair Secretary p o em . Owing to the lateness of the ho ur the reading of the reports of the Secretaries and of the Treasurer

o n was waived , an d th e reports were ordered placed file and prin ted . Dr .

o f George M . Chamberlin presented the report the Nominating Committee ,

fi . which was accepted . The of cers so nomin ated were elected The Association voted : Th at the Executive Committee be authorized to appropriate m oney , if they deem it advisable , for the genealogical work outlined

f of o . in the letter Judge William T Forbes , chairman the special committee n appoin ted to secure genealogical material to be printed with the a nual reports . ’ s i ne o i e The business meeting was declared adjourned . NN HAM LAI N TT JE Y C BER WA S ,

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ff Ch amberlain of Bu alo , N . Y has deposited his genealogy with the Asso i i n . . c a t o . , and been h elpful in m any ways Mrs Isabella W Ball , Associate

‘ z i Tr i u ne . N a i ono b C . Editor of the of Washington , D , has kindly presented “ two interesting books relating to the Civil War, Washington during War ” “ ” i of T mes and When and Where We Met Each Other , a list battles an d

1 6 1 1 8 66 of f places from 8 to . By means her photograph some o us have

of made the acquaintance a n ew member , Miss S . Belle Chamberlain , State

Superintendent of Education in Idaho . The Govern or of Oregon has become a Sen ator of the United States and sends his greetings to all . Our worthy f . o of kinsman , Mr Warren Chamberlain Honolulu , has sent more their

t - historical literature , the Fif y Seventh Report of the Hawaiian M issi onary ’ 1 0 Children s Society for 9 9 . In it are letters from Mr . Levi Chamberlain , his father . Also two of their newspapers have arrived , sh owing that those distan t possessions of the United States keep in touch w ith the central gov N n w e rnm e nt . o o and country doubt they are discussing the North Pole , C ook or Peary ? I n ou r next Chamberlain Biennial Report we expect to m ake the

of of for acquaintance the William Billerica Branch the first four generation s , and trust that some members will be able to connect themselves with that

to family . The Executive Board plan continue the genealogy of the other

to branches , and h ope press the work to completion . We thank you all

fo r n ou heartily your helpful ess in so m any ways , and trust y will not be disappoin ted in the Report . With best wishes for the coming year ,

Very sincerely submitted , I LL N HAM LAIN ABB E ME E C BER . U U W M ILL IAM C CHAM LA IN , U B Q , I A R . W . BER D E O

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T H E thirteenth annu al meeting of the Chamberlain Association was held

o n 8 1 1 0 - at the Parker H ouse , Boston , Friday, July , 9 . Maj or General Joshua P . . D . . of L Chamberlain and three Vice residents , Rev E E Strong , D . . , f . . o Auburndale , Dr George M Chamberlin Ch icago , and Mr . Emerson Ch am

of berlin New York City, met the members at an informal reception from

’ o ne m twelve to , when a march , played by Miss Alice M . Raymond of C a b rid e s u m m one d g , the company to luncheon in the Crystal Room . ‘

. C . A telegra m had been received from Washington , D , from Senator

. to George E Chamberlain , who was expected deliver the address of the day, regretting that illness in his family prevented him from attending the gather “ n one ing, and expressing a hope that the occasio may be a most delightful to the whole membership of the Association who may have the pleasure of fi ” being present, and pro table as well to them as to the absent ones . After

- . n the b anquet , Major General Joshua L Chamberlain called o Judge William

of m T . Forbes of Worcester , chairm an the Executive Co mittee , to begin the

. n o speechmaking H e had prepared , he said , set speech for the occasion , but

of — h e as Senator Hoar rem arked a politician , he could always speak , did it

. to to rest his brain There followed a witty address , which added the mer

of riment the gathering , especially when Judge Forbes related a personal ’ o n experiment an Englishm an who could see n o fun in M ark Twain s writings . At the close he referred to the splendid services i n the Civil War of two of

ca n our members who meet with us no more , General S amuel E . Chamberla in

f . o . Barre , and General Robert H Chamberlain of Worcester

of Rev . John Chamberlain New York City , chaplain to the deaf and dumb , assured us that it was his intention to be brief lest his hearers regret th at he did not belong to the class he served . H is wife was the genealogist

h i m of his family . Her researches led to feel th at if he passed the n ame down as h onored as he received it , he would do well . Miss Gertrude Cham “ ” m f r berlin favored us with a selection fro Carmen arranged o the piano .

h er The pleasure of hearing we h ave missed for several years . She brought

T a nkerville with her , as one result of her wanderings in Europe , a stone from

of . C astle in Norm andy , and a view the castle A scion of this noble house bore first the name of Chamberlain in England . ’ f n . D . . . o s o Rev . E E Strong , D , told last summer s pilgrimage with his to

of of the homes of th eir an cestors among the green hills Vermont , and th e

f r o . pride an d respect that he felt his grandfather , General William Ch amberlin

. of Dr . George M Chamberlin Chicago , complained th at the only thing he had “ ” W i ? to heard since he arrived in Boston was , here is your w fe H e sought A N N UA L MEETI N G O F 1 91 0 1 5 make us believe that he was of Irish descent by adding that his chagrin wa s so great that next year he would bring her and stay at home himself " He

of expressed his gratification over the honor accorded Mrs . Young Chicago ,

of in her election to the Presidency the National Education Association ,

on delivering quite an eulogy this superior woman and great organizer , an f o . . B old friend his wife and himself . Dr George M Chamberlain of rookline , confessed ingenuously that when he was a studen t in college he was delighted to speak on all occasions , adding that this desire had passed so completely that two years ago he married a wife to save him further effort in th at dire c

on tion . As she showed no inclination to relieve him this occasion , he con tinu ed his entertaining talk , confessing toward the end that it was a new thing for l him to interest himself in genealogy, and adding that he was wi ing to come forward in the Association and do what he could to take the place of

of those passing away . Miss Ella Chamberlin Cambridge , delighted the

of company with her musical selections . Mr . Edwin Chamberlin Albany , gave interesting data that he had discovered this year concerning the Wiscon

in in e s Regimen ts the Civil War . I t will be rem mbered that he himself served in the war from Wisconsin .

o n Mr . Emerson Ch amberlin wished the work English ancestry could be revived . H e felt that certain traits in his character might be accounted for if he could trace his descent from the physician , Hugh Chamberlen of Lon don ,

to o r or from the fighter who followed William the Con queror England , from

of of or the traveller and scholar , John Chamberlain the reign Elizabeth , from

of the Quaker John Chamberlin the Massachusetts Bay Colony . H e wished

u w n n this conf sion as to his o person ality migh t be dispelled . He prese ted the report o f the Nominating Committee recommending the reelection of the ffi presen t o cers .

to of c to th e The Association , turn ing the business the lay , listened reports of the Recording Secretary , the Corresponding Secretary and the ffi Treasurer , accepted them and ordered them placed on file . The o cers

o n f wh ose n ames appear the last pages o this Report were duly elected .

- of Major General Joshua L . Ch amberlain sp oke eloquently the aims of

f u o r . this Association . Genealogy was th e an atomy o organization He hoped this part of o u r work might be organized more carefully and so as to

of make the records we possess m ore accessible to all . Th e life blood the

of Association was its social life . The interchange thoughts an d ideas draws forth the best th at is in us . Who knows how far the influence of his person ? ality extends He wished we might have better opportunities for sociability ,

- - u f . . that we might plan again a day o t o doors together . D r E M elville Quinby ’ ” of “ “ England , delighted the company by singing The Admiral s Broom , The ” ” “ of Curfew , and The Bandolera . M r . Raymond Chamberlain Brooklyn , Y . w N . , m ade a thoughtful address , closing ith a reference to his pleasure in 1 6 C HA M B E RLA I N A S S O C I ATI O N O F AME R I CA

attending the meeting this year . H is friends in the New Jersey branch of the

h a d family expressed warmly their enjoyment of e arlier gatherings .

I t was voted to sen d by Mr . Raymond Ch amberlain an expression of regard and congratulation to the Ch amberlain Reunion Association of New

Jersey . It was voted to send an expression of sympathy to Sen ator Cham l i er a n . . . R v lu b . o n e o , and to Mr and Mrs George W Adams The Committee tion a ry Wars were authorized to continue compiling the list of soldiers in the f War o the Revolution .

. . to Mr James H Kendall , when he felt a little worried as what his chil w dren might think concerning him , was al ays consoled by the thought that they would approve of at least one act —his ch oice of a Ch amberlain for a wife . H e made a witty speech , ending with the declaration that he could not m ake a Speech and must end matters abruptly , as did the gentleman who slid down stairs from Brooklyn Bridge , catching by the way and carrying to the

S h e foot a fat lady . As was too dazed to rise instan tly, he reached up , “ ”

on . tapped her th e shoulder , and said , This is as far as I go this trip Let

of ters were read from C ol . Thomas Chamberlin Pennsylvania ; from Mr . A .

C . Allen Chamberlain , starting for Germany ; and from other absent members .

of Miss Alice M . Raymond closed the entertainment the d ay with a brilliant pian o solo . A vote of thanks was passed to all who had ki ndly contributed to o u r ’ s i ne a i e en tertainmen t . The Association adj ourned . N N HAM LAIN WATT J E Y C BER S .

ecr ta r r tern S e y p o .

REPO RT OF TH E CO RRESPONDI NG SEC RETARY

N EW n members con tin ue to joi the Association , bringing new life and

M r of . vigor . . Charles A . Chamberlin Detroit , Mich , has made his four son s

to . . members take the place of his deceased brother, Mr Henry L Chamberlin — Y a . f . . of Bu falo , N , worthy exam ple to follow H is portrait will appear in f o u r o . printed report , and also that his brother The experimen t o f holding the thirteenth annual meeting in July wa s

of wh o no t made at the suggestion a few distant members , could attend a gathering in September and wished on e at the time that the National Education

- s e e f Association held its forty eighth convention in Boston . We s ome o the name who have never been h ere before . There are responses either by letter or in person from our noble band of Vice Presidents , who continue as loyal

of o u and true to the society as ever . We trust that , in course time , y will see

of of the pictures of all them , as well as our life members , in our printed

n reports , and lear what gen uine representative Americans they are . We all

ou r . feel the death of senior Vice President, General S amuel E Chamberlain ,

AN N U AL MEETI N G O F 1 91 0 1 7

M r of s . an d his sweet and gentle wife as a personal loss , but their daughter,

u s C ol. George M . Brown , is still with . Thomas Chamberlin of Philadelphia , f never fails to send a message of cheer , alth ough a great su ferer . He is rejoicing in h aving as a visitor a brother wh o has been absent twenty- seven years . All will be pleased to know that one of our western Vice Presidents rendered such excellen t service as a Governor in Oreg on , th at the people sen t h im to the Congress of the United States to serve as their Senator ; we antici

to pated welcoming him this thirteenth annual gathering, but a telegram n f informs us that he is in quarantin e o accoun t of the illness o his daughter .

M c Ke ndre e . . Presiden t H Chamberlin writes from Los Angeles , Cal , th at he has foun d n early fifty of the name of Chamberlain or Ch amberlin in the City f o . Directory, and he hopes to make the acquaintance some of them When

Dr . an d Mrs . George M . Chamberlin of Chicago , wrote that they did n ot expect to attend this meeting , there was great disappointment, for they have done much to enliven our meetings by their western h ospitality and kindnesses .

But at the last moment the Doctor walked in and received quite an ovation .

Mr . Richard H . Chamberlain of Oakland , Cal . , has n ever been able to attend

o u r a meeting, but you will see his portrait in next printed report , as well as

f f V o n o . . o t. e that Mr Herbert B Chamberlain Brattleboro , , of our helpful

m ch arter members . We have some charter embers who make it a point to ” “ - attend every annual meeting, and the President calls them his stand bys ; we are much gratified to find that they do not fail to come in July . We have received many letters sending kin dly greetings to all . S ome were on the eve of or departure for Europe , others planning a western tour , a trip to the “ ” - - mountains or the sea . If the sky pilots succeed in establishing air rou tes , wh o can tell what may occur within the next ten years " Our kinsman in Honolulu has not forgotten to send his greeting and the ’ 1 1 0 Report of the H awaiian Mission ary Children s Society for 9 , which is R interesting historically . Mrs . Follett , Regent of the St . Paul Chapter , D . A . . , “ of o n Minnesota , has sent a booklet the Old Sibley H ouse and the Celebra ”

. . C . tion of Flag D ay Dr Alice Burritt of Washington , D . , has a won derful

o u r chart that she has evolved ; she hopes soon to attend meeting , and feels

1 proud to claim descent from Edmund Chamberlain (born Jan uary 3 ,

m a We fear that we y lose from our meetings one of our favorite songstresses ,

. h . s e Mrs Martha E Austin of Roxbury , Mass . , for expects to remove her home to New York City . Great sympathy is felt for Mr . an d Mrs . George W . Adam s of f o f . o Dorchester , M ass , on account the death their only daughter , who had been recently married in Berkeley , C alifornia . Mrs . Adams lost her brother , Dr . Chamberlain , a dentist in Rome , Italy , the previous year . We find sixty deaths recorded in the list of four hundred twenty -three names o n f . o our books As our older members pass away from the field action , we hope that the younger ones will come forward to help he a r some of the 1 8 C HAM B E R LA I N AS S O C IAT I O N O F AME R I CA r of a r esponsibilities an d burdens the Association . We e glad to welcome new members .

Faithfully submitted , I LL N HAM LAIN ABB E ME E C BER .

REPORT O F TH E TREA SURER

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A ss i s ta n t Tr ea s u r er . Appr o v e d t A u di or . L W S . B I D E I J R , N'EC ROLOGY

T H E Association has lost by death the following members not before reported

. f N (1 a n . 1 1 0 E a n B . o a o C a e ew o . 8 8 . Mr . dw rd Wilm t h mb rl i , LL , Y rk City , J , 9

1 1 8 a t n o n a nn . a H a e . a n . 0 Mrs . Willi m y s d J 3 , 9 , Wi , Mi

. . t n a D D . . . M a r 2 1 0 8 a a a n a a e . R v o a e a n . . . e . a c J b Ch mb rl i , M , D , LL D , d , 9 , M d p ll , I di

fo Va i 2 f n n . a t a e E o a e n o a o C . . 0 C l o n . o . Sim lli t Ch mb rli W shi gt , D , d W t r rd, , Apr l ,

M 2 8 n Ra a n o f O o . a 1 0 c n a C a e . Mrs . Lu i d h mb rli g hi , d y 9, 9

t a n o 1 . a Oct. 1 0 8 . a e a e a n . o O Mr Ch rl s W . Ch mb rl i d D yt , hi , 3 , 9 N E a a n o f B a e a . o v 1 1 en . a e . e . . 0 0 8 . G S mu l Ch mb rl i rr , M ss , d , 9

H . N . a a a e n . a t e a n o n . o v 1 0 8 Miss Cl riss A . Ch mb rli d L b , N , 9, 9 . F t e a b 1 0 . . H a . a o e . a e . Mrs rri t P Kimb ll d D ubuqu , I w , 7 , 9 9

H a a in . a t Ro e a F eb . 1 1 e . e 0 . Dr . Alb rt Ch mb rl d m , It ly , 9 , 9 9

f N o . n n a . 1 1 e a e n o o . 0 . Mr . Alb rt Ch mb rli Abi gt , M ss , d April 7 , 9 9

a Y . e 1 1 . H en a n o f B o . e . . 0 Mr . ry L . Ch mb rli uff l , N , d S pt 3 , 9 9 t 1 o Oc . 0 . a e e e o f H a C t. . Mrs . C h rl s A . J w ll rtf rd , , d 7 , 9 9

E e E e a n of R o . N o v 1 1 . z a a . 0 Miss li b th . Ch mb rl i xbury , d 9, 9 9

f o e o o (1 . a n . 1 1 0 . a e a e a e n o O . Mr J m s D l Ch mb rli T l d , hi , J 4 , 9

F eb . 1 1 1 1 0 . . E a a n a t a e a a e e . . Mrs S mu l . Ch mb rl i d C mbridg , M ss , , 9

R DW A D W I LM T HAM LA I N M . E R O C BER of New York City, passed away ’

1 8 1 0 8 . January , 9 , after a two weeks illness H e was b orn in New York City

2 1 8 2 of April 3 , 4 , good American stock , the seven th generation from Edmu nd

of . Chamberlain , and a descen dant the Dudley , Lym an and Phelps families

- Two of his great grandfathers served in the War of the American Revolution , 1 . O . Capt Moses Chamberlain and C . Samuel Williams Moses Chamberlain ’ 2 6 1 was first mustered in to th e service May , 7 7 5 , in Captain Walker s com ’ pany ; was Lieutenant in Colonel Bedell s New H ampshire Regiment in 1 7 7 9 H f . o . and as Capt . M oses Chamberlain represented the town Winchester , N ,

2 1 1 8 8 in the convention which ratified the Federal Constitution , June , 7 , vot ing for the ratification . The mother of Edward Wilm ot Chamberlain , Julia

of Wilmot , descended from the Phelps family Connecticut , was a woman of unusual intellectual ability . Contrary to th e wishes of both his parents , Mr .

h is Chamberlain refused a university training, a step he regretted during whole life , and which he endeavored to amend by constant reading and study .

1 8 2 . I n 7 , h e was admitted to the New York Bar Throughout his years of practice his work was directed more towards reforms and helpfulness to W others than towards m aterial wealth . He was always illing to put his pro fes s ion a l of knowledge at the service every one , and inheriting ample means ,

he was able to devote much time to the help of the needy and Oppressed . He enjoyed excellent health and h ad a remarkably sunny and equable dis

i a a pos tion . His sister misses close comrade, and his wife devoted and 20 CH AM BE RLA I N AS S O C I ATI ON O F AME R I CA

of - affectionate husband . He was a member the Medico Legal S ociety , the

Bar Association , the Social Reform Club , the Manhattan Liberal Club , th e

Twilight Club , the Sunset Club , and the National Defen se Association . H e f o . . 1 8 received the degree LL B from Columbia University , class 7 3 .

R . HA L TT NT I A of of M S C R O E PRE SS H YES , wife William Hayes , died pneumo

V . . 1 1 0 8 . t nia at Win ona , Min n , January 3 , 9 Sh e was born in Montpelier , , May

1 0 1 8 of , 5 4 , the eldest child Joseph Addison and Rebecca Dodge (Loomis)

of H o n of Prentiss , and granddaughter . Samuel Prentiss , a member the Sen

f 0 1 ate o the United States from Vermont from 1 83 to 8 4 2 and U . S . District

1 8 2 Judge for Verm ont from 4 to 1 8 5 7 . Her maternal grandmother was

m of . descended from Willia Chamberlain Woburn an d Billerica , im migrant

1 8 6 re In 9 , her parents m oved to Winona , which was her home during the

i r f m a n . de o her life Her mother and her husband survive her . She was a

of o f woman kindly heart , gracious manners , vigorous mind , and great force

of character . She was active in the regeneration the Winona Library Asso ci a tion 1 8 in 7 7 , and in its development into the Winona Free Public Library ,

of ff which owes much its success to her earnest e orts , her sound culture , f e o . broad rang interests , and tolerant Spirit She had a share in the library

1 f w administration from 8 7 7 until a e years before her death . She was a

of member the First Congregation al Church of Win ona , but after her m arriage attended the First Presbyterian Church , retaining an active interest in both

of h e r organizations and giving freely time and strength , especially to the

of of Da u h missionary work . She was a Regen t the Wenonah Chapter the g ters of the American Revolution , and was deeply interested in its patriotic purposes .

V 8 L N L SI M N LLI T HAM L IN N orthfi eld t. CO O E O E O C BER was born in , , Jun e ,

1 8 6 2 1 8 . 2 1 3 4 August , , h e was mustered into service as Second Lieutenant

1 1 8 th in Company A of th e New York Volunteer Infantry , himself enrolling

- - 1 6 1 8 6 twenty six of the eighty three men in his company . May , 4 , he was promoted to be Captain of Company K of the 2 5 th New York Volunteer

. 1 1 1 8 6 Cavalry July , 4 , he rendered gallan t and critical service in the f f . o . o C . defense Washington , D , against the forces Gen Jubal Early , as an

JVa ti ona Z Tr i bu ne R e os i tor article by Capt . Henry A . Castle in the p y shows at

1 —0 length , (Vol . , pp . 3 4 4 , November , He was given the brevet rank of Colonel by the Governor of New York for gallantry in the field . After the war ended he was commissioned First Lieutenant in the 8 th Cavalry of the

1 8 6 regular army . While serving in Washing ton Territory , in 7 , he contracted f h e rheumatism , from which he su fered much during his life , and by which was confined to his room during the last three years . He resigned from the

1 8 6 army in 7 , and married Miss Edith Dawson Matthews of Waterford ,

Loudoun County , Virginia , whom he had met when provost marshal at Poin t B C OLON E L S IM ON ELL IOT CHAM ERL IN

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as a nurse to the b odies and souls of her friends . She was warmly interested

o u r in this Association , an d came frequently from Worcester to an nual gather W ings . We Sh all miss her insome face .

Pf K of R . A I T I M AL L M S H RR E B , one the earliest an d most interested

of of a n d members the Chamberlain Association , was the daugh ter Reuben

of O live (Chamberlain) Taft, a granddaughter Selah an d Abigail (Burnett) t of of Ch amberlain , and a descendan Henry Chamberlin Hingham , immigran t , V t. 1 8 Born in Newfane , , in 3 3 , she received an academic education in Ver mont , supplemented by instruction from private tutors in the home of her

of . un cle , the late Selah Chamberlain Cleveland , Ohio She was a cousin of

o f of Jenny Wilson Chamberlain , daughter William Selah Ch amberlain Cleve land , a famous American beauty wh o m arried Capt . S ir H erbert Scarisbrick

- A f . s o Naylor Leyland , baronet a favorite n iece her two uncles , Selah and

Joseph Chamberlain , Mrs . Kimball was throughou t life a frequent guest in

. 1 8 6 their beautiful homes in Cleveland In September , 4 , she was married in

to to h er Vermont hom e Nelson W . Kimball an d went to Dubuque , Iowa , reside , dispensing there in her stately home a charming hospitality . M rs .

of Kimball possessed a rare personality, great force character, blended with

w of s eetness temper an d a vivacious temperament . She won a foremost f place in the literary circles o the city . She was admitted to the Conver ’ s a tion a l of Club , became a charter member the Dubuque Woman s Club

of and the D ubuque Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution ,

of . which she was at on e time Regent She was ever a peacemaker , an d esteemed and beloved by all as a Christian woman . At a memorial service in the Dubuque Woman ’s Club the foll owing tribute was paid by the first i f : President of the club Her intellectual ability, her tender grace , courtesy and kindness won hearts to her , and once gained she held them by ’ o f w ho the strong cords an abiding, unselfish love . She was one wrought life s ’ work with a fervent heart, and life s duties were performed with fidelity and ”

. ou r . in tegrity She h as gone from our presence . but n ot from hearts Her

f . . . o only child , Mr Elliot C Kimball , is a member this Association

f DR . L T N HAM LA IN s on o . A BER H E RY C BER , eldest Henry M an d Martha

. 1 8 . A . (Soper) Chamberlain , was born in Auburn , Me , October 5 , 4 4 H e went to the school in Auburn and for a few month s to Lewiston Falls Academy .

2 rd . When seventeen years of age , he enlisted in the 3 Maine Regiment H e

fo r served the nine months which the regimen t was enlisted , returned home ,

2 th an d enlisted again in th e 9 Maine Regiment for three years . The regiment

to was ordered New Orlean s , joining the forces of General Banks . Albert was small but en ergetic and ambitious , an d became a general favorite with f both o ficers and men . They thought him sm all to carry a musket , and made

to him Regimental Bugler, in which p osition he gave satisfaction Colonel W' K B A L N L SON . M L M R S . E I

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Virgen and the regiment . While in New Orleans he contracted malaria an d other ailments , and was taken to the hospital , where he hovered between life and death for six weeks . When his regiment was ordered north , he begged to be taken , believing that if he were left there he would surely die . His request was granted , his comrades carrying him in their arms to the steamer .

. . con He was placed in a hospital in Washington , D C I t was there that he c ei ve d the idea of studying den tal surgery an d began the study . He received an honorable discharge with his regimen t when the three years for which h e had enlisted had expired , and returned home . His health was SO far improved

w a s to . . that he able to go Augusta , Me , an d continue his studies in den tistry

to Later he studied in Boston , Mass . Receiving his diploma , he returned ffi Augusta and opened an o ce , with flattering results . He applied his whole

to energy with the determination , not only succeed , but to surm ount every ffi f di culty and stand at the head o his profession . Ultimately he accomplished

. u f of this He m arried Miss Nellie Holcomb in Aug sta . To escape the e fects

o f a nd chronic disease , he followed the advice his physician and friends wen t f to Europe to regain his health . He opened an o fice in Nice in partnership

out with another dentist , but soon sold to his partner and journeyed to hi . s Florence , Italy Open ing an office alone , his practice grew far beyond

th e of expectation s , and his health improved . At end three years he Opened

f of an o fice in Rome , still retaining that in Floren ce . The rep ort his Skill an d success at Florence preceded him to Rome . Soon after his arrival he

for H is was called to the p alace to do professional work Queen Margherita . work gave satisfaction , and he was given permission to place upon his busi “ ” of now ness cards , Dentist to the Queen and Prince Victor Naples , King ’ f w a o . s Italy He the Queen s dentist as long as he lived . Several years later

f S ix of he opened an o fice in London , England , spending months the year in

. 1 0 for each country In February , 9 9, Dr . Chamberlain left London Floren ce

of - r fe s at the request the Dowager Queen Margherita . After completing p o

u to to h is who sio al work for her, he went Rome visit son , was associated with the father in the office at Rome . H e was exceedingly fatigued on his arrival and retired early . In the morn ing the young man charged the servants to

s on let the father sleep as long as he pleased . Shortly before noon the left ’ his ffi on o ce , went to his h ouse and to his father s room and found him lying the bed unconscious . Physician s were at once summoned , but no hope was

. 1 1 0 given He died February 9 , 9 9 , and was buried in the English Cemetery s on in Rome , beside his wife , who h ad died five years before . His only , ’

to . Edward , succeeds his father s business . A Sister , Mrs . George W Adams ,

of is a member this Association . One brother, Arthur K . Chamberlain , is n f o . livi g in Marlboro , M ass . Dr . Chamberlain was a lovable and genial n ature

w on H is H e hosts of friends an d kept them . success in life illustrates what w energy , determination and high resolves ill accomplish . He will be missed

o f by a large circle friends in London , Florence and Rome . 24 C HA M B E RLA I N AS S O C IAT I ON OF AM E R I CA

ON L T HAM LI N H . 2 . A BER C BER was born in Abington , Mass , February 7 , f 1 8 2 6 o . , the son Deacon Joh n and M ary Porter (Norton) Chamberlin He had five brothers and two Sisters , who all lived to an advanced age , retaining their vigor of mind and body to a remarkable degree . He died in the eighty

. A of fourth year of his age sister and two brothers survive , one whom ,

Augustus , is his twin . For several years Albert and Augustus Ch amberlin f were distinguished as the oldest twins living in this section o the country .

1 8 2 . Albert Chamberlin married in 5 Matilda M Cobb of East Sumner , Me .

two one o f . To them were born two sons and daughters , whom died in infancy

H . n f o . The surviving children are orace A Chamberli West Somerville , Mass , f f o . o Isetta M . Wales Hyde Park , Mass , an d Everett F . Chamberlin Abing

ton . e , Mass Enj oying very meagre educational advan tages he becam , by

w on reading an d study , a well educated man , and by his integrity the respect

For of of all his acquaintances . many years he was one the largest Shoe

of f m anufacturers in the town Abington , his prin cipal product being bu falo

of i n overshoes . The last years his life were Spent agricultural pursuits , and , although during the last two years his strength was declin ing , h e held to his

o n occupation until e month before his decease . He joined the Baptist

Church at South Abington (now Whitman) when a young man , and retained his membership until the formation of the Baptist Church at East Abington

of (now Rockland) , where he served as Deacon and Superintendent the Sab bath School m any years un til the formation of the Baptist Church at North

f . Abington , where he held the same o fice He was always engaged in religiou s and benevolent work , sparing neither time and strength nor money in carrying n n o ut what he con sidered was for the welfare of humanity . Alth ough a o “ ” Wa r combatant , he did much for the Boys in Blue during the Civil , and f . o has always been a guest of Post 7 3 , G A . R . He was a charter member 1 F Winthrop Lodge , . O . O . . , North Abington . He was a Director in the f C o . o Abington Mutual Fire Insurance , and Vice President and Trustee

M a s a h u the Abington Public Library . He represented his district in the s c

1 8 - f 1 8 6 0 . o setts Legislature in 9 and 7 When the twin brothers , eighty one years

1 0 age , attended the Chamberlain dinner at the Parker House in 9 7 , they were

C h a ta u u a greeted by the President and given the q salute by the Association .

N ATH HAM L IN 1 0 1 8 M R . P H E RY L RO C BER was born October , 5 3 , the son f o f . . . o Ch arles E Chamberlin His mother , Mrs Eliza Chamberlin Port Wash lu gton , Wisconsin , is a member of this Association , as is also his brother , f n . . o Charles A . Chamberli of Detroit , Mich A sister , M rs Alexander Wood

of L . ; , E . A L Spring ake , Mich his wife who was Miss liza J nthony S pring ake , H Mich . , and three children , Royal . , Gertrude and Hazel Chamberlin , survive h im . Mr . Chamberlin began work as a purser on one of the Engelman boats

1 8 1 - A m a z on i n 7 , and was rescued by the life saving crew from the , wrecked

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1 8 1 o f at Grand Haven in 8 . Later he was agent fo r the Ward lin e steamers

u f -i h - A with headq arters at Bu falo ; was associated with his brother law , lex

n a der Wood , in the con trol of a lin e of freight boats on the Erie Can al ; and assumed the position of freigh t agent for a number of companies . H e was a member of the Transportation Club of Buffalo and of the Sons of the Ameri can Revolution . His grandfather , Aaron Chamberlin , aroused his interest in military history when a b oy by telling h ow he was wounded in the knee at ’ 1 8 1 2 - the engagement of Lundy s Lane in the War of . H is great grandfather , Aaron Chamberlin (1 7 5 8 served with the Connecticut troops during

2 1 1 2 1 1 88 0 the War of the Revolution from May , 7 7 7 , to May , , and from September to December of the latter year ; and later in New York State was

ffi of w an o cer in the militia , first of Otsego an d later Dela are County , holding various ranks from that of Ensign in 1 7 9 2 to that of Brigad ier- General in

1 8 0 . r . 5 Hen y L Chamberlin was an attendant at the Universalist Church , a

of firm believer in the Great Creator, a man of exemplary h abits and a genial

of u nfortu and sympathetic n ature , ever willing to listen to the pleadings the

or his n ate and lend a helping hand by word deed , Ofttimes beyond fin ancial

- “ : . co ns icu ability . One of his fellow townsmen writes Mr Chamberlin was p o u s ly identified with the railroad and steamb oat interests for m ore than twen

- of ty fi ve years in this State and particularly in the region the Great Lakes .

He was a thorough busin ess m an of the highest character, and left behind him a beautiful memory among the friends in fraternal organization s as well

f o ne as those in the ordinary walks o life . He was regarded as of th e best in his particularly chosen lin e of life .

U L IA W L L of R . . . . M S J W JE E , wife the late Col Charles A Jewell , and an

of associate member this Association , died at her h ome in H artford , Conn . ,

1 0 . o r October 7 , 9 9 , after a lingering illness She was either Treasurer Pres ’ iden t of the Hartford Branch of the Woman s Board of Foreign Missions of

- the Congregational Church for twenty eight years , an d gathered about her ffi exceptionally fine women as o cers an d helpers . Her in terest in mission ff work never wavered , her faith in it n ever faltered , her e ort never weakened , and her beautiful service was a source of strength and courage to those asso “ ” ia te d 1 1 0 c . with her On May 5 , 9 , a Memorial Gift Service was held at the

- semi an nual meeting of the H artford Branch . Loving tributes were paid to “ l two the character and inf uence of Mrs . Jewell in addresses en titled , The ” “ ” of o f Purpose of the Gift an d The Story the Gift . Then the presidents “ ” a n d the auxiliaries formed in procession , singing Jerusalem the Golden , brought forward in memorial envelopes pledges and gifts amounting to over A mem orial building will be erected for the girls ’ boarding school at “ ” Van , in Asia M in or, to be called probably the Julia W . Jewell Hall . Her i n ame will be hon ored in d stant parts of the earth . The memory of h er

n r gracious presence will long li ge in the hearts of those who knew her . 26 C HAMBERLAI N AS S O C IATI O N O F AMERI CA

R AM AL HAM L IN C o . M . J ES D E C BER was born in Union , Pennsylvania ,

1 2 1 8 1 . April , 4 He rem oved with his Wife an d family to Toledo , Ohio , in

1 8 1 8 6 0 o n ff 5 9 , and in November , , located on the East Side a high blu , at a

V . bend in the rive r, commanding a magnificen t iew up stream Here , on what

- n w . is o Miami Street , he lived for fifty years H is death , in his ninety sixth

o n 1 1 0 year, was hastened by a fall December 5 , 9 9, by which his right limb hi was broken near the p . He was interred in Willow Cemetery , Toledo . A s o n two , Frank Chamberlin , Infirm ary Director at Toledo , and d aughters ,

r Mrs . Elij ah Whitmore and Mrs . Warren Whitmo e , both of Toledo , survive

of him . He was a successful gardener and manager a fruit preserving indus

i nfi rm iti e s try until forced by the of age to give up active employment . While still living in Pennsylvania he conceived the idea of hermetically sealing fruit to preserve it, from reading ab out the fruits discovered in excavating Pompeii .

His first success was with tom atoes , marketing the fruit in Philadelphia and

- 1 8 n . earer markets in three quart tin cans In 7 7 , h e began the preserving of

or rhubarb pie plant , and this industry has been continued by himself and his

o n of Eva o s to the present day , th ousands barrels h aving been marketed , p

a . r ted fruit was , it is said , also first introduced to the market by him

VET ER AN S OF TH E ARCOT M I SSI ON

D a d M s Cha m ber la i n a r e a t the le t o the r ou n r . r . f f g p

28 C H AM B E RLA IN AS S O C I AT I O N OF AME R I CA

’ Dr . Chamberlain told the moving story of his m other s life an d influence to a gathering of women at the Ecumenical C onference on Foreign Missions in

1 0 0 M iss i ona r R evi ew o the Wor ld New York City in 9 , and wrote it for the y f , “ : in which it appeared under the title , The Making of Missionaries The ’ ”

8 l. xxxi 2 1 0 vo . Mothers Influence , in May , 9 ( pp 3 5

“ - If ever a man were foreordained to be a missionary, his life long friend . “ Dr . Cobb writes , Jacob Chamberlain evidently was . His boyh ood days afforded abun dant evidence of the possession of those traits and capacities which were afterwards so Sign ally exhibited and which so eminently fitted him for the life and work on which he ultimately entered : Men tal and physical

of power and alertness , in tense earnestness purpose , an indomitable deter

to m ination overcome obstacles and achieve the best possible results , unfalter

of ing courage under all condition s , a scorn everything low and mean , keen

of w ness and sweetness humour , cheerfulness always , with the desire to kno ” of o d an d willingness to d o the will G .

1 8 1 Entering Western Reserve College in 5 , but absenting himself for one

f 1 8 6 f o o . year because ill health , he graduated in 5 , valedictorian his class He spen t a month in the autumn of 1 8 5 6 at Union Seminary in New York

1 8 C ity , but was graduated in 5 9 from the Theological Seminary at New

N ew Brunswick , Jersey , being attracted to this institution by the course in

“ ‘ ’ o n Hebrew under Dr . Campbell . By his insistence the best in Hebrew , he was th us unconsciously preparing himself for the important and influen tial ” part he afterwards took in the revision of the Telugu Bible . During this period he took , also , some medical studies , chiefly in the College of Physicians

o f and Surgeon s in New York , and received later the degree M . D . from the

Western University Medical College at Cleveland , Ohio . He h ad remarkable

col success in medicine and surgery in India . Three summers he served as porteur in Ohio an d Illinois , for the American Tract Society and the Presby “ f of a nd o . terian Board Publication , thus meeting all sorts conditions men

A year before his graduation from the Seminary , he had an opportunity to

of study Tamil with some members the Arcot Mission then in America , and hence applied for appointment as a missionary to India of the Reformed

e Prot stant Dutch Church , now denominated the Reformed Church in America .

1 8 u He was ordained in May , 5 9 , in the Marble Collegiate Ch rch , Fifth Ave

- nue an d Twenty ninth Street , New York . For several months thereafter he

i n labored in the Reformed Churches the Western Synod , of Chicago , by

f h e f assign men t o t B oard o Foreign Missions . This varied training an d ser “ w vice helped to develop in him that rare faculty of meeting men , ans ering their argumen ts and objections and pressing home upon them the truths of ” the Gospel which was so rem arkably displayed i n after years in India and in

f r his work o the cause of missions among the churches in America .

1 8 September 7 , 5 9 , he married at Hudson , Ohio , Charlotte Close Birge , JACO B C H AM BE RLA I N 29

of . daughter Rev Chester Birge , at one time settled over the Presbyterian

2 1 1 8 Church at Vienn a , Ohio . December , 5 9 , they sailed from Boston in

f ss 1 2 1 8 6 0 God/ e . the ship , arriving in India April ,

- of 1 8 The Arcot Mission , south west Madras , was founded in 5 3 , by three

f . o . . sons Dr John S cudder , the pion eer medical mission ary Dr Chamberlain

a 1 8 6 1 studied the T mil language first , but in was sen t to Palmaner to begin

T w o - fi work am ong the Telugus . years later he journeyed thirty v e miles further n orth and opened a station at Madanapalle , about one hundred and f . o fifty miles inland from Madras The story these beginnings , with the little h - ouse and school house church thatched with rushes an d with mud walls , is “ ” told in the seventh chapter of In the Tiger Jungle . This was his statio n

1 8 6 1 0 1 from 3 to 9 , when his health compelled him to withdraw to the hills , to Coonoor .

1 8 6 In this same year, 3 , he m ade wh at was probably the longest evangel is tic of tour his life , and the most d angerous . He took with him two cart — loads of Gospels , Bibles , and tracts in Telugu , including also a small supply

o f re i on _a nd in four or five other languages the g , four n ative helpers , each

r able to preach in two o three of these languages . Starting in June they were absent betw een four an d five months j ourneying through Hyderabad an d

Goda ve r no . the Upper y , Where mission ary had ever been before In cidents f of this tour o nearly miles are related by Dr . Chamberlain in the first “ ” of of an d second chapters In the Tiger Jungle , an d in the third ch apter “ ’ ” The Cob ra s Den . On this journey Dr . Chamberlain contracted the j ungle fever, from which he was n ever able to free his system , in spite , as he said , “ ” of of to barrels quinine , soj ourn s in the hill country , an d voyages Australia and the United States . But because of his vigorous constitution the fever could not destroy h is vital energy . Note this record in his report for the

1 1 ix year 8 7 I h ave been out on s preaching tours during the year .

on 1 2 . Three of these were five weeks long each . I have spent tours 5 days if if i f My native helpers were o u t 2 93 days and we together preached

i 8 f 1 a 7 3 9 t mes , to 5 3 di ferent audiences in 3 5 towns and vill ges , to people . We have also sold on these tours Scriptures . Besides this we have preached systematically in Madanapalle and the surroun ding villages ” 2 5 7 times , to people , and sold books and tracts . Dr . Cham

rla i n b e . had the utmost faith in such tours , and made them every year In “ 1 9 0 2 he wrote : It is safe to say that of the converts now on the rolls of the Arcot Mission m ore th an eighty per cent have been brought in by this

‘ o f v public proclamation the Gospel in th e vern aculars . These ha e , indeed ,

m of come mostly fro the lower classes , but a l arge percentage our high caste ” converts have also thus been brought to the knowledge of C hrist . ’ r di . e a Dr Chamberlain s interest in the early Hindu literature , and the ness with which h e quoted (or chanted) the ancien t Vedas and poets (an 3 0 C H AM B E RLA I N A S S O C IATI O N O F AME R I CA

“ example of which may be seen in o u r Report for 1 90 0 was of special value in approaching the higher castes enabling him to disarm prejudices and enforce the truth . Throughout his life in India he strove to make his medical work reenforce

' his evangelistic labors , and not usurp the chief share of his time and atten tion . His medical and surgical work was so successful that this was some

ff R a m nn a . a times di icult Soon after his arrival in Madanapalle a man , , had his right hand and forearm crushed accidentally under the wheels of the great

S et idol car of the town . Dr . Chamberlain the ten fractures SO successfully that the man was able to use his arm again in ploughing and reaping . This w on for him a friend in one of th e strongest and most numerous castes in

- fi ve Madan apalle . Seventy miles from any surgeon or physician , crowds

o ne came to him till he was treating over hun dred patients a day, preaching also to those who gathered at his dispensary before he treated their ailments .

l 1 8 6 be At length , in Ju y , 9 , appealed to the Madras Government , which sup ported thenceforth at Madanapalle a hospital an d dispensary . Dr . Chamber

a lain organized n ext travelling dispensary, which won to friendliness many

1 8 unknown and m any h ostile villages . In 7 3 he treated ab out patients .

Some patien ts he sen t to Madan apalle , riding in many miles for serious opera tions , especially in opthalmic surgery , but all Operations he could he performed

1 8 1 in a tent . In 7 the people of Palman er appealed to him so strongly that he f established a hospital there with a Christian sta f , supported by the local gov

1 8 to rn m e nt . e , but under his supervision Until 7 4 , when ill health drove him

ins e c America , he visited it frequently for critical Operations and a monthly p

1 8 1 8 8 tion . From 7 9 to 4 he supervised again the three dispensaries and the medical work of the region . This responsibility he resigned when he started o n his second journey to America in 1 8 8 4 . H e did some medical work in

o f f - his t e nt on his later evangelistic tours . This Side his li e work is especially ’ ” n “ described in the inth chapter of The Cobra s Den , and in the sixth and “ ” of seventh chapters The Kingdom in India, and references to it are frequen t throughout his writings .

One other talen t of value to the missionary pioneer deserves mention .

i o n He possessed an inventive mind and mechanical Sk ll . At e time the ceil i ing of his library in India fell and smashed his typewr ter . In putting it i n

to . repair un aided , certain improvements occurred him These he sub mitted l ater to the manufacturer , who Offered him a large salary if he would leave the

n . missio field , and serve the firm as an inventor This inventive skill was inherited by his son , Jacob Chester Chamberlain , well known to the members of this Association .

1 8 1 8 6 o n From 73 , to 9 , he represented the Arcot Mission the committee

Of b of . for the revision the Telugu Bi le , and was chairman the committee He compiled also a Telugu Hymn Book , five editions of which have been sold , J A C O B C HAM B E R LAI N 3 1

the last edition containing copies . It is in general use among the f o . Telugus India and Burma These beautiful hymns were sung at his burial . “ i to m elliflu ou s Some he tran slated others he composed in th s , him , an d beautiful language . During the last six years of his life , in Coonoor , in the

r Nilgiri Hills , he labored to prepare a Telugu Bible Dictiona y . To translate

of o u r one western diction aries would have been useless , as the orien tal mind grasps swiftly much that puzzles the occidental , but needs a careful elucida

1 0 2 tion of other points . Stricken by paralysis in May , 9 , the work was inter r u ted 1 0 6 — - of p for m onths , but in 9 , the first volume was printed , on e fourth the work he had plan ned .

to of He wrote often the papers America , Englan d and Australia to awaken and sustain interest in missi ons , and prepared many graphic leaflets , sund ry of which were reprinted an d circulated by the mission b oards of other f . o denominations than his own Many thousands copies of his two books , “ ” “ ’ ” 1 8 6 In the Tiger Jungle , issued in 9 , and The Cob ra s Den , issued in — “ ” 1 0 0 . 9 , h ave been sold To rest his Telugu b rain cells he prepared at —“ ” Coonoor his last b ook , The Kingdom in India , which was in the press f when the news arrived o his death .

He ren dered distinguished service to the cause of church union in I ndia ,

i 1 8 8 1 8 8 advocating it in the Un ted S tates in 5 , in Scotland in 7 , and in India

r fo many years . He had a principal share in the fin al plans which brought

—a about the South India United Church , union of the n ative churches plan ted by the Reformed Church an d by the United Free Church of Scotland . H e

o f 1 0 2 n was the Moderator the first Synod of South I ndia in 9 . H is cou sel was

1 0 sought by those wh o secured , in 9 5 , the union of all the Presbyterian and

of u Reformed Churches India in the P resbyterian Ch rch in India .

- 1 86 Four times the jungle fever , which he con tracted in 3 , and other f serious and complicated ailments , from which he suf ered often great pain ,

to drove him America , compelling him to spend in all ten years here on

n ot . furlough , and also several months in Australia . The years were wasted

1 8 to During his first visit in 7 4 , he began wonderful mission ary addresses , which m any generous friends of foreign missions ascribe their first i n terest in

“ m of the cause . They were arked by great intellectual force , bre adth vision , “ ” of wide kn owledge , a clearness alike of perception and statement , an “ ” “ of intense earnestness , and a wonderful fertility and aptness illustration , “ convulsing at times even the Gen eral Synod with merriment and again almost ” “ melting it to t e ars . One writer h as said : We have seldom heard any mis

i M is s i ona r s ona ry speak whose tongue burned with such genuine fire . ( y ’ R e iew o th e I/Vor la 1 0 8 of v . f , August, 9 , p The degree Doctor of Divin — ity was conferred on him by three colleges , Rutgers , Western Reserve , and

' —in a m e r 1 8 s e a 8 . Union , the y , 7 He was the first foreign mission ary to serve as President of the General Synod of the Reformed Church He 3 2 C HA MBE R LAI N A S S O C IAT I O N OF AME R I C A

a n d 1 8 8 visited missions in Japan China on his way to I ndia in 7 . On his ’ 1 8 way from India in 7 4 , he j ourneyed at a frien d s invitation through Pales tine and the peninsula of Mount Sin ai . His careful study of the land was of

1 88 1 great value to him in preparing the Telugu Bible Diction ary . In , he spent several months in Australia to escape the hot season in India , made m any addresses , and won an interest by which his mission profited for many

h 1 88 to 1 8 8 years . During his second furloug in America , from 4 7 , he raised — for the establishment of a theological seminary, later securing the increase o f this sum to This was the first endowed school of th e

1 8 6 . 8 1 kind in In dia His third visit, from 94 to 9 , was marked by the publi f “ O . 1 0 0 cation his first book , In the Tiger Jungle In 9 , he attended the

Ecumenical Conference on Foreign Missions in New York City . H is name “ was then known throughout the Church un iversal , and perhaps no figures

of 1 0 0 were more m arked and n oticed in that great m issionary congregation 9 , ” of than those Jacob Chamberlain and John G . Paton . He was honored by being chosen the o ne missionary to speak at the opening session in Carnegie

2 1 to H all on April , and made a thrilling address in response the welcome ’

. M i s s i ona r R evi ew o the Wor lo to the mission aries (Condensed report in y f , ’ ""I I I 1 1 — 1 , 4 4 3 , Jun e , H e spoke also at the Studen ts Conference at l N orthfie d. Th e degree of Doctor of Laws was conferred on him by Hope

1 0 0 1 0 1 College in 9 , an d by Western Reserve Un iversity in 9 . This was his fourth and last visit to America .

- 1 0 8 His forty eight years of service for India were closed in 9 . He is

on buried the spot where he pitched his tent first in Madan apalle . In O cto

h e r 1 0 . , 9 7 , he was compelled to cease work He went from Coonoor, where , n h an invalid , he had b or e the care of the Church and mission , w ile working

on also the Telugu Bible Dictionary , to the physicians at Vellore , who could n o o t restore him . H e longed s for his beloved Madan apalle that he was

fin ally carried there , and lingered a few weeks among his Telugu people until

2 1 0 8 o f s ix — March , 9 . Four the sons b orn to him in India , William Isaac ,

— h i s Lewis Birge , Rufus Nutting , and Charles Starr Chamberlain , and als o “ for - wife , survive him . To her who thirty seven years h as shared my ” labours and my joys an d shares them still , Dr . Chamberlain dedicated , in f 6 . o 1 8 . 9 , h is first book Dr Chamberlain an d his wife appear at the left the “ picture accompanying this sketch , the Veterans of the Arcot Mission . One

of . the sons , Mr Jacob Chester Chamberlain , was well kn own to the members

f . o n . o s . this Association Another , Prof William I Chamberlain of Rutgers

College , is a member .

1 1 0 8 April 3 , 9 , a memorial service was held in the Marble Collegiate

- - h Church , Fifth Avenue and Twenty ninth S treet, New York City , the c urch in which he was ordained and in which a farewell service was held when he

f r - left o the mission field over forty eight years before . Those who took part JACO B C HAMBE RLA I N 3 3

D C oe . . . . in the service were Rev . Edward B . , D , LL D ; Rev . A . E . Kittredge ,

D . . M a n iu . D of f c s . . o D . ; Rev H H utton , D , President the Board Foreign

. A . . D . Missions of the Reformed Church ; Rev rthur J Brown , D , Secretary of f D o . . . . . the Presbyterian Board Foreign Missions ; Rev J C R Ewing , D . , of D President Lahore College , In dia ; and Rev . Henry N . Cobb , D . . , Secre tary Of the Board of Foreign Missions of the Reformed Church . “ Dr . Cobb writes : Throughout all India he was recognized as one of the

ne wh o leading mission aries in that country . As o has recently visited In dia

d ‘ of has said since his eath , I heard his fame Spoken all over Southern I ndia , and I did not hear one single reference to him that wa s not highly a ppreci a tive of his Splendid qualities of mind and heart an d of the admirably success ful work which he h as don e during his long period of service in connection ’ f with your board . He might have attained eminence in many fields o endeavor . He was an inventor an d mech anical genius , an explorer , a great

“ - evangelist , a skillful doctor and surgeon , a linguist, a sagacious , far sighted , ” - r u broad minded , constructive missiona y statesman , a delightf l companion . “ f Perhaps no trait was m ore characteristic o him than his abounding j oy . i Joy in his work an d in ts fruits . Joy in his associations and fellowships .

Joy in his plans and hopes , an d joy in God even when those plans and hopes ” seemed frustrated and disappointed . His genial face can be seen in our “ “ Report for N o m an did more with his life than did Jacob Ch am ” “ berla in I nde endent : , a writer in the p says A great preacher , an accomplished

of sch olar, a business m an ability , a medical practitioner of no mean skill , all his talents were devoted with tre mendous enthusiasm to the evangelization of ” India .

B . D . iographical sketches by Rev H enry N . Cobb , D . , have been printed

Chr i s ti a n I ntelli encer 1 1 1 0 8 [Mi ss i ona r R evi ew o th e in the g , March , 9 ; the y f ’ “ ” Wor la 0 1 8 . , April , 9 ; and as an I ntroduction to The Kingdom in In dia

(Fleming H . Revell Company .) V - N S . B RE ET B RI GAD IER GE ERAL AMUEL E CHAM BERLAI N ,

U . S . VOLS .

B Y A - N A L I LLIAM AN FT TI D W . C M JOR GE ER A B RO , M . V . M . (RE RE ) ,

- AT IGAD I N AL . L L E BR ER GE ER , U . S VO S .

’ This a ddr ess w a s d eliv er e d a t a b a n qu e t giv en by th e First Vo lunt ee rs Citiz en s Ass o

i a ti o n in n n c r 1 0 i o o o f o a n R e i n M . th e m e . co Ap il , 9 9, h r C mp y C , Third g m t , M V . , first ’ p a ny (n o t militi a ) to re sp o n d to Pr e sid en t Li nco l n s ca ll for v o lun t eers a t th e o utbre a k of

th e l W a r c a n e in i n n . O o n e a a e a e th Civi f this mp y G r l Ch mb rl w a s first l e u te a t . Aft r e a ddress a p o rtr a i t of G en era l Ch a mb e rla in w a s pr es en te d to th e c ity of C a mbridge a nd ’ w a s a cce e th e a o ll a B o o n n a i th e a o of ce . pt d by m y r , Wi i m F . r ks . It h gs m y r s fi

SAM U L M HAM LAI N of E E ERY C BER , the fifth and youngest child Ephraim

and Lydia (Leonard) Chamberlain , was born at Centre H arbor , in the state f l o 2 8 1 8 2 . o d New H ampshire , on November , 9 When he was seven years ,

the family moved to Boston . The boy attended the public schools , an d h ad

begu n a business career , but , when he was about fifteen , his father died , and

young Samuel went to Illin ois to the home of an uncle , with whom he lived

8 h w a 1 6 . t e s until May , 4 The Mexican War had begun , and government

raising volunteers to augment the forces of the regular army . The makeup

of the boy , then sixteen years old , showed itself when he enlisted as a private

in Company A of the S econ d Illin ois Volunteers , Colonel Bissell command ’ ing . Th e regiment was raised for a year s service , and proceeded to S an

m Antonio , Texas . General Wool , com anding the troops there , issued an order which provided that any twelve m onths ’ man wh o would reenlist in the regular army should be transferred to such arm of the service as he might if elect . We can imagine th at young Ch amberlain had perceived the d ference

between the requirements of the foot and those of the mounted arms . He

o f m might have transferred to the light artillery , which there were so e excel

for lent batteries , but h e chose to transfer to the cavalry . His fondness a

horse had already been developed . H e very likely had had experience with

those belonging to his uncle , an d h ad , no doubt, learned to ride fairly well . He was relieved of locomotion and the burden Of carrying his musket and ’ o n accoutrements , but he took , besides the care of a cavalryman s belongings

ow n hi s and the chief preparation of his food , the care , also , of horse , though “ : he felt , n o doubt , as the Englishman felt who said I never walk when I ” i o n can ride . So , hav ng served barely a m onth in the volunteer infantry ,

1 6 June , into the First Dragoons , Troop E , he went , and became initiated into that arm of service with which he was to serve in both the Mexican and — to . Civil wars not only to see hard service , but gain distinction The regular army of the United S tates at the time of the Mexican War

was not only one of the best equipped , but, also , for its Size , one of th e most

f i ' a o I i d ‘ a c : - M e e s. ” b t ‘ " y / a ' J / J n u " A/ k x / "

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- h is whole life thereafter was shaped by it . However kind hearted as a frien d ,

u however considerate and affection ate as h sband and father , however symp a thetic as a man ; as a soldier Chamberlain showed that he was trained in a

of not school stern , hard an d successful service . This training was fully

of him appreciated at first by his comrades a later day, but it stood in good stead when th e exacting requiremen ts of Civil War fighting had to be met .

i no t f There s t time o recite m any incidents o his Mexican service . De tailed with an escort carrying dispatches from Wool to Taylor, after a tedious ’ of m arch five days the party j oined Taylor s army , thirty miles from Monterey .

of Chamberlain was attached to Troop H , the Secon d Dragoons , with which

n on he served in the attack upon Mo terey . H is horse was killed the Saltillo f to o . Road , and he was th en ordered join the stormers the Obispado He

of took part in the fighting the secon d day , and witnessed the surrender from ’ 2 th the Black Fort, on Septe mber 5 . At Mont C lova he rejoined Wool s

a of 2 2 2 division an d was present at the b ttle Buena Vista , February and 3 ,

1 to ff 84 7 . It s ounds strange recall that he join ed in cheering Je erson Davis ,

of of when the latter , at the head a Mississippi regimen t volunteers , repulsed ’ f for the dashing charge o Minon s Lancers . Later he was made a corporal

f of some special service to his comm anding O ficer , which showed quickness

of of —a apprehension , decision and action high soldierly trait .

1 8 8 After he left the army , at the close of the Mexican War in 4 , his en ter

a f prising spirit started him upon life o adventure . He boarded a govern

for men t wagon as wagon master, and started California with an expedition

of under the charge General Lawrence P . Graham . Upon reaching Chihua

f to of hua , inducemen ts were o fered him by the governor join a party rangers j ust moving against the Apache Indian s This he did and engaged in a cam

a i n of of p g rife with the horrors warfare . Of th e forty survivors this campaign ,

to Chamberlain was the last . H e next went California and remained there ’ 1 8 filibu s terin for until 5 3 , wh en he j oin ed Walker s g expedition lower Cali

forni a . and New M exico He took part in the engagemen ts at Lopez , Ence

n 1 8 for of n ada an d Sai t Thom as . I n 5 4 , he left the East Indies by way the

San dwich and Philippin e I slan ds . From there , he proceeded to Chin a , and

to of a then to India , where he journeye d the foot hills the H imal yas in quest f o game .

of 1 8 In th e autumn 5 4 , he returned to Boston , an d in the following year

ou he was married , taking up his residence in Cambridge . Some of y who hear “ ” w - my voice kne him from then . A few brief years , and the Wide Awakes were parading these streets . Now , the first volunteers were drilling with ’ Old Prentiss Rich ardson s mu sket in his law office yonder , and then came that

r - a o— showe y April morning , forty eight years g an d how m any times we have — h eard General Chamberlain tell the story i n th is hall when y ou and he and th e drummer, with Prentiss Richardson at your head , marched to the State M R AM U L . CHAM LA IN S . S E E BER

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House , with ranks steadily increasing until there was nearly a full company of on e hundred men ; the assignment as Company C to the Third Regiment of the Volunteer Militia , the muster into the United States service , with Cham b erla i n of as first lieuten an t , and then the three mon ths honorable service at

out of Fortress Munroe and at Hampton , followed by the muster the company

2 2 o n July .

of ou e not ou t of But , like most y , Lieut nant Chamberlain did stay serv

N ot on 6 ice . receiving a commission , he enlisted , September , in the First

of Massachusetts Cavalry, for which , course , his youthful service had eminently

no w - of fitted him . H e was nearly thirty two years age , m ature in mind , but

of still young and vigorous in body , commanding figure , erect and soldierly ,

of standing Six feet , three inches , in his boots , courtly man ners and a perfect

to horseman . Naturally, Chamberlain felt that he ought h ave a commission . There were but few other men in the regiment who had had any military train ing whatever , and fewer still a cavalry training , and he , a veteran dragoon , had already been more times un der fire than most soldiers , even in war , ever are , and had had , besides , years of military service , during which he had been a

n on- f private and a commissioned o ficer in the regul ars , an d a first lieuten ant in the volunteers . Why , under the circumstances , should he not receive a ’ ? to . on captain s commission He ought , and he did This came t o him f 2 o . November 5 , and at last he had the resp onsibility a com mand

The First Massachusetts Cavalry was highly favored in its roster . Origi

f of nally commanded by Robert Williams , a capable and energetic o ficer the regular army , there were Horace Binney S argen t , and his brother , L . M . S ar

r — gent , J . , Charles Francis Adams , the Higginsons Henry Lee an d J ames

C row ins hields— Jackson , Arn old Rand , the Casper and Benj amin , Charles

B w it h s—H o d c e . . G . Davis , Louis Cabot , Lawrence Motley , the P and Nathan

r of iel , Charles A . Longfellow, Atherton H . Steven s , J . , and oth ers high

of ou r character . To be associated with these men mean t to be with the best

o com munity then , as t day , and it goes without saying that Chamberlain did not lose the opportunities which four years of daily intercourse with these f to Boston gentlem en and gallant o ficers gave him . But we can not stop dwell upon his services and the services of this famous regimen t in the Civil War .

o u r e They are a part of the history of country , and the glorious deeds ne d not be recited here .

Chamberlain was taken prisoner and also severely wounded . It is said i n one . that, his career, h e participated in more than hundred battles I n t extent , as well as in intensity, some of these battles were among the fierces that the world h as ever known . Their importance is measured only by the importance of their results . General Chamberlain , it is said , had fourteen horses Shot under him in action , and was wounded seven times .

to . a o Chamberlain was promoted . He deserved be Only a few days g , 3 8 C HA MBERLA I N AS S O C IAT I O N O F AME R I CA

ffi I asked an o cer of distinction , who was a captain with Chamberlain in the n First , and later comm anded another M assachusetts cavalry regiment if Ge

a nd “ eral Chamberlain was brave if he was capable . He was both , said he , “ ” and the men had confiden ce in him in action . He deserved his prom otion .

Of a military Officer , this is the final word .

1 8 6 2 for On October 3 , , he was promoted major , and was a period divi

1 8 6 - sion inspector . On M arch 5 , 4 , he was promoted lieutenant colonel . On

0 1 8 6 September 3 , 4 , he was promoted colonel and regimental commander .

- 2 H e was breveted brigadier general , United States Volunteers , on February 4 , “ ’ 1 8 6 5 , for gallan t and meritorious service in covering th e retreat of Gregg s ’ of of M division cavalry at the disastrous b attle Saint ary s Church , Virginia , o n 2 to of Jun e 5 , Transferred the command the Fifth Massachusetts

o n 2 6 1 8 6 on 2 8 1 8 6 Cavalry July , 5 , h e was mustered out November , 5 , his h 3 6t birthday . “ - M ajor General Joseph Hooker commended him in a report , for distin ’ u is h e d g gallan try at Kelley s Ford , and for heroic services commanding the f o . applause his compan ion s , un til he fell severely wounded

on After the Civil War , he returned to M assachusetts , where he served

f Cla fli n for — 1 8 1 the sta fs of Governors Bullock an d , an d ten years from 7 t o

1 8 8 1 —h e of h was warden the State Prison at C arlestown , and at Con cord , — — and for over eight years from 1 8 8 5 to 1 8 93 h e was warden of the Con

W h ers fi l of necticu t State Prison at et e d. He held other positions responsi ilit i n b y and trust , and his comrades , both in the Mexican War and th e Civil

1 8 m War, recognized his distinguished services . In 93 , he withdrew fro the

of activities public life , and lived quietly upon his estate , Maple H ill , at Barre ,

of Mass . There , for fifteen years , with the wife his young manhood , and with visits from his children an d grandchildren , in a home of comfort , filled with

of reminiscent collections his public service and his travels , in the delightful

of environ ment a New England countryside , he lived over his stirring career, ’ f conspicuous among M assachusetts fighting o ficers and patriotic citizens .

Last November we laid him at rest in Mount Auburn , among the illustrious

of dead . The last page his life book h as been written , but the b ook will be opened m any times , not only by those nearest and dearest to him , but by you whose first lieuten ant he was , and by others , his countrymen , in whose coun ’ n of try s service he ever faltered . To him and to you , his comrades Company

1 11 in not . 0 C , wherever you may be , we shall cease to do hon or Your endur ing bronze is in scribed upon the Cambridge city hall . Your services in grati f tude will be remembered by the people o Cambridge forever .

T ALL H D R ' H U L N N N GL N D AR G ERY , Y E PA K O SE , O DO , E A

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- 1 8 0 1 8 2 Edward Herbert Naylor Leyland , born in 9 , and George , b orn i n 9 . N a utclw d Their country estate is y H all , Ruthin , North Wales . Her husband died in 1 8 99 . I t is reported th at Queen Victoria said that she was as good h S e . as was beautiful , and was as simple as a child She h as always been a

of favorite with Queen Alexandra and the late king England .

SELAH CHAMBERLAI N O F CLEVELAND

S LAH H AM LAIN of - of E C BER Cleveland , Ohio , the well known builder V 8 t. 1 1 2 can als , railways an d bridges , was born in Brattleboro , , May 4 , .

tw o After attaining his maj ority , he journeyed to Boston , and served for years as a clerk in a wholesale grocery ; the n journeyed to western Pe nnsy l - of vani a, where he began his life work by engaging in the construction the

Erie extension of the Pennsylvania Canal . Acquiring some capital in this i venture , and in a similar serv ce for the Ohio and Penn sylvania Can al , he took a large contract on the Wabash and Erie Canal that occupied him u ntil 8 f 1 o Co . . 1 8 4 5 . I n 4 4 he married Miss Arabella Cochran Crawford , Pa I n 8 1 4 5 , he went to C anada , entering into extensive contracts for constructing can als along the St . Lawrence River . Two years later he returned to Ver mont and assumed complete control of the con struction of the Rutland and

- Burlington Railway to connect the Great Lakes with the sea board , and ’ became interested , also , in the construction of the Ogdensburg and Rouse s

Point road , later called the Lake Champlain road .

to 1 8 When Selah Chamberlain removed Cleveland , Ohi o , in 49, he was

of already, though less than forty years of age , a m an we alth , but was still

of full of ardor an d energy . He contracted to con struct the entire lin e a rail

s o way to connect Clevelan d and Pittsburg , and pushed the work rapidly that

for i n 8 the road was opened business 1 5 1 . During the n ext quarter of a century , he was constantly employed building or man aging railroads , chiefly in Wisconsin , Minnesota and Iowa . He extended the Hastings and Dakota Railroad from the central part of Minnesota to Big Stone Lake near th e

of western boundary the state . He bu ilt the L a Crosse and Milwaukee Rail road , and operated it un der a mortgage lease until his claims for construction were satisfied . He built the Minnesota Central , an d was for many years its president ; an d built also the Southern Minnesota Railroad , losing by Minne ’ s ota s repudiation of its railroad bonds till the Legislature of 1 8 8 2 redeemed

of the good faith the state . He built in Iowa several roads , which form a part now of the Chicago , Milwaukee and St . Paul system , becoming a director,

of l a member the execu tive committee and a heavy stockholder of this ine , in the consolidating and strengthening of which he was active for some twenty years , until two years before his death , the mileage increasing during this period from 8 0 0 to miles . S E LA H C HAMBE RLAI N 41

1 8 1 . In 7 , he built the Lake Shore and Tuscarawas Valley Railroad

When it was reorganized as the Cleveland , Lorain an d Wheeling Railroad , he became by purchase its chief stockholder and was president of the lin e until his death . This road gave an outlet to the Lakes at Cleveland and Lorain

of . 1 8 1 for the coal West Virginia and southern Ohio In 7 , he established

- the banking house of Chamberlain , Gorham Perkins , which was considered for nearly a decade one of the most trustworthy financial institutions in the ’ 1 8 8 0 n state , an d was then merged , in , in the Merchants Natio al Bank , later

of the Mercantile National Bank , which he was a director until his death . f l ff C o . o He was a director, also , of the Iron C i , the Minnesota and North

of B western Railroad , and the Com mercial Nation al ank of Cleveland . H e f f o o C o . was president, at some period his life , the Cleveland Transportation ,

wa C o . s of the Cleveland Iron Mining ; an d , at the time of his death , president of the Pittsburg and Lake Angeline Iron Co . H e was one of the owners of

of . th e waterworks D ubuque , Iowa

a t 0 1 8 0 . He died his home on Euclid Avenue , Cleveland , December 3 , 9

2 1 8 8 His wife died March 5 , 7 , an d his two children died in childhood . H is country estate was at Wickliffe in the Lake C ountry . By his will the chief

of of h heirs his estate , approximately were three the c ildren of w his nephe , Robert Chamberlain , who died at S anta Barbara , California ,

1 1 1 88 8 s on of August , , an d who was the Joseph Chamberlain , who died at

- 6 1 8 6 . Cleveland , Ohio , December , 4 , aged sixty three Joseph Chamberlain h a d three sons , the other two being William Selah Chamberlain , now living in Englan d , where his daughters live , as the preceding sketch shows , an d the

of . of late Joseph Chamberlain Cherry Valley , New York Two sisters Selah — . of Ch amberlain h ave passed away sin ce his death , Mrs Holbrook Cam

of w bridge , Mass . , and Mrs . Olive Chamberlain Taft Dubuque , Io a , mother

f . . R o . Mrs Harriet P Kimb all , whose death is recorded in this eport F or thirty - eight years Selah Chamberlain was a member of the Second

t for Presby erian Church of Clevelan d , and some years was president of the

not Congregation . There is room to repeat the high eulog y delivered at his “ ’ . a m i ni funeral by his pastor . During the war for the Union Mr Lincoln s d s

i n tra t o . . had no more zealous supporter writes E R Perkins , a business “ of ra c associate , and he contributed freely his mean s and in every other p i l ” t ca b e . 1 8 2 way lent the government his aid He was a Republican until 7 ,

for n when he ran Congress in Clevela d on a Greeley ticket . Later he was an independent voter . Mr . E . R . Perkins wrote of h im a few years before “ : his death I n person Mr . Chamberlain is tall and spare . His manner is as i f if i modest and retiring . H is j udgment of character s almost

r Of absolutely pe fect , so that in all the p ositions trust in which he has placed men he has in n o Single instance been deceived . In his friendship he is warm-hearted an d sincere and commands in return the affectionate respect of 42 C H A MBE R LA I N AS S O C I AT I ON O F AM ER I CA

all who share his confidence . Young men always find in him a prude n t

one adviser and friend , and m ore than successful business m an owes his suc ” cess to his timely assistance , generously and considerately bestowed . “ Notwithstanding great pressure of business he acquired a high degree ” f M z i o . a a n o W s ter n [fi s t r . . e e o culture , Mr J H Kennedy writes in the g f y , 8 v l 6 1 1 8 o . . October, 5 ( II , pp 3 To this article we acknowledge hereby to of indebtedness , as well as friends the family . As Mr . Kennedy rem arks , ’ of a complete story Selah Chamberlain s railway interests would fill a volume .

W V HON . ILLI AM CHAM BERLIN O F ERMONT

B Y JENNY C HAM BERLA IN WATTS

W I L L IAM HAM LA IN . 2 1 C BER was b orn in Hopkinton , Mass , April 7 , 7 5 5 ,

th s on of and was baptised M ay 4 . H e was the S amuel and Martha (Mellen)

to “ Chamberlain . His grandfather, Deacon Henry Mellen , is said h ave built the first house in what is now Hopkinton more prob ably the first h ouse o n ’ lan d leased for ninety -nine years from the trustees of Edward H opkin s estate ’ o f for the benefit of Harvard College . He was a member the town s first

f 2 1 2 of Board o Selectmen , chosen March 5 , 7 5 ; and a deacon the church

f o 8 0 0 o C . 1 2 1 6 . . from 7 3 to 7 7 (Hurd , Hist Middlesex , iii , William

f of 2 o . spent much his early boyhood in the home this grandfather ( Proc .

Mass . Hist . Soc . , x . H is uncles and aunts intermarried with the lead — of . . n ing families the town , Wood , Burnap , Jones , Nutt Rev John Melle , a

of 1 1 graduate Harvard College in 7 4 , pastor at S terling and later at H anover,

u of was his n cle . P rentice Mellen , later the first Ch ief Justice Main e , was

C o . . . . a first cousin . (Drake , Middlesex , i 495 ; N E Hist an d Gen . Reg .

VI I . , 7 5 , His un cle , Thomas Mellen , married Elizabeth Wood , and his

of aunt, Martha Chamberlain , married Benj amin Wood , both children John ’ 1 1 his wife s Wood , who received in 7 4 , from father , Joseph Buckminster, a

of W deed of half hitehall Farm , and with Elnathan Allen own ed what was

s a w 1 1 probably the first mill in H opkinton , standing as early as July , 7 7 , at

of of of the outlet Whitehall P ond . Wood was a member the first Board Selectmen of Hopkinton (1 7 2 5 ) and one of the original members of the church

1 2 gathered there . When he died in August , 7 5 , his seven children were all ff minors , but they retained his estate and were prominent in town a airs when

bo . William Chamberlain was a y His uncle , John Chamberlain , married

of of M ary Wood . The settlement Woodville in the western part Hopkinton near th e Whitehall Reservoir Of the Boston Water Works keeps alive the ’ 1 memory of this family . William s aunt, M ary Mellen , m arried in 7 49, John

f 6 1 son o . Jones , Capt John Jones , who owned a tract of 3 acres by the Sud

of who bury River , where the village Ashland stands n ow, and represented

1 1 6 H opkinton in the General C ourt of Massachusetts from 7 3 5 to 7 7 , when

w a of s . . he succeeded by Capt Joseph Mellen , un cle William Chamberlain

1 1 s ix In the thirty years from 7 4 4 to 7 7 3 , there were only years in wh ich , h is or not o n B apparently , his father, grandfather, an un cle did serve the oard 44 C HAMBE RLA I N AS S O C IATI O N O F AMER I CA of Selectmen ; and for ten years of this period both a Chamberlain an d a n Mellen were o the Board . n Hopkinto was a farming com munity , and William enjoyed only about ’

. of two m onths schooling in a year Yet he was fond books , was possessed of e a quick appr hension and an uncommonly tenacious memory, a nd hoped for a college education , borrowing Latin books and committing them to

th e -f r mem ory in preparation for longed o opportunity . His hopes were ’ of defeated by Sickness in his father s family , by the death an uncle , by the of f removal the family to New H ampshire , and finally by the outbreak o f “ o . n the War the Revoluti on His father , Samuel Chamberlain , though ot

f 8: of poor , was n ot in very a fluent circumstances , was able by dint in dustry ” to bring up a large family in a reputable m anner . This sentence an d the facts which follow are fro m a sketch of his early life writte n by Gen eral “ e i n 1 8 2 a nd i n Chamberlin to his son , Mell n , 7 , published the Proceedings ”

S 1 8 6 . 1 of the Massachusetts H istorical ociety , M arch , 9 , (pp 49 In

1 6 w a s of September, 7 7 , his elder brother, S amuel , taken ill a terrible fever . of a ty phus kin d ; and this fever continued in the family until M arch of the one following year . Four children and both parents were ill , child died , an d ’ a of the mother s he lth was permanently impaired . The expense doctor ,

e o r nurses and hired h lp left the family in debt , and for two three years William an d his father worked from sunrise to sunset cutting cedar shingles o n or the lots which the father owned in swamps two three miles from home , while his younger and older brothers managed the farm except in haytime

of 1 2 an d harvest . On a visit to Capt . Joseph Eastman Concord in 7 7 , his father was persuad ed by this brother-in-law to purch ase a tract of 6 0 0 acres i n f o . the adjoining town Loudon , N . H This he did in partnership with

. of 1 2 John Chamberlain I n the summer 7 7 , William and his brother, Samuel ,

L n of ondo . went with this uncle John , to , and cleared and sowed a field wheat

— of William is said to have taught school that winter , when seventeen years age . The father and un cle en tered into an agreement, by which the un cle t ’ took the fa her s farm in Hopkinton , and the father the land in Loudon . I n

1 M arch , 7 7 4 , the family moved to New H ampshire .

T wo of of days after the battle Lexington , in the middle the night , a horse

o n L o ndon man kn ocked violently the door of the isolated farmhouse in , and summoned William Chamberlain to appear the next morning at the place of parade prep ared to m arch south to check the British advance . The courage and determination of the lad of nineteen stood the test of a march of two miles alo ne through a dark pine woods with the th ought of a possible death in battle or exe c ution for treason and two days later the news of the British retreat permitted “ - e the minute men to return h ome . He had r ad with deep interest an d feeling all the essays in newspapers and p amphlets in which the n atural rights and dutys of man in society were explain ed and vindicated , and in which the act

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a ux h to Isle Noix, spending by the way a foggy night on s ore without a fire, so great was the fear of the enemy . The island was covered with soldiers w sick ith the smallpox . William Chamberlain inoculated himself with a j ack knife and contin ued his journey south in the same boat with smallpox patients ,

of several of whom died . About five days hard rowing brought them to

i n Crown Point . He was afraid to touch salt pork , which was supposed to

for o f crease the danger from smallpox , and lived these five days h ard lab or

one on clear tea , boiled in an open tin dish , an d flour cakes , for as no lived

of then on the shores the lake , it was impossible to get other supplies than

- those furnished to the troops by the poverty stricken Continental Congress .

The tea he bought in Montreal . At Chimn ey Point, across Lake Champlain “ h ” on t e . from Crown Point , they encamped in a tow tent cold groun d All but two of his company were ill with the smallpox before their arrival there ,

tw o and these succumbed to the disease . They h ad n either medicines nor nurses . Although he had lived on a starving regimen for over a month , he was the most capable man in his company an d crossed the lake every other

to w . day dra and distribute provisions Several times he fell in a swoon , and

for when the Declaration of Independence arrived , he could read it only two

ff - minutes at a time , his eyes were so seriously a ected . From seventy six

h - . 2 t men in his company at S t Johns on May 9 , twenty three were dead before

1 6 ix o r November th . For s seven weeks at Fort Independence (Ticonderoga) a nd during the later months of this period , he Sergeant Seth Spring (later

f . . o Capt Seth Spring Saco , Me ) were actively engaged m aking spruce beer for the troops . The first barrel they drank th emselves and gave away ; the second , they sold by the mug , and soon were making and selling from three to five barrels a d ay . They improved their health and the health of the troops . William Chamberlain believed that he would n ever h ave reached

m ho e alive , if he had not had money to spend on the march through New

to York and New Jersey , and to purchase a horse carry him back to New

Hampshire .

1 6 1 6 November , 7 7 , they resumed the march south , first to Fort George , ’ where a week was spen t ; thence to Albany , wh ere they received two months

A i f r pay . S the t me o which they had enlisted expired on the first day of

January , the order to march farther south was a surprise and disappointment .

rd of The night of December 3 was , he thought , the most uncomfortable his life , Spent between Albany and Kingston in the hold of a boat so crowded

- that he could not escape to the storm beaten deck from its ill odours , fighting and cursing . A day o r two were passed pleasantly among the people of

Dutch descent at Esopus . Then he suffered in a cold and dreary march

w Pa . 2 through West Jersey to Newto ne , , where he arrived on December ot h , or z r s t f , being one of nine o ficers and privates , out of a company of seventy ,

Of t to survive the northern campaign and join the army General Washing on . W I LL I AM C HAMBE R L I N 47

On Christmas morning they were paraded and kept the field until sun set ,

f r o . then marched Trenton , eighteen miles distant William Ch amberlain shared in the famous crossing of the icy Delaware , the Silent march through

e a snowstorm to surprise the Hessians at Trenton , and the quick , Sharp ngage ment just before sunrise . He was n ear General Washington when the British standard was surrendered . Sent with the detachment that pursued the Brit ish , he returned drenched with rain , his shoes d rinking in h alf melted snow

for and water at every step , and foun d that he must wait the prisoners to b e

for ferried across the river . He bent h alf an hour over a fire , shaking with an

of . f to attack the ague Recovering su ficiently return to the river , he was

fortu again chilled by the keen northwest wind that had arisen , but was so nate as to discover a Miss Chamberlain in a house not far from the ferry an d ’ f r f obtain o his name s sake a bowl o hot meat broth . Crossing with the rear guard , he returned to headquarters at Newtowne . There the men h ad to shift for themselves ; only six or seven of the company remained ; their time of service expired . William Chamberlain had seen en ough of the war for the time being, and asked the discharge of himself and men from Colonel Stark .

He and Seth Spring and a few others bought horses , visited Philadelphia ,

rd . and on January 3 rode north In a biographical accoun t , written at the time of his death , it is stated th at he b ore dispatches from Washington to

to . Green , presum ably en route Ph iladelphi a

of 1 o ne In the spring 7 7 7 , William Chamberlain p urchased hundred f n o o . acres land , and worked it until July , when h e was persuaded by C apt hi Benjamin Sias of Can terbury to j oin s company as orderly sergean t . July l ’ ’ 2 0 C o . , he marched in Thomas Stickney s regiment in Gen eral S tark s Bri f gade into Vermont to defend the frontier threatened by the retreat o St . Clair "I V from Ticonderoga . (See also N . H . State Papers , , During a

’ ’ week s delay at Manchester , he did duty as adj utant to Colonel Stickn ey s regiment till the adj utan t arrived , and was then appointed sergeant major .

B of He took part in the Battle of ennington , for the militia the northernm ost states , the most splendid victory of the war , as am ateu rs withstood through a ’ long day s fight profession als trained in the Prussian army , and , though the w attacking party , won the victory . He brough t a ay , his biographer stated , “ as trophies a stand of arms wrested from a Hessian soldier in person al con ’ test and the Book of General Orders for B aum s detachment describing the ” route and objects of the expedition . (See also Proc . Mass . H ist . Soc . , April

1 8 6 0 For 9 , pp . 5 3 the rest of that b rief campaign he served as Quar

M . ter Master , the Quarter aster having been wounded in the battle He was

2 0 to 2 n ot commissioned . His time of service was from July September 7 ,

1 8 0 . an d the allowance for travel was for miles He declined , he said , fur

of ther service . An interesting confirmation this statemen t is the following

2 1 of N e w June 3 , 7 7 9 , the House Representatives of Hampshire voted to 48 C HAM BERLAI N A SS O C IATI O N O F AMER I CA

“ 0 0 for of raise 3 men the defense Rh ode Islan d in six companies , etc . , Will ’ iam Chamberlain of Concord to b e a Lieutenan t to com mand the Major s ” not to company , etc . William Chamberlain did go the field , presumably

1 because in June , 7 7 9, he was in Peacham , Vermont ; during that m onth he ” “ n pitched a lot o a right which he had purchased . ’ With the Battle of B e nnington General Chamberlin s autobiography ends

few e abruptly . A facts concerning his later life have been glean d from such

th e is os fa mily papers as mice have spared and from printed records . It p sible th at a young woman in C on cord was partly respon sible for the waning

f i e int e rest in military a fa rs noted above , as som m onths later he m arried

1 1 8 1 (March 5 , 7 ) Jenny Eastm an , daughter of Captain Joseph and Abigail

H . . w a s . e 1 2 1 6 2 (Mellen ) Eastman She born in Concord , N , S ptember , 7 ,

8 0 2 1 . and died October 3 , 3 , in Peacham , Vt . Capt Joseph Eastman (born

1 0 1 1 1 8 0 1 June , 7 5 died in 3 ) commanded a company at Crown Point in 7 7 5 , and later was with Colonel Gerrish at Ticonderoga . _His father, Capt . Eben

1 1 68 1 2 8 1 8 o ne of ezer Eastman (born February 7 , ; died July , 7 4 ) was the H f i . . one o ts original grantees and the first settler of Concord , N , and was most prominent citizens . He served in the expedition against Port Royal ,

of 1 1 1 was a Captain of Infantry in the expedition 7 against Quebec , was

a of 1 6 1 present as a C ptain at the surrender Louisburg , June , 7 4 5 , and went

1 a secon d time to C ape Breton in 7 46 . Ebenezer was the grandson of Roger

1 6 1 0 Eastman , who was christened April 4 , , in th e church of St . Lawrence at

Con dence Downton near Salisbury, England ; sailed in the ship fi in April , f 1 6 8 . s on o 3 ; and settled in Salisbury , Mass This Roger was the third of on two Nicholas Eastman Charlton , the Avon River miles above Downton , “ ” a nd of of grandson Roger Eastman Charleton , whose will was executed

1 1 6 0 [fi s t o ncor d 1 1 . 2 . Co I V. E Jan . , and probated Feb , 4 (Bouton , f , ; Guy r s t d Gen o the E a s tm a n F a m i i n A m r i ca 2 — b i . a n l e 0 2 6 1 S . Rix , . f y , i , 7 4 , 5 4 ;

hl 1 1 0 Gr a ni te M ont . . 1 y , Dec , 9 , pp 3 9

1 th e As early as 7 7 9 , William Ch amberlain became interested in settling of 1 6 o Peach am , Vermont , a township chartered in 7 3 by Ben ning Wentw rth ,

of . 1 1 of C on Governor New Hampshire May 3 , 7 7 9 , William Chamberlain f “ . H . f f r n o o . o 0 0 o e cord , N , purch ased Phineas Lyman , Hadley , Mass , £ 3 , ” R i ht of whole e g or Share land in Peacham . The conveyance included a

n r n warranty again st all Persons whomsoever if Wm . Chamberlai o his assig s shall settle said Right in such a Manner as was Originally R e qu ird by the to Charter by the first day of January next , otherwise said warranty to extend ” r a all persons claiming from by or under Phineas Lyman o Wiseman C l g g et. f “ the original grantee . On the foot o the deed is the writing : This deed to be delivered to the Grantee if ye consideration be paid in three Weeks fro m ” the D ate . On the same day Peter Blanchard of Con cord received a simil a r

of m deed of a sh are in Peacham from Benj amin Colt Hadley, Mass . , Willia

one of Chamberlain being the witnesses . W I LLI AM C HAM B E R L I N 49

Cha m r la i n It is interesting to note that the sign ature was be . I n the years whi ch followed Chamberla i n and Ch amberlin both appear in his hand

ou . writing , sometimes the same page In later life he Spelt it uniformly

lin Chamber . So far as is known his father and grandfather always wrote

a i n to Chamberl . H is brothers seem have d rifted into his h abit of abbrevi ating the n ame . His two eldest sons reverted to the older form . I n this paper the form Chamberlain will be used for the earlier years an d Chamberlin f for th e later years o his life . William Chamberlain did not fulfill this condition as to settlement in per

n - o f n f s on . Though o e half the lot drawn o the right o Wiseman Cla g g et in the ’ second division of lands in Peacham is in cluded in William Chamberlain s list f “ ” o 1 8 . 0 for the direct tax 7 9 , Captain Ephraim Foster pitched lot NO 5 in “ on 1 the S quare this righ t in June , 7 7 9 ; and , in a list of grantees and lot

1 8 . owners drawn by William Chamberlain in 7 5 , appears as the owner of the lot

of 1 Also , in this month June , 7 7 9 , William Chamberlain pitched lot Number “ ” of 4 7 in the Square on the right of Oliver S mith . Lot No . 4 7 was wes t ’ Two the mountain road between Foster s Pond an d the road . lots lay between it an d the Farrow farm , which stands where the road to Cab ot an d h l M a rs fi e . the old road to d diverge . (Lot located by Miss Jennie Cowles )

Other men who m ade pitches in this month were Colonel Thomas Johnson ,

B enon James Bayley , y Thayer, Moses Bayley, Robert Ambrose , Peter Blan chard and Joel Blanchard .

1 to In April , 7 7 9 , Colonel Moses H azen was ordered m ove his military i n stores to Peach am order to con tinue building the military road , which Gen

ix 1 eral Bayley had carried s miles beyon d Peacham in 7 7 6 . A portion of ’ to Bedel s regimen t was sent to Peacham construct the road , and build block houses there and at points farther n orth . The road was extended th at

now summer about fifty miles beyond Peacham through wh at are Cabot ,

on Walden , H ardwick , Greensb oro Craftsbury , Etc . Th e work the road was

2 1 discontinued late in August (N . H . State Papers, xvii , 3 9 , 3 3 , 3 43 , 3 4 5 , f V 8 6 Gov . . o t. 8 etc ; Frederic P Wells , Hist . Newbury, , , 7 ; Records of the e rnor and Council of Vermont , i .

of 1 6 The charter Peacham was granted in December , 7 3 , an d the first

1 1 6 t . . 8 mee ing Of the proprietors was held at H adley , Mass , Jan , 7 4 . But

of 1 6 an order King George I II in 7 4 , assigning all lands west of th e Connec 5 0 C HAMBE RLAI N A S S O C IAT I O N O F AME R I CA ticu t of River to the Province New York , compromised the titles received from the Governor of New H ampshire , and led to an irregular warfare in what is n ow Verm ont between the settlers and the agents o f the Provincial

Government of New York . The outbreak of the War of the Revolution n in creased the in security of life and property in this region , hence the ormal

1 8—1 0 . . S oc . . 0 developmen t of the townshi p was checked . (Vt Hist Proc 9 9 9 ,

1 1 1 1 8 . pp . 9 , 4 5 , 4 , etc ) Shortly before William Chamberlain purch ased a right to land in Peacham , Ira Allen , agent of Vermon t , became convinced that the leading men i n the Legislature of New H ampshire wished _to extend the j urisdiction of New Hampshire over the lands west of the Connecticut ’ River . William Chamberlain s father , S amuel Chamberlain , was a member

f 1 8 1 o . the Legislature in the autumn of 7 7 Later , in the year 7 7 9 , New

Hampshire laid its claims Openly before the Congress of the Confederation . — Soc . . 1 0 8 1 0 . 1 2 (Vt . Hist . Proc 9 9 9 , pp 4 ’ of d oo to Presumably the ordering m Peacham , and New H ampshire s

of decision to claim j urisdiction over wh at is now Vermont , led to a revival ’ 1 for interest in Peacham lands in 7 7 9 . At least two requests a proprietors

of meeting came to Elisha Porter Hadley , the clerk chosen by the proprietors

1 6 . 2 1 in 7 4 One application was dated Newbury August 7 , 7 79 ; the other was signed at Hadley by Benj . C olt , Daniel White and Phineas Lyman

1 1 to 1 6 October 3 , 7 7 9 . According a vote in 7 4 , meetings might be called by the clerk on the application of proprietors owning on e Sixteenth of th e town ship by posting a n otice in some public place in Hadley at least fourteen days

2 th previous to the day appointed . A meeting was thus called for Oct . 7

rd . on . at H adley It met, adjourned twice , and dissolved Nov 3 without

too transacting any business , because few proprietors were present . A few

1 1 8 0 m onths later , on March 7 , 7 , Elish a Porter posted a call for a meeting at

H adley on March 3 oth . Benj amin Colt was chosen moderator ; then the

2 0 meeting adjourned , without transacting business , to April , at the home of “ ” M r . Thom as John son in Newbury in the New H ampshire Grants , now Ver “ ” mont . The adj ourned meeting fell through , because the moderator did not appear with necessary papers . William Chamberlain , according to an account “ which he kept , made a Journey from Concord to Coos to bring Papers and attend a Meeting in April hence he was one of the men disappointed ’ by Benjamin Colt s failure to appear . (This northern region was commonly kn own as the Coos Country . ) On the day on which Benj . Colt was

m odera tof expected as at Newbury , he , Jonathan Child , Samuel H opkins and

Gen . Jacob Bayley signed at Hadley a demand upon Elisha Porter , Clerk, for the calling of a meeting at Hadley as soon as might be . Meanwhile , two

Wh e co m 2 2 . t b days later , April , Benj , Thomas John son , Samuel Merrill , A w S amuel Young , Samuel tkinson , Asher Chamberlain and others , o ners

o ne they claimed of m ore than Sixth of the township , signed at Haverhill , W I LL IA M C HAMB E RLI N 5 1

H ewbu r N . . , j ust across the Connecticut River from N y , a dem and for a meet f “ ” o . 2 ing at the house Mr Th omas Johnson in Newbury in Coos , May 5 .

o n William Chamberlain journeyed south with this paper to Hadley , for May “ r 1 th the Proprietors voted to pay William Chamberlain for a Journey from ’ Coos to Hadley in order to get a Proprietor s meeting notified three pounds t welve shillings an d ten pen ce making the money Equal to what it was in the

Year When he arrived in H adley , he found that Elisha Porter , in

2 0 response to the earlier demand made April , had posted a call for a meeting at Hadley, May 4 . The Proprietors met , chose Benj amin Colt moderator ,

M a 1 0 and adjourned without transacting other business t o y , at the house of

Mr . Thomas Johnson at Newbury in the New H ampshire Grants . Thus the

t w on men who intended to set le in Peach am , a victory over those whose only ’ interest was finan cial . A two days session was held at Newbury on May r oth r 1 th of and , the first item business being the choice of William Cham berla in a s of Clerk the Proprietors to succeed Elisha P orter , who had resigned that offi ce . “ on r o th o The Proprietors voted secon dly , May , that those l ts which were laid out an d sold by Jacob Bayley Esq . , which are now settled to th e Accept ance of a Committee that Shall hereafter be appointed for that purpose be C onfi rm ’d an d Recorded to the present Inhabitants or Po s es s ors O n Condi tion of their p aying s ix pounds m aking the Money Equal to what it was in the Year 1 7 7 4 for Each hundred acre lot to the proprietors treasury if not already paid to General Bayley (and if Paid to said Bayley his Refunding the Money to th e The clau se included in the parentheses was

8 e n . 1 2 . G added when this vote was confirmed in September , 7 Jacob Bayley

ou t -fi ve n o ne had laid seventy lots co taining hundred acres each , and had

of sold some lands to settlers under the authority Phineas Lyman , who was given a power of attorney for th at express purpose by six or more of the pro — i rs 1 1 . 1 0 8 r eto . . . . p on Ju ne , 7 7 3 (See also Vt Hist . Soc Proc , 9 9, p

o r for 1 Also other proprietors their assignees had , instance in June , 7 7 9 , “ ” of -fi ve pitched upon one or m ore these seven ty lots , which were known “ ” “ r 1 th collectively as the Square . May , it was , Voted that Thomas J ohn

81 son , William Chamberlain , Joshua Bay ley , Asher Chamberlain Abial Blan chard be a Committee to Determine h o w many of those lots that are now ’ pitch d upon are properly settled and to order such as they shall accept to be

(Confirmed and) Recorded to the present Inhabitants or Possessors . Sep

1 8 2 tember 4 , 7 , this vote was confirmed , the words included in parentheses “ 6 1 8 2 or being added . September , 7 , Jacob Bayley signed a promise to Pay account unto William Chamberlin , Clerk for the P roprietors of Peacham , Twenty Silver Dollers Per Lot for Sixteen Lots which the Proprietors have ” r voted to me o r the Present p e s es ers . Thus this committee was able to set tle one of the most vexed questions affecting the early settlement of the town . 5 2 C HA MBE R LAI N A S S O C IAT I O N O F AME R I CA

1 1 1 8 0 to to o u t May , 7 , the Proprietors voted appoint a committee lay

on the rest of the township in accord with resolution s passed the same day . For this committee the sam e men were chosen as for the committee j ust

con mentioned , but two changes were m ade later , so that the committee as

1 8 2 : firmed September 4 , 7 , was William Chamberlain , Abial Blanchard ,

Asher Chamberlain , Ensign James Mitchell and Benon i Th ayer . It is notice

l of ab e that three these men , William Chamberlain , Blanchard and Mitchell , were from Concord , N . H .

of A vote was passed to encourage the building a grist mill , referring the

to matter to the committee , mentioned above , appointed settle the Pitches ”

of n . in the town . Sundry other votes less perma ent importance were passed

d u I t was ecided that, in the future , meetings sho ld be notified by advertising in the weekly newspapers at H artford for three successive weeks . The Pro

m p rietors adjourned to meet at Newbury on the first Thursday in July . Willia

Chamberlain had been appointed on every committee chosen at this meeting .

1 8 0 During the following month , June , 7 , William Chamberlain spent seven teen an d ' one - half days in Peacham as a surveyor running the line “ ou t around the town ship and laying lots , and four days in viewing Pitches

1 8 and Roads (Account drawn by him August , The proprietors

to 2 0 1 8 0 . A S were notified meet at Newbury September , 7 few attended ,

2 those present adjourned to meet at Peacham October 4 , but n ever met,

of of to because the scare wh ich accompanied the raid the British Royalton ,

Vermont . When William Chamberlain became a land s u rveyor in this Vermon t

1 8 0 of wilderness in June , 7 , the War the Revolution was in progress , and as this was a frontier settlement it was in con stant danger of a raid by the “ ” or . British from Can ada by the Indian s Though the square , that is the

of 1 central portion the town , was plotted about 7 7 4 , and several pitches

1 6— m ade , the first settlers spent their first winter there in 7 7 7 , and the first

o f 1 child was born within the limits the township in October , 7 7 7 . I n M arch ,

fi - 8 1 . 1 1 C 0 . 7 , the rst mill stones were brought to town by Thomas Johnson He

s on and his assistant , Jacob Page , and the of his host were taken prisoners and carried captive to the British posts at the north . One of these captives ,

J onathan Elkins , spen t several m onths in Mill Prison , England . The other f two returned to Newbury after several mon ths o captivity in America . In

1 8 2 o f 7 others were carried captive to Canada from this region country . — — . f . o Vt. 0 8 (F . P Wells , H ist Newbury , , pp . 9 97 , 3 4 3 93 , That the proprietors of Peacham were not eager to invest money in the

or Pro development of the town , journey to this northern frontier to attend ’ prietors meetings is not surprising , especially as New Hampshire , New York and Massachusetts h ad each laid before the Cong ress of the Confederation a

of claim to this region west of the Connecticut , against all which claims the

5 4 CH AM B E RLA I N AS S O C I ATI ON OF AM E R I CA

V of t. Thomas Johnson Asher Ch amberlin all Newbury , ; Jam es

of 1 of Bayley 5 ) Haverhill , William Child (5 ) of Lime , Benoni Thayer ( ) l H 1 of Enfi e d of . . Orford , John Johnson ( ) , all Grafton County , N ; Ensign H James Mitchell Abial Blanchard b oth of Concord , N . . ; S amuel

2 of of s Atkinson ( ) Boscawen , N . Col . Eleazer Weld (7 ) Roxbury, Mas ;

1 of . and Phineas Lym an ( 5 ) H adley , Mass This bond was placed in the hands Of William Chamberlin and is now in the possession of his descend an ts . He controlled four shares , and gave his b ond to Thomas Johnson , m oderator of the meeting . Ten votes were passed confirming certain b usiness transactions at the 8 “ 1 0 . meeting in May , 7 It was decided that all lands in the Township of Peacham except one Hundred Acres to Each Right be divided by Draught A A among the Grantees William Chamberlain , bial Blanchard , sher Cham berla in , Ensign James Mitchell and Benon i Thayer were confirmed as the “ ” “ o u t V committee to lay the Township , and were also appointed to iew ” r those Lotts that are o may be pitched and make rep ort to the Proprietors . “ They were also authorized , to Extend the westwardly line so as to contain the full Complemen t of six miles square with the allowance which is given for ” u ni m r v l rocks m ountains ponds rivers highways p o ea b e lands . Thom as

Johnson , William Chamberlain and Asher Chamberlain were appointed a committee “ to settle and adj ust all accompts that may be brought against the ” Proprietors . Votes were passed concerning grist an d saw mills , the former

h u s e of whic was , apparently , already in while the latter was n ot built until ’ 1 8 after August , 7 3 . Sixteen shillings were assessed against each proprietor s

h of 1 s . right for the clearing of roads , and £ . 4 for the laying out the town ship , James Bayley, Thom as Johnson and William Chamberlain being appoin ted assessors , and Capt . Samuel Atkinson , Collector .

1 8 - In M arch , 7 3 , William Chamberlain spent twenty four days as a sur

ve or . y in Peacham During this m onth , apparen tly , the settlers in Peacham f organized and chose town o ficers , though the first town meeting recorded in ’ 1 8 the town s book was that held in March , 7 4 .

When the Proprietors met at Haverhill , according to their adjournmen t of

2 1 8 the preceding September , on Jun e , 7 3 , they decided that each proprietor, “ ” lot u 2 0 1 8 who had not already pitched a , might have n til August , 7 3 , to n pitch the first one hundred acres o his right . Such proprietors as failed to do this were to have a hundred acre lot assigned to them by draught on h 2 0 t . August Thomas Johnson , Ashbel Martin , Abial Blanchard , James Mitchell and William Chamberlain were appointed a committee to “ consult “ the Selectmen o r a Committee Chosen by the Inhabitants an d lay out Roads through said Township where it may best accommodate the I n h a bi tants and the Publick in General an d make Report to the Proprietors in ”

. 2 0 . August n ext The meeting was then adjourned to August , at Peacham W I LLI AM C HAM BE RLI N 5 5

“ 1 8 u In August , 7 3 , the Proprietors voted to Accept the Plan Survey of

Exhibitted the Town ship as by William Chamberlain , Abiel Blanchard , James Mitchel an d Asher Chamberlain a Committee Chosen by the Proprietors of said Town and Signed by William Chamberlain as Surveyor Lot 49 in the square wa s confirmed to William Chamberlain as his Share in the sec

o nd . division of lots Lot 49 was east of the road from Peacham to Cabot , “ ” L o t 0 next above 4 , which lay opposite Lot 4 7 pitched by William Cham

l in 1 b e r a . . in June , 7 7 9 (Located by Miss Jennie Cowles ) Other business was transacted . C olonel Thom as J ohnson was directed to bring suit against J ohn Goodwin if he did not fulfill the condition in his bond by building a saw

of mill . This was th e first meeting the proprietors within the limits of

Peacham . It will not be possible to follow in detail their further proceedings .

of William Chamberlain continued as Clerk the Proprietors , and in March

1 8 7 5 was chosen by the inhabitants of Peacham as Town Clerk .

r During this period , when William Chamberlain was actively su veying lands in Peacham and j ourneying through th e unsettled region s of M a s s a ch u ’ to f setts , New Hampshire and Verm ont noti y and attend Proprietors mee t

2 1 8 ings , his young family remained in Concord , N . H . July 3 , 7 3 , Nehemiah ’ Abbot , as Treasurer Of Phillips Academy in An dover, appointed William “ of Chamberlain Con cord , Gentleman , his lawful attorney in all m atters and things relating to the property which the said Academy h as in two rights of ” T w o f o . lan d in Peacham . his children were b orn , apparently , in Concord

(According to the Concord records the second child , Betty , was b orn in Con cord i n September Presumably the family removed to Peach am in

1 8 n the autumn of 7 4 , as William Chamberlai recorded on a Slip of paper , “ 1 clearing the South Road from my H ouse to the Mill Brook , Day of myself in October 1 7 8 4 and four Days in 1 7 8 7 Also a conveyance of land in

of o f Peacham , from Reuben Willmott Peacham to William Chamberlin “ 2 1 8 Peacham , Gentleman , dated May 3 , 7 5 , was witnessed by Jenny Cham

erla in b his wife .

1 1 8 of i May 3 , 7 5 , the Proprietors Peacham passed a vote rat fying cer tain former votes and establishing o n a firm basis the ownership of lan ds in

Peacham . On the following day Eleazer Weld of Roxbury , M ass . , who was attending this meeting in Peacham , conveyed to William Chamberlain , th e

l 2 6 0 ot . 8 consideration mentioned being £ , a one hundred acre (no in the

Th e Square) . conveyance was witnessed by Peter Blanchard an d Samuel

Miner of Peacham and acknowledged the same day before Alexander H arvey , P ’ J . . , in Barnet . This was the lot on which William Chamberlain s house 5 6 C H AMBE RLA I N AS S O C I AT I O N O F AME R I CA

n - was built and which became the ucleus of his home farm , considered later

1 0 1 8 of the best farm in the town . November , 7 7 , he purchased Jabez Bige h 1 1 0 s . low of Westmin ster , Worcester County , Mass . , for £ 9 . , the adjoining lo t to . the southeast, on which his mill was built This farm was one mile

o f west of the present village Peacham . ff William Chamberlin was active in town a airs , being Town Clerk for

1 8 twelve years and serving on the most importan t committees . In 7 5 he was ’ 1 6 to . 2 8 sent as the Town s Represen tative th e State Legislature Oct . 4 , 7 , he was commissioned a Justice of the Peace for Orange County by Governor

1 8 wa s Chittenden . In 7 7 he again elected to the Legislature , and continued as the Town ’s Representative until he was chosen a member of the Governor ’s

Council in 1 7 96 .

William Chamberlain surveyed lan ds in other Verm ont towns . His de

s ce nda nts Vt. possess the original plan Of the township of Barton , , which he surveyed for the Proprietors , and several letters from Colonel William Barton

I f 1 2 of Providence , R . . , concern ing the a fairs of Barton . In 7 9 h e was col

f 1 o N ov . 8 6 lector of taxes for the Proprietors Groton and Cabot . ( 3 , 7 , he

n 6 0 . received lot o . in the first allotment of lands in Cabot ) His papers Show

Gro that at som e time in his life he was interested in lan ds in Barton , Cabot , ton , D anville , Greensborough , Hardwick , Littleton (later Waterford), Lyndon ,

nn n M a rs hfi l o f C a a a e d . Walden , , Lewis , and Woodbu ry H ow many these

n ot . towns he served as a surveyor is known A patent , signed by Presiden t

r M adison , protecting an improvement he devised in his su veying instruments , is still in existence , as are also his brass compass with its tripod . The first church services in Peacham were held in the house of his n earest

- 1 1 neighbor , Moody Morse , half a mile east of his home farm . By 7 9 the

- ffi town was prepared to build a meeting h ouse , but its location proved a di cult n f problem . Those who lived o the west side o the town wished the meeting ’ house built near the house of M oody Morse , near which the minister s an d the school lots h ad been located in th e town survey . But apparently the east

o f wa s part the town was not only increasing in Size , but also possessed by determined men . Unable to agree on a site , the town voted to choose as a committee to fix the stake C olonel Charles John son and Colon el Joseph

. Vt. of . H Hutchins Haverhill , N , and James Whitelaw , Esq . , of Ryegate , , and appointed four men to acco m pany them and poin t out the different Sites

- i n- of desired . Ashbel Martin , brother law William Chamberlin and his n ear est n eighbor to the south , was chosen from the west side of the town . Thirty eight voters signed a paper binding themselves to abide by the decision of

2 1 1 s et the committee . Sept . 7 , 7 9 , the committee the stake n ear the house of Moody Morse . This decision dissatisfied m any residents ; a call extended

of to Rev . Israel Chapin to become the settled minister of the town failed

- acceptance ; the meeting house was n ot built . The first church organized W I LLIA M C H AM B E RL I N 5 7

8 1 . 1 ( 7 4) was Presbyterian , but it languished and was dissolved I n 7 94 a n n ew church was organized o the Congregational m odel . The town pro ce e de d again to choose a committee to set a stake for the meeting - h ouse ; but

1 in 7 95 a building was erected for the Caledonia Coun ty Grammar School ,

u for 1 8 0 an d this was sed church services until 6 . It would appear that this dispute concerning the location of the meeting- house did n ot lessen General ’ m 1 1 Chamberlin s popularity in the town . Septe ber , 7 95 , in casting its votes fo r governor and councillors , the Town cast for him as councillor eight votes more than the sum of all the votes it cast for the four can didates for the governorship .

While a member of the Vermont Assembly , Gen eral Chamberlain secured the incorporation of the Caledonia County Gr a mmar School and its location

2 1 o n at Peacham . Sept . , 7 95 , a warning was issued for a town meeting “ 1 2 d to if . Sept . 5 th containing the i tem , see the town will Authorize Wm

Es the Chamberlin , q , to engage in behalf of Town to build a Court House or Coun ty Grammar School House o r any other Publick B uilding upon the

of of Expen se the Town with wh at will be subscribed , if any the ab ove priv ile s : g e are granted by the Legislature . At the town meeting it was

1 1 o e a in ca e a a n of th e o n a a c o o ca n b e o a ne . V t d Th t s Gr t C u ty Gr mm r S h l bt i d

A ct o f e a n d e a e i n th e o w n of e a c a a th e T o n w l o a by Ass mbly st blish d t P h m , th t w i l supp rt

f r th e e f a h f n a 1 o e e ce o o o e e e o t e da o a . Pr pt r t rm thr y rs fr m first y J u ry , A . D 7 97 , Pr vid d th e P e rs o ns wh o liv e i n th e vicinity of th e pl a ce wh e re th e B uildi ngs will prob a bly be built W ill subsc rib e a sum sufficien t fo r e re c tin g th e B uildin gs th a t sha ll b e r e quire d by th e T rust ee s a n d th a t th e T o wn Cl e rk [Willia m Ch a mb erlin ] b e Direct e d to r eceiv e s u b s cri p

A n d a e a n n to a ti o n s to th e a m o u n t of thre e H undre d P o un ds . th t c h p e rs o b e h old e p y th e c e n th e o f 0 o n a l b e c e i n th e o e sum by him subs ribe d wh sum 3 0 P u ds sh l subs rib d wh l .

A n d a ls o r eceiv e subs cri ption s fo r a C o urt H o us e if th e Gr a n t sh a ll be obta in e d . “ d . c n e b e a d. o a o na a n a e a e n a n B e . 3 V t d Th t J th W r , Wm Ch mb rli Wm u kmi st r C o mmitt e e to dra ft a M e m o ri a l to b e pr es en t e d to th e Legisla tur e fo r th e Purp o s e o f o a n n a a n o f th e C o n a a c o o bt i i g gr t u ty Gr mm r S h l .

’ Gen er a l Chamberlain did not forget his boyhood s desire for the best education f the country could o fer , an d threw his influence for the school in preference

- o f to the court house and prison , n otwithstanding the fact that as a judge the

- county he would have a drive of s ix miles to the court house in Danville . On the first Friday in October the town accepted the memorial d rawn by this ’ R e re committee of three , and authorized William Chamberlin , the Town s p s e nta tiv e of , to present it to the Legislature . It agreed to pay the salary a preceptor for three years , an d to relinquish to the County Grammar Sch ool , if located in Peacham , the lot reserved by the Charter of the Town for the

British mission ary society , the S ociety for the Propagation of the Gospel in

Foreign Parts . General Chamberlin carried the mem orial to the Legislature ,

2 8 I e and Oct . , 7 95 , s cured the passage of an act locating the Caledon ia County

2 0 Grammar School in Peacham . Eight days before , Oct . , an act had been 5 8 CHAM BE RLA I N AS S O C IAT I ON O F AME R I CA

“ a for passed appointing committee , to Determine the Place erecting the County ” f e Buildings in th e County O Caledonia . This committee located them Jun

1 6 1 6 of , 7 9 , in the adjoining town Danville , n earer the geographical center of

Vt . 6 the county . (Records of the Governor and Council of . , iv 94 , 9 ; Journal

- 1 6 . of the General Assembly of Vermont, 7 9 , p Peacham retains to day its endowed school , but the county seat has been removed eight miles further away to St . Johnsbury .

The act incorporating the school n amed nin e trustees , leading men in their respective towns , William Chamberlain alon e living in Peacham ; and appointed the first meeting of the Board of Trustees at h is house on the third

of 1 Tuesday November, 7 95 . At this first meeting , Alexander Harvey , who

of represented the adjoining town Barnet in the Legislature , and had m any

of years before served as colonel the regiment Of militia of this region , was

o f chosen President of the Board Trustees and General Chamberli n , S ecre “ f 2 o . tary . Dec . , the town voted that , a Committee consisting Joh n W

’ R n Chandler, Wm . Chamberlin , Blanchard , Jonathan Ware , Abiel Blanchard ,

r Jonathan Elkins , J . , Jacob Guy Abel Blanchard , be appointed to wait on the Trustees an d express their wishes with respect to the place for erecting ” r m in a r the C ounty G a School H ouse . The question seems to have been promptly settled by the choice of a site half a m ile further from Gen eral ’ Chamberlin s house to the east than the stake struck for the meeting- house in

1 1 on 7 9 , a somewhat bleak location what h as since been known as Academy

. 2 d Hill December 3 , a buil ing of two stories , forty feet long by thirty feet

of wide , was decided upon , and the Board Trustees and the Town agreed upon General Chamberlin an d Cap tain Jonathan E lkins as a committee to superintend the building Operations . General Chamberlin was also appointed , d with three trustees from three a j oining towns , to devise , adopt and execute the best method of securing to the in stitution the profits of the lands and other property of the school . Caledonia County was then more exten sive than now , and the school received as its endowment lands in Montpelier , St .

Pla i nfi eld M a rs hfi eld Andrews (n ow ) , Calais, Cabot , , and Woodbury , as well as in the several towns now included in the county . It was decided to lease

of the lands on long or perpetual leases . Possibly the leasing the lands in f . w or Hopkinton , Mass ( here General Chamberlin spent his boyhood) the ’ benefit of H arvard College by the Trustees of Edward Hopkins estate sug

1 6 on e gested this . In November , 7 9 , he and other trustee were appoin ted to secure a preceptor and regulate the school . He journeyed in person to

H - of Concord , N . . , to h ire the first principal , Ezra Carter , a great grandson

of s o Captain Ebenezer Eastman , a graduate Dartmouth College , an d well beloved that both General Chamberlin and Rev . Leon ard Worcester , the first f . o pastor of Peacham , n amed a, son Ezra Carter The Board Trustees met ’ annually at William Chamberlin s house as long as he lived . He was S ecre W I LL IAM C HAMBE RLI N 5 9

1 1 8 1 2 1 8 1 tary of the Board from 7 95 to , and President from 3 until his death ”

8 r o o th . 1 8 2 . . in An niversary of Caledonia C o Grammar School , pp VII , “ d . o f 4 1 ; M S S . recor s of the Trustees See also Rec . of Gov . and Coun cil

VI . 5 3 , 5 4 , “ - - 1 8 1 Oliver Johnson , the well known anti slavery leader , said in 7 Two things early gave Peacham an h onorable pre - eminence among the towns in f this part of the State . The first was the settlemen t o a m inister of rare

a n d no t ability , catholicity , worth ; a man , taking him for all in all , such as is often found in the pulpit of a small frontier town . The second was the estab lish m ent here of the Caledonia C ounty Gramm ar School ; an institution which has been of un speakable value to each successive generation of the boys and

of girls the town , to say nothing of the hundreds who came from other places

if f of to avail themselves of its advantages . The e fect such a ministry and such a school was seen in the high standard of m orals th at prevailed here , in a thirst for knowledge on th e part of the young , and in the fixed

o n habit the part of the people of attending public worship . I doubt if there is an other town in the wh ole State , in which , fifty or sixty years ago , there w a s so small a fraction of the inhabitants w ho did not g o to meeting o n Sun ” i n a t R e- o f day as there was Peacham . (Addresses delivered the Opening

V 2 . M n t. . 8 1 8 1 o t e the Congregational Church in Peacham , , Sept , 7 Publ . p f 1 8 2 . . o lier 7 , p Rev Leonard Worcester , the first minister the Church “ : of in Peacham , said The establishment a County Gramm ar School here was

for to pretty early soug ht and obtained , on terms which were honorable the

r inhabitants generally ; as , while several in dividuals m ade ve y considerable don ations , the town at large subj ected itself to n o little expense to secure the

of grant . That this institution has been inestimable value to this people , and if N O to all the region round about is beyond all question . less than

- of twenty six young men , from among the inhabitants this town , h ave obtained

to . a college education , h aving been prepared enter college in this institution

Six of these are , or h ave been , favorably known as preachers of the gospel ; o ne of n ow whom is a m issionary among the Cherokee Indians , and another ” in the Sandwich Islands . Twelve , he adds , after completing the course of

l . instruction in this sch oo , studied m edicin e without pursuing a college course

1 8 . . This was written in 3 9 (Ibid , p Until the building of the railways ,

of . Peacham , a hilltown , was one the most prosperous in th e county The m arket road from Boston to Montreal passed th rough Newbury an d Peacham .

T o - 1 8 0 0 day th e p opulation is less than it was in , when Peacham was next to

Danville the most populous town in the county . According to the General

1 8 1 List of the S tate of Vermont in 3 , the town ranked third in Caledonia

County in the number of polls (Danville , Barnet , Peacham , Wheelock) fourth n in the umber of acres of improved land (Danville , Barnet , Ryegate , Peacham ,

Lyndon) ; secon d in the n umber of its houses (Danville , Peacham , B arnet); 60 C HA M B E R LA I N AS S O C IAT I O N O F AME R I CA

h n secon d in the value of its m ills (Barnet , Peac am , Burke , Wheelock); seco d

a in its tax on mechanics (Danville , Pe cham ) ; third in the number an d value

t e of its oxen and o her cattl , and of its horses ; fourth in luxuries (pleasure l carriages , clocks , watches) ; third in its total assessment (Danvi le , Barnet,

1 8 2 Peacham , Ryegate) . In 3 the number of n ames on the ch urch roll was “ “ 0 . 3 7 , which , I think Rev Leonard Worcester added , was the largest num

e ber then b longing to any one church in this state , excepting that of Middle ” bury . (Ibid , pp . 5 9 ,

m . William Cha berlain , Captain Elkin s and John W Chandler were chosen “ ” u t m a committee to obtain s bscrip ions for the printing a Paper at Peacha . As a result the Gr een M ou nta i n P a tr i ot was published in Peacham by S amuel

1 8 1 8 0 M o n t e Goss and Amos Farley from 7 9 to 7 , when it was removed to p

o n lier , Vt . Several times William Chamberlin served a committee to secure

for as preachers can didates the pastorate of the church , and he was appointed

o n w . many other committees Of the To n Rev . Asaph Boutelle wrote to the “ Gazetteer of Vermont ” that General Chamberlin “ ran lines both for land an d co n du cflfi

2 1 8 6 of October 4 , 7 , William Chamberlain was commissioned a Justice

1 the Peace for Orange Cou nty by Governor Thomas Chittenden . I n 7 95 he

1 2 was chosen an Assistant Judge for Orange Coun ty . November 5 , 7 9 , an act

1 had been passed for the division of Orange County, appointing the years 7 95

1 6 . 1 1 6 and 7 9 for the reorganization October 9 , 7 9 , William Chamberlin was chosen the first Chief Judge of Caledonia County , with Benj amin Sias and

8 1 6 D avid Wing as Assistant Judges . A little late r, November , 7 9 , an act was passed fixing the times for holding the Supreme and County courts in

f V 1 o t. . 6 Caledon ia County . (Records of Gov . Coun cil , iv 5 , 3 3 , 3 , 94 ,

0 1 f 6 1 6 1 1 2 of o 1 6 . 0 1 , 3 ; Journ al the Gen eral Assembly 7 9 , pp 3 , 4 5 , 3 , 7 ,

ffi 1 6 to 1 8 0 H e held this o ce from 7 9 until elected C ongress in 3 . He represented Peacham in th e Constitutional Convention held at Ben ni n ton 1 1 n of g in 7 9 , and signed the ratificatio of the Constitution the United f o n 1 0 1 1 . o States January , 7 9 (Records Govern or and Council of Vermont , 6 iii , 4 7 , His in terest in military affairs during this period of his life is evin ced by

of : the following commission s in the possession his descendants Major ,

1 8 2 d th October 7 , 7 7 , in the Regiment , 5 Brigade (Alexan der H arvey ,

2 1 1 Lie u ten Colonel) ; Lieuten an t Colonel in the same regiment April 9 , 7 9

of 1 1 re or a niz ant Colonel C ommandant the same regiment J anuary , 7 94 (a g ation makes this regiment in the 2 d Brigade instead of in the 5 th Brigade) ; Brigad ier General of the 2 d Brigade in the 4th Division of the Militia October

2 0 1 d th , 7 94 ; Brigadier General of the 3 Brigade in the 4 Division of the

2 1 8 ffi 8 Militia October 9, 7 9 (he took the oath of o ce November th) ; Major

of th 1 . General the 4 Division October , 7 99 He resigned from the militia

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to was a Federalist , an d seem s have voted with his party on the important

of . re é lection question s the day He was defeated for by James Fiske ,

. o ne . 1 8 0 Republican The election was a very close Jan uary 9 , 5 , W . B . Ban ister wrote from Caledonia County to General Ch amberlin in Wash ington

of that neither candidate had received a majority all the votes cast , and that a second election would be n ecessary . (M S S . letter . ) Returning from Washington he represented Peacham in the General

o 1 0 Assembly f Vermont in 8 5 an d 1 8 0 8 . He represented Caledonia County o n the j oint committee of ten from th e Assembly and tw o from the Cou n cil

of 1 that located the seat government at Montpelier in the autum n of 8 0 5 .

of 6 6 2 6 (Records Governor and C ouncil of Vermont, v, , 4 , Previously to of this time the Legislature Vermont had been migratory . Mon tpelier was in the southwest corner o f Caledon ia County (until about twenty-fi ve

of of miles from Peach am . It was within ten miles the geographical center

of the state , and th e lines travel passed through it in all directions .

to General Chamberlin was elected the Eleventh Congress , receiving a

f 1 6 majority o 9 votes over James Fiske . The four Representatives from Ver

2 2 1 8 0 on of mont were present , May , 9, the opening day the first session , which

2 to o n lasted until June 8 . The appointments assign ed Vermont the Stand ing Committees were given to the two Representatives who had served in the

- 1 8 0 preceding Congress , Martin Chittenden , Federalist (M . C . 3 an d

u Samuel Shaw , Rep blican (M . C . General Chamberlin was appointed on the Select Committee of seven to whom that p art of the Presi ’ “ dent s message relating to the fortification of ou r seaport towns was

2 6 . referred on May This was an important committee appointment , as war was then in progress between England and France , and it was feared that America would become involved through the ill feeling aroused by the search of American ships o n the high seas and the impressmen t of American s ea

2 men . On May 7 , the H ouse of Representatives , at the request of the

for o f Com mittee , called on the President information from the Secretary

6 . War, which was received June On June 7 , a bill was reported from this committee making an appropriation to complete fortifications already com

m enced . at the seaports , etc , and also for fortifications on the n orthern and western frontiers . On the following day a bill was received from the Senate appropriating for these same purposes , and this bill was passed the following day , William Chamberlin voting against reducing the appropriation

fo r on and the bill . Measures were moving rapidly at this extra session of C gress , but he wished the pace accelerated as he voted June 7 with the minor ity (1 7 to 1 0 4) wh o wished all petiti on s of a private n a ture excluded for the 6 remainder of that session . On June also he voted with a minority (5 9 to who wished instructions give n to the committee on that p art of the Presi ’ dent s Message referring to foreign affairs directing them to reduce to one W I LL IAM C HAMBE R LI N 63

b - act all provisions relating to em argo , non intercourse , etc . On Jun e 7 h e voted for a resolution directing the Secretary of the Treasury to report to the

fo r House at the next session a plan protecting and fostering m anufactures , with a statement of the m anufacturing establishmen ts begun , and such other statistics and facts as would give a general view of m anu factures throughout

no the United States . But it will t be possible to follow his Congressional

N v . . o 2 1 8 0 to career in this detail The second session lasted from 7 , 9 , May

f n 1 1 8 1 0 . 1 on o , He was appointed December the Select Committee ine to ’ whom was referred that part o f the President s message con cern ing the rela

o n tions of the United States with foreign n ation s , and he served sundry other select committees during the session . On December 7 , he wrote his

2 wife th at he arrived in Washington November 5 , and was amidst congenial surroundings in a boarding house with Messrs . Pickering, Hillhouse and

. s u Hubbard Surely at this point a reminder that he was a Federalist , and p

1 8 1 0 p orted Federalist measures is not necessary . In October , , he was

e . defeated for re lection by James Fiske , Republican The Governor an d both branch es of the Legislature were Republican th at year , and only on e Feder

reélected alist was to Congress , Martin Chittenden , Member of Congress from f 1 8 0 to 1 8 1 o . 3 3 , who won his seat by a m ajority twelve votes , it was said

Ver m ont R e u bli ca n 2 2 ( p , October , Peacham an d Barn et were strongly

Federalist , but Danville was Republican and supported a Republican news

T r th t he ]Vo S a r . paper , General Ch amberlin and the other Federalist mem bers from Vermont arrived two days late for the third session of this ’ Congress , taking their seats December 5 , just in time to hear the President s

n of message read . He represented Vermont o the Select Committee seven “ ’ teen appointed to consider that part of the Presiden t s message in regard to ” V the militia . He represented ermont , also , on the Select Committee

1 8 1 8 1 0 of o f appoin ted December , , to consider the petition the stockholders f the Bank of the United States praying the renewal o their charter . This committee introduced a bill “ continuing for a further time the Charter of the ” f of Bank o the United States . After several days debate this bill was p ost

o n 2 1 1 1 of 6 6 pon ed indefinitely January 4 , 9 , by a vote 5 to 4 , General Ch am berlin voting against this postpon ement .

of 1 8 1 2 The War was unpopular throughout New England , and the Federalist Party regain ed control of the Legislature of Vermont and elected

8 1 1 8 1 a s . 1 Federalists Governor and Lieutenan t Govern or From 3 to 5 ,

William Chamberlain was Lieuten ant Governor of Verm on t . The election s

f 1 1 1 w o 1 8 3 and 8 4 ere very close . Neither the Federalist n or the Republi can candidates for Govern or an d Lieutenant- Govern or received a majority of the votes cast , so that Governor Martin Chittenden and Lieuten ant Govern or William Chamberlin were elected in b oth years by the two houses of the

Legislature in join t session . While Lieutenant Governor he was an active 64 C HA M BE RLA I N AS S O C IAT I ON O F AMER I CA

member of th e Council , serving frequently on com mittees . (Records of Gov .

2 8 2 8 . . 1 2 0 1 8 1 and C ouncil , VI 7 , , , 5 , 5 3 , 5 , etc ) In November, 3 , he voted with the Republicans to postpone till the next session the repeal o f the act “ to prevent intercourse with the enemies of the United States , which the

of 1 8 Federalists , forgetting the Alien and Sedition acts 7 9 , regarded too great an infringement of personal liberty . A year later he voted again st sending delegates to the H artford Convention . Obviously he was an independent

6 - Federalist . (Ibid , VI . 3 , For two thirds of his term as Lieuten an t

1 8 1 2 o n Governor the War of was in progress , and hence his post the joint

. . 66 8 6 military committee was an important on e (Ibid , VI , 7 3 , 7 4 , 7 5 , 7 7 , ,

8 . o n 9 , 94 , etc ) He was the sole representative of the Council the j oint committee to con sider a revision of the militia laws . (Ibid , Apparently n he was placed on all the special , as well as the permanent committees o mil

8 0 8 8 2 ita r . 2 . y matters (Ibid , 7 , , 5 , 9 , 9 , 93 , etc )

1 8 1 on of of of In 4 , the receipt a letter from the Secretary War the

to United States ordering militia be drafted for immediate service , the Legislature appointed a committee of three to consider whether the m ilitia f called into the Federal service could remain under State O ficers . General

2 8 ff Chamberlin as chairman presented , October , a rep ort to the e ect th at “ th e President of the United S tates must command the militia in person or f ” exercise his command over them by o ficers appointed by the States . This

1 report was accepted November , and it was resolved unanimously November “ 1 — of of 3 , That it is the opinion the Council , that it is not m ade the duty his Excellency , by the Constitution of the United States , to put the detached

of militia this S tate , whe n in actual service of the Un ited States , under the comman d of any Officer commissioned by the Presiden t ; but such militia are to be commanded by offi cers appointed by the State or by the President in ”

f V . 8 0 8 8 2 o . 81 t person . (Records Gov Council of , vi , 5 , 9 , 9 Niles Register , vii . It will be remembered that General Stark , with the militia of New

Hampshire and Vermont , won the Battle of Bennington and protected the Vermont frontier in 1 7 7 7 by ignoring the orders of the commander of the

Continental Army in that region . Vermont , a sparsely settled country facing

of of the Can adian frontier , was fearful being denuded its military strength .

Under changed condition s , this became a vexed question during the C ivil War .

1 8 1 Peace with England was proclaimed in February, 5 , and the Federalists in

r Vermont , as in other parts of the count y , lost their hold upon the people . The Federalist candidates for Govern or and Lieutenant Governor were

1 8 1 8 1 8 1 1 8 1 6 1 8 . defeated in 5 , and 1 7 In the Federalists placed no ticket

1 0 8 1 6 of in the field . (Ibid , , 7 , Thus ended the political life William

Chamberlin .

a s 1 8 1 During his term Lieutenant Govern or , he served in 4 as Chief

o f Justice Caledonia County , and also as a delegate to the Con stitutional W I LLIAM C HAMBE R LI N 65

1 8 1 to Convention which met at Montpelier July 7 to 9 , 4 , consider amending the State Constitution . Lieuten ant Governor Chamberlin voted with the ’ minority (2 0 yeas to 1 88 nays) for abolishing the Governor s Council and

co - of o f establishing a Senate as a ordinate branch the Legislature Verm on t .

All the amendments proposed were rejected by the Con vention . (Journ al of the Convention , publ . —“ Later in life General Ch amberlin wrote I n th e variety of Business that I have engaged in the course Of my life I have always found that where ” my personal attention was not bestowed my profits all went to the Leeward .

0 (Letter from Wm . Chamberlin to his son Mellen , April 3 , Yet n ot withstanding his devotion to public affairs his private business seems to have w prospered . His ife was an excellent man ager and remained with the

h children at the ome in Peacham . An agreement signed by William

n . 2 1 of Chamberli an d Israel Page Oct , 7 95 , shows something his careful

of attention to details . Page was to take the whole care the cattle , sheep and

t of h orses hrough the whole the winter , care for th e barn in the neatest and best manner, do all the thrashing , cut and haul the wood , cutting the wood both in the

1 1 8 woods and at the house , and tend all the fires . Dec . 7 , 7 9 , General Chamber lin drew up a list of his property on which the direct tax authorized by Congress in that year was assessable . This list included nearly acres in Peacham ,

1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 acres in D anville , acres in Walden , acres in Cabot , and over

of 1 1 8 1 acres in Barton , Vt . His list assessable property April , 5 , describes

" . 2 0 of the home farm more fully It contained 7 5 acres , 5 acres improved

2 x 8 ft. land ; two dwelling houses , the one 9 3 , Of two stories , with a back

2 on o ne one on kitchen the other about 4 ft . square , two story side an d story the

o ne 2 1 0 0 2 6 other . There were two barns , 3 x , the other 4 x 3 feet, and sundry

u 1 8 0 1 8 1 outho ses . During the years 7 to 3 he purchased several parcels of

of 1 6 land , which formed a farm 5 acres in the east part of the town , called “ ” f . 6 x 8 0 t. his Hollow farm , with a grist mill , a barn 3 , and a corn barn

The land lay on b oth Sides of the road from Peacham to Danville , the mill

- i n- . 1 1 8 1 1 . brook being east of this road Dec . 7 , , he an d his son law , Dr

fo r - of Josiah Shedd , purchased three fourths an acre of land with a ” “ “ o n house thereon at Peacham Corner , the southeast corner, the H ighway ’ ” leading from the Academy to Danville where Hazen s road intersects the same .

f 0 two 0 0 t. . It was a house of stories , 3 x 4 , with a barn 3 ft square , a wood shed , etc . Several years later he bought about nine acres adj oin ing this lot , ’ removed an old store (M cL e a n s store) and built a n ew barn and outhouses . 6 6 C H AMBER LAI N A SS O C I AT I O N O F AMER I CA

1 1 8 1 2 f for April , , William Chamberlin leased to Thom as Russell o Cabot “ three years that farm in Peach am on which the said William Chamberlin

now now lives , the House in which he lives and Garden adjoining excepted , as also excepting the mill house an d o ne acre of land for tillage occupied by ” H w n the miller for a number of years past . o long he contin ued to live o this

not . 1 1 8 1 farm west of t he village is known April 5 , 7 , he was living in the m house at Peacha Corner, but was planning to m ove to his farm at Peacham

w o n f r T h o . e Hollo , as soon as a h ouse th at farm could be prepared him total disintegration of the Federalist Party in Vermon t meant that his political

too to . life had ended , and he was , presumably , active a man cease work In

1 8 2 1 of of to he was living on on e h is farms , but was th inking returning the

. to house at Peacham Corner . (M S S Letters from William C hamberlin his

8 1 1 on s on 1 1 . 2 1 8 8 2 c Mellen , April 5 , 7 , and Feb 5 , Febru ary , 3 , h e ve ed to son one- of Old - y his , Ezra Carter Ch amberlin , half the home farm west

f f n - of 2 0 o o o e . the village with adj oin ing lots land , in all half 5 acres This ’

s o n 1 1 . A S bo was General Chamberlin s youngest , born Oct . 7 , 7 99 a y he strained his eyes by close reading on the long winter evenings , often by the

of to light a pine knot in the fireplace when h e was supposed be asleep , and As hence was un able to follow his two elder brothers to Dartmouth College .

1 8 2 0 o n early as he was living this farm with h is sister Abigail , as several “ letters to and from their brother Mellen Show . Dear folks at the Yellow

of - 2 2 1 8 2 House was a favorite phrase th is brother . He married March , 7 ,

of at Peacham , Deborah Shedd , only child Henry and S arah (Bickford)

- - f r i n . o Shedd , and a niece of his brother law , Dr . Josiah Shedd His love

for ff no one books and public a airs n ever wavered , an d during his long life in his household escaped being im pressed into the service o f reading aloud to S n t . o o him during the winter evenings , though educated at college , he was a highly intelligent and well informed man , and a delightful conversation alist . His father felt it absol utely essential to his comfort to h ave the assistance of hi of s on s . this one in wide busi ness interests He had the pleasure , also ,

8 2 6 h im of 1 . seeing a Justice the Peace , holding his first court in December, ’ a n After the father s death this son took his pl Ce in th e commu ity . H e was a Trustee of the Caledonia County Gramm ar School (Peacham Academy) thirty eight years (1 83 9 and its Treasurer for fourteen years (1 8 5 6 of of he was Treasurer th e Town and also the Church for m any years , and represented the Town in the State Legislature in 1 8 4 2 and 1 8 43 ; he was a deacon in the Congregational Church fo r th irty - five years and o ne of the most f liberal supporters o the Church , the Sunday School (an inn ovation in his

of . day), and the cause Christian m issions at home and abroad He had his ’ for 0 0 . to father s love the Union , an d during the Civil War gave $7 send a

1 8 2 1 8 2 6 man to the front because he was too old to go in person . In 3 and “ ” General Chamberlin sold his Hollow farm an d other lands , and m ade H A H . C H OM E O F E . C M BERL IN , PEAC AM

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of w Peacham , being then clerk Of the proprietors the to n . He was town clerk twelve years ; j ustice of the peace twenty- four years ; town represen tative in

1 8 1 8 1 6 1 8 0 1 8 0 8 — of 7 5 , 7 7 until 7 9 , in 5 , and twelve years ; Chief Judge Cal

1 8 1 8 0 1 8 1 — donia County Court 7 7 until 3 , and again in 4 seventeen years ; — Councillor from 1 7 96 until 1 8 0 3 seven years ; Lieutenant Governor 1 8 1 3 to 1 8 1 5 ; a delegate to the Constitution al Conventions of 1 7 9 1 and 1 8 1 4 ; a

1 8 0 0 of two 1 8 0 — Presidential Elector in ; and a Member Congress terms , 3 5 , and 1 8 0 9

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“ 2 0 1 8 2 : October , 3 , he wrote his sister Abigail My ship h as arrived from

of 8: 8: now Liverpool with plenty salt coal we are engaged in discharging it . As soon as that is done 8: we have loaded her for the West In dies I sh all start for Florida where I expect to meet her in January 8: should I not

o ut succeed in my proj ects at Apalachicola I shall go to Europe with her . She has been a good servan t this year having earned for me clear of all ix S . 2 1 8 2 expenses weeks later, Dec , 3 , he wrote to his brother “ Ezra Carter Chamberlain from New York City : I have con cluded to sail

- M a s on B a r ne for t to morrow in the Ship y St . Thom as . I declin e going o

on f Yo u of f Apalachicola account o th e cholera . course h ave n o idea o pur

on n suing your proposed enterprise the same accou t . I think it likely that I w shall g o to N . Orleans some t o months hence if the pestilence entirely dis

o to . . appears . I g St T to meet my vessel which is about sailing from Castin e if i f for that place . I expect to go with the ship whether she comes back ,

r to goes South o Europe . “ ff or The tari will I believe be repealed either this the next session . f w t o . The president ill indicate o d ay his views . Let the people N England

o look for a tremendous reaction in their prosperity . It is impossible t put down the Yankee nation . If they cannot be profitably employed at home , they will g o forth 8: by their superior powers possess the in heritance of their

u so of oppressors . As s re as knowledge is power certainly must the estates n f the Souther planters pass into the hands of the people o New England . “ i f on f Much anxiety is felt the subject o our union . I imagine that the tariff being taken off the causes of dissatisfaction will be removed but such is the violence of the South that there may be much embarrass ” ment . “ 1 1 8 N e w : M arch 5 , 3 3 , he wrote from Orleans I t is exceedingly pleas ant again to set foot in one ’s own country especially when we compare it with the Spanish West Indies misgoverned as they are . I am also a little

hi con more reconciled to Jackson since he has ch anged s politics . You can ceive n othing more stunning than the conversation Of political gentlemen i when I first arr ved here . The executive depending upon the opposition with Mr . Webster at their head for support , Mr . Clay the first to give a death

rr ff of . blow to the ta i . The whole seemed a sort Phantasmagoria I have been long in ascending this wonderful river . Turbid though it be 8: its banks

of thus far all unlovely , yet there is such a magnificen t rush waters such evi den ce of mighty enterprise on its current th at y ou cannot with hold your astonishmen t . “ o n of I have enj oyed myself very well my tour, had m any Opportunities seeing the manners 8: customs of the Islands of which I have advised you from time to time 8: have other notes on hand which I hope may amuse you at ”i“ of some future time . The city [ New Orleans]is increasing rapidly ME L LE N C H AMBE RLAI N 7 1

for but cannot be a pleasant residence . God be th anked hills , said someone .

s o of I echo the thanksgiving from my heart . Nothing has much nothingness

for ou in it as this dead level . It is more monotonous than the sea there y can get above surrounding Obj ects by climbing the m ast . “ H fi r i S —f r For f a e n o w I should relish your es de o a time . the spirit o dv n ture is ot yet gone . I must wander still farther . I find within me still the f power o enj oyment . Novelty and contrast together with employment are i t th e ingredients of the highest flavored dish . But you will Show such interest in the Quixotic Knight Errant as to ask , where are you bound

ou next ? To Florida forsooth . The ship let me tell y m ade a loosing voyage to the W . Indies . She has now taken freight for Providence 8: will return here o r to some Southern port 8: probably I shall j oin her for Europe in about ” two months .

o n The j ourney t Europe was ot made that year . Early in June he ff appears to h ave been in New York City , where a letter was addressed o ering

of . him certain rights in the sale the Fairbanks scales E . 8: T . Fairbanks 8:

f t - C o . o o fered him the sole right sell the scales , both h ay scales and the smaller ones used in stores , in the state of Pennsylvania for in the state of O hio for or in Ohio and all the Valley of the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico for He had become interested in the scales during a visit to his friends in Vermont the previous summer, Erasmu s and n f Thaddeus Fairba ks living in the neighboring town o St . Johnsbury and l f ’ being o d friends and connections o his father s family . He decided to pur chase the rights in the Ohio and Mississippi valleys , visited Vermont in the

n Pa . for summer, and in the autum located in Pittsburg , , a central location his new business . He was n ow, as he phrased it in a letter written Oct . 5 , “ ” 1 8 8: w a s 3 5 , engaged in land , sea scale speculation s , and exceedingly suc ces sful to , expecting net from these various ventures between an d

that year, a sum which represented far greater wealth then than it

n w of 1 8 o . . would In the autumn 3 4 , he married , in New York City , Mrs f o . . Catharin e (Hill) Crosby , widow Rev John Crosby of Maine This proved a h appy union . Later, her health being delicate , a milder climate was imper ative and they Spent a winter in the West Indies . She rallied for a time , and

to 1 8 returned the United States , but finally passed away in 3 7 , leaving a

not young daughter, C atharine . During his soj ourn in the islands he did

b ox of for to forget his friends at home , sending a shells his nieces the care of Daniel Chamberlain in Boston . An d after his return to the United States he sent to Hicks 8: Swift at Saint Th omas the first Fairbanks scales seen in ” “ to the islands . We think they only require be seen to be in great demand , “ ” was the cordial greeting given by the firm to these six platform B alances in

2 2 1 8 of their letter of Jun e , 3 7 . Two them had been sold , they reported , to “ no go to Porto Rico , and we have doubt when they are Seen there we shall h ave orders for others 7 2 C HAM B E RLA I N A S S O C I AT I O N OF AME R I CA

2 0 1 8 Pa . Dec . , 3 7 , he wrote from Pittsburg, , to his brother Ezra Carter i f if Chamberlain I would be very far from wishing you to put your substance at the mercy of the seas or political quacks especially if it would disturb your peace . But after all there is something even in this very i f s jeopardy th at is not unpleasan t . There is the Ship S t. j a m e loading

? 1 0 at London for N . Orleans . Shall I insure I h ave a policy for $ 5 0 but

not . o that is a third in case of loss Let her g . She made me that last year 8: if the In suran ce Offices can make money by insuring s o can I by not doing

Va h a l . l l a . ? it . The h as not arrived at N Orleans yet Is she lost Freights ’ s ee . I are good for nothing If they don t run me in debt I shall be glad .

Then there is the scale business burn t at Natchez . Loss by Young

o r . . rather by the harpies at N O probably . Suspension cuts down

n n ot . sales o e half . Shall make more than $3 or this year by that ’ w 6 However hope th e year s business will wind up ith $ or advance . ’ Stay h ere 8: make a purchase o f Scott s patent for Asbestos chests ? Think it equal to scales . There is some excitement in such various interests which helps along the time 8: leaves the contrast y ou have drawn between your occupations 8: min e n ot so much in your favor as y ou have drawn it . Though

I admit that it is much in your favor . “ But my dear broth er I h ave t houghts more worthy o f me than such as

o f d these . My most serious troubles arise from my own shortcomings uty .

of 8: h ow With perhaps the faculties doing good abundan t means , little do I in fact accomplish " I am not likely to be led away by any scheme of splen did benevolence yet some thing every one should do fo r the benefit of his

8: s o kind . Nothing will be looked back to in our declin ing years ( mine are )

f . with half the satisfaction , as active untiring e fort to do good to others “ — I love my relatives but they d o not need my charities . Apropos I

a s may be thought best the mean s of getting an education . I have not sent it not knowing the real situation of their affairs or how she would take such

ne fi tt Fo r or whether he desires or would be be e d by that kind of education .

I hold it quite doubtful whether it is of much use . S till if he earnestly desires it I will not suffer him to lack the means . Without say ing anything of this you might obtain the information I wish 8: let me know . “ I am very glad the shells please you 8: wish the collection was more

8: choice . I supposed they would be a rarity among you would be in most f parts o the country . “ I still think it would be a grand plan to buy a township to be called

Ez ra v ille 8: plant it with the mulberry 8: wear silk 8: eat but sugar . Were it not for going to Europe , the spring would find me in some such matter .

I shall go to Washington in a few days where write me . Mr . Adams thinks he is playing the old Rom an in fine style but it appears to me that he

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for H ow ou ? not apology my deficiency . did y like her was She a fine little ? s ee fellow I none I like as well . “ It is long before I can get an answer to this but write as soon as y ou f — to o 8: Co . . can the care Edwards Paris I Shall be there three months .

8: o The winter we expect to spend in Italy perhaps [g ] to Palestine . I will — give y o u from time to time account of my doings b ut you will not expect much from s o lazy a fellow .

n s ee I think I am not good at descriptio . O thers everything wonderful

8: n othing is wonderful to me . However we will s ee what Paris will do for ” me . A j ourney to Europe in 1 8 3 8 was a great undertaking compared with a

to- for nor trip day ; there were no telegraphs , cables wireless sign als ; little

n of communicatio could be had with friends abroad . It became a part his

t . . i to mission o aid Professor S F . B Morse in his great undertaking of try ng

o of ou r introduce the m agnetic telegraph int European countries . One his toria ns has said that never before had our country experienced such a transition from apparent prosperity to a fatal prostration of business as dur ’ B 1 8 re- ing M artin Van uren s administration in 3 7 , after th e failure to charter “ ’ e n the United Stat s Ban k d uring A drew Jackson s time , and the establishing of many State banks . Legislators became Opposed to costly internal improve

not ments at public expense , hence P rof . Morse could obtain the pecun iary aid and assistance from Congress which he so much needed , an d he resolved i n n to seek recognition Europe . When Mr . Morse exhibited his inve tion 8 V n 2 1 1 8 a . February , 3 , to President Buren and his Cabinet, Hon F . O . J . n of on Smith , a congressman an d chairma the Committee C ommerce in the

of f to H ouse Representatives , resigned his o fice become a partner, with sev eral other distinguished gentlemen , in the new invention . Mr . Morse sailed f 1 or 6 1 8 8 . England May , 3 , to secure foreign patents I n a hearing before

B - 1 8 1 8 8 not Sir John Campbell , the ritish attorney general , July , 3 , he was

1 6 given an encouraging reception . The hostile feelings aroused in 7 7 and ’ i n n 1 8 1 2 not . ve had abated C ampbell preferred , evidently , Wheatstone s ’ tion with its six wires to Morse s with a single wire and a much simpler

of construction . He claimed that Morse had published a description his a invention before th is , but there h ad been printed only a st temen t of results .

o to This unj ust decision led Mr . Morse to g Paris to memorialize the

i nv en French Government , which was more friendly and hospitable to new

of tions . He established himself in Paris with his Old friend , Dr . Kirk , later

- Boston . They made Tuesday their levee day for several weeks to exhibit the n telegraph . Prof . Morse was delighted with the great enthusiasm ma ifested h by all classes , especially by the best known savants , suc men as Arago , the

of noted physicist and statesm an , secretary the Academy of Sciences , wh o f urged him to appear before that body o noted men with his invention . At M ELLEN CHAMB ERLA I N 7 5

1 0 1 8 8 this exhibition , September , 3 , Arago explained the telegraph and its

of workings to the great surprise and delight his audience . H umboldt d - eclared it to be the best in strument he had ever seen , as did also Gay Lus

ffi f r sac and other scientists . Yet it seemed di cult o all to realize that it was

of destined to revolutionize the conduct n ation s in war an d in peace , as well

for as to flash news all over the globe ; instance , that it could h ave tele graphed the victory of the English over the French at the battle of Waterloo ,

1 8 1 8 1 or June , 5 , in a few seconds m oments , instead of the news taking two n days to reach London . M r . Morse was gratified by the universal se timen t

w to in his favor , but he alternated bet een hope and fear as practical results ,

of to which were great importance him . He secured a paten t . By Fren ch la w , an invention must be put in to practical operation within two years from

t o n f the issuing of the patent . He tried in vain o introduce it the line o the n Sain t Germain Railroad near Paris . He found that the telegraph was co s ide red a government m onopoly and that he could not enter into relation s

to to with private parties . H e resolved return the United S tates and try

o f Congress again . The attention French scien tists had been divided ’ w of Gov bet een the pictures Daguerre and Morse s telegraph , but the Fren ch ’ e rnm e nt of purchased Daguerre s inven tion the daguerreotype . Prof . Morse , h imself a portrait painter, declared that it was beautiful to see an artist paint

ne w with sunbeams . Napoleon had been more interested in invention s than H n o . a n the presen t sovereign , King Louis Philippe . . H . L Ellsworth , Amer ican gentlem an in Paris , wrote home that although Prof . Wheatstone of

of in London and Dr . Steinheil Munich had shown their telegraphs Paris ,

of of that the Yankee professor had carried the palm by its simplicity design ,

of ffi of dis cov cheapness construction and e ciency , as well as by its priority

M e endorff of to r ery . Baron y , the agent of the emperor Russia repo t n ew

to . discoveries the home government , became much interested Mellen Chamberlain was introduced to Professor Morse by a mutual f . C . o friend in Washington , D , as a man worthy unlimited confidence both as to property and probity . This friend commended also his judgment and skill

to in matters of science with regard the useful arts , and he felt sure that the acquaintance would prove mutually agreeable . It resulted in a partnership in ’ f f . o the new invention Mr . Chamberlain s familiarity with di feren t kinds ’ m his of m achinery fro connection with the Fairbanks scales , his knowledge

n inde end the technical points of law and of the Fren ch la guage , his being p

of en t financially , and somewhat a diplom at, together with his enthusiastic

of belief in the value the n ew invention to the world , made him a valuable

f r partner and associate o Prof . Morse .

1 1 8 8 A letter written by Mellen Chamberlain from Paris September 9 , 3 , to his sister , Miss Abigail Ch amberlain in Vermont , refers to his partnership

of with Prof . Morse , stating that the latter had chosen the countries Great 7 6 C HA MBE R LAI N A S S O C IATI O N O F AME R I CA

Britain , France and America in which to introduce the telegraph , and had

for left to him the rest of the world , which fell in with his humor travel , an d would be a good introduction to th e best society of the countries he was to visit , even if n othing more was realized . He wrote that all Paris and the Institute were agog with the m arvelous American experiments ; and he was proud of th e telegraph as an American citizen ; and also of the acquaintance of Mr . Morse , a gentleman and a fine painter . H e could not doubt that a

o ne u system so much cheaper and surer than th e then i n use , wo ld be adopted by all governments . He had seen the king , atten ded the Institute , dined with General Cass , our American minister there , and eaten frogs and a thou sand nameless things . He was not very much in love with the French people

of that he had seen , but thought one Yankee was worth a dozen them , for he had been all over Paris for a week to get a m achine made which o ne o f o u r

not turners would make in three d ays , and they would promise it in less than three weeks ; but he would procure it when he went to London to meet a

of ship which he expected would bring him the sinews war . Prof . Morse had decided that he would have a better instru m ent m ade than the clumsy

o ne m . . to . brought fro Speedwell , N J , give M r Chamberlain to exhibit in the

East . I n order to avoid delay , the latter procured a common brass clock

o u t of movement in London , took all but the wheels the train and put in four box-wood rollers he got turned for one shilling Sixpen ce ; the whole expense

f of u about twelve francs . At Boulogne the o ficers the custom ho se , finding

to . it in his trunk , declared it must be sent the administrator at Paris He A for . called daily a week before the box arrived letter from Prof . Morse to

1 8 8 ne H n . . N ov . 2 2 o o . . F O J Smith , 3 , gives some idea of the great annoy ance the long system of red- tape caused them before they were able to obtai n the box ; h ow they were sen t from one offi ce to another until they offered to give up the box ; but n o , they must make a sketch and explain what such an

to ominous looking thing was intend e d for . After the box had been shown ffi four or five O cers , it was still kept until they had sketched and painted the design Of the instrumen t , Signed various papers and obligations and receipts , obtained French security and paid twenty- one francs in customs duties and h n b ox . transportatio charges for a whic cost originally twelve francs . Prof M orse said th at he took the box and ran round several streets and corners as

D ou a ne hi m hi m if he had stolen it, expecting the whole would be after to call back to do everything according to rule . i . 1 8 8 Mr . Chamberlain parted with Prof Morse in November 3 in Par s

o f with high expectations pleasure an d profit in the East, while the latter left “ . H o n . : for the United States in March . F . O . J Smith wrote Before I left

Paris we had closed a contract with M r . Chamberlain to carry the telegraph

o f to Austria , Prussia , the principal cities of Greece and Egypt , and put it upon exhibition with a view to its utilization there . He was an American

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of to poor remainder the inhab itants the dust . We believe that it will be restored because it is so written , but I have less confidence in my theories the

M eh em et more I see . It must be that Ali the present tyrant of Egypt 8:

Syria is killing the hen that lays the golden egg . They cannot sustain the f exactions o men 8: money . It would sicken you to hear the particulars of f his oppressions . It su fices to kn ow that probably half the able bodied men have put o u t their eyes or cut off their hands to escape being pressed into his ” enormous armies .

2 2 1 8 his April , 3 9 , he wrote from Constantinople to brother in Vermont , in a letter defaced by time “ After suffering twenty days from cold such as I h ave n ot felt during the

or on ou r u colder m onths in Egypt Syria , we start voyage p the Danube to

Vienna . I enj oyed the journey through the Holy lan d n otwithstanding much

. o n 8: fatigue It is by no means pleasant to ride camels , mules j ackasses , especially when y o u cannot make more than twenty miles by ten hours hard

Oo m ns a ti n beating of your lubberly beasts . But the pe o is in treading the

' ur a vi u r ou s u r same ground which has been trodden by o S o . Of this y are e but by no mean s sure of the truth of the thousand stories they tell i f

ou ou but y are confident that y see the Nazareth in which H e dwelt , Jerusalem f Z 8: . . where He su fered 8: Mt . ion Mt Olivet For this cause it is the most

o n . interesting country Earth Otherwise it is barren desolated 8: accursed .

We sailed from B ey root to Alexandria in a steamer . As we left the harbour she was struck with such a shock of lightning as I n ever heard filling the

for off cabin with a sulph urous smell , blinding the crew a time , tearing the ’

8: c . plank above the water s edge , killing a goat This is the [only] striking o f 8: a steamer within my kn owledge . We saw Messrs . Goodale Temple

(whom you know) at S myrna 8: here . Indeed we have become acquainted — i n a t a t 8: c . with all the missionaries the Mediterranean Athens , Beirout , They [are in] comfortable Situations 8: appear to be sincerely occupied in f f e fecting the purpose o their mission s . “ It is a splendid city this of the East . Resting as it does upon Europe 8: Asia it commands the products of both 8: might be the m istress of this

of M a h om m eta i nis m Eastern world in other hands . But the gen ius is adverse f to the de[ve]lopment of the powers o men . There is h ope that that religion will perish in the presence of a purer . They are certainly admitting modern

Improvemen ts with unwonted rapidity . The Sultan himself no longe r wears the turban but h as substituted the red cap so universally worn in the Levant .

In company with Mr . Rhodes his principal naval architect (an American) I visited some of his palaces and mosques 8: s a w him in gran d procession with his gorgeous [escort] as they swept along in state to the mosque at mid day . It is said that he cares little for the faith he holds except for political

f . reasons . S ome o the mosques are prohibited to infidel feet Ye t [I deter] ME LLEN C H AM B E R LAI N 7 9

of off ou r mined to s ee that St . Sophia if possible . We put shoes at [the] door 8: lifting the curtain entered but were soon ordered ou t in no civil tone but without other violence . I t is said to be second to no other structure except St . Peters at Rome . The b azars of which you have heard much are

8: i . splendid in gold lace embroidery, but for n oth ng else The Turks squat ting on their hams 8: lazily smoking are picturesque enough in the distance

f 8: but very indi ferent sh opmen . It [is] supposed that the city itself the n adj acent villages o the Bosphorus 8: in Asia h ave a million of inhabitants . I think a more indolen t m illion could scarcely be found except in the adjoin ing grave yards . These extend for miles in every direction covered with the tall cypress which sighs solemnly in every breeze . They have held these places most sacred until [recently]. They have now built some large 8: handsome buildings [of]funereal marbles 8: there seem to be enough for such f . or another city Indeed they would be much better applied , their houses

f s w being o wood are Often burn ed . I n ever a such terror as the other nigh t

. . 8: w a s at an alarm Mr Goodale , though at a distance , seized his translation prepared to flee with his family . “ I have not heard from home these s ix months 8: am almost afraid to i receive my letters at Vienna . We must pass through a quaran t ne to get into

u Europe which will delay s some . I am getting very impatient . My design was to go to St . Petersburg across the continent 8: it still depends upon th e f tenor o my letters . If they are such as I expect perhaps I m ay as well spend

8: 8: to the summer in Europe return in the fall . I long to see you all tell ” y ou of what I have seen .

of . At the home Dr . William Goodell, his college friend , he met Rev

Cyrus Hamlin , who h ad recently arrived in Turkey , an d who rendered later such valuable service during the Crimean War by his inventions . The tele “ n : graph was set up in his library . Cyrus H amli wrote I h ave been at work nearly all day helping Mr . Ch amberlain , an American traveller, prepare ’ Morse s Electro- Magnetic telegraph for an exhibition to a party of gentlemen — f ’ ” to morrow evening . He thinks o inviting the Sulta n s prime minister . (M .

1 0 . W . Lawrence , Light on the Dark River, p . 4 ) Dr . Hamlin told Mr ’ Ch amberlain s niece that he advised Mr . Chamberlain to go to Vienna to have a better instrument m ade , as there were more skillful artisans living there .

of In July, intelligence was received by Professor Morse a fatal calamity on the D anube River by the upsetting of a b oat , and that Mr . Chamberlain “ wh o 2 was amongst those were drowned . July 9 he wrote , Our h opes from

roba bil that quarter are thus darken ed by this melancholy event , and in all p i ty (unless Mr . Brown , when he returns , can give us information) , we Shall not kn ow what has been done with the Telegraph in Constantinople or ” Eg ypt . This was Mr . S . G . Brown of Andover , later a professor at Dart 80 C HAM B E RLA I N A S S O C IATI O N O F AMERI CA

mouth College , and still later President of Hamilton College , N . Y . Mr . B . f ’ o . B . Edwards Andover , Mass , wrote to Mr . Ch amberlain s friends in Ver

2 6 1 8 m ont, July , 3 9 , some account of the disaster . Mellen Chamberlain was travelling from C onstantinople to Vienn a up the Danube o n a steamboat with

two of fifteen passengers , whom were his fellow travellers in Syria , Mr . Ben

O f nett of South Carolin a and Mr . Swords New York City . In consequence of n D rinkov a the rapid course of the Danube betwee and Orsova , steamers

to were not able ply , and the link was supplied by boats that were towed as

- on . 1 1 8 to w a can al Within an hour of its destination , on May 4 , 3 9 , the b oat was overturned by the action of the water with that of the tow - lin e secured to the mast . Eleven of the fifteen passengers were lost . Mr . Chamberlain was walking the deck a few moments before in excellen t spirits , and but a second before entered the cabin . It was not until the next day that the boat was w righted . There , amidst the luggage , he lay pleasan t in death . A heavy blo on the temple was all that disfigured him . The authorities interested them

Sev enetz i selves to obtain a grant in the Catholic Cemetery at , a favor never

o ff granted before t Protestants . Mr . Bennett took e ectu al measures to have

to . . a stone erected his mem ory A nephew , Dr William M . Chamberlain of

New York City, afterwards visited his grave there . President Francis Brown o f Union Theological Seminary has favored u s with some further details from ’ r his father s dia y . Prof . S . G . Brown of Dartmouth College travelled with

1 8 8 Mr . Chamberlain through Italy , Syria and Egypt in the winter of 3 . In a

1 1 8 letter to his mother from Milan , Italy , dated July 9 , 3 9 , he said that he f o . had just met Mr . Swords New York , who was with Mr Chamberlain on the

of boat , and learned the particulars the sad disaster . The boat had passed

of b ut through the dangerous cataracts the Danube , in going past a jutting

to for point they were compelled steer into the stream , and , some reason , the helmsman failed to turn the rudder to bring the boat towards the sh ore ;

to w- strong currents forced it farther into the stream , the rope attached to the

- u on top drew it over and the boat turned bottom side p , launching those deck into the water . Th e boat drifted down the stream (nearly a mile wide) three or four miles into the sm aller cataracts , falling into a whirl pool , where a boat from the Servian shore picked off the passengers . They were met on the b n orthern or Austrian shore by soldiers with fixed ayonets , and marched to

- the guard h ouse , and , owing to their contact with the Servian boat, they were compelled to be in quarantine ten o r twelve davs in the very same room in

r Orsova which they had s o j oyfully left a day o two before . The English

to Consul at Bucharest , owing the barbaric cupidity of the people , advised them to adopt a pyramidal form for a tombston e with a simple inscription . ’ f Mr . Chamberlain s e fects were forwarded to the American con sul at Vienna “ f to await orders from his friends . H o w mysterious are the ways o Provi ’ dence Prof . Brown kept exclaiming . A n otice of Mr . Chamberlain s death

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of for those interested therein , in as m any the kingdoms , govern m ents an d countries aforesaid , by these presents inten ded to be embraced , as he Sh all

to find be practicable , and upon such terms , the m ost advantageous to the

co- said Morse and his proprietors and to the said Chamberlain , as the said Chamberlain Shall be able to effect in any of the modes hereinbefore con tem plated . “ ifthl of o r F y , That the proceeds every disposition , sale , tran sfer intro duction of said invention , made by the said Chamberlain as aforesaid , into

o r any of said kingdoms , governments countries , at any time hereafter , an d

or of or whether said proceeds shall consist in mon ey , presents other articles t proper y , shall be app ortioned and divided between the said Morse , of th e o ne w part, and the said Chamberlain of the other part , in man ner follo ing

— I s th at is to say t. The said Chamberlain shall deduct therefrom the full amount of all moneys that m ay have been advanced by him for counsel

fees and for patent fees , paid for any patent that he shall Obtain in f any o said governments . “ 2 dly . He shall deduct therefrom all monies th at he shall h ave advanced in any country or kingdom where he sh all obtain a p aten t

Of for said inven tion , for his own personal expenses travel and supp ort in such country or kingdom during his residence there on the business of said invention—and “ l a ll 3 d y . He shall deduct therefrom mon ies that he sh all necessarily advance in providing apparatus for exhibition of said i nve n f tion in any o said governments or countries . “ h t . 4 All the excess of such proceeds , beyon d the aforesaid three classes of expenses enumerated for deduction shall be divided

co - of equ ally between said Morse for himself and his proprietors , the

one part , and the said Chamberlain , of the other part , Sh are and Share

alike . S ix thl It is further agreed , y , The said Chamberlain shall have the right to retain any presents which m ay be made to him by any prince , potentate or

of to government , for or on account said invention , if he shall elect so do , by substituting therefor in m o ney the fair value thereof , to be ascertained by

s o a disinterested j udges , that s id substitute shall enter into the division afore said . “ inven Seventhly . All improvements that Shall be made in or to said tion by the said Morse or any of his associates , shall enure to the use an d

of disposal the said Chamberlain to the same extent , and upon the same terms and for the same purposes as said invention in its presen t form is by

hi m this instrumen t transfered to .

“ of Eighthly . All requisite advances money in fulfilling the purposes to contemplated by these presents are to be made by the said Chamberlain , MELLEN C H AMBE RLAI N 83 be refunded in such extent and upon such conditions only as are herein sp—ecifically set forth , and with out recourse otherwise to the said Morse or his co proprietors in any event therefor . “ Ninthly . The said Chamberlain shall account to the said Morse as

to of often as once in each year , if requested so do , for the proceeds said invention , that may h ave been realized by said Chamberlain , and complete f the division thereof according to the terms o this instrum ent .

“ of Tenthly . After the term four years from the date hereof, any an d

of or all said kingdoms , countries governments wherein said Chamberlain shall have omitted to in troduce said Telegraph by obtaining patents therefor , shall be considered as from that time excluded an d excepted from the purview and meaning of the provision s of this instrument, and open to the use and improve ment of the said Morse in the same manner as if these presents had n ot

co- existed . But until the expiration of said term the said Morse and his pro p rietors hereby are excluded and disqualified from introducing said invention

or in any way to prej udice the rights arrangements of the said Chamberlain , unless the same be d one by his concurrence an d assent . “ In testimony whereof said Parties have hereun to interchangeably set

f 1 8 8 o . . . their hands this twentieth day September, A D 3 W ITN ESS S A M : F : B : MORS E ‘ M N LL N HA M LA IN . S A . G . BROW . ME E C BER THE DESCENDANT S O F JACOB C H AM BERLAI N

B Y GEN ERAL W I LLIA M C HAM BERL I N

T o o n e c w a s i en n ne -one ea a o T h e w o nc e in HE f ll wi g sk t h wr tt i ty y rs g . rds i lud d ’ p a r enthe s e s w e re in te rline d i n th e a utho r s h a ndwri ting i n a diffe ren t i nk fro m th a t us e d

f th e a n cr in th e a ink h a t o a a i n th e b o dy o m us ipt, but s m e t a t w s us e d for h e la st tw p r ’ a e c n E n a nd a a e a n a n d e c en two of A bi a l s c gr phs d s ribi g dmu d Abi l Ch mb rl i th ir hildr , hil

T h e e o h a s a e in a c th n a e f n a dren b ein g o mitte d . dit r dd d br ke ts e m s o su ch d e s cen da ts s

n th e o n o f a c n n o a re m emb e rs o f this Asso cia tio . As ffspri g J o b Ch a mb e rla in wa d e re d i t

n a n d e en n o a n a e a nd e e n o t n e en e e o e a e ma n y t o w s v i t m y st t s , s ttl d i fr qu tly wh r th r f mili s h na e a e a n e e eco e ne a a e n of e e b e a ri ng t e m Ch mb rl i r sid d , this r rd by G r l Ch mb rli wh r his

o n n e e a nd n ece h a d e a n d e o r e e n in 1 8 2 0 h a s o e u ncl es , c usi s , ph ws , i s liv d di d , w r livi g , pr v d

h e e o t a n e cen a n of a n a e . o th e n t n o f t c v e ry h elpful o m y d s d ts his gr df th r Thr ugh pri i g r rd , s o m e with wh o m th e h eirs of G ene ra l Ch a mb e rlin h a v e no p e rs o na l a cqu a in t a nce will b e

ll n a n of a e o e d to a ce e a nce t to a co a e a n . a e ce d bl , it is h p , tr th ir s ry J b Ch mb rl i Will d s ts this prog enit o r kin dly s end informa tio n conce rn ing th e ms e lv es a nd th e ir a nce st o rs to Miss ll e a n a 6 E e e a a e a . i n o e a ec o of a J enn y C h a mb rl i W tts , x t r P rk , C mbridg , M ss , rd r th t r rds

Th o f a co th e m embe rs of this bra nc h o f th e fa mily m a y b e co mpil ed . e a uto gra ph J b — a a e of na e a s co ec o o n a ta x e ce t a n . 1 6 1 Ch a mb erl a in is f csimil his sig tur ll t r r ip J , 7 33 4 , fro m th e c o ll ec tion o f a uto gra phs pr e s ent e d by Judge M ellen Ch a mbe rl a in to th e

B a T h e a o a o f a a e a n o h er na e a s o ston Public Libr ry . ut gr ph Abih il Ch mb rl i is fr m sig tur n o a dministra trix i n th e S u ff olk C ou ty Prob a te Re c rds .

’ 6 h 1 8 2 0 C H M RM NT t . PEA A , VE O , Jan y The following Historical accoun t of the Chamberlain Family in America May not at some future time be uninteresting to my Posterity and others of the n ame . Taken from the most authentic account I have been able to collect being derived principally from the information received from my ’

of . . . Grandmother, Relict Jacob Chamberlin who died at Chelsea, M s A D

1 th 7 3 4 in the 4 4 year of his Age , leaving my Grandmother , Abihail Chamber

H a s e lin , wh ose M aiden name was y with the Issue which Will be Hereafter men

tioned. old [His gravestone is still legible in the graveyard at Revere , a part of 1 8 2 0 of 1 Chelsea in , a part Boston in 73 4 ] She informed [me] that the fi of of w ew rst Emigrants the n ame were four Brothers , one hom settled at N

. one e w port Rhode Island , one in Rochester N H ampshire , in N wto n , an d one ’ o n of in Chelsea near Boston , M s . That the Death my Grandfather, she Viz t had the following I ssue , ,

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1 8 0 7 . Settled at Peacham Vermont now living at Peacham and has the

following Issue .

1 s t o e a e n w h o e i n th e th ea o f a J s ph C h mb rli Di d 4 y r his g e .

z u d E z a e a e n B o n e e e 2 d. . T e e . e 2 1 8 o n R li b th Ch mb rli r S pt mb r [Ill gibl S pt 5 , 7 4 , w ec

r n o H 2 8 1 8 e co Of o d of o c . . e . R a e c a V . a C rd N ; S pt , 7 4 , rds P h m , t ] M rrie d to N e h e

f e . a B a e E . o a c a E a o e h er mi h r dl y sq P h m [Dr . dw rd C wl s is gra nds on .] ’

a l a n . B o n o 1 1 e 6 . e e o e 3 Abig i Ch mb rli r N v r 4th , 78 F m S l .

a a e n . B o n 1 8 1 0 . a e to . o a e o f a c a 4 Lydi Ch mb rli r April th , 7 9 M rri d Dr J si h Sh dd P e h m . 5 th J a ne C ha mbe rlin B o rn June 7 th 1 7 92 F e m e S o l e (M a ri e d 1 8 2 0 to E lna th a n Str ong

R n D . a e e e c a n H a c . e v . E . E . o D c en o f M r h t , rdwi k ) [ Str g, . , Vi Pr sid t this a ss ocia

o n h e r s o n . ti , is ]

e n a e n . o n n e 1 1 a a e a t 6 M ll e C h mb rli A B . b r Ju 7 th 7 95 Gr du t D a r[t]mo uth C o llege — f L t n 1 8 1 6 in a c ce o a w a a e a ne . H o a August Pr ti C sti M i [ is bi gr phy by his niece ,

e e en a e a n n e in R e o . Miss Abbi M ll Ch mb rl i , is pri t d this p rt ] ’ M a a n n . o n a 2 th 1 . [7 th] 6 th Willi m Ch mbe rli Ju r A B . B r y 4 7 97 Gra dua te a t Da rt

f n a o o e e 1 1 8 . o e o O a e a nd a e m uth C ll g 7 Pr f ss r l gu g s lite r tur D a rtm o uth C o ll ege .

i a a e a n o f a o e e Va . a n on . [W lli m C . Ch mb rl i Ch rl tt svill , , is his gr ds ] ’

h E z a a e a e n B o n O ct r 1 1 . a Re n o n th [8 t ] 7 r C rt r Ch mb rli r 7 th 7 99 F rme r. ( sidi g e

a e na E a e i n e a c a . e . a e a n o e o n n P t r l st t P h m ) [Miss Abbi M Ch mb rl i , C rr sp di g S ecre

a of th e o c a o n a nd a a B . a e a n a re a e a nd t ry Ass i ti , Miss L ur Ch mb rl i his d ught rs , Miss

nn . a a n a Th e o e c e e e a o J e y C W tts his gr dd ughte r . h us pi tur d h r w s his h m e a t

n o c o a n a e a P ea cha m C o rne r . Its wi d ws mm d b utiful a nd e xtensive vie w a cr o ss th e C o nnec tic ut Va lley to th e Whit e a nd Fra nco n ia m o u nta in s ] ’ ’ e n d o n D e c r z rs t 1 8 1 1 1 o ne a 2 80 o 2 d 1 80 . [91h] 8 J o seph Ch mb rli b r 7 . [ ] Dr w d N v r 3

’ 4 3 d S on [4 th child] of Sam l a n d Martha Chamberlin was Major Moses ’ Chamberlin who was born Oct r 1 7 5 7 . Married R eb eck a h Abbot 1 7 8 0 — ’ [1 7 8 1 ] lived on his paternal Estate at L ondon and died Oct r 1 8 1 1

leaving his wife and the following Issue .

h a n a e to a a e o f o on . R eb eck a C h mbe rli M rri d C pt . C t L ud ’

a e to . a E o e c a n a t B o ca e n . H . Judith M rri d Mr S m l lli t M r h t s w , N ’ P a tty D ece a se d Oct r 1 8 1 7 [1 8 1 6] nd t n 1 1 Am os Ch a mbe rlin wh o liv e d a die d on h e P a te r na l Est a te a t L o udo A . D . 8 8

l ea ving a wido w a nd fo ur C hildren .

c a n a t L o ndo n n a Willia m Ch a mb e rlin M e r h t u m rrie d .

n t o o H H n e n a a n of o . e e M o s e s Ch a mb e rlin M erc h a t a P e mbr k N . . [ M ll C h mb rl i . a n f M c a n a e e ea e e e a a nd H on . H e n a e o C e a . c h els , M ss , ry Ch mb rl i i hig , l t ly d s d , w r

n a e a n E a a e n a n d L e e o n a e e . . . his s s ; P ul M ll Ch mb rl i , Mrs dw rd K W rr Mrs Ch a mberla in a re his gra ndchildren ]

J o hn C h a mbe rlin S e ttl ed o n th e P a t e rn a l Esta t e .

a e n to E e o o n e O c o e 1 8 2 B e te C h mb rli M a rrie d Mr . m ry L ud (di d t b r ) y — 5 L e e a e a n a nd . S a mu e l C h a mbe rlin Min o r living with Willia m . [ C h mb rl i Mrs Wil

a e a re a n c e n lia m T . D l his gr d hildr ]

th th The 4 [5 ] Child of my Parents , Sibel Chamberlin M arried to H h f . a s o . Capt . John Eastman Con cord , N , by whom she I ssue

2 1 Patty Feme S ole [The second child ; Samuel was her elder . ] Sam ’ uel Settled in Exeter State of Maine (re ved to Charleston) 3 Cyrus H OM E O F EZ RA CARTER CHAM BER L IN

88 C HAM B E R LAI N AS S O C I AT I O N O F AME R I CA

E s r n M rs [4] Ephraim Chamberlin q livi g at Lyndon Vermont . [ Emily

S . Bartlett and Mrs . S arah M . C . Bodwell are his gran ddaughters ] B rookfi eld [5 ] Abial at , Vt . u na h o [6] S s a Married t a Mr . Hopkins Peach am and

i . Pers es . . [7 ] Married to Capt Ch arles Eastman , Concord , N H 8 tw o — [] [Abial Chamberlain had sons not recorded here , John , from H n f o . o i whom . Daniel U Chamberlin this Associat on was descended ,

[9] and D aniel .]

of [Jacob Chamberlain had ten children , all whom were living in Novem — 1 s ix . s on not ber , 7 3 5 , sons and four daughters The recorded here was

2 1 2 of Nathaniel , born Oct . 7 , 7 3 . Presumably he died young , as n o record him has been found after W ILLIAM CHAMBERLAI N O F B ILLERI CA , MAS S . AN D HI S DESCENDANTS

B Y ALT HA M LAIN G W . S . GEOR E ER C BER , M ,

Member of New England Historic Genealogical Society

What our ancestors were deserves preservation in the ann als of time (Original)

F I RST GENERATI ON

1 1 B th e WILLI AM CHAM ERLAI N , immigrant , was b orn un doubtedly

1 6 2 0 1 1 0 6 in England ab out , and died at Billerica, Massachusetts , May 3 , 7 , “ ” B i ler i ca T w n R c r s l o e o d . ff aged about 8 6 years . ( ) After considerable e ort to ascertain his parentage , his an cestry and his English home , they have not

of been discovered . The publication the m arriages in the English parish reg isters now i n to , process , is likely enable us to identify him , provided he were m arried in England and the parish register where h e was married is still pre

of served . Of the forty proprietors Billerica an d Chelmsford with whom he

1 6 8 to 1 66 s ix was closely associated from 4 5 , at least are known to h ave come

N ew one of one to England from East Anglia , from the C oun ty S urrey and

of from Kent . An abstract every Chamberlain will which was probated in

1 6 2 0 1 0 0 oh East Anglia between an d 7 , Cambridgeshire excepted , has been f one ained , an d from that number abstract is given as follows

“ f r r h Ch a m b erl n o a b u . m Francis y , senior , N g , Co of Norfolk , ade his will

1 1 6 6 to C h a m berl n June , 7 , bequeathing his sons William y and Clement C h a m berly n £ 2 5 each when they arrive at the age of 2 1 to his grandchildren

of to Ch a m berl n M ary Woodhouse , the daughter J ohn Woodhouse , and Alice y each £ 5 ; to his s on Francis Ch a m berly n ten shillings ; to his s on Thomas

h a m berl n Pentr C y his mansion house an d lands in y , the said Thomas and his

t of N a rbu r h v wife Mary o be executors an d Noah Clarke g to be super isor . ” 6 1 6 : . . 1 Witn esses John Roberts and Noah Clarke Will proved , Sept , 7 7 , in the C onsistory Court of Norwich . The rare Christian n ame Clement found in this N a rb u rg h family and which occurs in the early generations of o u r New Englan d family is s u g g e s

u tive of kinship , altho gh it m ay be a coincidence in n ames . The names f William an d Thomas are com mon in the m ajority o English families .

CO . The parish registers of St . Mary , Reading , of Berks , Show that Will

2 iam son of John Chamberlain was bapt . there Jan . 3 , but they also

o ne Ch a m berli ne N ov . 2 8 1 66 show that William was buried there , , 5 , an d

8 m 8 1 6 6 . to another William Ch amberlain , July , These data see indicate 90 C H AM BE RLA I N AS S O C IAT I O N O F AME R I CA

fi rst— that this mentioned William Chamberlain remained an d died there . An examin ation of all Chamberlain probate records for Berkshire from 1 6 2 0 to

1 0 0 no of one 7 , shows will n or administration any of the name living in

h a m . C b erline Reading, although the parish register gives four , viz Robert , C h a m berline C h a m be rli ne William , John , and William Chamberlain , presuma

1 6 1 68 bly adults , buried there between 5 3 and 7 . No settlement of the estate of any one of these h as been found .

6th n e 1 6 e n e - en n a e a re to b e a n o e to nea i m Ju 3 5 . Th is u d r writt m s tr sp rt d Virgi ba r u ed in th e Th om a s oh n R c a a a M r e n e a ne th n q 7 , i h rd L mb rd b i g x mi d by e Mi ist e r de Gra v e s en d co nce rn ing th eir co nfo rm i ti e to th e o rders a nd disciplin e o f th e C hurc h i f i 9 f i i o f En a n : A nd o o e th e o a of e a n f i t " i t f h gl d t k th All eg ce . T o : Cha mbe r l in 20 y e r e s . 6 w . 2 1 . 2 1 Bet een Aug and Sept , 3 5 [by inference]

Th eis u n de r - written n a m e s a re to b e tra n sp o rt ed to Virginea i m b a rqu ed i n th e

Th om a s H en a e ne M r a e een e a ine th e n e o f a e en , ry T v r r h v b x m d by Mi ist r Gr v s d

ti e n 1. 9“ if if 9“ i t if if if m t o u c hing th eir c onfo rm i i 0 Religion 8:c . W Ch a mbe rlin ” ’ n H otten s Or i i n a l L ists o E m i r a nts 1 0 —1 1 6 e e a d o e . 6 0 0 0 8 1 2 y r s [ 5 7 th rs] ( g f g , 7 , 4 , 7 ) “ A ship co ming fro m Virginia ce rti fi e d us o f a grea t m a ssa cr e l a te ly co mmitt e d by th e n a tiv es up o n th e E ngli sh th e re to th e numb e r o f 3 0 0 a t l e a st it i f at It w a s v e ry o bse rv a bl e tha t this ma ssa cre c a m e up o n th e m s o o n a ft e r th e y ha d driv en o u t th e go dly min iste rs w e h a d s ent to th e m a nd h a d ma de a n o rde r tha t a ll su c h a s wo uld no t confo rm to th e dis ciplin e o f th e C hurch of E ngla n d sh o uld dep a rt th e c o u n try by a c e rt a in da y whi c h the ma ss a cre now pre v en te d : a nd g ov ern o u r (one Sir Ro b e rt B e rk el e y a co urti e r a n d v e ry m a ligna n t t o wa rds th e w a y of o u r c hurch e s h e re ) a nd co u ncil h a d a pp o int e d a fa st to b e k e pt thro ugh th e co u n try up on G oo d Frida y (a s

e ca e fo r th e o o cc e of th e n etc . a n d th e da b e o e a a c e th y ll d it) g d su ss ki g , y f r , this m ss r b e ga n in th e o u t p a rts of th e co untry r o u nd a b o ut a n d co ntinu e d tw o d a ys fo r th e y kill e d a ll by sudd en surpri sa l living a m o n gst th e m a nd a s fa milia r i n th eir h o us e s a s ” e o f th e a l . T h e a a c e e a n 1 8 th o s f mi y [ m ss r b g , April , “ n t ou bles di v er s odl di s os ed er s on s n in a a n e Up o th ese r g y p p [i clud g C pt . D i l G o o kin a nd oth er s ] ca m e fro m th en ce to N ew E ngla nd a nd m a n y o f th e re st w ere fo rce d to giv e gl o ry to Go d i n a ckn o wl e dgin g th a t this e vil w a s s en t up o n th e m fr o m God fo r ” n th o e a nd o e a n e h e h a d en a o n e W i n th eir r e vili g e g sp l th s f ithful mi ist rs s t m g th m . (

th ro i n Ali s tor o N ew E n la nd 1 8 p his y f g , 9 ,

“ odl S avage , in a foot note , tells us that the ship which brought the g y ” d s s d r s s 2 0 1 6 i o e e on . p p from Virginia to Massachusetts arrived , May , 4 4

Daniel Gookin , Thomas Chamberlin , James Parker , Allen Convers and oth

2 1 6 . ers were m ade freemen of the M assachusetts Bay Colony , M ay 9, 4 4 Did Thomas Chamberlain come with Gookin from Virginia and did William Chamberlain follow a few years later ? No Thomas Chamberlain appeared in Virginia before the latter part of

m the seventeenth century , but one William Cha berlain was living in Charles

City County in 1 66 0 and died there the year following . From the absence of authentic records it is impossible to state whether the immigrants to Vir

1 6 gin ia in 3 5 were , or were n ot , identical with the immigrants of the same

92 C HA M BE R LAI N AS S O C I ATI O N OF AME R I CA — he was admitted an inhabitan t of the town of Woburn ten mile s northwest of Boston—as the following Woburn town record shows “ 6 1 1 m o 1 6 8 : 6 a dm ited the of 4 [Jan , William Chamberlin an Inh abitant of this Towne an d p erm ited to by land for his co nu e ncey i n any place thereo f p rou ide d hee u ns etl not any I nhabitant and bring testim ony of ” a ce bl b h a u e or not m es ur his p e e which is in the least questioned . (Woburn V l o . . Town Records , I , p In less than one month he received a grant of land there as the follow ing town record shows “ f 1 2 m o 1 o 6 8 : . m the 3 4 [Feb 3 , and Edmond Cha berlin John P arker and William Chamberlin are to have tenn Acres ether of them or twenty acres as the Committee sh all s ee m eete they are to lay it out as shall bee Best for the Towne and proprietors begining at that end next parly medow Brooke and a j oy ning to Reding line at the ou t side all the way to ” la d I i d bee y out to the persons as they are in order above Expressed . ( b . p .

“ 2 6th m o 1 6 0 : A u 2 6 the 7 5 [ g , I t is furth er ordered that S am uel Tidd Shall have four acres of meadow laid o u t in a meadow called Drum Meadow to begin at which end he pleaseth and William Chamberlain to h ave ” rou ided u th e residue p they contin e to improve it to their houses they build .

I . ( bi d. p ” “ ” P arly Meadow and Drum Meadow are in the eastern part of th e present city of Woburn but it is doubtful if the exact spot where William

Chamberlain built his house in Woburn can be identified . “ 1 0 f 1 o 6 1 1 0 o 1 m 1 : . the 5 [Jan , Thomas perce Edward Win n 8: Willia m Chamberlin are ppoi nte d a committee to looke o n the i nla rg ment Allen C onv a rs des irs neer his h ou s and looke on an i nla rg m ent John Parker desirs and m ake a Return whether it will not bee p rej u diti a ll to th e

I bi d . Towne . ( . p The town records further show that he and his wife Rebecca h ad two

1 son s born there (not in C oncord as S avage stated) , viz . Timothy , b . Aug . 3 ,

6 1 1 6 1 0 . 49 , and Isaac , b . Oct . , 5

1 6 2 On Jun e 9 , 5 , the First Church of Cambridge made an agreement of Sh a wshine of for the division . All the communicants received allotments but comparatively few of the Cambridge settlers removed to Billerica to e s

i h n 2 1 ta bl s . O 6 homes there March 5 , 5 4 , the proprietors of Cambridge executed “ the Great Deed to the proprietors of Billerica granting the latter “ all our respective rights 8: interest therein unto any part or p a rca ll of the said if land no w called by the said name of Billerica als Sh a wsh ine except ing 8: reserving our Joynt 8: respective interest that any of us h ave in the farme wherein John Parker now dwelleth com only called by the name of the ” i h ro Churches farme ( e ) the churc at Cambridge . To this document the p

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1 6 2 —1 66 o n For thirteen years , 5 5 the settlers the Dudley Gran t held ’ o r their title by possession by some unrecorded agreement . Thomas D udley s

1 1 6 6 heirs permitted the proprietors to record their title Sept . 9, 5 . O n “ 6 1 6 6 C h a m be rli ne o f of March , 5 , Mary Chelmsford the wife Thomas ” Ch a m b e rline quitclaimed all h er interest in the Dudley Grant unto Will i a m h a m b e rline : h a m berli ne C C . , Edm and eight other settlers About one ’

. o n month after Gov Dudley s deed was recorded in Middlesex Coun ty , Oct , “ ” 2 2 1 6 6 C ha m b er line on e , 5 , Edmund of Chelmsford , planter , deeded dwell “ 0 o n ing house and abou t 5 acres in Billerica to William Baker , bounded the ” “ if i f i f h m b erline i f C a . n ortheast with William , etc , which lan d I purchased

w I s a c k L erned Ch a m be rline both meado and upland of , Thomas and James

o ne w 1 0 0 Parker, the whole being t elfth of all that farme of 5 acres by them ” W r h i full id es o s . M dl ex purchased of the p Thomas Dudley , Esq deceased . (

D eds 1 e . , I 97 )

1 6 6 o n e of About 5 James Parker , of the proprietors the D udley Gran t , removed from Billerica to Chelmsford , leaving the original settlers William

B u tte rfi eld French , George Farley , Benj amin , Joseph Parker, Jacob Parker ,

efts n John Stearns , Henry J and William Chamberlai with later purchasers in possession of the D udley Farm . Of the Cambridge gran tees Goodman

N O . 0 1 Hammond owned lot 5 , containing 5 acres . This passed into posses

2 1 6 . 2 sion of William Chamberlain March 5 , 5 4 . From this time until Nov 4 ,

1 66 of 5 , it is to be inferred that he acted as agent for the proprietors the D udley Gran t and at the expiration of that time received h is title to 1 2 5 acres including his homestead therefor and that his services con stituted “ a v a llu a ble consideration to us well and truly payd by W m C h a m b erline of Bille ” o f rica , planter . By their deeds the same date the other settlers paid a “ ” valuable consideration of m oney fo r their Sh ares of the D udley Farm . N “ ov . 2 1 66 On 4 , 5 , the surviving proprietors of the D udley Grant , James

Ch a m berli n e v a llu a ble Parker and Thomas Of Chelmsford , Planters , for a

W m Ch a m b erline consideration to be well and truly payd by of Billerica , ” “ 1 2 of planter , deeded him 5 acres of th at farme by us purchased Thomas if i f Dudley , Esq . deceased , both upland and swamp the upland bounded

W m r n h n r ff e c o . with Lt . the south , Ralph Hill , Sen west , Mr Richard Champ

M iddx D eeds : n ey north an d the farme line east . ( , 3 This was the of homestead of William Chamberlain . It was located a little north Bare Hill

of just southeast the present village of Billerica , near where the Woburn road

old and the Concord road diverge . There is an cellar there , from which has been obtained an old brick and a pewter spoon—relics of the bygon e centu

1 8 ries , but the old house was removed before 3 5 , and perhaps long before

m w that date . H e received eleven grants of land fro the to n and must h ave

2 0 0 1 66 owned at least acres there . In 4 the highway was built through his “ ” land by h is house upon y e farme and he was granted four an d one- h alf

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1 6 N u m h ow lain for 73 , whose duties h ad been so performed that p and his

o ne of tribe refused to join King Philip year later , and so the inhabitants

Billerica , although living in constant fear , escaped the cruel tomahawk and

of the loss their homes , although they were domiciled in garrisons as the f inh abitants o other towns were .

SA A H LL Y R S HE E .

From its genealogical significan ce the will of S arah Shelley of Boston is reproduce d verb atim et literatim “ 1 of S arah Shelley Boston in New England Spinster , being Sick in body , but through mercy of soun d d isposing minde Kn owing the uncertainty of this present Life do hereby revoke all former and make and declare this my last will an d Testamen t . First and prin cipally I commit my Spirit into the hands of Almighty God my Creator h op e i ng to receive full pardo n an d forgiveness of all m y Sines and eternal Life and Salvation through the alone Merits of the Lord Jesus Christ my ever blessed Redeemer . My body I commit unto the dust to be decently interred at the discretion of my Executor hereafter n amed in faith of a glori ous Resurrection . And for my temporal Estate I will that it be i m ploy e d and bestowed as

x r in and by this my will is e p e s t. I m p rS I will that all my j ust debts an d funeral Exp ences be paid an d

r discharged by my Executo in convenient time after my decease .

Item . I give and bequeath unto my Revd and much Respected Friends M r S amuel Nowell M r James Al len and M r Joshua Moody all of Boston Forty

a eice Shillings p in money . n n It . I give and bequeath unto my C ousens C apt Pe n Townsend and Sarah his wife Five p ounds apiece in m oney and to my C o u s en An n Peirce Five pounds in m oney an d to each of my Gonsen Townsends and Go nsen Pe irs ezs Children n ow L iv eing Forty Shillings a p eice in money

r to be p a id by my Exe cto into the h ands of their parents for their use . Also I give unto my C ou s en Rebecca Davenports two Children Fo rty t Shillings a p eice in money Viz : Addington D aven port and Rebecca Daven d port : Further I give unto the 5 Rebecca Davenport and Rebecca Townsen d my two Silver Spoons Rebecca Townsend to have that I c om o nly use More to B ki n my C ou s en Rebecca D avenport one new pewter p o t and a S ilver oo . [sic]

u n n It . I give unto my C o s e Isaac Addingto Ten pounds in m oney and to his wife Twenty Shillings in m oney to buy a Ring . M rs It . I give unto my good Friend Dorothy H awkins widow Twenty

Shillings in mon ey to buy her a Ring . 1 of It . Release unto my Brother William Chamberlin a debt Six pounds which he oweth me an d I give an d bequeath u nto my Sister his wife and W I LLI AM C HAM B ERLA I N AN D H I S DE S CEN DANTS 97 unto her three daughters Twenty Sh illings a p e i ce i n money : Farther I give d ’ unto my s Sister an d her three daughters and my C o u s e n John Chamberlin s wife all my wearing App a rre ll an d Household goods of all sorts to be equally divided among them Excepting three small pewter dishes marked S : S : which i I give unto my C o u s e n Sarah Sheds Children n ow l ve i ng .

I t . I give and bequeath all the rest and residue of my Estate whatsoever unto my S ister Chamberlins Eight Sons to be equally divided to and among them onely my two Cousen s John and Clement Chamberlin to have the value of Twenty Shillings a p eice over and ab ove an equal Share with their other

B r h r e t e en .

M r It . upon farther consideration I do give and bequeath unto Roberts Sanderson M r Henry Alline an d Mr Joseph Bridgham Deacons of the first Church of Christ in Boston whereof I am an unworthy member to and for the d use of the 5 Church and poor thereof Ten pounds in money which Sume I d of of a v es hereby reserve out the residue my Estate willed to be divided as bo . And of this my Last will an d Testament I do n ominate o rdein and appoin t

r my Kinsm an Isaac Addington to be the sole and whole Exe cto . I n Testi fi mony whereof I h ave hereunto Set my hand and af xed my Seale . Dated in

i s Boston the S econ d day of February Ann ° Dom A nnoqz R :R Jacobi

A n lia e u ndi : g S c Secundo . Further I give unto each of my C ou s en J ohn 8: Thomas Chamberlins

s “ e and my C ou s en Sarah Shed Child : now livei ng Ten Shillings for y ra y sing

k h r of w c I h ave some small Remnants of Goods by me w C my Executo may dispose of Sig nu Sarah 3 Shelley [Seal] Signed Sealed and what is conte in e d in these two pages was published f by S arah Shelley to be her last will and Testament in the presen ce o us . William Griggs Joh n Ballantin e Marth a Collings 11 H o n ra ili o s h D u l 2 1 1 6 8 o b e o d eo 1 68 6 . Coram Viro J p Armiger o Apr , [ 7 ] This I nstrument being Presented by I s a : Addington Executor W m Griggs and John Ballantine made oath that they were Present and S aw Sarah Shelly Signe Seale 8: Publish the same as her last will and te sta m t and that when s h e SO did sh e was of soun d mind and mem ory to their best un derstanding t th an d y they saw Martha Collin Signe w them as witness . Jurat at Supra A Ir ttes t Tho Dudley Cler .

The foregoing will appears to have been drawn by Isaac Addington ,

of f i the distinguished colonial magistrate Su folk C ounty, whom the testatr x “ ” “ ” called her kinsm an and her cousin . The paper was folded together so

of that the contents were on the two inside pages the paper . The person 98 C HAMBE RLA I N A S S O C I ATI O N O F AME R I CA who drew up the will also wrote on the outside page in its middle part “ M rs S arah Shelley her Last Will On the same outside page of the origi “ ” : 2 1 1 68 6 n al will at least two other person s wrote Sarah Shelley Will April , “ 1 ” “ and S arah Sh elleys Will 2 1 Apr 1 68 7 and S arah Shelleys Last Will Proved 11 2 1 Apr

1 The testatrix was admitted to the First Church of Boston , Aug . 4 ,

1 6 0 7 , and continued to live in Boston until her death , which occurred between

2 2 2 fre Feb . an d Feb . , During these sixteen years Sarah Shelley

r f . o o quen tly loaned money to various persons She , another person the

a of same n ame , received gift of five shillings by the will Mrs . An ne (Fisher) f o n 1 6 . o . 1 6 Leverett , widow Elder Thomas Leverett Of Boston , Oct 5 , 5 Elder Thom as Leverett m ade a nuncupative will bequeathing all his property “ ” w iffe n o of to his An n Leverett with men tion other kindred . Elder James

h i 1 s . 2 1 6 Pen n of Boston m ade will , Sept 9 , 7 , in which he bequeathed to his wife Katharine (wh o subsequently returned to England) to his kinsmen Mr .

James Allen and Pen n Townsend , to his Sister Mary Miner an d to S arah

Sh a ll e y . In these instances no kinship to either testator is expressed .

of of From the will Sarah Shelley it is apparent that Rebecca , the wife “ ” “ ” William Chamberlain , was her sister . In legal usage the word sister sometimes meant own sister , sometimes half sister and not infrequently sister i n- law , but the phraseology of this will excludes the latter interpretation as the words are here used . Our present knowledge fails to en able us to deter “ mine whether the word sister was intended to denote ow n sister or h alf

Sister . The testatrix called the eleven children of her sister Chamberlain her “ ” cousins , by which it is plain that she mean t her n ephews an d nieces . The “ ” word cousin was , of course , an indefinite term used as we n ow use kinsm an .

S h e of In the same document called the children Capt . Isaac and An ne “ ” “ ” (Leverett) Addington of Boston her cousins . Did the word cousin applied to the Addington children have the same or an other meaning from what it h ad in its application to the Chamberlain children ?

1 6 In 7 2 Gov . John Leverett sent to Old B oston in Lincolnshire for a ’ transcript of the baptisms of his father s family which was sen t him that year .

1 On March 5 , while Govern or of the Massachusetts Bay Colony , he made his will mentioning all of the children of h is sister Anne (Leverett)

nor Addington but n either Sarah Shelley Rebecca Chamberlain . His tran s ’ 1 6 1 6 c ri ts . p Show that he was baptized in St Botolph s in Old Boston July 7 , , and that the family consisted of thirteen children baptized between 1 6 1 2 and

1 6 2 3 . These transcripts show that J ohn Leverett had a sister S arah Leverett

2 6 1 6 2 2 . bapt . there Sept . , She does not appear to be accounted for but the transcripts fail to Show any sister named Rebecca Leverett . (Mass . Hist .

C oll . Fourth Series , The widow of Elder Thomas Leverett in her

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1 6 0 —1 6 2 sisters to Capt . Isaac Addington of Boston , 4 5 . At the time this will “ ” was drawn the title Mrs . was used as a title of respect to any gentlewom an

— to o ne the that is who belonged to gentry an d not to the yeom anry . I t was also a title applied to married women and widows to distinguish th em from s i ng lewom en . I n New Eng land previous to the administration o f Sir Edmun d Andros as Governor marriages were performed by civil m agistrates excepting those solemnized by clergymen of the Church of England . At a later period the ceremony was performed by b oth the civil m agistrates and the Pu ritan clergy . In many localities the latter most carelessly wrote the “ ” of title Mrs . indiscriminately before the name every woman whose marriage “ ” they recorded . As to the legal usage of the word Spinster in New Englan d before the American Revolution , it appears to have been applied to both m aidens and widows , both were free from the marriage con tract both were w “ single , both were unmarried and both ere therefore spinsters Rare ly this discrimination appears in legal documents in New England and in Old

England . Sarah Osgood , a widow, and the mother of three children came in “ ” Con dence 1 6 the fi in 3 5 and was called a spinster ; Martha Wilder, a widow , “ ” and the mother of Mary Wilder of Hingham was called a spinster ; Rebecca

of of Binney, the widow S amuel Binney of H ull , in her deed to James Dawson “ ” “ Boston was sty led a spinster ; Susan n ah Satchwell o f H averhill Spinster ” widow and executrix of the will of Theophilus Satchwell of H averhill deceased deeded Stephen Kent , Sr . land in H averhill (Essex Antiquarian

t of Administration on the estate of Jane Bryan [sic] of Tedding on , County “ ” s i ns tex for of Middlesex , England , p , deceased , was granted the benefit

i t te a u h ter f B le i m a d o 2 1 6 . Elizabeth ryant [sic] g g the deceased on June 3 , 7 4 (Prerogative Court of Canterbury The estate of S arah Shelley amounting to £ 2 3 4 : 1 3 43 was not an insignificant property for a s i ng le wom a n to possess in the town of Boston

1 6 0 1 between 7 and 68 7 . Her home was well furnished an d it may be assumed that this property did not represent her earnings either in Boston

r town o elsewhere but that the larger portion of it was an inheritance . Had s h e received this from her parents , her Sister Rebecca Chamberlain would have been likely to have received a considerable portion of which there is n ot the slightest evidence . “ ” For these reasons I beli eve that Sarah Shelley was a spinster- widow whose

s h e estate had fallen to her by the death of a husband and , being left alone

to in the world , decided pass her last years in Boston near her neph ews and nieces but I do not h now that she was a widow . Whether Sh e was an own

- n sister or a half sister to Capt . Isaac Addi gton or a more distant kinswoman my researches have failed to disclose . The time will doubtless come when this puzzle will be solved—probably from sources of information from beyond the seas . W I LL I AM C HAMBE R LA I N AN D H I S DE S CE N DANTS 1 0]

“ I nv e nto ry of th e G o ods a nd ch a ttles o f S a ra h Sh elly l a t e of B o st o n Spi n s tr d ecd a ppri z e d 2 z 0 nd ffeb ru a ry 1 68 3 by us th e Subs crib ers I m p rs One Fl o ck B ed 2 ffe a th e r B o u ls trs 3 pillo ws a n d pill o w b e ers T w o p a ir e o f bla nk etts a nd C o v e rlett

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8 lo e e I 6S o ne T a e c o It . 4 Pil w b rs bl l th I 4 n a pkins 1 5 8 £ 0 1 1 1 0 0

2 OS ffi v e e w a on It . 5 Shifts bl pr s 2 co urs e to w ells 6/ £ 0 1 0 6 0 0

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n n R e m a l 2 0 It . o e Tru k 3/ y e e / £ 0 0 0 5 0

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ffi re s h o v ell o n T ra m il a n d It . , T gs , bro k en do g g s £ 0 0 0 5 0 0

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o n e R e e te a nd o n a 0 0 0 1 0 0 It . Ir L mp £

e 8 o ne o a n d a e It . Lumb r 4 C rd h lf of w o o d 1 5 5 £ 0 0 1 9 0 0

o ne a bo x fo r nnen 0 0 0 2 0 6 It . Sm ll Li £

2 e o o ne s a n d o n e e o n 1 It . Silv r Sp Silv r b dki £ 0 0 7 0 0

a 0 0 1 8 0 8 It . C sh £

d o e o a n 2 8 1 ne It . 5 y C urs H ll d yd i fi r H o lla n d a tt 5 S 0 0 0 9 0 6 1 a tt 1 d I t . 1 4 yds 5, S co tc h cl o th 8 1? yd £ 0 1 0 1 0 9

D o la ix a tt i It . 7 yds 3; w f? yd co e do w la x 17 . Ell urs I £ 0 0 1 6 0 8 5

co e n H o a n a tt It . 5 yds urs Shirti g ll d 2/ i? yd £ 0 0 1 0 0 0

1 r o f i o n 1 2 T a e a nd ffilli t It . M 4 r bb / p i ng 2/ £ 0 0 1 4 0 0 1 02 C H AMBE RLA I N A S S O C I AT I O N O F AMER I CA

a 1 0 s 2 e nn en a tt d 0 0 1 1 0 6 It . Fl x yds bl w Li 9 yd £

2 a a o e a tt 5 0 0 1 0 0 0 It . yds 3 l m d 4 £

o o n 6 0 0 0 6 0 0 It . Pr visi s / £

a a a e Appri z ed by us Ephr im S v g , n 2 : 1 : Arthur M a s o . £ 4 9

I n D ebts Ow eing a nd St a n ding o u t a t th e time of th e d ece a s e of S C1 S a ra h Shell e y Viz t Fro m N a thl J o hn s o n o f Ro xbury since Re ed 3 0 6 Fro m Oba dia h S a l e by Oblig a con F o r w ch a lso th e re is a mo rtga ge

a nn e l e Fro m Th o m s Ski r , Phi lip Squir obli a con n ce R cd 8to . by g si Fr o m S a mue l B o ig hton by Bill be side s In t ere st C a sh recd sin ce o f th e l a te W ife o f H ugh B a bo ll Fro m H ugh B a b oll du e by b o n d a nd m o rtg a ge Fro m C a ptn T o wns en d by bill £ 40 with Int e rest a tt 6 5 5 C t fro m 9 Jun e ult to th e time o f h e r dea th nee r 8 months £ 4 1 I 3 : 0 0 D u e up on a Ple dge £ 6 : 6 : o wh ereo f 2 5 S is l since R occ 6 : 6 : 0 0 Fro m G e o rge W o o dwa rd of W a te rto wn e S h e a ffi rm e d fo r mone y Len t 1 0 0 Fro m J o hn Sh e d o f Bileri ca fo r ditto 0 0 8 0 0

E rr o rs Exce pte d £ 234 1 3 45 I? I s a : Addington Exector Wh ere o f I Cra v e a llo wa nce F o r Fun e ra l] Ch a rge s a n d o th er di sbu rs m ents p d £ 1 7 0 4 0 9 F o r Pro ba te o f wi ll a n d In v e n to ry 0 7 0 0 M r I s a Addin gt on Ex ecr m a de o a th th a t this a ccot C o nta ines a j ust a nd tru e In v en to ry o f th e E st a te of S a ra h Sh elly o f wh a t ha th co me to his k no wl e dge a n d th a t wh en mo re a ppea res he will C a us e it to be a dd e d

a o a le E 11 2 1 1 68 Jur t C r m J Dud y sqr Apr 7 . A ttes tlr T h o : Dudle y Cl e r:

f o k o a e : 0 (S u f l Pr b t . 9 3 5 )

William Chamberlain probably belonged to the great middle class of — “ Englishmen the yeomanry , pronounced by Wendell Phillips to be the best ” blood in Europe . He and his wife were both able to write and they proba bly possessed such general education as the English yeomanry could acquire . In settling in Billerica they were in a wilderness eighteen miles fro m Boston

of on an d within five miles the Wam esit Indians the Merrimack . Of their

n thirteen children only o e could write . What was true con cerning the lack of education in their children was likewise true of three -fourths o f the children ’ of the pioneers o f New England who live d before the days of King Philip s war .

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SECOND GENERATI ON

2 / i i a m l 2 . IV ll 1 6 2 WI LLI AM C HAMBERLAI N , JR ( ) born about 5 ; d . ’

. 2 0 1 . at Lexington , Mass . , Jan , 7 3 4 He was assigned to Jacob French s gar

1 1 6 H a z en rison in Billerica , Oct . 4 , 7 5 , at which time he had n o family . ( ,

1 d. He was credited £ 1 8 . 4 in the ledger accoun t of Treasurer John ’ Hull for military services during King Philip s war , the accoun t being dated ’ ’ S oldi r s [( zn P h ili s Wa r . 2 e Feb 4 , (Bodge s of g p He “ 1 2 m o 1 6 . 2 2 1 68 took the oath of fidelity 4 d . . 7 7 O n Dec . , 4 , William

h a m b e rla ine r to e C , Jun is ordered forthwith provide himself a service or els y ” B i ll r i ca Tow n R c ds e e or . Selectmen will place him out according to law . ( )

o f i On Jan . 4 , he and 3 9 other inhabitants Biller ca were in arrears ’

to 0 1 0 1 0 . for Rev . Samuel Whiting s salary , his rate amounting £ 3 Again

1 his arrears in 1 697 am ounted to £ 0 1 0 1 0 . His n ame does n ot 6 8 on 1 . . appear the Billerica Town Records after 9 H e m at Watertown , ’ 2 0 1 6 8 Wa ter tow n 1 2 Mass . Dec . , 9 , Deliverance Fergerson (Bon d s , I , 5 ) who

2 8 was b apt . and owned the Church coven ant at Cambridge Feb . ,

o of M n m He appears t have removed to the part ancient Cambridge called e oto y .

f f 1 N f : 1 At a Meeting o the Select men [o Cambridge] 1 ov 7 0 0 . Whereas there hath been of late a publick Contribution I n this Town for y e: R eliefe of Wm : Chamberlin his Substance having been of late Cons u med d by fire the Selectmen h ave Ordered £ 0 3 0 0 : 0 0 o f S M oney to be disposed

Wm u se : . 1 of for Chamberlins Feb 4 , the selectman again ordered “ ’ that M r : Jason Russel take care o f W m : Chamberlin s y ou ng es t Child 8: pro t vide N e s s ces ea ry clothing for her 8: that he bring an acc : of his Disbu rs t d ” s e ments on : Child to the Select Men on y Second Monday in March next .

“ r 1 1 0 . M March 3 , 7 3 /4 they gave an order to pay Jason Russel twelve shil

e m d lings for y keeping W : Chamberlins Child to this day 8: Agreed s Russel d to keep S Child untill ye Second Monday in M ay Next for which he is to d e 1 Tow R c r ds o C m r d e 8 . n e o a b i Receive of y Town pr week ( f g , July

o 1 0 1 0 . , 7 4 , the selectmen ordered that M r Jason Russel be paid twelve shil

m W : . lings for keeping Chamberlins child , viz S arah Chamberlin to this day . Also agreed with said Jason Russel to keep said child until she is eighteen years o f age for which h e is to be paid ou t of the Town Treasury f our

n o w pounds . Jason Russell lived in th e part of Cambridge which is Arling ton . William Chamberlain Jr . lost what little person al property he had and spent his last years in Lexington . He probably owned no real estate and d . “ in poverty . Wm Chamberlain from Lexington was warned to depart the

f . 1 2 6 B s to r C m o . o n R eco d o Town [ Boston] as the Law Directs Sept 3 , 7 ( m i s s ioner s R e or t 1 0 0 —1 2 8 1 p , 7 7 , 5 3 )

Childr en p r oba bly bor n i n Ca m br i dg e : 3 1 a o 1 . a t e n n i n 1 6 o 0 . , C HAMB ERLAIN , b . b ut 99 , d L xi gt , 7 3

3 i n t e f a . a o 1 0 1 n h e o o on R e of M en ii S ARAH , C HAMBERLAI N , b b ut 7 livi g h m J s uss ll

o to m n o n I 1 0 . y (Arli gt ) July O , 7 4 W I L L I A M C HAM BE RLA I N AN D H I S D ES CE N DAN TS 1 05

2 1 A Willi m 1 6 . 3 JO HN C HAM BERL I N ( a ) b . at Billerica about 5 4 ; d

6 1 1 1 1 1 2 . . I . 68 there April , 7 He m ( ) at Billerica , Dec , , Deborah Jaco , who 6 ne (1 . . 2 1 o there Feb 4 , I n 7 9 , he was taxed for p oll and on prop “ 8 H a en 2 r d. z 1 6 66 e t 1 3 . y ( , He took the oath Of fidelity Aprill 3 ,

B i ll r i c T n R e or ds 1 6 e a ow c . . ( ) On Dec 9 , 7 3 , it appears that he furnished two 3 f 0 6 : o . . 1 6 bushels of Indian Corn at towards the support Mr Whiting I n 7 7 ,

of . 1 6 he lived in the southeast part the town In May 7 7 , he was reported

z in his . 1 s behind in rates to Mr Whiting He was n o exception , as all the f ’ o Ki . 8 habitants were struggling with the expenses ng Philip s war On Jan . , 6 1 68 2 . . 1 8 , his fam ily was under the care of George Farley O n Jan 4 , 5 , he

of . was one forty persons in arrears to Rev S amuel Whiting , his unpaid rate

0 0 1 6 0 . 1 0 H : . a z en being £ 7 H e h ad am munition distributed to him in 7 3 ( , “ ” 2 O n Feb . , he was bequeathed by his cousin Sarah Shelley of Boston , twenty shillings over and above what was given him as one of the f eight sons o her sister Rebecca Chamberlain . To her cousin John Cham ’ f berlin s wife she bequeathed a portion o her wearing apparel . H e married a d secon time a woman whose name is unknown to me , as appears from his will here reproduced in full : “ The last will and Testament of John Chamberlain of Billerica febre

2 2 :

“ of febrewa r A nno u e In the n ame God amen , the twenty secon d day of y q Domini one thousand seven hun dred and Eleven twelve I John Chamberlain M i x ts o f Billerica in the County of dd . in her M aj Province of the M assachu sets

Bay in New England , being weak in body , but of sound Judgment an d memory do m ake and ordain this my last will an d testamen t after the following man

a ll R e co m ner and forme , that is to say principally and first of I give and men d my Immortal soul into the h ands of god that gave it , and my body to the Ea rth with a decent christian burial ; an d for such worldly Estate where with it h ath pleased god t o bless me in this life I give ; demise and dispose of the same as in m anner following

1 s o n . (five pounds in mon ey I do give unto my Joh n Chamberlain 8: my lot of twenty two acres and o ne hundred poles of upland and swamp lying on the south side of N u tten s Pond a llso I do give unto him my lot of forty f one acres and Eighty poles of land Eastward o the great swamp .

r 2 . I do give unto my Son Abraham Chamberlain my homestead o

a lls o t lot of of house lott , I do give un o him my twenty acres on the west side Concord River only the said Abraham shall pay unto his three sisters five pounds a piece and to his mother twenty Shillings a year beside her thirds , an d after her de ce a s the moveables that are left I do give u nto my daughters to be equally divided among them ,

do two to I constitute and appoi nt my sons John and Abraham , be my la wfull Executors of this my will R a ttefying and Confirming this and n o other to be my last will 8: testament . 1 06 C HAM B E RLA I N AS S O C I AT I O N O F AM E R I CA

I N W ITNESS whereof I have hereunto s et my hand and seal the day an d n f year a bove writte . In the tenth year o the Reign o f o u r sovereign Lady

8:c . Anne of great Britain France and Ireland Queen , Joh n Ch amberlain [Seal] his 3 marke

Signed , sealed published pronounced and declared by the said John Cham berla in to be his last will and testament before us the subscribers H enry

t h a m e e d V . Je ts , John N , Edmond Chamberlain his marke

[Upon the other side of this will the Judge o f Probate wrote and erased the following x M idd e 8 th 1 1 2 at Camb a April 7 . John Needham of Billerica p e s e nt o ne of th e Witnesses to this Will 8: who took the Minutes of this Will 8: Carryed them to Capt . Whiting to put them t d ’ in forme sayes up on his oath y the S decd spake of the widow s thirds to be only in the homestead P [er] F . F . [On the same sheet below he wrote

] 2 8 1 1 2 fo r Middlesex Camb April , 7 . This Will was this Day Exhibited

of of p robate , by John Chamberlain Son John Chamberlain late Billerica in

e of Middx Execu tr y County Decd and therein n amed , And the Three Wit nesses Thereto were p se nt 8: they Made Oath That They S aw the Testator

e t Sign Seal 8: publish 8: Declare y Same to be his last Will 8: T e sta m An d d that at Same time he was of Sound 8: Disposing M ind And y e s John Cham d berla in took upon him y e S Trust 8: room is left for Abraha m an other Son o f

e Execu t a bt 1 y Testator , also therein nominated , a minor 9 Years Old , if h e se cause to Accept wn he comes of Age 8: in the mean time S amuel Hill of d Billerica a fo res d is Appointed 8: Chosen Gu ardian to 8: by y 6 s Ab raham 8: “ This Will is proved an d Allowed 8: the Adm : thereof C o m itte d to Joh n Chamberlain A fo re s d well to a dm r the S ame according to the true intent h thereof w is something dark but being of small value 8: h a vei ng directed the d th Kindred now p e s e nt (all Exept Abram a S on of the 3 D eed) to agree w my

Explanation thereof I have allowd this Will as a fores d. F[rancis] F . [oxcroft] ’ J . Prob . Examd WDan Foxcroft Reg 2 1 1 2 of His inventory , taken April 4 , 7 , included only a part his personal “ ” estate valued at £ 1 6 : 1 6 : 1 1 : also two old s words 4 5 etc . It stated tha t

w of he h ad disposed of his bedding and given a ay his real estate , both which were n ot inventoried .

Childr en a ll bor n i n B iller i ca

3 N N o v 1 1 68 2 eca e th e o e of a e a e i DEBORAH C HAM BERLAI , b . . 7 , ; b m m th r S mu l F rl y ,

. a t B e ca I 1 0 8 the a e e n a e a e . b ill ri , April 4 , 7 ; f th r b i g C l b F rl y , Jr 3 1 2 11 . a n 2 2 JOHN C HA MBERLAI N , b J . , 3 . e . 2 1 68 . iii SARAH C HAM BERLAI N , b S pt 9, 7 1 L a O t 6 1 68 Y D I A c . . 3 iv C HAM BERLAI N , b . , 9 3 1 . 1 1 6 . 4 v AB RAHAM C HAMB ERLAI N , b April 7 , 93

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s e M a s s a ch : : for 0 Maj Prov of the Bay in N England , yeoman , £ 9 deeded “ d ” “ of a fores Jacob Ch amberlin Cambridge in the C ounty , Yeom an , all that d my Messuage or Tenement being within the Limits of Newton a fore s con sisting of a Dwelling house and one hundred and twenty acres of Land thereto ” “ adj oining bounded with an highway to Dedham Easterly ; with the land o f

r John Ward Senl south erly ; with meadows of Elij ah Marrick decd lying upon Charles River westerly and with my ow n land northerly (Excepting and d reserving a Drift - way at the westerly end of 5 Land where they now pass to the

r of Signed by Jonathan Hide , Jun . in the presence Richard Trues

1 1 1 6 o n del and Jonathan Remington , May , 99, and acknowledged the same

M i l s u . dd x Co nt D eds 2 1 1 1 2 1 . e e e : day but recorded Sept 4 , 7 ( y , This farm located at Oak Hill in Ward V in the present city of Newton rem ained ’ 1 8 in the Chamberlain family until D ec . 4 , 7 7 , when Jacob Chamberlain s

of grandson , Simon Chamberlain , deeded it to D aniel Richards Newton .

1 6 —1 1 2 It was owned by Jacob Chamberlain , Sr . , 99 7 ; by Jacob

1 1 —1 1 n 1 1 —1 8 Chamberlain Jr . 7 5 7 7 ; by Simo Chamberlain 7 7 7 7 ; and by — Daniel Richards 1 7 7 8 1 83 0 .

The present house , owned by Mr . Charles Esty , was built during the time that the property was owned by the Chamberlains . I t was originally constructed as a tw o story leanto and stood facing the road leading fro m

of o a k Newton to Dedham (Baker street) . The frame was an d in remodeling the house the frame is the only original part preserved . When the house

to old was turned face the lane , the chimney which occupied the center and

n co tained the fireplaces was removed and two small chimneys put in the ends .

of The walls the house were filled with brick , the lath s were split with an ax

- old and the n ails were hand made . Standing back from the buildings is an o a k , the only living landmark wh ich remains unchanged Sin ce Jacob Cham

in f f berla purchased the farm . I t is the only living witness o the passing o

1 1 0 2 of six generations . Under date of April , 9 , Rev . Daniel Richards , then “ . : Somerville , Mass , who was born in the Oak Hill house , wrote I remember when my grandmother lived in the old house an d the marriage of her daughter l l in 1 8 2 5 when I was seven years o d. The house was o d then with an immense kitchen and an old barn and well between the h ouse and street . I — — am now in m y 8 4th year the last of a great family an d have been away

1 8 . 1 0 2 from Newton since 3 7 , etc Charles Esty , the owner in 9 , wrote

“ u two The house as it was when my father bo ght the place had one chimney,

o ne large rooms , either Side the fron t door , which was located then in what is now the end of the house facing the street . The room used for a kitchen had a brick floor, a large brick oven and a large fireplace . The house has an o a k frame and I found in putting in n ew windows that the outside walls are ” filled with brick 8: clay . The house was remodeled and ren ovated about

1 8 3 3 . AM L A N T H LL N T N C H M M . H BER I O ES EAD , OAK I , EW O , A SS

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Th e h o me st ea d with th e buildings 1 1 a ck e rs o f m e ddo w

T o tta ll £ 2 7 1 0 0 0 6

a . M a 1 1 1 2 C mb y 9, 7 NATH : H EALY P HILLI P W HITE RO BERT MU R DO CK

I a : E xhd : M a 1 1 1 2 2 0 0 y 9 , 7 £ 7 rea l e sta t e 1 88 o 83— 0— o 2 5 1 2 2

£ 5 7 7 1 0

“ A n a cco u n t of d ebts p a ye d by Exp e ri ence C h a m be rla n whic h w a s dew fro m h e r la t e ’ husb a n d J a co b C h a m b e rla n s E s ta t th a t is de ce a s ed with his ffu nera ll C h a rge s

3 d P a ye d to N a th a nie l H ollis oo 0 7 0 6 to Phillip Whitt 0 0 0 8 0 0 to D oc to r Sh a di ck 0 0 0 7 0 4 to Na th a niel"H o llie 0 0 0 2 0 6 to Robe rt Murdo ck oo 0 5 0 0 to R ob ert Murdo ck 0 0 0 6 0 0 I n Sm a ll d ebts 0 2 0 3 0 5 I n Ra ts [ra t e s] 0 2 0 4 0 0 I n fu ne ra ll Ch a rg e s 0 7 1 1 0 8 T o J o h n S ta p els 0 6 0 0 0 0 D a ni ell C h a m b erla n 0 0 0 8 0 0 to J o hn W a rd 0 0 0 3 0 0

Th e totta ll Sum is 2 0 0 7 0 2 p a y ed m or to d o ct o r W h e ett I 1 5 oo

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A n A cco un t o f wha t d ebts a pe a re d to be dew fro m th e Est a te o f J a co b C h a m berla i ne w h o d ecea s e d : April] th e : 1 1 : 1 7 1 2

Fune ra l"C h a rg e s I n o th er depts

to tta ll

w 2 After 1 7 1 5 the wido Experience Chamberlain m . ( ) on e of the Jon a of - on than Dykes (Dike) Newton . Her grave stone standing the west side of “ the old Central Cemetery at Newton Center reads as follows : Here Lyes y e

M rs M r 2 Body of . Experience Dyke wife to Jon athan Dyke who Died May 4 D5 to M r 1 7 49 Aged 8 3 years 2 month s 8: 2 . She was Formerly wife Jacob Chamberlain wh o Died April 1 1 1 7 1 2 By Wh o m e she had 5 Sons All living ” ’ o f of at her De a th . In the settlement Jacob Chamberlain s estate the Judge

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o f 1 68 1 6 0 1 6 8 1 6 Newton 9, 9 , and constable 9 and 99 . He was a fe nce 6 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 . 2 1 viewer there 7 , 7 5 and 7 On March 3 , he paid £

1 2 0 7 in full of his part of the Meeting house rate . Elizabeth Ch a mberlain

’ w of 2 1 2 the wido , was appointed admin istratrix her husband s estate , N ov . , 7 4 ,

of and Joh n Greenwood , weaver, and Eleazer H ammond , yeoman , all Newton

. 2 1 2 6 inve n were her sureties Her first accoun t was allowed Jun e , 7 . The

. 2 1 2 h a m tory was taken Oct 3 , 7 4 , including h is h ouse and and about three fourths of an acre on which the barn stands valued at £ 5 0 ; 1 2 acres of orchard and pasture lan d £ 1 5 0 ; 1 5 acres of woodland an d swamp £ 4 0 ; an d

0 0 6 person al estate £ 1 4 1 4 : . Before the estate was settled the admin istra

2 1 of trix died , and Sept . 3 , 7 3 4 , the Judge Probate appoin ted a commission to ’ appraise the real estate of Thomas Chamberlain late of Newton dec d an d the real estate of Elizabeth Chamberlain (late widow of Thomas) who is now also ’ dec d and to distribute the estate among the heirs . The last valuation was as follows

One dwelling h o us e a nd 1 7 a cre s a dj o ining b eing th e e sta te of Eliz a b e th C h a mb erla in — — £ 492 0 0 0 0 Old b a rn a nd one h a lf a cre b ein g th e e st a t e o f Th o m a s C h a mb e rl a in £ 1 0 0 0 — — 3 5 S a wmill m ea do w i n Bro o kline 3 a cr e s th e e sta t e of Eli z a b e th C h a mb erla in £ 4 0 0 0 0 — — 5 W o o dlo t 1 6 a cr e s th e esta t e of Th o m a s C h a mbe rl a in v a lu ed a t £ 5 4 0 5 0 0

To ta l £ 6 2 2 I 5 0 0

V DI ISION .

T o Phillip Ch a mbe rl a in a nd Eliz a b e th Ch a mb erl a in (h eirs of Th o ma s Ch a mbe rla in l a t e o f

B o on ec e e s o n o f o a a e a n a e o f e o n th e o a o f th e st , d d) ld st Th m s Ch mb rl i l t N wt s uth p rt

o e a e e e a c e 1 —o —0 0 c 0 a a nce to o a h us l t ly built with thr r s £ 49 7 , whi h with £ 4 dv d Th m s — — Ch a mb erl a in o f B o sto n by his fa th e r m a k e s his do uble sha re £ 1 89 7 oo ’ ’ a n e to a z a a n ee n th a c T o S a ra h C h a mb erl i wif El e e r Ch mbe rl i , d d s y o u g e st da ught e r e b k — — p a rt o f th e h o us e with three a c res £ 94 I 3 0 6 ’ T th e e of a a e a n deced s a e w h o ecea e nce w e ece e o h irs M ry C h mb rl i third d ught r , is d s d si r iv d

n a c e of o o a n e n e e a e a e a s et o ff to E z a et this C o mmissi o , 8 r s w dl d b i g w st rly h lf ( st rly h lf li b h — — Ir el a nd) £ 2 7 O2 O6 Als o 2 a cre s i n th e h o m e lo t 67 1 1 0 0 — T o Eliz a b e th Irel a n d wife Of Willia m Ir el a nd y e d ecd elde st da ught er £ 2 7 0 2 0 6 Also 3 a cr e s i n th e h o me lo t 67 1 1 0 0 ’ T o Reb ecca Ada ms wife o f D a niel Ada ms y e decd s s econ d da ughte r s a w mill m e a do w £ 4 oo 0 0 5 — — Als o 2 a cre s in th e h o m e lo t £ 49 1 3 o6 T o J o hn a nd Eli z a b e th Ch a mb erl a i n h eirs to J o h n Ch a mb e rla in d ec d th e yo u nge st s o n to th e dec d th e ba rn a nd h a m lo t £ 3 1 1 0 0 0

Als o 2}1 a cre s o f th e h o m e lo t £ 63 0 3 0 6

n n M i ddx P r oba te F i les 2 0 6 D a e a t e o a . t d N wt J 7 , ( , 4 ) W I LLIAM C HAM B E RLA I N A N D H I S DE S CENDAN TS 1 1 3

Childr en a ll bor n a t N ew ton 3 T S R . . e 1 0 1 68 . i HOMA C HAM BERLAI N , J , b S pt , 3 3 E . 1 1 686 . ii LIZABETH C HAM BERLAIN , b . Aug ,

3 8 111 a n a f R CC . a c I I 1 6 e o a r . e w h o iii EBE A CHAM BERLAIN , b M r h , 9 ; D i l Ad ms C mb idg ,

en e th e o a a e a in ea o i n B o o ne M a 1 B r oohli n e r t d Th m s C h mb rl m d w r kli y 4 , 7 3 7 . (

ds R ecor , 648) 8 F eb . 1 1 1 . Y . 6 . e e D ec . 1 0 1 S h e n o t iv MAR C HA MBERLAI N , b , 93 ; d th r , 7 34 did “ a a a c H a on a s a c o n a e i n [fi st o N ew ton e a n e m rry Is mm d J ks st t d his f , but di d si gl ” o a n w m . 3 t O c . 1 8 1 6 . 2 2 . v SA RAH C HAM BERLAI N , b , 95 3 2 . e . 2 6 1 6 8 . 3 vi JOHN CHAMB ERLAI N , b S pt , 9

2 l M B Willi a m 1 7 EDMUN D CHA ERLAI N ( ) b . at Billerica , July 5 ,

1 66 0 (I 2 8 1 0 . . 8 1 68 2 of B ; . there after July , 7 4 On Jan , , the selectmen ille rica “ at the same time did order that whereas Edmond Chamberlain by order of y e County Court was ordered to s u bm itt hi m s elfe to y e govern ment of y e select[men] of this town they do order him y e said Edmond Chamberlain to live with his master Joseph Walker for y e space of six moneths next ensuing after the manner of a journey man to attend family orders and government

a c r in o therein o d g t law . Also not to make any bargain with any m an with o u t his m asters approbation and at the end of six moneths as aforesaid to declare to the selectmen where he inten ds to reside and what course of life h e intends to lead and his master e ng a g e th to have sp e cia ll inspection unto his said servan t in y e said interim and to inform y e selectmen in case h e can not ” to H a z en Keep him good order and diligence ( , It is eviden t that a young man in colonial times had no rights whatever but to obey superiors .

i n of “ Sergt . Foster , surveyor th e south east part the town , was ordered to ” C h a m b erla in e 1 1 6 B ille warne to cut bushes two days Edman N ov . 9 , 7 7 . (

r i c Tow n R cor s . a e d . . 1 6 . ) He took the oath of fidelity Feb 4 , 7 7 On Jan 4 ,

1 68 o ne of 5 , he was the forty persons in arrears for their rates due Rev .

0 0 1 6 0 : : 0 6 . 1 88 Samuel Whiting , his arrearage being £ 4 Aug 4 , , he was

H n n d. a o I s . 1 1 z e taxed one person and one cow ( ,

6 1 2 6 1 . He m . at Billerica or Woburn Aug . , 9 , Mrs Mercy Abbott , widow ,

f . u n a es o Wob r M r r i a . 2 Woburn ( g , She d . at Billerica Feb 7 ,

1 0 to 1 0 o n 1 0 He lived in Groton from 7 5 7 7 , an d July 9, 7 7 , was ab out to

o n 2 rem ove from that town accoun t of the Indians . H e m . ( ) Abigail

or of . 1 1 1 H e , another man the same name , m . at Reading , Jan 7 , 7 7 , Sarah

1 1 1 8 Furbush of Reading . He was living in B illerica Sept . 5 , 7 , at which time h e was a witness in court .

for Clement Chamberlain of Billerica , £ 7 deeded Edmund Chamberlin

f 2 1 n N ov 2 8 o o . Groton acres in Billerica the west side of Con cord River , ,

M i ddx D eeds 1 0 n ot 1 1 1 1 6 . 7 9 , but the deed was acknowledged till April , 7 ( , ’

2 2 . . 0 . 2 1 2 43 9) He was in Capt Joseph Blanchard s Co Aug , 3 to Oct 9, 7 5 ,

M a ss A r h s 1 . . . c i ve 1 6 when he resided in Reading ( , 9 ; 9) I n Capt William 1 1 4 C HA MBERLA I N AS S O C IAT I O N O F AME R I CA

’ 3 . 1 2 1 1 2 6 Chandler s Co p osted at Rutland in 7 4 . (9 ) Abraham Chamber lain of Brooklin e for £ 5 deeded Edmund Ch amberlain of Groton land in 1 Billerica containing 1 7 7, acres upon the Pine Plain between the Mill Pond ’ and John Trull s meadow ; also 42 acres on the west side of the Great Pond

1 0 6 . called the Mill Pond , Nov . 4 , 7 This deed was acknowledged by Abra

8 1 2 8 M iddx D ds 2 . ee 2 8 : 1 1 66 ham Chamberlain June , 7 ( , 5 4) In 4 the “ town of Billerica granted s e a v e nte en acres of land be it more or less f lying upon a pine pl ain e b etw e ne y e mill pond and Jon Trulls meadow called Jetii s ” 1 68 Cove unto William Chamberlain , and in 5 there was granted unto him “ four acres an d three quarters of land lying on the west Side of ou r great ” e of pond called y mill pond . Thus two the grants to William Chamberlain were sold W ithin s ix m onths of his death by Abrah am Chamberlai n of Brook lin e to his brother Edmun d Chamberlain of Groton and Billerica . Edm und

of 0 Chamberlain Billerica, h usbandman , for £ 5 , deeded Timothy Fletcher of

Concord , husbandman , the same property which Clement Chamb erlain de eded “ him , with a dwelling h ouse and barn standing thereon , Feb . 5 ,

[ d 1 : of ( bi . 3 and Tim othy Fletcher Billerica deeded this back again id 6 [b . 2 : Jan . , ( 3 Edmund Chamberlain of Billerica , husband

6 0 of m an , for £ deeded Clemen t Chamberl ain Billerica , husbandman , the identical property on the west side of the Concord river in the first range con

2 1 1 1 0 taining acres and five poles July 9 , 7 4 , which had been origin ally

1 0 6 deeded to him by Clement Ch amberlain , Sr . Nov . 4 , 7 . Clemen t Cham

rla i n 2 8 b e , the grantee , was his nephew an d he acknowledged this deed , July , f 1 0 . o o n 7 4 , at Billerica This is the last mention hi m record and he proba

8 0 of bly died soon after this date , as he was then a little more th an years age . In all these transfers his wife is n ot mentioned and there was no settle men t of his estate . As he sold his property when he was eighty years of age

1 v . to his nephew , conj ecture th at his children were not then sur iving

Ch ildr en by w ife M er cy bor n i n B i ller i ca 3 n e 1 1 6 2 . H . 0 i ANNAH C HAM BERLAIN , b Ju , 9 3 n F eb e c E w . . 1 . e a ii BENEZER C HAMBERLAI N , t i , b 7 , d th r M r h 5 , 3 F eb . 1 tw n . iii MARAH C HAM BERLAIN , i , b 7 ,

Chi ld by w ife A big a il 3 o n . 8 1 0 . E . a t o 1 iv LIZABETH CHA MBERLAIN , b Gr t , Aug , 7 5 e e e e o e c l en o a e n o t en e a s c P e rh a ps th r w r th r hi dr wh m I h v id tifi d su h .

l 2 / lVilli a m . . 2 8 . REBECCA CHAM BERLAIN ( ) b at Billerica Feb 5 ,

1 2 0 death not recorded at Billerica . She m . ( ) at Watertown , June ,

f o f . 1 68 8 son o . , Thomas Stearn s John Stearn s Billerica He was b at

6 1 66 (I . . . 2 Billerica Dec . , 5 , and there Feb 9 , She m ( ) at Billerica,

l 1 1 6 of Ju y 4 , 99 , George Farley son of Caleb and Rebecca (Hill) Farley Bille

0 1 6 . . 1 1 rica . He was b . there July 3 , 7 7 , an d d there before Aug 7 , 7 3 3 , when his inventory was taken . John Stearns and Sergt . John Shed , executors of the

1 1 6 C HAMBE RLAI N AS S O C IATI O N O F AMERI CA

of to Randall of Watertown . H e was one the petitioners have Muddy River

B . 1 1 0 s et off . (Brookline) from oston , Aug 3 , 7 4 He removed from Newton “ ” “ hi hwa to Brookline about 1 695 . H e was a surveyor of g y e s for ye District ” B s ton R ecor d C is s i n r r of 1 0 . o om m o e s R e o t 1 0 0 Muddy River for 7 4/5 ( p , 7

1 2 8 (1 1 1 o f 7 , 3 3 ) He . probably before May 7 , 7 3 4 , on which day the town Brookline “ voted to abate the rates of Abraham Chamberlain for the last year ” and two years past .

r n th r s t bor n i n N ew ton a n d th e se on d i n oh i n Child e , e fi c B r o l e

3 O t 1 2 . c 6 1 6 . 4 i A BRAHA M C HAM BERLAIN , b . , 93 3 F 6 E . eb . 1 1 1 2 . 5 ii LIZABETH C HAMB ERLAI N , b , 97 It s e e ms pro b a bl e th a t th ere we re o th e r childre n esp ecia lly by th e s e co n d wife but

a en i my a na lysis f ils to id t fy th e m p o sitiv ely .

3 a t o o 1 2 f E . a B ne D ec . 1 0 1 e a a s on o iii LEAZER C HAMB ERLAIN , b pt r kli , , 7 ; p rh ps

n S ee . 1 1 this u nio . ( p 7 )

2 ’ Willi a m a 0 1 0 . CH MBE L N . CLEM ENT A R A I ( ) b at Billerica , My 3 ,

1 66 . 2 2 1 2 . 2 1 1 . 9 ; d there after May , 7 3 and before Dec 3 , 7 4 Clement Ch amberlain of Billerica for £ 2 0 0 deeded his so n William Chamberlain of “ Billerica 4 0 acres on the west side of Concord river in Billerica it being one

2 1 2 M i ddx D eeds h alf of my h omestead where I now dwell , April 5 , 7 3 ( , 3 5 “ Clement Chamberlain of Billerica fo r love that I have for my son ” William Chamberlain of Billerica a nd other good causes deeded him 3 5 acres o n the west side of Concord river in Billerica boun ded on the west by the said ’ “ William Chamberlain s lan d with all buildings thereon standing, but the said William Ch amberlain is not to be in th e possession of the above said ’ ” d l and and premises till after my decease an d my wife s . This eed he signed

I 1 2 bi d. : 6 2 1 1 2 2 2 1 . M ay , 7 3 , and acknowledged both May , 7 3 ( 3 5 ) He

2 1 1 a . 1 1 2 0 mortgaged this farm March , 7 4 , and gain Feb 3 , 7 , and the mort

Of s o n 1 2 gage was released by the hands his William Ch amberlain April ,

id 1 2 6 f 1 2 [b . 2 o 7 3 . ( 7 ) H is other transfers small lots were made between

0 1 2 . 1 1 7 9 and 7 5 These data Show that he an d his wife were living on May ,

' 6 f 1 6 2 1 2 o . . 7 3 , at which time he was about 3 years age He m about 9 Mary

w ho was the mother of all his children . She m . as his third wife D r

M ch Roger Toothaker wh o d . 9 ,

Ch i ldr en a ll bor n i n B i ller i ca of w ife M a ry :

3 F 1 1 1 6 N . t n b . 1 M . a n 2 0 o a a N e o e 1 ARY CHAM BERLAI , b J , pr b bly m wt , , 7 ,

o f n . e e Is a a c s o n o f Is a a c a n d A nn (K e n rick) H a mm o n d N e wt o H e w a s b . th r July h 1 1 6 8 a nd e o e to e a n o n C o nn . e e e e 1 2 1 to 1 2 : s e 3 , 9 , r m v d L b , wh r th y liv d 7 7 7 n a n l e ft disti nguish e d d e s c e d ts . 3 b i n 1 6 . 26 . ii CLE MENT C HAM BERLAIN , J R , 94 3 t n i n N o v . 1 6 6 e o e o o n . 2 S . 7 iii JO EPH C HAM BERLAIN , b 9 ; r m v d C 3 i n ne 1 1 6 . 8 1 . . ne 6 iv JOHN CHA MBERLAI N , b Ju , 99 ; d Ju 7

P FE G G E 3 a c 1 2 H e r c o e c na e w a s o G . v E E ( ) CHAMBERLAI N , b M r h , rr t m pr b

a bly M a rga r e t . W I LLI AM C HA MBE R LA I N A N D H I S DE S CENDAN TS 1 1 7

W 3 2 28 . a c vi ILLIAM C HA MBERLAI N , b M r h 3 , 3 n D e . 1 2 R CC 1 1 0 . a t e a n on o n . c 1 2 vii EBE A CHAM BERLAIN , b . April 4 , 7 5 ; m L b , C , , 7 7 ,

n h e r o h nd h e r a n e e n Oct . 1 1 e e a e e . S e a S mu l Gridl y husb d w r livi g 4 , 7 5 4 , wh br th r ’ J o s eph Ch a mb e rl a in a s h e r a tt o rn e y sig ne d a r eceipt fo r h er in t e re st i n h er fa th e r s

n h a d n o t e e i n e a e c h e r o e a a e a e e . st t , whi h br th r Willi m Ch mb rl i s ttl d his lif tim

lV/ iddx P r oba te 2 ( , 4 0 7 )

8 M a 2 1 8 0 . viii ANNA CHAM BERLAIN , b . y 9 , 7 3 f e ca a nd E I Z . a o 1 2 o e e o B e ix L ABETH C HAM B ERLAI N , m b ut 7 4 J s ph K mp ill ri th y

w e e n e e M oh 6 1 . r livi g , th r , 7 5 4 William Chamberlain ’s Estate

“ 8 6 1 . Billerica , March y , 7 5 4 ’ Then Received our full share ou t of ou r Honored mother Mary T ooth a cre s m ovable estate and the Twenty Pounds whi ch our H onored father Clemen t Chamberlin ordered o u r brother William Chamberlin deceased to pay to u s ’ and do he a rby discharge our s d Brother William Chamberlin s Heirs in full of all Dues or Demands as witness our h ands Joseph Kemp

Elizabeth Kemp , her m ark

2 l Wi li m 2 1 1 . l a . . DANI EL C H AM BERLAI N ( ) b at Billerica , Sept 7 ,

6 2 2 1 2 f 1 1 . . o 7 living there as late as Nov , 7 5 The town Billerica gran ted ’ him six acres of land on the west side o f Fox s Hill du r i ng hi s na tu r a l life on “ 1 1 0 . b u t May 5 , 7 4 He also had four acres more granted on the same day , f ” he is not to dispose o this land . Hence upon his death it reverted to the f o . 1 1 0 1 town . He was evidently not possessed property , for Dec 7 , 7 , the “ record shows loss in y 8 Town rate by Daniell Chamberlin 0 0 0 1 The

8 2 . 1 0 8 0 1 0 : 0 6 . town treasurer was ordered to pay to him Sept 7 , £ ; Nov 5 ,

1 0 1 1 0 0 1 : 0 : 0 0 . 1 0 1 1 2 0 1 : 1 0 : 0 0 7 9 , 7 , £ 7 ; Nov , 7 , £ ;

1 1 1 6 0 1 1 0 : 0 0 . an d Dec . 9 , 7 , £ In later years he appears to have been f o N ov . sexton the Meeting House , as the town paid him for sweeping it 9 ,

2 2 1 1 2 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 2 2 1 2 0 0 : 1 2 0 7 , £ 5 ; 7 3 and Nov , 7 5 , £ , which is the latest referen ce that I fo u nd to his n ame in the town records . He had

of no deeds recorded , and there was no settlemen t his estate in Middlesex

County . I n the account of debts paid by Experience Chamberlain which “ were due from her late husband Jacob Chamberlain of Newton , Daniell ” 0 0 : 0 8 : 0 0 I n 1 6 Chamberlain received £ . He . about 94 , Mary who was living in 1 7 1 3 .

Chi ldr en bor n i n B iller i ca ex cep ti ng M a ry w h o w a s bor n i n l/Vilnz i ng ton

3 fo r a a 2 I s A A c 1 6 H a z en nco e c a e a n e c . 9 i C HAM BERLAIN , b . Aug . 3 , 95 ; i rr tly g v D i l Is

3 if th e o n c e o f e ca eco e . e 1 6 8 B 0 E b . 3 ii BENEZER CHAM BERLAI N , S pt 5 , 9 t w l rk ill ri r rd d

n n e z his n a m e c o rre ctly I h a v e fa il e d to tra c e him . I his st e a d I fi d El a er Ch a m

h o m t n . e a n w a o r m a n o b e e ca . S ee b rl i y , y , id ti l ( p 3 n 6 1 iii EP . a . 1 3 HRAI M CHAM BERLAIN , b J , 1 1 8 C H AM B ERLAI N AS S O C I ATI O N OF AME R I CA

3 T S . . 1 0 . iv HO MA C HAM BERLAI N , b Aug 7 3 3 M A Rv F eb . 2 1 0 6 I n a t B D e 2 . . e ca c . 1 1 o na a n v CHAM BERLAI N , b 5 , 7 ; ill ri , , 7 3 , J th f a s o n o f o n a n d a a a o n o n a . e a E z Cr m , J h S r h Cr m Wilmi gt , M ss Th ir d ught e r li a

N v 1 e a wa s . a t n o n o . 1 . o 1 2 e e o n b th Cr m b Wilmi gt 4 , 7 4 Ab ut 7 4 th y r m v ed to Ly e

H e r o o n e n ca e a s h e a n i o . H . n H o w s o 1 . a z n a b r ugh , N t mbst i di t s th t b r 7 0 6 e st t e d

a the a e o f e n th a t J on a th a n Cra m m . M ry d ught r Cl m e t Ch a mb e rla in of Bill e rica but

th e a e a s o n e e n ea e a e a n a a n l tt r w b r thirt y rs rli r th this M ry Ch mb e rl a i w a s . 3 Y . D ec 2 1 1 e a s h e w a s th e o o a vi DOROTH C HAMBERLAIN , b . 5 , 7 3 ; p rh ps D r thy Ch m

b erla in o e a a e n e n o n to a e e a a s c I 1 w e o e 6 . wh s m rri g i t ti S mu l N wh ll r rd d Ap ril , 7 3 ll 2 E s s ex I n s t Co . 1 8 : 0 ( . 4 )

THIRD GENERATI ON

3 ’ ' l a Wz llza m 1 2 . o . JOH N C HAMBERLA I N (f , ) b at Billerica , Jan .

“ 8 2 2 . . 1 , d there March 3 , He m at C on cord , m arch y 3 “ Goa l of Margaret of Billerica , daughter Samuel and Mehitable “ ” 6 68 Goole . . 2 1 (Barrett) of Dunstable , Mass She was b May , 7 , and was

8 Gou ld 1 8 living at Billerica as late as March , The Geneal ogy ( 95 ) “ ” 1 . t p . 3 5 is in error in stating that she m as above sta ed Joseph Chamber

of w sh e lain . The origin al records both Concord an d Billerica sho that mar

onn . 2 1 2 w ried f Ch amberlain On April , 7 3 , Margaret Chamberlain , idow ,

of with Nathaniel H udson as surety , gave b ond to administer upon the estate

of i nven her late h usband Joh n Chamberlain late Billerica, deceased . The “ 2 2 1 2 H : tory was taken , April , 7 3 , and mong the items are mentioned Abou t 2 2 acres of upland with a small dwelling house up on it £ 4 6 : 0 0 : “ P r " One old Bible and three other Books 0 0 : 0 6 : etc . o

a te b ,

’ ’ ' Cfi z la r en a ll bor n i n l ler z ca 4 S . 2 a nd . e . 6 1 1 0 . i JO IAH C HA MBERLAIN , b . Aug 7 , d S pt , 7 4 d M a 2 6 1 1 1 . ii . a n . JOHN C HA MBERLAI N , b d y , 7 4 l . 1 1 2 . a t B e ca a c 2 1 o n iii ANNA C HAM BERLAIN , b April 3 , 7 ; m il ri , M r h 7 , 7 3 5 , J h ’

h s D e c . 2 1 e in i e ca o a f n w o w a . 0 B e o Will oughby , b 5 , 7 7 ; liv d ll ri s uth st Nutti g s

'

. h F . 1 en e o e to H o N H . e e e eb 2 1 . e o n . P d till 7 43 wh th y m v d llis , wh r d , 7 93 Th ir

d e s cen d a n ts a re n umer o us . 4 R . . a c 2 8 1 1 . 33 iv JOHN CHAM BERLAIN , J , b M r h , 7 4 4 6 . D . . 1 1 v EBORAH C HAM BERLAIN , b Aug 9 , 7

4 b 2 2 1 1 e o e to U n on o nn a nd a e 34 vi SAMUEL CHAM BERLAIN , . April , 7 9 ; r m v d i , C . l t r

o e e a a . t P t rsh m , M ss 4 . v 2 1 . a n M 1 M N o . 1 1 2 s eco e a 1 0 vii EHITAB LE C HAMBERLAIN , b , 7 ; m s d wif , y , 7 4 ,

i a s o n o f o na a n a n d Ra c e o n e B u tterfi e ld e in n o n W lli m , J th h l (St ) ; liv d Arli gt , ’ - u a H e r a n e o e w a s E z a e a e o f o a r . a nd M ss . husb d s st p m th r li b th d ght r Th m s , J ,

On e B r a n : o s n d n ts o S a ra h (Pro ct o r) C h a mb erl a in o f Ch elmsfo rd . ( d f D e ce a f

' 6 1 a ke h e . 2 une 0 e o c e L oc T/z onz a s Cna fn oer la z n . S . , p m ( ) J , 7 7 , S mu l L k (

o Gen ea l g y ) .

3 lz z . A f o n . . 3 LYDI C HAM BERLAIN ( , b at Billerica , Oct

1 20 C H AMBE RLA I N AS S O C I ATI O N O F AME R I CA

' C/z z ldr en a ll bor n i n B iller i ca

4 D e M c . 2 1 1 8 8 . o n . i ARY CHAM BERLAIN , b . , 7 ; d y u g 4 R . . 2 1 2 0 . e e en D ec 2 1 2 a nd N o v ii AB AHAM CHAM BERLAI N , b Aug 5 , 7 ; d b tw 7 , 74 . 1 6 1 , 7 47 . B 4 . Oct. 1 2 2 8 1 . e e en D ec n 2 1 2 a d a n . iii ENJAMI N C HAMBERLAIN , b , 7 ; d b tw 7 , 7 4 J

4 . a c 1 3 5 iv JOHN C HAMB ERLAI N , b M r h 9, 4 N H a c 1 8 e n D e . e e c 2 1 2 a n d a n . v ATHAN C AM BERLAI N , b M r h , d . b tw 7 , 7 4 J

Z H E 4 A C C U s . e . 1 1 D c 2 1 2 . 2 . e o e e . vi CHAMBERLAI N , b S pt 9, 7 9 ; d b f r 7 , 7 4 4 ii n . 1 1 v T e 2 . ABITHA CHAM B ERLAIN , twi , b S pt . 9, 7 9 4 O t 6 M . 1 c 1 . viii ARY CHAMBERLAI N , b . , 7 34

3 z 1 a coo F b . e . 5 JACOB CH AM BERLAI N (f , b at Medford ,

1 . . 2 8 1 1 . of 9 , d at Newton , Mass July , 7 7 H e was the purchaser

of 1 2 0 o f the Chamberlain homestead acres at Oak Hill , Newton , his mother

1 6 1 1 0 0 for and his brothers May , 7 5 , at which time he gave bond for £ 3 the

h f t e . 2 1 2 0 o . settlement estate On Jan 5 , 7 , he deeded Ebenezer Woodward five acres of land in Newton “ at a place commonly called the River Mead ” ow s ou u . , bounded the so th by the Charles River I n this deed his wife

' hi m M ddx D eeds 2 1 1 1 1 2 0 Susan nah joined with ( May , 7 , he with “ others entered their d issen t a g in st this v o a te of h aving but one schoole house ” ’ [fi st N w ton 1 1 . e 2 in this towne of Newton (Smith s , O n June 5 , 7 5 , he was o ne of the witnesses at Newtown to the deed from David Stowell of “ Newtown to William Chamberlain of Dover within the province of Main or ” ' M z ddx D ee s : . d 2 of Newhampshire ( , 5 H e was chosen surveyor

M ch t thin m a n 1 1 highways 4 , y g , March , constable March ,

1 1 1 6 7 3 ; con stable M arch , and March 7 , surveyor March ,

t thi n m a n 1 y g March , sch ool constable March 5 , a nd fen cev ie we r 2 March 4 , selectman M arch 3 , March ,

T w n R e or ds N t o c o ew on In . an d M arch 7 , ( f ) He about

1 1 8 . 7 , Susann ah daughter of Dea Simon and Sarah (Farnsworth) Stone of

. 2 1 6 2 6 Groton , Mass . She was b . there Oct 3 , 94 , and d . at Newton , July ,

1 6 0 n 1 7 7 4 . H e deeded his son Simon Chamberlain of Newton for £ o e half “ ” of the homestead of 1 2 0 acres situated at a place called Oak Hill includ ing “ one h alf of the buildings and land where I now live bounded by the

’ n 2 M d D s 2 1 6 2 . z dx eed 68 road leading from Watertow to Dedham June , 7 ( , A few years later he made his will as follows I N THE N AM E or GOD AM EN this Tenth Day of March Ann o Domini on e thousand Seven Hundred and Seventy I Jacob Chamberlain of Newton in W I LLIAM C H AMBE RLA I N A N D H I S D E S C E N D A N TS 1 21 the Coun ty of Middlesex and Province of the Massachusetts Bay in New Englan d Being far Advanced in Years and Knowing the Uncertainty o f this Life here on Earth am Desirous While My Memory is Sound and Perf e ct to ff Settle My a airs and Therefore Have an d by these Presents Do , Renouncing all Other and former Will or Wills by me M ade Do Make and Declare this My Last Will and testament in Manner and form following : (that is to Say) first an d Prin cipally I Recommen d My S oul to Almighty God who Gave it an d My Body to the Earth to be Buried in Such Decen t and Christian Man ner as my Youngest Son Simon Chamberlain Who m I Na m e Constitute and Ordain Sole Executor of this my Last will and testament Shall Judge Meet and C o nv e nant , and touching Such Worldly Goods as the Lord in his Great Mercy hath Len t me My Will and Meaning is that the Same be I m ploy e d and Disposed of in Man ner and form following : I m p rim u s : I will that all my Just Debts an d funeral Charges b e paid by my Executor out of my Estate Within Twelve M onths after my Decease , and all Debts that May be D ue or Owing to me from any Person o r Person s

Wh omsoever be Demanded by my Executor . I give to my Well Beloved Wife Susannah Chamberlain all the In come of all my Estate Both Real and Person al together with the o ne half of My Buildings During her Natural Life that I have not Conveyed to My Youngest So n Simon Chamberlain her fire wood Lik e Wise to be Cut an d Brought home to the Door fit to Lay on to the fire by My Youngest S o n Simon Cham berla in without his having any Consideration therefor and after her Decease the Same to be Disposed of in Manner and for m following My Will and Meaning is th at my Eldest Son Jacob Chamberlain have o u t of my Estate the S um of One H undred an d Six Pounds Thirteen Shillings and four Pence , Besides what he May have Received of me in times past . The Remaining Part of my Estate both Real and Person al to be to my two Daughters S arah an d Margaret Chamberlai n to be Divided Equally Between them together with my In Door Movables . My Will an d Meaning further is that after my Wifes Decease my two Dau ghters S arah an d Margaret Chamberl a in have the Improvemen t of the Chamber in that part of the House I now D well i n as Long as they Shall

n- Remain unm arried or the h ouse Shall Remain u Sold . My Will further is that my Gra nd S on Josiah Chamberlain have a Lot o f M rl r u h my Land in the Last Division in the town Ship of New a b o g . I Likewise Give to his Brother John Chamberlain and to his Sisters Mary Simpson and Susan n ah Chamberlain the Sum of Six Shillings Each to be paid to them Within twelve Months after my Wifes Decease . My Will further is that my Grand Children Isaac and Mary Chamberlai n i have Pa d unto them the Sum of Six Shillings Each , Within twelve Months after my Wifes Decease . 1 22 CH AM B E RLA I N A S S O C IAT I O N O F AMERI CA

My Will further is that my five Cows an d One Horse be Improved by my Wife Susann ah Chamberlain During her Natural Life and at her Decease to Dispose of the Same as She Shall think Best . My Will further is that all my Out Door Movables be to my Youngest

e Son Simon Chamb rlain Without his Rendering any Accompt therefor . I

tw o a a r r l Like Wise Give to my Sons my Wearing pp e and Arms . Signed Sealed Pronoun ced and Declared By the testator to be his Last Will and Testament I n Presence o f us JO H N W ILSON SAM UE L R ICH ARDSON JACOB C HAMBERL AI N [SEAL] ANNA W I LSON

1 0 1 1 M iddle Simon Chamberlain presented this will for probate Sept . , 7 7 . ( s ex P r oba te 2 6 , 7 7 )

n en o a e n I 1 2 o na o ne o n a e a nd e e a e a s I v t ry t k July , 7 7 , by J s S t , J h P lm r J r mi h Wisw ll fo ll o ws

" P a rt o f a Dwelling H o us e a nd p a rt o f B a rn a n d W e ll S ixty A cr e s of La n d p a rt O rch a rd p a rt plo w la n d p a rt M e d o w a n d p a rt ) 2 4° W o o dla n d g Nine p a ir o f Sh e e ts 2 1 / S e v en N a pkins 6/ 0 1 0 7 F o ur pill o w c a s es On e t a bl e Cl o th 8d 0 4 0 4 B e st B e d a nd furnitur e in th e Ch a mb e r 0 3 1 5 0 0 ’ S a ra h s B ed (s o ca ll ed) a n d furn iture 0 2 1 0 0 0 B ed i n th e Ch a mb e r I / I o C he st o f Dra w e rs 7/ old ch e st 0 1 1 9 0 8 O v a l T a bl e 6/ Squ a re Ta bl e 1 / Eight C h a irs 1 6/ A n diro ns a n d t o ngs 6/ 0 1 0 9 0 0 Tw o Lo o king gla ss e s 7/ little Wh e el 4/ Sma ll B ox 1 / 0 0 1 2 0 0 B ed i n th e l o w er Ro o m a n d furniture £ 3 Ch e st of Dra wers 8/ 0 3 0 8 Sma ll Ch est o f Dra w ers 4/ Six C h a irs 4/ S e ttl e 4/ W a rming p a n 4/ 0 0 1 6 0 0 M e ttl e po t a nd Dish Kittl e frying p a n 1 0 A n diron s a n d t on gs 0 1 0 0 T w o Tra mm e ls a nd La mp a n d fi re Sh o v e ls Iron S celle t 2/ 0 0 1 1 0 8 T oa sting Ir on B e llo ws 4/ Spit 3/ S e v e n P ewt er Dish e s 0 1 0 9 1 0 El e v en p e wte r pl a te s tw o b a s o ns 4/ Tw o sm a ll Ditto 0 0 1 2 0 8 T w o p ewt e r p o rr a n e rs 1 / T a nk a rd I / P e wt e r Q u a rt 2/ 0 0 0 4 0 0 g — Old T ubs a nd E a rthe rn Wa re 7/ T w o Bra ss K e ttl e s £ 1 1 2 0 1 1 9 0 0 Bible 1 2/ La rg e B o oks 6/ S u ndri e Sm a ll B oo ks 7/ 0 1 0 5 T w o Silv e r Sp o on s 1 0 / B o x iro n a n d h e a t er 5 / 0 0 I 5 0 0 Q uick S t o ck 1 5 0 4 0 0

£ 299 0 2 0 2

E e o n a e a n th e e ec o to a e a n o e o f o a e xhibit d by Sim Ch mb rl i , x ut r , S mu l D f rth Judg P r b t ,

1 2 J uly 7 , 7 7 .

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C/z zla r en a ll bor n i n N ew ton .

4 N o v . 28 1 1 . 6 C R . 3 i JA OB C HAMBERLAI N , J . , b , 7 9 4 N o v . 1 1 2 1 . S . 3 7 ii J O IAH C HAM BERLAIN , b 3 , 7 4 F “ e b . 2 n 2 t a . 2 1 2 e h S e . i e iii S U ANNAH CHAM BERLAI N , b S pt 7 , 7 4 ; d 3 , y 5 Y r ” o f h e r A g e ; burie d by th e side of h e r gra n dmo th e r Exp e ri ence Ch a mb e rl a in - Dyk e

n e n e i n th e old C e ntra l C em e t ery a t N ewto C t r .

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2 8 1 1 . . admitted to the First Church of Charlestown , April , 7 7 She d Aug .

f a e h 2 6 1 6 I st o . . 2 . , 7 4 , being in the 7 year her g He m ( ) at C arlestown , Dec

1 8 . 1 6 . 1 4 , 7 4 , Milicen t Rand , who was living at Charlestown , Oct , 7 3 Th e — ti inventory of his estate shows that he was p oor made so by the Revolu on . His s o n Willson Ch amb e rlai n came over from Holliston to Cambridge to

m i o ne ad in ster upon his estate , and the inventory mentions for real estate

— i n h ouse lot in Charlestown . His kindred were scattered Charlestown was

— of 8 e ruin s and at the age 7 years he wen t over to Weston , where d ath re lieved h im of his p overty and misery . I N T H E NA M E OF GOD AMEN I John Chamberlain of Charlesto w n in the County of Middlesex 81 Province of the Massach usets Bay in New Eng h n o w I n th ro land Cordwainer being advanced Years , yet the Goodness of God in Health o f Body 81 in the free exercise of my Understanding and con s idering the uncertainty of this Life after having committed my Spirit into the b Han ds of my dear Redeemer h o p e i ng to obtain Mercy only thro H im 81 my Body to the D ust to be buried in a d e cent and frugal Manner at the Dis e re tion of my Executors hereafter n amed in Hopes o f a Resurrection to im m or tal Life 81 Glory Do (in order that my Estate m ay be disposed of agreeable to my Mind) make 81 ord a in this my Last Will 81 Testament Imp rs My Will is that my j ust Debts 81 funeral Charges b e paid by my Executors a s soon as conveniently can be done after my Death o u t of such a part of my Estate as I h ave not in this Will particularly disposed of . Item I Give unto my beloved Wife Melecent Chamberlain for ever all the House hold Stuff 81 every thing she brought with h er at our Marriage 81 what ever m ay be due or belonging to her on the account of her late Husband ’ 81 f Jonath an Rand s Estate , if the above sh ould n ot be su ficient to make a full Third of my person al Estate Then my Will is that th e Deficiency be made

u up o t of wh at was mine before our Marriage . Also I Give my said Wife ’ 81 over above what I have already will d her my best Silver Spoon , three of i my best pewter plates 81 one pewter Dish . Further I give my said W fe dur ing her Life the use and I mprovement of the South Easterly lower Room in my mansion House 81 the Shop 81 the Liberty of using the Well 81 the n e ces sary House as Occasion may require 81 the privilege of putting h alf a Cord of

Wood at a Time in my Wood H ouse .

81 I tem . I Give to my Son Willson Chamberlain his H eirs Assigns for

ln - ever, the two North Westerly lower Rooms my House above mentioned with the Cellar under the back Room 81 the privilege of going thro the back

81 of En try the little back Shed , Also the North Westerly part my Garden running back thirty seven Feet from the House j ust so as to take in a Dam

81 asen Tree , an d said Land is twenty two Feet wide next the House Twenty

81 one Feet wide at the Bottom . Also I give my said Son his Heirs Assigns the privilege of carrying any thing through the Yard 81 using the Well 81 put WI LL I AM C HAMBE R LAI N A N D H I S D E S CE N D AN TS 1 25

tinge h alf a Cord of Wood at a Time in to my above mentioned Wood H ouse ,

Also I give my said Son all my wearing Apparel .

Item I Give the Children of my S on John Chamberlain deceased , to be

of equally divided as much the Remainder of my Real Estate as five Men , four chosen by them 81 the fifth by the four shall j udge to be equ al in value to what Real Estate I have given my S on Willson —The Garret over the Room give n to my said Son Willson is to belong to the oth er End of my I l onse . Item My Will is that all the Remainder of my Real 81 personal Estate not before given away be equally divided between my Children o r their H eirs ’ o n e S on in the following manner vizt my S on John s Children quarter , Willson o ne o f on e quarter , the Children my Daughter Thankful Larkin deceased quar ter , my Daughter An ne Phillips one quarter , my grand Children to be equal

f r I n the part o their Father o Mother . Item My Will is that the part of my Real Estate I h ave given my Wife during Life be after her Death divided in the same man ner as above men

’ ’ ti o n d That is to say one quarter to my s on John s Children on e quarter to ’ my Son Willson one quarter to my Daughter T h a nkfu l s Children o ne quarter to my D aughter An ne Phillips . Item My Will is That if the Real Estate I have given to my Children and Gran d Children cant be divided That in that Case the same be Sold 81 the Neat proceeds divided am ong them in the abovesaid proportion . The ’ R e ason why I have not m ade my Daughter T h a nkfu l s Children 81 my D a u g h ter Anne equal with my other Children is because of what I did for them at their Marriage . ’ Item My Will is That if any of my Son Joh n s Children or the Children o f my Daughter Thankful should be under Age at my Death o r the Death of my Wife That my s o n in law Nathan iel Phillips Husband of my above n amed Daugh ter Anne take the whole Care o f their part of my Estate 81 Improve it for their Use till they come of Age . Lastly I Con stitute 81 appoin t my S on Willson Chamberlain 81 Son in L a w Nathaniel Phillips above n amed to be the Executors of this my Last Will 81

81 i Testament , hereby Revoking all former Confirm ng this only to be my Last

Will 81 Testament . In Witness whereof I the said John Chamberlain have hereunto set my H and 81 Seal this eighteenth Day of May in the Twelfth ’ Year of His Majesty s Reign 81 in the Year of our Lord Christ One thousand Seven hundred 81 Seventy two Signed Sealed 81 Deliv ered by the Testator John Chamberlain to be his Last Will and Testament in Presence of us who in 1 26 C HAMBE RLA I N AS S O C IATI O N OF AMERI CA

his Sight 81 at his Desire Signed our Names as Wit nesses

1 Nehemiah Rand Lodged Sept 3 , 7 83 s

. 1 1 8 . Tho Ran d Proved Oct , 7 3

' Seth Sweetser (M zddx Wi lls 4 1 7 1 )

1 1 8 B f Oct , 7 3 y virtue of the within citation I have notified the Heirs o Mr . Joh n Chamberlain Deceased to appear at Cambridge the I s t of October Viz the widow of the Deceased at Charlestown 11 Nath Phillips 81 wife at Marlborough ll John 81 N a th Chamberlain 81 Th ankful Smith at Salem Mary Steel 81 Mary Groves at Boston The wido w Chamberlain at Boston Joann a Larkin at Westborough Th omas Rand Witness of the will of the Deceased at Charlestown

I Cambridge October st 1 7 83 . [Signed] WI LLSON C HAM BERLAI N

C/tildr en a ll bor n i n Cba r les tow n 4 T KF . 20 a t 2 6 1 1 (1 O t. 1 1 . e e c 2 . i HAN UL CHAMBERLAI N , b July b p July , 7 9 ; th r 3 , 7 4 4 M . a M a 1 1 2 0 8 a 1 . 4 ii JOHN CHAM BERLAI N , b y b pt y 4 , 7 4 1 S . e . 2 1 2 . 4 iii WILL ON C HAM BERLAIN , b S pt 4 , 7 4 4 K O . O t 1 2 F . c t 1 2 a . T c . 1 a t a e o n iv HAN UL CHAMBERLAIN , b b pt 5 , 7 7 ; m . Ch rl st w ,

n . 1 2 8 o e a n s h e . o 1 Ja , 1 7 4 , J s ph L rki ; d b ef re 7 83 .

4 N o v N 2 . 8 a . o v . 2 1 . o n . 0 . v ANN C HAMBERLAIN , b , b pt , 7 3 ; d y u g 4 . a n . 2 1 a . a n . 2 a e to th e t vi ANN CHAMBERLAI N , b J , b pt J 3 , dmitt d Firs

c i n a e o n D ec . 1 In . a t a e o n ne 2 1 1 a a n e C hur h Ch rl st w , 7 , 7 5 5 C h rl st w , J u , 7 5 7 , N th i l

o o n a n n H o e t . s o n f J h d Alice (B rigde ) Phillips . e re m v d o M a rlb o r o ugh ; s he d a t

B a e a . . 1 8 1 a e 8 2 ea . rr , M ss , Aug 5 , g d y rs 4 T 8 1 . v n M G . e . a . e AR ARE CHAMBERLAIN , b S pt 4 , b pt S pt . , 7 34

3 z ’ 1 W a cob Willi a m 7 ILLI AM C HAM BERLAI N (f , ) was born in the

f 1 6 o . part old Cambridge which is now Arlington , about 97 , an d was bapt at

f 1 o 6 . the First Church Cambridge , July 9 , 99 d at Rochester, N . H . between ’ 2 0 1 April 3 and May 3 , 7 5 3 ; learned the carpenter s trade in Boston ; was

f 1 1 to o 2 6 . to admitted the First Church Boston , April 9 , 7 He removed

H 1 8 r 1 1 1 o . Dover , N . . , as early as 7 7 9 Here let the Dover Land Grants tell the story “ Wh a ra s T e bbe ts o f Capt . Samuell Dover h ad three Score Acres of Land Laid outt to him on the north side of y e path y t L e a de s to ba rb a du s in the d “ year 1 7 1 3 and the S S am : T ebbe ts hath ari d doth quit his Clame to 4 0 Acres of that L a iing out and Clames but twen ty acres th ereof which his Sone In Law William C ha m berlin e is Se ttele d upon and wee y e Subscribers by an d Att the d Request of y e above S T ebbe ts an d C h a m b erli ne to m e a s u e r and Lay Out

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d e s y Share . This was eviden tly an exch ange , as b oth deeds were signed

n [ i 2 0 : b d. and acknowledged o the same date . ( He m oved to

0 1 o n f Rochester before July 3 , 7 3 3 , an d that date Pomfret Wh itehouse o “ Rochester sold him 6 0 acres being y e 4 7 th lot In y e first Division of 1 of [bid 2 0 said Rochester which I purchased of Nath Hanson Dover . ( . “ ” 2 1 8) H e preferred a petition for th e support of th e gospel at Rochester to

o f N 1 P r i ci . 1 . ov n a l the General Assembly New Hampshire Jan 9, (

P a er s : 8 for of p , 4 7 9 ) He petitioned the gospel ministry Rochester to be [ 2 6 1 6 bid. aided by the proprietors of the township , April , 7 3 ( 9 He and John Jenness both inhabitants of Rochester petitioned for further relief

- . 1 1 1 from the non residen t proprietors Feb 3 , 7 4 . When the St . Francis Indians

th e w 2 1 6 1 attacked to n June 7 , 7 4 , th ey passed near his home , and on July ,

1 6 o f 7 4 , he j oined with the entire settlement in a petition for a guard soldiers

[bid : of 2 0 ( . 9 H e was chosen constable the town March ,

1 1 1 0 1 1 . 1 and selectman 7 43 , 7 4 5 , 7 5 and 7 5 He was town clerk in 7 4 5 , and

. On 1 1 the records for that year are well written July 9 , 7 5 , the town left “ ” f f . s u m o or . with Lieut . William Chamberlain a money safe keeping Rev “ Amos Main in his account book as physician , charged Lieut . William ” f r Chamberlain o medical attendance . No military record of him has been found but it is assumed that he was a Lieut . of some company engaged i n scouting and guarding the town . He was admitted to communion in the “ 1 2 1 1 1 First Church of Rochester Feb . , 7 4 . In 7 4 5 he desired forgiveness

' for all ofi e nce s p ast that he h ad given and the chu rch by a great m ajority ” voted him forgiveness .

In 1 1 He . about 7 9 Mary daughter of Capt . Samuel and Dorothy (Tuttle) f f M h o . to o c Tebbetts Dover She was admitted the First Church Dover 3 ,

0 0 1 7 2 3 . She was born ab out 1 7 0 an d was living at Rochester in 1 7 6 . She

1 1 was admitted to membership in th e First Church of Rochester Jan . 7 , 7 4

1 1 1 . and after withdrawing from the communion she was restored May , 7 44 William Chamberlain and his wife were buried in the old Cemetery o n Meeting

i on House H ll in Rochester . The inscriptions their stones h ave become

of illegible . H e built two houses on his farm , both on the west side the main road leading from Meeting House Hill to Cen tral S quare . Both houses h ad

1 disappeared before 83 0 . An old well and two cellars are the only witnesses to one of the original settlers of Rochester who cleared up and occupied from

1 1 . 7 3 3 to 7 5 3 , a large farm there

W I LL

I N THE N AM E OF GOD AM EN this 2 3 d day o f April Ann o Domin i 1 7 5 3 I Willaim Chamberlin of Rochester I n the Province of New H ampshire In New England H usbandman being exe rcised with B o dy ly I nfi rm itie s but of a Sound 81 Perfect mind an d Memory Knowing it is appointed for all Men W I LLI AM C HA MBE RLA I N AN D H I S D E S CE N D ANT S 1 29 once to Die do make this my Last Will 81 Testament that is to Say Principally 81 first of all I Recommen d my Spirit into the hands of God that gave it 81 my Body I recom mend to the Earth to be buried in a Decen t Christian Manner at the Discretion of my Executor hereafter mentioned 81 as To u ching such worldly Estate as it hath Pleased God to Bestow upon me I Give Demise 81 dispose of the S ame in the following man ner Viz t Imprimis My Will is that my j ust Debts 81 funeral charges S hall be Paid

81 D ischarged by my said Executor . Item I Give to my Beloved Wife Mary Chamberlin th e free full 81 Sole use 81 Improvement of the easterly half Part of my D welling house 81 the use of such a Part of the Cellar under said house as She Shall h ave occasion of for her own Service an d the westerly half Part of my Barn for her own use together with Such a Privilege of the floor in said Barn as She Shall h ave occasion of to thresh her Grain During the Term of her Continuing my w to idow . I also Give my said wife the free full 81 Sole use 81 Improvement — Profit 81 Income o f thirty acres of my homestead Land viz Beginning at the North Easterly En d o f my said homestead Land from thence Running South westerly as my said Land Runs a dj oy ning to the South Easterly side Line of my said Land Seve n ty one Rods 81 Twenty Seven Rods in W e a dth 81 from that extent o f Seventy one Rods Running North Westerly o n a Square with the side Lines of my said homestead Lot of Lan d to the North west side Line of my said Lot 81 from thence Running South Westerly as said Lot Runs holding the whole w e a dth of said Lot Un till the said thirty acres Shall be Compleated my Will that my said Wife Shall have the free use 81 Improve men t Profit 81 Income of the Aforesaid thirty acres of Land Yearly 81 Every Year until my Youngest S on Ephraim Shall arrive at the age of twenty one years 81 from that Term my will is that my said Wife Shall h ave the Improve w f men t Profit 81 I ncome of But t enty acres o the aforesaid Lan d Viz . which Twenty acres of it She Shall Chuse During the Term of her Continuing my widow . But in as much as my said Dwelling 81 Barn 81 my orchard are Com prehended within the Limits of the aforesaid thirty acres of Land my Will is that my s on William Chamberlin Shall h ave the free Liberty of Passing 81 Repassing over said thirty acres of Land to 81 from my said Dwelling 81 Barn to and from my other Land when and s o Often as he Shall have a cca tion So to d o 81 also that he my said son William Shall have the fruit of the South

f to westerly third part o my said Orchard Yearly 81 eve ry Year . I also Give my wife to her own Disposal all my household Goods 81 Utensils Beds Beding 81 furniture 81 all my Live Stock of Cattle Sheep 81 S wine 81 my Riding horse except o ne Yoke of Stears now ab out two Years old which I give to my S on S amuel when he S hall arrive at the age of twenty one Years 81 also o ne Yoak of Stears for each of my S on s Viz Jacob 81 Ephraim Chamberlin to be Raised from the Stock of C ows which I have Given my said Wife 81 to be Delivered 1 3 0 C H AMBERLAI N AS S O C IAT I O N O F AMER I CA

T o my said Sons Jacob 81 Ephraim w hen they arrive at the age of twenty one

. 81 years My Will also is that my said Son s Samuel , Jacob Ephraim Shall h ave one C ow or C ow kind each Delivered them by my said Wife when they

of one Sh all arrive at the said age Twenty Years . I also Give to my said Wife all my farming Tackling 81 Utensils as Yokes

Chains Plows Slea ds 81 C . I also Give my said Wife the free Liberty of fetch ing firewood Sufficient to support her own fire from off my Lot of Land which

S o n Ebe nf : I have herein Given to my Chamberlin during her Natural Life . Item I Give to my S on William Chamberlin 81 to his heirs and assign s forever all my homestead Land Dwelling house Barn 81 all O ther Buildings 81 Orch ards Sta ndg z 81 Being upon said Lan d except such Part of said Land Buildings 81 Orchards as I have herein 81 hereby Given the free use 81 Improvement of to my wife for a Certain Term of Time 81 at the Decease of my said Wife I give the aforesaid Land Buildings 81 Orchards wholly free 81 Clear of all I ncu m bera nces to him my said son William 81 to his heirs 81

to so n o f assigns forever . I also Give my William the free an d full Liberty Halling Timber or Logs off that Part of my L ot In the Second division in s aid Rochester which Ly eth on the Sou th West Side of C och e ch o River with

f r f t one Team o the term o two Years nex after my Decease . Item I Give unto my Son Ebenezer Chamberlin 81 to his heirs 81 assigns forever my L ot of Land Lying 81 Being in the first Division in said Rochester which I Purchased of Pomfret Whitehouse which Ly e th Between S amuel Richards Lot 81 the L ot o n which the Widow Rebecca Heard now Lives being the Lot of Land on which my said Son William Chamberlin hath built a Dwelling house 81 m ade Considerable I mprovement together with the said Dwelling house 81 all other Buildings 81 Privileges Belonging to the said Lot of Lan d except the Liberty 81 Privilege which I have herein given to

f for wn to my Wife o fetching firewood her o fire from said L ot. I also Give my said s on Ebenezer the Liberty of h a iling Timber or Logs off that Part of my Lo t o f Land in the Second Division In said Rochester which Ly e th on the South West Side of C och ech o River with a Team for the Term of one

Year n ext after my Decease . Item I Give unto my Son S amuel Chamberlin 81 to his heirs and assigns forever all that Part of my said Lot of Land in the Second Division in said Rochester which Ly e th on the North Easterly Side of C oche ch o River 81 also

r - one Yoke of Stears 81 a Cow o Cow kind as is Before herein Mentioned . Item I G i ve un to my Sons Jacob 81 Ephraim Chamberli n 81 to their heirs 81 assigns forever all th at Part of my said Lot of Land in the Second Division in said Rochester which Ly eth on the South West side of C och e ch o River with all the Privileges to the Same Belonging except the Privilege I have herein Given to my Son s William 81 Ebenezer of halling Logs off that

L o P art of said t for a Certain term of time . I also Give to my said S ons

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2 iii 4 . a t e on a 4 I I C I , , . 6 1 2 d . a t e a non W LL A M HAMBERLA N b N wt M ss July , 7 5 ; L b ,

a n e D ec . 1 1 8 1 a e 0 . M i , 5 , 5 , g d 9 4 E "P C . a t e o n 26 1 2 a t Roc e iv ERIEN E CHAMBERLAIN , b N wt , July , 7 7 ; m . h e st r a s M 1 D a e a 0 1 ea . e no e a a e t R third wif , y 3 , 7 5 , J m s K wl s , p ym st r in h e e v o lutio na ry

w r S h a s th f e n i a . e w e o e o e e c en m th r l v h ldr . 4 a . 4 E C I , a t o e , M a 2 1 2 n in N ew H a on 3 v BENEZER HAM BERLA N b pt D v r y 5 , 7 9 ; livi g mpt ,

H N o v . 6 1 0 . N . . , , 7 9 4 D . a t o e a c 1 1 a M . e e oh 2 1 1 vi OROTHY C HAMBERLAI N b D v r M r h 7 , 7 3 b pt th r , 1 7 3 ; N 1 a t o c e e o v . 1 8 a e . I R E n o f e o o . h . m ( ) h st r, 7 , 7 4 , S mu l m rs D v er S e m (2 ) a t e 2 1 80 1 e e a e of R Ro c e e . 0 B e . H S h e F . eb . 1 1 8 2 h st r, S pt , , J r mi h rry y , N d . 8 , 5 . 4 . a o 1 . a t Ro c D c e e e . 1 1 1 a vii ANNA C HAMBERLAI N , b b ut 7 33 ; m h st r , 9, 7 5 , D vid f o c e e L e ight on o R h st r .

4 C H A M B E RL A I N b a t R oc e e N ov . . 1 a . e e a n . 1 1 44 viii SAMUEL , h st r 3 , 7 3 5 ; b pt th r J 3 , 7 36 ; n e ea r e ma i e d th e r till d th . 4 ix C . a t Roc e e M a 1 8 1 8 e e a t o n H 45 JA OB C HAM BERLAIN , b h st r y , 7 3 ; s ttl d Alt , N . . 4 6 E R 1 a . a t Ro c e e F eb . 1 1 2 T h e N e H a 4 x PH A M CHAMBERLAI N b pt h st r 4 , 7 4 ; w mp “ a ri o ea a s o o : e a t o n F b 1 E e e . shir P t t r ds f ll ws Di d Alt , 4 , C a pt . phra im

a e a n a e 2 . a n o a nd a r a n C h mb rl i , g d 7 A phil thr pist Ch isti . T he a uth o r of this g en ea l ogy is d es ce nd ed fro m b o th th e elde st a n d th e y o u ng e st

s ons of this fa mil y .

3 l 1 8 N a cob I/ Vi lli a nz . J JASO CHAM BERLAI N ( i ) born at Newton , “ . 2 6 1 0 1 . . 0 1 0 o Mass Feb . , 7 ; d at Holliston , Mass May 3 , 7 7 . H e was a j y ” “ ” “ ” m 1 0 e ner , housewright and h usband an and about 73 r moved from Newton to Holliston where he was a large land-own er having 1 8 0 0 acres in

1 1 2 of Holliston . He m . ( ) at Newton , M ay 5 , 7 5 , Hann ah daughter Samuel

of Cr a ts Genea l an d Elizabeth (Crafts) Clarke Brookline ( f og H e m .

2 1 8 1 68 . ( ) Elizabeth who was living when he m ade his will June , 7 She

. . 1 6 1 6 of entered her int of m at Shrewsbury , May , 7 7 , with Daniel Drury

(1 1 8 6 Shrewsbury wh o . there June 5 , 7 . H er death has not been found . He

con tributed towards finishing the public Meeting House in Holliston Jan . 5 ,

2 8 S n lk Co. Cou r t F iles 2 8 88 of 1 7 . ( fi , 9 ) At the time his death he was “ ” . for called Lieut . Jason Chamberlin H e n amed his two eldest son s his old

. 1 0 0 schoolmaster at Newton , Dea John Staples who bequeathed to each £

of Cr a ts F a m il when they became age ( f y , Mr Staples was their great ’ uncle and left no children . He was en sign in Capt . Samuel Bullard s Hollis

i s M a ss . r cli ne 6 . A 0 C o . 1 ton Foot in 7 5 7 ( , 95 3 ) In th e Name of God Amen I Jason Chamberlin of Holliston in the County of Middlesex and within his Majesties Province of the Massachusetts Bay in New England yeoman being favored with some degree of health of Body and o f a Sound mind and memory praised be g o d therfor Calling to mind the mortality of my Body and being apprehensive that the time of my departure is at hand and being willing that the little that god has ple a sd to bestow upon me of Temporals n ot yet de spos ed of might be s etle d Do make and ordain this my prea s a nt last will and T esti m ent on this the Eighteenth W I LL IAM C HAM BER LAI N AN D H I S D E S C E N DAN TS 1 3 3

Day of J une an o : domini 1 7 68 and in th e ninth y ea re of his Maj esty Reign Georg the third of Great Briton King 81 C I s t th at is to say pri ncipa ly and first of all I give and Recomend my Soul in to the hands of the Lord Jesus that Gave it and my Body to be buried in desent Criston Burial] at the D es cre sion of my Executor Nothing D oubt ing but that at the General R es e recti on I shall Receive the Same again by the mighty p ower of g od an d as touching fore menti oned Temporals I give demise and dispose of the same in the following man er and form First I will that my fu na ra l ch arges and debts sh ould be paid Secondly I give and bequeath my well beloved wif the improvement of the East end of my Dwelling bous except in the Rome where the oven is my s on Enoch is to inj oy the lik p rive le dg e with her farther m or all my improved lands South of my Dwelling H o u s upon the East Side of the Roade Leding by d ’ my Dwelling bous to Mendon begining at s Enoch s shop So Runing by the fence before the dore to the Barn then following the fence Easterly ; to the b ridg that leads on to the island in the S ea der Swam p all my improvements southerly hereof with one half of the Barn to wit the North half with C on v eni a ncy of pasing and Rep a si ng too and from it as a lls o C onvency ab out d th e 5 house for a wood pile and to the well likewise six acres in my wod lot s S d Adjoin ing westerly T o the land of thomas Goold Late Dec viz the South p art of it all an d Singerly that I h ave above bequeathed to my wife is to con tin ne du rei ng her N atural] Lif and i m e a da tly after her decease is to Come d on f on s wif into the po se s o my S Enoch . Item I also give to my Eliz Two Cows and one Swine the o ne h alf of my indore movables and forty pounds oa ld teno out of my n ots of hand or m ony Due to me after my lawful Debts

‘ and F u na rl Charges are all paid furthermore it is m y w ill that my Son Enoch fin d her a hors and the free liberty of the Cheare when Sh e is Disposed an d

o or es se cca r abel to g o to meting upon any other N y ocasion . Item I give to d my said wif a fre pass and repass to above s w od lot bequeathed Item I give to my Son John the following pcice of land To him and his Heirs forever above that I have heretofore Given him viz a peace in the Seder Swam p bounded westerly upon the northeasterly Corner of the b ridg leading d d ’ from my bous o n to the Islands in 5 Swamp begining at s bridg s Corner and thence Runing to a white o a k marked thence as far as my land Extends d Northeast then begining again a t s d Corner of 5 bridg and Runing Easterly By ceas way Till I t Come to an Island th ence till it Come to the sen ter Line d in 3 Swamp by the North side of s d I sland T o wit all my Lands East and North of s d Bounds like wise five acor of my w o d lot lying westerly of my H ou s T o wit on the North S ide of L ot a j oining T o s d Johns o wn Lands T o him and his heirs for Ever furthermore My will is that after my Debts and fu na ra l d C h a rg s are paid an d my a Bove s wife has Received her Doury o u t of the m oney or N ots of hand due to wit the forty pounds o a ld ten or my will is then 1 3 4 C H AM B E RLA I N A S S O C IAT I O N O F AMERI CA that the Remainder if any there be Sh ould be devide d Equ a ly between my three Son s to wit John and Staples and Samuel Item I give all the Remainder of my Lands hereto fore not yet mentioned with the buildings to my Son Enoch and to his Heirs and a s ig ns forever fu r th erm ore I will that my Sone Enoch h ave the Riding Chare and harness In ’ order for my S aid wife s B ennefete or prive eledg : moreover I Call to mind that it is my will that my wife have free Recors to the above bequeathed wod lot furthermore I will that the Remain der of my live Stock an d other mova bels together with my wairing Ap a ril be Equ a ly D ivided amongst my four Son s I tem furthermore I give to my Son e Enoch an d his heirs and a s ig ns forever ’ after my wif s Decease that p art of my Reall Estate above bequeathed to her to him and his heirs forever furthermore it is my will that my Son Enoch pay unto his three bre th eren to wit John and Staples and Samuel Tene poun d s

a ea ce one Dece a e Lawful money p within year after my Wifes c . Item I constitute make and ordain my s on Enoch my s ole Executor of this my Last Will and T este m ent and I Do hereby utterly Di sa low revoke and dis a n u l all and Every other Former Will and T e ste m e nt Confirm ing this an d no other to be my Last Will and T este m ent Lastly I order all my lawful Debts

f n r l and u a a Charges to be paid by my Executor . I n witness whereof I h ave hereunto Set my hand and Seal the Day and year above first Ritten S i g n e d Sealed Published pro nou nce d declared by me the ‘Said Jason Chamberlin As his Last Will and T este m e nt in the presence of us the Subscribers JOSEP H LOVERING T H OM AS TENN EY CRA FT LOVER ING

2 1 0 8 M iddx P r oba te 1 Lodged June 5 , 7 7 by y Executor ( , 4 5 4 )

C/z ildr en by w ife H o n na li 4 a t e o n e 6 1 28 . 47 i JOHN C HA MBERLAIN , b . N wt , S pt , 7 4 P S a t N e o n o r H o o n e . 1 o r 2 1 0 . 48 ii STA LE CHAM BERLAIN , b . wt llist , S pt , 7 3 4 t H o on a c 8 1 2 . e e a n . 1 . ii i S R . . a 49 JA ON C HAMBERLAIN , J , b llist , M r h , 7 3 ; d th r , J 7 5 4 4 a t H o o n 1 8 1 . 5 0 iv SAMUEL CHAMBERLAIN , b . llist , July , 7 3 4 4 N t o o n o v . 1 8 1 . E C . a H 5 1 v NO H CHAMBERLAI N , b llist , , 7 3 7 4 6 . e e a c 1 E a t H o l o n F eb . 2 vi LIZABETH CHAM BERLAI N , b . l ist , , d th r M r h 3 , I 7 39/ 4O 4 1 o e . E a t H o on . 1 1 1 ( . vii BENEZER CHAM BERLAI N , b . llist , A ug 9, 7 4 with ut issu

3 z l c Wi lli a m 1 Z C j a ob . 9 . EBENE ER HAM BERLAIN ( , ) b at Newton ,

1 1 0 . 1 . Mass . July 3 , 7 4 ; d . at Westb orough , Mass after M ay 7 , 7 7 9 William

2 0 e Johnson of Southb orough , yeoman , for £ 5 de ded Ebenezer Chamberlain

n 1 0 0 2 6 1 . of Westborough , husba dman , acres in Westborough July , 7 3 5

1 3 6 C HA M B E RLA I N AS S O C I ATI O N OF AME R I CA

3 2 l 2 0 Tbom a s i l a m W l i . . THO MAS CHAM BERLAIN ( , ) b at Newton ,

68 N ov . 1 2 1 0 1 . 1 . Sept . , 3 ; d in Boston , before 7 , 7 He was a carpenter f 1 0 6 . o and removed from Newton to Boston about 7 Elizabeth Snow wife ,

for of 6 0 and attorney , Thomas Sn ow Boston , fellmonger , for £ deeded

of Thomas Chamberlain Newton , housewright , a lot in the south end of Bos

2 1 0 6 2 8 1 0 6 . ton June , 7 On June 9 , 7 , he mortgaged this to Richard Keates

of 1 1 S n olk D eeds 2 Boston , which mortgage was released , March 5 , 7 4 ( /f 3 He mortgaged the same property a secon d time with the consen t of h is

. 2 1 1 . wife H annah to Samuel Phillips of Boston , Aug 9, 7 7 Thomas Phillips administrator of the estate of Th omas Ch amberlain paid the mortgage to the

f f I id 2 o o . 2 8 1 2 b , admin istrator the estate S amuel Phillips Dec , 7 3 ( 3 In the division of the estate of Thomas and Elizabeth Chamberlain of N ew “ to ton Jan . 7 , the commissioners apportioned Phillips Chamberlin and Elizabeth Ch amberlin (the heirs of Thom as Chamberlin late of Boston ’ dec d) eldest son o f Thomas Ch amberlin of Newton the whole of the south part of the house lately built with three acres adj oining valued at £ 1 49 0 7 which with £ 4 0 advanced to Thomas Chamberlin of Boston by his father ” 1 8 0 lil i ddx P r oba te 2 makes his double share £ 9 7 ( , 4

1 6 or 2 2 1 0 He m . at Watertown , April , June , 7 9 , Sarah M ason supposed

of . ov . by Bond to be the daughter Joseph and Mary (Fiske) Mason , b there N

1 1 6 1 . 7 , 9 If so , she did not survive her husban d and marry a second time ’ i B ond s Wa ter tow n Genea lo es . . John Bond as stated in g , p 3 5 7 S arah the

1 wife of Thomas Chamberlin d . in Boston June , and was buried June 3 ,

8 1 1 w of 1 1 . . 2 . 1 7 4 H e m ( ) in Boston , Aug , 7 5 , H annah Welch wido J ohn f f Welch and daughter o Thomas Phillips o Boston . Thomas and H ann ah

of . 2 1 1 Chamberlain were admitted to the First Church B oston , Dec 9 , 7 7 , f f . o and three o their children were there baptized Thomas Phillips B oston ,

o n of - i n- innholder , was granted administration the estate his son law Thomas

1 2 1 . Chamberlain late of Boston , housewrigh t , decd . Nov . 7 , 7 The inventory

‘ S n ollz P r o a te 2 2 : 2 6 o f n 8 : 0 1 : 1 0 . b amou ted to £ 5 4 ( j , 3 ) The Selectmen 8 “ . 2 0 1 0 : Boston wrote in their records Sept , 7 Whereas Thomas Chamber h line hath Lately cast the earth wC he hath dug g out of his cellar into the High way before his House o n Orange [now Washington] Street he being d present hath liberty granted to lett the 5 earth lie there for the present an d is ordered by th e Select m e n to remove the Same hereafter if the Same Shall

ll 6 d B os ton R ecor d Com m i s s i oner s R e or t u n u r fu to s . be fo d h t y High way ( p , “ 1 0 1 1 1 of . 2 1 1 7 to 7 5 , 7 9) At a meeting the Set men April 9 , 7 4 , Liberty

h a m e rlin is granted to Thomas C b e to digg open the H . way in Orange S treet for the Laying a Comon Shore from his house there do w n as farr as the sea Provided that he lay the Same with Brick o r Stone as the Law directs and that he forthwith m ake good Such part of the Street where he sh all s o digg

and that in doing thereof he leave suffi cient passageway for horse and cart . W I L LI AM C H AM BE RLA I N AN D H I S D E S C E N D AN TS 1 3 7

d “ e r I i . b . 1 1 ( At a Meeting of y Sel men Feb 4 , An no 7 7 Thomas C h a m be rly ns Petition for Ly cence to sell strong drink a s an inholder at y e e f e m ” o . Re o d House known by y N ame the White Horse allowed by y Set . ( c r

Com m i s s i oner s R e or t o B os ton 1 1 6—1 6 p f , 7 7 3 , The White Horse Tavern “ ” on Washington St . at the South End of Boston was nearly opposite where

of Hayward Place lead s into the street . H e was chosen a constable Boston

1 2 of from March , and a viewer shingles , boards , plank and timber

M ch 1 1 4 , and again March 4 , He was elected a member of the An cient and H onorable Artillery Company of Massach usetts in 1 7 1 4 . He was First Sergeant of the Artillery Company in 1 7 2 1 when his death

Blis tor o the A nci ent a nd H onor a ble A r tiller Com a n 8 occurred . ( y f y p y I 3 6)

Ch i ldr en bor n i n B os ton by w ife S a r a h 4 E . M a 1 2 1 1 0 . i LIZAB ETH CHAMBERLAIN , b y , 7 4 . a c 1 . e . 1 6 1 1 . ii SARAH C HAMBERLAI N , b M r h 3 , bur S pt , 7 4

4 M 1 1 a M 2 S . h T . a 1 . c o a iii HO MA CHAMBERLAIN , JR b y 4 , 7 4 ; b pt 3 , pr b bly

ou n . d. y g

Ch ildr en bor n i n B os ton by w ife H a n na h 4 P P S . e . 28 1 1 6 . 8 1 1 8 . iv HILLI CHA M BERLA IN , b S pt , 7 ; bur . Apr , 7 4 6 PH I L L I P s . ne 2 1 1 a . n e 1 1 . 5 v C HAMBERLAI N , b Ju , 7 9 ; b pt Ju 7 , 7 9 4 i S a 2 1 1 2 1 a . 1 2 2 . T . 5 7 vi HOMA CHAMB ERLAIN , b M y , 7 b pt April 9, 7

3 z l Z Th o m s Willia m 2 1 . a . ELI ABETH C HAMBERLAI N ( , ) b in New

8 6 . 8 1 1 n f . 1 1 6 . s o o ton , Aug , ; m (I ) at Newton , Aug , 7 7 , George Danie l 8 his . 1 1 1 . Allen . H e m ade will Oct 3 , 7 , and d soon after , bequeathing his

. . 2 2 6 1 2 2 wife a small farm in Dorchester She m ( ) July , 7 , William Irelan d

(1. 1 . I n . 2 1 1 0 of Boston and about 73 9 William Ireland ( ) May , 7 4 , M ary f o . (Wentworth) Scarlett, widow Humphrey Scarlett William Ireland m ade

1 1 2 1 . his will July 4 , 7 5 , and it was probated May 3 , 7 5 5 In his will he “ bequeathed to Brother Thomas Chamberlain Heirs and to Brother John

Chamberlain Heirs an d to Sister Adams and to Sister Chamberlain , a piece of land in Dorchester lying on the right hand as you g o to the Paper Mills containing 1 931; acres to be equally divided between them that is one quarter part to Thom as Chamberlin Heirs , on e quarter part to John Ch amberlain

a nd one to Heirs , one quarter to Rebecca Adams quarter S arah Chamber ” lain , to them forever . This property came to William I reland by the death of his first wife Elizabeth (Chamberlain) Allen , it being the inheritance of

. S n b lh P r oba te 0 : 2 1 8 her first husban d George Allen ( fi , 5 ) H e was admin istra to r of the estate of Th omas an d Elizabeth Chamberlain of Newton in

1 of 7 3 4 , at which time his wife Elizabeth was living and received her share ’ ll/ iddx P r oba te R ecor ds her parents estate J an . 7 , ( , No

n o attempt has been made to trace her descendan ts . She evidently had

1 1 descendants living on July 4 , 7 5 , as they would have received William ’ Ireland s bequest . 1 3 8 C H AMBE RLA I N A S S O C I ATI O N OF AME R I CA

8 2 l Willi m 2 2 A a . . S RA H C HA MBERLA I N (Thom as , ) b at Newton ,

1 8 1 6 (1 1 . . . 1 Mass . Oct . , 95 ; . there April 9 , 7 5 4 She m at Newton , Dec 7 ,

f " 1 0 o . 7 3 , Eleazer Chamberlain Brookline They occupied the Thom as Cham

e rla in to b homestead in Newton which descended her grandson John Thwing . Her share in the estate of her father and mother was valued at £ 94 : 1 3 0 6 “ ” o ff which was set to her Jan . 7 , For nursing and keeping her “ ” sister Mary Chamberlain in her last sickness her husband returned to the

f 1 1 2 0 M iddx C o : : 6 2 8 1 . o. Judge of Prob ate a charge £ , March , 7 3 7 (

P r oba te 2 , 7 93 )

. f Eleazer Chamberlain , her h usband , was bapt at the First Parish o ” 1 0 1 2 1 “ Brookline , Mass . Dec . , 7 , with Isaac Chamberlain called an adult . To my mind this Isaac Chamberlai n was the so n of D aniel Chamberlai n of ’

1 1 . Billerica as shown on p . 7 Eleazer Chamberlain s ancestry I do not hnow

believe of of but I that he was either th e son Abraham Chamberlain , Sr . ,

s o n n o f Brookline , or the of Daniel Chamberlai of Billerica and the gran dson the immigrant William Chamberlain . It is possible that in recording his

f r o . 1 1 6 birth the town clerk of Billerica wrote Ebenezer Eleazer (See p . an d

8 1 6 1 1 . 2 . 2 7 ) He m ( ) at Newton , Dec , 7 5 , Abigail Chadwick who d . there

6 1 6 0 In . 0 1 2 1 . of May 5 , 7 H e there (3 ) April 3 , 7 , Patience daughter Eleazer f o . . 8 1 1 and Hannah (H arrington) H ammond Newton She was b Sept . , 7 7 ,

8 0 : 2 1 . and d . at Newton , Dec . , 7 His will reads as follows

I N THE NAM E OF GOD AM EN I Eleazar Chamberlain of Newton in the Coun ty of Middlesex Yeoman being at the presen t writing hereof o f a Sound

s e t an d Disposing mind and memory , and desirous while I am so to my h ouse in order D o therefore make this my last Will 81 Testamen t in m anner and form as followeth An d first of all I Co mmend my soul into the han ds of my Gracious redeemer and my Body I Commit to the Dust by a D ecent Christian Funeral ; And as to my worldly Estate or goods I will and dispose of the m

Viz t after the following manner . Imprs I Give unto Patience my well beloved Wife all the moveable Estate

to she brought to me at our Marriage , be at her Own Disp osal . I also give to her the said Patience the use and improvement of the remainder of my Household Utensils During her n atural life (Excepting the p rovis s ions of all

81 & c kin ds , Cyder , Cyder Casks Tubs , Gun Sword , Wearing Apparel ) I also give to her the said Patien ce the improvements of that part of my Dwelling

of House I bought of the heirs Thomas Chamberlain Deceased , During her n atural life and in lieu of her Dower o r thirds of my lands I give to her the

1 40 C H A M BE R LA I N A S S O C IATI O N O F AM E RI CA

W ITN ESS whereof I hereunto set my hand 81 Seal this Seventh Day of March ’ 1 6 of A . D . 7 9 , and in the ninth y ear his Majesty s Reign Signed sealed published pron ounced 81 declared by the said Eleazar Chamberlain as his last Will 81 T es tamen t in the presence of us the subscribers Abr Fuller Probated by Josiah Greenwood a dm r

M h 6 1 c 0 . David Ston e cu m Testamento annexo , 7 7 John Stone

Ch ildr en bor n i n N ew ton a ll by w ife S a r a h 4 a D ec . 2 1 int N . o t 1 . . ov . 1 1 o n i SARAH C HA MBERLAIN , b b u 7 34 ; m 7 , 7 5 7 , ( 3 , 7 5 7) J h

n o f a e nd of e o n H e (1. a t on 1 1 1 a n s B a e 8 d h e . a t Thwi g C mbridg N wt . N wt d righton,

e h a d e en c en n e ne a o O ct. 1 8 1 8 1 8 . T , h y thirt hildr (Thwi g G l gy , 4 6 . a t e o n u E . a c 0 1 8 I 6 E en LIZABETH CHAMB ERLAIN , b M r h 3 , 73 ; m N wt , J uly , 7 5 , b ’ e z e n o f a e a nd a e o n o e to h er te a n r Thwi g C mbridg Ch rl st w , br th r sis r s husb d .

4 “ e F . D c 2 1 n . eb . t e e e . i r 1 th e a of iii JOHN C HAMB ERLAI N, b 9, d h r 4, 7 49, y y r ” ’ n - his a g e ; bu ried a t the fo o t of Exp e rie ce C ha mbe rl a in Dyk e s gra v e .

3 z l 2 N Thom a s Wi lli a m 3 . JO HN C HAM BERLAI ( , ) born at Newton ,

N 1 2 2 6 6 8 . 2 ov 2 1 . . Sept . , 9 ; d between Jun e 5 and 5 , 7 H e was a husband

In 1 2 0 of of man an d . about 7 , Elizabeth daughter Joseph Ch ampney Cam

l. 1 lll i ddx P r oba te vo . 2 bridge ( , 7 , p She probably m . ( ) at Cambridge ,

1 6 . 2 2 2 N ov . June , 7 , Benj amin Winchester His in ventory was appraised 5 ,

1 2 2 his w a s 1 1 2 2 7 , an d Elizabeth widow appointed admin istratrix Dec . 7 , 7 .

of of Samuel Mirick Newton , chairmaker, with Joseph Champney Cambridge [ i a s 2 6 1 2 6 . b d surety was appointed guardian to their two children April , 7 ( f 1 2 1 2 . o 7 This estate was fin ally settled Jun e , 7 4 The heirs Thomas d Hammond , late of Cambridge Village , eeded him four acres bounded by the

dd D s of 6 1 2 0 . Afi x eed 2 1 : land Thomas Chamberlain , April , 7 ( John

of Chamberlain Newton , husbandman , was appointed guardian unto his niece ,

1 2 of of Elizabeth Chamberlain about years age , daughter Th omas Chamber

i 2 r o B 1 2 2 . S u lh P oba te lain late oston , carpenter , deceased , June 5 , 7 ( fi , 2 2 : 5 7 6)

Chi ldr en bor n i n N ew ton 4 8 . a c 2 8 1 2 1 . 5 i JOHN C HAMBERLAI N , b M r h , 7 4 E . O ct 1 1 2 2 . Z . ii LI AB ETH C HAMBERLAIN , b 5 , 7

8 z l 2 . A br a ha m Willi a m 4 ABRAHAM CHAMBERLAI N ( , ) born at

6 1 6 . . . . 1 Newton , Oct , 93 ; d at Dedham , Mass , between Apr 7 and the first f “ ” o 1 . Tuesd ay July 7 4 7 He was a housewright and lived in Brookline , West

Roxbu ry and Dedham . H e occupied a seat in the West Meeting House in

1 2 S u lh Cou r t Piles . . Roxbury in 7 5 ( fi , H e m at Watertown Oct

6 1 1 6 f of 2 o . , 7 , Mary Whitney Watertown She was the daughter Eleazer W I LLI AM C HA M BE RLAI N AN D H I S D E S CE N D AN TS 1 41

. 2 8 and Dorothy (Ross) Whitney and was bapt at Watertown Jan . ,

V E n la nd H is tor i ca l Genea lo i ca l R e i ster 1 1 : l ew . 1 1 ( g g g , Jan 5 , 7 4 4/5 ,

of 1 0 Abraham Chamberlain Dedham , housewright , for £ 3 7 deeded Samuel “ ” “ White , Esq . , of Brookline land in Brookline Marshes bounded west upon ” the Great Creek leading to Boston Bay and o ne of the witnesses was Eliza

S u olh D eeds 8 0 : 2 8 a beth Chamberlain ( f , He and his wife M ry for 5 ) o

2 2 : 1 0 £ 3 deeded Abraham Woodward of Brookline three lots in Brookline , the first containing four acres with a house and barn thereon . He signed

1 w this April 7 , 7 4 7 , but John H arris a itness declared he saw the grantor “ on now deceased sign the deed , which was thus acknowledged the first I id 1 b . : . 2 1 Tuesday in July 7 47 . ( 7 5 Aug 5 , 7 4 7 , administration on

of of the estate Abraham Chamberlain late Dedham , housewright, was granted to his sons Nathaniel Ch amberlain and Abraham Chamberlain both of Ded

0 6 to ham , yeomen , and his inventory amounting to was presen ted

2 6 S u lh P r oba te 0 : 1 0 2 8 Probate court, Jan . , ( fi 4 , 3 7) Mary wife of of Abraham Chamberlain was received into the First Church Dedham ,

0 1 2 1 1 8 1 May 3 , 7 4 . April 9 , 7 4 , Elizabeth aged about 9 and Dorothy aged

1 of of 5 , daughters Abraham Chamberlain , late Dedham , chose John Andrews

f for [bid 1 6 o . Dorchester, cordwainer , guardian ( 4 9 , 97)

Childr en by w ife M a ry 4 N . a t R 2 8 a a t th o . 1 1 . e e e e 5 9 i ATHANIEL C HAMB ERLAIN , b xbury , Aug , 7 ; b pt W st M t

8 . in H o e e e . 1 1 g us th r , Aug 3 , 7 4 H . a t e a a c 1 1 20 a . a t e R o ii ANNAH CHAM BERLAI N , b D dh m , M r h 3 , 7 ; b pt W st xbury ,

1 20 . April 3 , 7 4 60 A d . a t e a D ec . 2 0 1 2 1 . iii AB R HAM CHA MBERLAI N , 3 , b D dh m , , 7 4 t e a M 6 1 2 N Mo E B . a a 2 a t. e e o v . 2 2 1 2 6 1 s s . iv C HAM ERLAI N , b D dh m y , 7 3 ; b p th r , 7 4 4 6 2 . a t e a a n . 1 2 a . e e a n . 2 v AARON C HA MBERLAIN , b D dh m J , b pt th r J 4 , 4 a D ec 1 8 1 2 6 . 6 D A v 1 D . t e Ro . 3 vi C HAMBERLAI N , b W st xbury, , 7 4 E a t. a t e R o a c 1 6 1 28 . vii LIZABETH C HAM BERLAI N , b p W st xbury , M r h , 7

4 M a 1 1 1 a e M 2 1 ii . a t e a . e a 1 d. vi SARAH CHAMBERLAIN , b D dh m , y 9, 7 3 b pt th r y 3 , 7 3 ;

Oct. 1 . 9, 7 34 4 M a 2 1 a e e M a 2 . D . a t e a . 1 ix OROTHY C HAM BERLAI N , b D dh m , y 4, 7 33 ; b pt th r y 7 , 733

” 2 l / 2 . Z C A br a ha m IWlli a m 5 ELI ABETH HAMBERLAIN ( , ) born at “ ” 1 1 1 6 2 6 1 8 a 8 0 Brookline , Feb . , 97 ; d . there , a maiden , Dec . , 7 7 , ged

h u h r ds B r o li n Bri s t r i a l P u bli ca tions N Fi r s t P a r ish C r c R eco ok e o c o. years . ( , , , “ f 2 1 0 6 . 1 2 o , p 4) Elizabeth Chamberlain Dorchester , Spinster , for £ deeded

- “ of . S amuel White Brookline , Esq land in Brooklin e , one third that was my ’ ” no w mother s land th at my father Abraham Chamberlain possesses , about 1 7 acres b ounded south o n the land of Abraham Woodward ; also a piece of saltmarsh “ that was my mother ’s and Aunt Herring ’s ” bounded south upon

to S u lh D eeds 8 0 : the Great Creek leading Boston Bay , March 4 , ( fi , By reference to Abrah am Chamberlain (2 4 ) it will be observed that he deeded land in Brookline Marshes boun ded north on the marsh of James 1 42 C HAM B E R LA I N AS S O C I AT I O N O F AM E R I CA

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to . 1 Herring dec d this Samuel White Jan 5 , and that his wife Mary signed and Elizabeth Chamberlain witnessed the deed . Abraham Chamber lain had a daughter Elizabeth b . early in the year 1 7 2 8 . If she granted th is

1 deed she did so when she was about 7 years of age . If Elizabeth Cham

l i 1 ber a n . 6 b in 97 gave the deed then Abraham Chamberlain , her brother, was h 1 w o (1. i n living in 7 4 5 , and was the Abraham Chamberlain Dedham in

1 . 1 1 2 2 7 4 7 . James Herring m at Roxbury June 4 , 7 , S arah Curtis at which — of (1. 1 2 6 old time both were Roxbury and he there March 7 3 , aged 7 enough to have been an un cle to the elder Elizabeth Ch amberlain . Elizabeth Cham berla i n livi ng i n the house o f Willia m Weeks in Dorchester was warned fro m

N w E n a nd H i s tor i ca l e i R i e 6 1 1 . e l Gen a lo ca l e s t r 0 : town May , 7 3 ( g g g , 5

3 2 ' l M Clem ent Will a m 2 6 . CH M BE L N . i CLE ENT A R AI JR ( , ) born at

1 6 . . 2 1 1 . 111 . 1 1 8 Billerica in 94 ; d there Jan , 7 5 4 H e before 7 , Elizabeth

1 6 B w . ho . . d at Billerica Jan 7 , 7 7 Clement Chamberlain Jr of illerica , hus i of bandman , was pla ntiff against S amuel Bull Cambridge , brickmaker, April

id Cou r t Fil s T k 2 1 0 M dx e . ew s 9 , 7 4 ( ) He and his family were warn ed out of bury in April 1 7 3 8 . H e was active as a military man and was com missioned f at Louisburg by Gov . William Shirley as Lieutenan t o the Tenth Company of the Second Massachusetts Regiment under the comm and of General Sam ’ 8 1 uel Waldo , Feb . , 7 4 4 . He also served in Gen . William Pepperell s Regi

1 M w E n la nd H i s tor i ca l lo i a l R is t r 2 . Genea c e e ment in October 7 4 5 ( g g g , 4 3 7 0 ; 2 5 : 2 5 7) His petition to the General Court after his return reads as follows “ Ex lla n r T o His ce cy William Sherley Es q . Captain General and Gover nour in C h e iff in and over his Majesties Province of the Massachusetts B a y in New England and to the H onourable the Council and house of Representa tives in General Court Assembled June 1 6th 1 7 4 7 The Humble petiti on of Clement Chamberlain of Billerica in the Co u nty d o f Afore s Middlesex and Province . Humbly Seweth , that whereas your peti tioner hath been in the Expedition to Cape Britton under the Com mand of t . . of Capt Joseph Richardson , Serving as his Lieu from the beginning the Said

of 1 Expedition , un til the last Day October A . D 7 4 5 and being in Health full Circumstances when I your petitioner went there ; and using my u ttm os t

81 Su eriou r ffi i n Endeavour to Serve my King, my Country my p O cers S aid

e of Expedition , un till th at I your Humble petitioner through the provid nce

of of Almighty God was Deprived my health , and obtained Liberty his Excel lancy Governo u r Sherley to Return h ome to my Native Country and my

u nh e a lthfull b a th people in a poor , weak and Condition ; and Remained So ever Sin ce my Arrival here as by many Eviden ces may Appear , and h ath been o under the D ctors Hands ever Since , which is very expensive to your Hum ble petitioner and not being of Ability to pay the S ame and M e nta in my

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h i ldr n b i M a r r s t th r ee bor n i n i l C e w e B ler i ca M a s s . ou r th a n d th i n L eba n on y f y fi , f fif ,

s i x th to n i n th i n ll/ a n s eld Con n . a n d la s t ou r i n olla T n d Con n . fi , f , 4 i E . 1 2 0 . a t a n e o nn . a c 0 i LIZABETH CHAM B ERLAIN , b Apr l 5 , 7 ; m M sfi ld, C M r h 3 , 1 8 e e o c o f a n e 7 3 , P t r Dimm k M sfi ld , C t .

4 F e 6 I I . . b . 2 4 JOSEPH C HAMBERLAI N JR b 4 , 4 M . a n . 2 iii ARY C HAMBERLAI N , b J 7 , 4 M a . a t th e f n c o e a on o nn e . iv EHITABLE CHAM BERLAI N , b pt First Chur h L b , C . S pt 3 ,

1 2 b (1 . o n 7 7 ; pro ba ly so . 4 M t a no n a e 2 1 2 . v EHITABLE CHAM BERLAI N , b . L b , Aug . 9, 7 9 4 6 a . n e 2 1 1 0 . 5 vi JOH N C HAMBERLAIN , b pt Ju , 7 3 4 v ii a a c 1 2 1 2 ABIAL C HAMBERLAIN , b pt . M r h , 7 3 . A M E 4 66 s N . F 1 1 . a eb . 1 a c 1 1 viii J CHAM BERLAI , b , 7 3 4 ; b pt M r h 3 , 7 3 4 . 4 P . a . 1 . ix HEB E C HAM BERLAIN , b p t Aug 7 , 7 37 6 E B 4 a n 2 1 8 . 7 x COL E CHA MBERLAI N , b . J . , 7 3 4 68 C . a n . 2 1 xi JA OB C HAM BERLAI N , b J , 4 6 I L a n . 2 n . 9 xii W LLIAM C HAMBER AIN , twi , b J 5 , R 4 w CC in a n . 2 xiii EBE A C HAM BERLAI N , t , b . J 5 ,

3 2 ’ 2 8 Clem ent PVilli a m n . WILLIAM CHAM BERLAIN ( , ) bor at Bill

1. . 2 0 1 111 2 ( 8 . . 1 2 8 erica , March 3 , there before Nov , 7 3 He about 7

. 2 . 2 1 1 of Esther who m ( ) at Billerica , Dec , 7 43 , Benoni Spaulding

6 1 1 6 . . 1 1 2 Billerica . He was b . Feb . , 9 , and d Dec 7 , 7 5 . She was Spauld ’ ing s second wife . Esther Chamberlain , widow , was appointed administra

f f 2 o o B . 0 trix th e estate of William Ch amberlain late illerica, deceased , Nov , “ ”

1 8 . 7 3 His personal estate , in cluding a gun and sword was valued at “ of £ 1 3 3 : 0 7 : 0 0 . The account Esther Spaulding formerly Esther Cham ” 1 6 f of . 1 2 o berlain was returned Jan , 7 4 , an d an inventory his homestead 7 0 acres on the west side of Con cord river in Billerica and also of 4 0 acres “ ’ being the westerly part of the h omestead that was Clem ent Chamberlain s ” of deceased was inventoried . The widow appearing before the Judge Pro bate declared that she would n ot have her thirds of the real estate and quit claimed to her children . By agreement with John , the eldest son , William

Chamberlain , the second son , was to have the homestead . This was signed by Esther Spaulding , Joh n Chamberlain , William Chamberlain and And rew

[ d. 2 0 1 0 1 . bi Farmer, gu ardian for the two minors July , 7 5 3 ( 4 7) Further more i t was agreed that William Chamberlain was to pay Joseph Chamber lain for his interest in the estate of Clement Ch amberlain £ 5 0 ; S amuel an d Rebecca Gridley for their interest in the estate of Clement Chamberlain £ 3 0 ; a legacy to Joseph and Elizabeth Kemp of £ 2 0 and to Elizab eth “ ’ ” Chamberlain for boarding and nursing the deceased s mother £ 3 0 0 . Fur th e rm ore the son William was to pay his brother John £ 1 0 4 0 8 : 0 8 an d his

2 0 0 sisters Esther and Mary each £ 5 : 4 : 4 . Joseph Chamberl ain gave a ’ for 6 : 1 : 0 receipt £ 3 4 in right of his father Clement Chamberlain s estate ,

1 1 Oct . 4 , 7 5 4 ; and at the same time as attorney receipted for S amuel an d W I LLI AM C H AM BERLA I N A N D H I S D E S C E N DA N TS 1 45

Rebecca Gridley . Joseph Kemp an d Elizabeth Kemp gave receipt for their ’ share out of our mother Mary T oo th a cre s person al estate and for their share of ’ 6 our father Clemen t an d our brother William Chamberlain s estate , March ,

1 . . 1 8 1 8 7 5 4 The final inventory was taken Sept , 7 5 4 , and 3 acres valued at £ 4 7 0 lying o n the west side o f Concord river was settled upon William [ d ’ i . 2 0 . b T n . s C o . Chamberlain ( 4 7 ) H e was in Col Eleazer y g from Aug .

2 1 M s s r . 2 2 2 a hi ves 1 . . A c 1 66 to Nov 9 , 7 ( , 9 )

Ch ildr en a ll bor n a t B i ller i ca

4 0 b a c 1 7 i J OHN C HAMBERLAI N , . M r h 5 , 4 1 I I b . a c 1 7 ii W LL AM CHAMBERLAIN , M r h 3 , 4 iii E S e . 1 8 1 THER C HAM BERLAI N , b . S pt , 7 34 . 4 . a o 1 h e a e c o e f n M 8 . S c o ew a e o f iv ARY CHAMBERLAIN , b b ut 7 3 m d h i A dr F rm r

B l e ca fo r h e r u a a n n e 1 8 1 a n a s h e w a s th e a e o f VVill i l ri g rdi Ju , 7 5 3 , st ti g th t d ught r “ ” i a m Ch a mb e rl a i n l a t e of Bill e rica a nd th a t s h e w a s i n h e r 1 5 th y e a r (rll zddlx “ ” P r oba te 2 1 0 e a e a n a o f ea a e of a e a e , 4 ) E sth r Ch mb rl i upw rds 1 4 y rs d ught r s m m d ch o ice o f sa m e gu a rdia n s a m e da y (4 20 8)

3 z ’ 2 Da ni l . e . 9 I SAAC CHAM BERLA IN ( , William ) b at Billerica , Aug . “ 1 6 . 3 , 95 As an adult he was bapt . at the First Parish of Brookline , Dec .

1 0 1 2 1 B r ooh , 7 , and at the same time Eleazer Chamberlain was baptized . ( “ ” li ne H i s P u i c i ci t n i l t. bl a t on S o e . 8 t n : ce a . y , N o He was a in Capt ’ i Ve E n l nd ffi s tor i a / W lli m O 1 2 . 1 2 r w . a c a s s C from Nov . 7 4 to Nov 7 5 . ( g

Genea lo i ca l R e i s ter : g g , 4 9 Isaac Chamberlain of Watertown gave a

t f 1 bond o serve as a servan t one Anthony Caverly o Watertown in May 73 3 . ’ “ M d x ou r t F i les m d C . ( ) Anthony C averly of Watertown , gentle an , was plain ff ti again st Isaac Chamberlain of Brookline , husban dman , alias Isaac Cham

rl i n f 1 l id b e a o b . Watertown , husbandman , Jun e 9 , ( ) Isaac Chamber

a of lain , resident of Boston was mentioned in the account Mrs . Caleb Eddy

2 1 1 N ew E n la nd H i stor ica l Genea lo i ca l R e i s ter 2 : Dec . 7 , 7 5 . ( g g g 4 No further trace of this man has been found n or does it appear that he left descendants unless he were identical with Isaac Chamberlain of W e stm ore é lan d , N . H .

3 i z ’ 1 Da n el . 3 . EPH RAI M C HAM BERLAI N ( , William ) b at Billerica

l 1 r hfi 0 . 1 N t d . 6 . o e Jan . , d at , Mass before 7 5 He removed from

1 2 . 1 Billerica to Newton where he was living in 7 3 . He m ( ) at Water

1 1 2 . town , Oct . 3 , 7 3 , Mary Sawin of Watertown She was the daughter of

1 Munning and Sarah (Stone) S awin of Watertown where she was b . Feb . 4 ,

She probably died within a few years of her marriage . H e

N orthfi eld 1 0 . 2 1 und oubtedly removed to as early as 7 3 an d m ( ) there in 7 3 3 ,

An na daughter of Theophilus and Mary Merriam . Her father was killed 6 2 1 1 2 . . . by the In dian s Aug . , 7 3 . She was b at Wallingford , Conn Sept ,

8 . 1 1 . 2 1 . 1 7 5 , m ( ) about 7 5 5 , Benj amin Rice and d July 7 , 7 7 1 46 C H AM BER LA I N A S S O C I A T I O N O F AME R I CA

Ch i ldr en a ll bor n i n N or thfi eld by w ife A n n a 4 D 1 F e b . 1 Y . N . e a n e o o n. i L A CHAMBERLAIN , b 7 , m Al x d r rt 4 ii A b . D e c 1 1 In f N H . . o e a o e w a en o nn . SAR H C HAM BERLAI N , 7 , 7 3 5 ; Ambr s W rd v , C 4 ’ 2 O t 2 P S . 1 i n C . T c . 0 w a s a a a n 7 iii HEO HILU C HAM BERLAI N , b , 7 3 7 ; pt N th ie l Dwight s

D . 1 C o . e . 1 to e c 0 1 in th e e e o n to o n 0 n M a ss . A r chi v es S pt 5 , 7 5 5 , xp diti Cr w P i t ( , ’ I n a n : . o B C . a c 1 1 to a c 1 1 a t th 95 C pt J h urk s o M r h 7 , 7 5 7 , M r h 5 , 7 5 8 ; e

ca la o n o f o a H en 1 8 i n ca . n a n 1 1 1 pitu ti F rt Willi m ry , Aug 9 , 7 5 ; ptivity u til J . , 7 5 9.

[bi d. 6 : a a e a t a e o e e 1 6 e o e to n e o . 1 2 ( 9 gr du t d Y l C ll g , 7 5 ; r m v d Pr st , N . S 7 9 . 4 b . a o 1 0 . i n 1 8 o a e n a n d 2 iv ANNA C HAMBERLAI N , b ut 7 4 ; m 7 5 , Th m s S t bbi s ( ) Re en z z e o f Be rn a o a ub Fri ll rdst n , M ss . 4 E P 1 R . . a o 1 2 e e i n o i n 1 c a . 8 . 7 3 v HRA M C HA MBERLAIN , J , b b ut 7 4 ; s ttl d S uthwi k , M ss 7 5 4 . a o 1 e e in e n o n o n . 7 4 vi SAM UEL C HAMBERLAIN , b b ut 7 44 ; s ttl d Middl t w , C

3 i 'z i l 2 . D a l n el VVi l a m . 3 TH OMAS CH AM BERLAI N ( , ) b at Billerica ,

A u 1 0 . . 2 g 7 3 d in Vermont , He was a grantee of Townsh ip No .

. . 0 1 6 . (now Westm oreland , N H ) under th e Massachusetts charter , Nov . 3 , 7 3 The first settlers th ere went across th e country to N orth fi eld and then in canoes worked up the Con necticut to the Great Mead ow where they built a stockaded fort about 1 7 4 4 . H ere Thom as Chamberlain and Isaac Chamber

o lain , perhaps his brother joined the garris n . After the lin e between Massachusetts and New H ampshire was established the settlers of Number 2 “ v i z petition ed th at we sometime , . about seven years before the last I ndian war settled under the Massachusetts at a place called Nu mber T wo lying on ” of the east side Connecticut River about fourteen miles above Fort Dummer,

0 1 0 . etc . This petition was signed Jan . 3 , 7 5 , by Thos Chamberlain , Isaac

Chamberlain , Josiah Chamberlain , Thomas Chamberlain , Joshua Chamber 6 i l ain , Jedediah Chamberlain , Job Chamberlain and 3 others . The pet tioners stated that several h ad entered the names of their children in order to obtain two or 1 2 three rights and their petition was granted by New Hampshire Feb . , / ’ s t IVes tm or a n i n H s s t. s h r 2 ff i . o l d u r d ff i o Che i e Cou n 6 0 1 . e t 7 5 ( f f y , 4 ) The first meeting of the proprietors under the New H ampshire charter was

1 1 2 to held at th e h ouse of Thomas Chamberlain , March 3 , 7 5 . They appear “ h ave met there frequently . At his house the proprietors voted to build a

e i - — meet ng house and set it on y hill by Daniel Hows to build it fifty feet long , ”

1 6 2 . forty feet wide and twenty feet post , May 4 , 7 The first church cove

2 6 1 6 nant was signed , Sept . , 7 4 , by nine members of other churches , viz .

- of ewtow n William Goddard pastor elect , member the First Church at N ,

Mass . Thom as Chamberlain member of the church at Newtown and seven

of others . The destruction by fire of th e records of the First Church New

1 0 ton , Mass . in 7 7 prevents us from m aking a clear an alysis but it is plain that the Thomas Chamberlain born at Billerica in 1 7 0 3 was the only Thomas Chamberlain who was old enough in 1 7 3 6 to petition for the grant of Number

T w o , and fifteen years later his son s , some of whom have been positively identified as such , j oined with him in order to secure more land . From the

I NDE" TO NAMES IN GENEALOGY

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1 a e . 1 06 Ra ch e l 1 1 8 N a tha ni e l L . 3 5 C l b Jr Will i a m 1 18 Pa t i en ce 1 38 C a le b 1 14 C a ll Jona th a n 1 23 Ph eb e 144 Eb e n e z er 107 Tho m a s 123 Phi ll i ps 1 12 1 36 13 7 Eliz a b e th 1 07 C a n n e y S a m u el 127 R eb ec c a 92 96 97 98 99 1 00 1 03 En och 1 15 C a rt e r Ri ch a rd 91 1 05 107 1 1 2 1 13 1 14 1 1 7 1 3 1 E sth e r 1 15 C a ve rly A n th on y 145 1 3 7 1 44 G eo rg e 94 95 105 1 14 1 15 C ha d wi c k Abi g a i l 13 8 Rob e rt 90 Lydi a 1 15 Ch a m b erla in A a ron 141 S a mue l 11 8 1 29 1 3 0 13 2 1 3 1 146 Reb ec c a 1 1 4 1 1 5 Abi a l 144 Sa ra h 103 104 1 06 1 07 1 1 2 1 13 S a m u e l 106 Abi g a i l 1 13 1 14 1 38 1 47 1 1 8 1 19 121 1 22 123 13 6 1 3 7 1 38 F a rme r A n dr e w 144 1 45 Abra ha m 1 03 1 05 1 06 107 1 14 1 3 9 140 141 1 46 Edwa rd 1 19 1 1 5 1 1 6 1 1 9 1 20 1 38 140 14 1 1 42 Si mon 1 08 1 20 1 21 1 22 1 23 John 1 03 Ali ce 89 St a pl e s 1 34 Fa rn s wo rth Sa r a h 1 20 A nn 103 1 25 126 Su s a nn a h 120 1 21 1 22 F a x B en j a m i n 1 35 1 An n a 1 17 1 18 1 23 1 3 1 13 2 13 5 Ta b i th a 1 19 1 20 F e lt J os e ph B . 9 1 45 146 Th a n kful 123 1 25 126 F e rg erson D e li ve ra n ce 104 B enj a mi n 1 1 9 1 20 The oph i lu s 1 46 Fi s he r A n n e 98 99 Cl e me n t 89 97 103 1 1 3 1 1 4 1 1 6 Th om a s 89 90 93 94 97 1 03 1 1 1 Fi s ke Ma ry 13 6 1 1 7 1 1 8 1 1 9 123 1 42 143 1 44 145 1 12 1 13 1 18 1 3 6 1 37 13 8 140 146 Fl e t ch e r Ti m o thy 1 1 4 C olb ee 144 147 F o s t e r Eliz a b e th 1 19 1 D a n i e l 103 1 10 1 1 7 13 5 1 38 145 Tim o thy 92 1 03 Exp e ri e n ce 1 1 — - 1 13 146 VVi do w 1 26 S erg t . D a vi d 1 41 Wi lli a m 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 F oxcro ft Da ni el 1 06 De b o ra h 105 106 1 18 98 1 02 1 03 1 04 105 107 1 1 1 1 13 F r a n c i s 106 1 D e l i ve r a n ce 1 04 1 14 1 15 1 1 6 1 1 7 1 1 8 1 19 120 1 23 Fren c h El i z a b e th 1 1 I N D E " T O N AM E S I N GE N E A L O GY 1 49

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. n e a e a n Ro c e . a c . e . Mr Cl re M C h mb rl i h st r , N Y * N o v . 1 0 8 e o n o . a e n N H a a e c . Miss Cl riss A Ch mb rli (di d 9, 9 ) W st C rd , .

. a e a n . o nco . H Mr . C urtis A C h mb rl i C rd , N . ‘ ale ie n o C ru s . a e a n . . e a . i y N Ch mb rl i , M D (d d July A d v r , M ss * B fi l . a n . 1 r k e d a H a n H C a e l e 1 0 . o o 0 n . e . . T D i l h mb r i , LL D (di d April 3 , 9 7 ) W , M ss * C a b . C a e n e ne 1 1 8 o . H On . a n e U 8 e a T D i l h mb rli (di d J u 5 , 9 ) m ridg p rt , M ss D e a e a n . . s o ne o a S . Ch mb rl i , M D M i s , I w * a e n e M a o n N M r . a . . . Dwight S Ch mb rl i (di d y Ly s , Y h a be n e e on a n e o E . B O Mr . P . C m rli ll f t i , hi

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E na . a e n . . Miss d W Ch mb rli Summit , N J Pa . E a a e n c a n o n . Mr dw rd F . Ch mb rli S r t , * C a n a N o M E o a e a n . B . e ew . . i . a dw rd Wilm t h mb rl i , LL (di d J u ry Y rk , N Y * M r E a a a e a n e ece e o e . T dw rd W tts C h mb rl i (di d D mb r L uisvill , Ky

C a e n B a n e e a . . E a . Mr dw rd W h mb rli r i tr , M ss

n a e a n B e e e C a l . Mr . E dwi Ch mb rl i rk l y ,

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a n N . E n . a e n . Mr . dwi M C h mb rli Alb y, Y

a e n ca o . Miss Eliz a b e th B . Ch mb rli Chi g , Ill E M i s E z a e E . a b e a n e N o e e 1 1 0 R o a . s li b th Ch m rl i (di d v mb r 9, 9 9) xbury , M ss

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b n . . . E e o n a e Mr m rs Ch m rli Summit , N J

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. a e n e o c . Mr . Era stus H C h mb rli D tr it , Mi h

a n a e a n o n e e . Miss E tta S us Ch mb rl i M tp li r, Vt B o o n a e n . . Mr . E ugen e Ch mb rli r kly , N Y 9 e . E en e . a e n e e e e I 1 0 ca o . ug G Ch mb rli (di d S pt mb r , 9 5 ) C hi g , Ill

a n o n . C H o n . en e e C a e a n . Eug Tyl r h mb rl i W shi gt , D

B a o N . E ene . a e n . Mr . ug V Ch mb rli uff l , Y - n a n a e a n a n N . . G e . Fr k C h mb rl i Alb y , Y b n 11 a n on a e a n a 1 . Mr . Fr k Addis Ch mb rl i Al y ,

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a n e c . a n E . a e a n e Mr . Fr k Ch mb rl i M ist , Mi h

a n E e e C a e n ca o . Mr . Fr k v r tt h mb rli Chi g , Ill c . a n H a e a n o e e a . Mr Fr k . Ch mb rl i D r h st r , M ss

a n C a e a n H o n a . Mr . Fr k H . h mb rl i uds , M ss

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B a o nne . . e e c . a e n Mr . Fr d ri k E Ch mb rli y , N J

e e c a e a n e e O a c . Mr. Fr d ri W . Ch mb rl i Thr ks , Mi h

. e o e a e n o n e . . Mr G rg A . Ch mb rli Y k rs , N Y

. e o e a e n ca o . Mr G rg B . C h mb rli Chi g , Ill '

l n a na o I n d. Mr . G e o rge Clin to n C h a m b e r I di p lis ,

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n . eo e E a e a n . . a a . G rg Ch mb rl i , M D M ill , P I

n O re . H o n . e o e a e n . o a G rg E Ch mb rli P rtl d ,

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a . a e a n o c e e a . Miss M ud L Ch mb rl i D r h st r , M ss

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a C a e n o n N . H co . Miss Myl h mb rli W C rd ,

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. e n . E lkh a r dt a O e . C a a . I nd C pt rvill T h mb rl i , . l a e C a a n N e e a n . O O e e w L a . Mr rvi l W lt r h mb rl i rl s , a c a b e a n s ca o 1 11 Mr . P tri k C h m rl i Chi g , . n a b e a n o . a e e ca o Pr f P ul M ll Ch m rl i Chi g , Ill .

. e o n . a e a n N e co n N . Mr Pi rs M Ch mb rl i t g , . J

C a e a n . e ea . . e c o a Mr Pr s tt h mb rl i Ch ls , M ss

. C a e n a o . e on B Mr Pr st S h mb rli r df rd . Vt .

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b e a n e . . R o e . a o c Mr b rt M Ch m rl i D tr it , Mi h

in . a n P . . R o n . a e c o n a Mr lli S Ch mb rl S r t ,

. C a e a n . e e . . Ro e Mr sw ll W h mb rl i Ch st r , N Y .

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. a e a e n H a t o C o nn . Mr S mu l D . Ch mb rli r f rd ,

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Mi s s . E a C a e n . e e a n O o i S mm h mb rli Cl v l d , hi

i n a n o n . . H a o e a a Mr S . rr s Ch mb rl i Allst , M ss

a e n e o n . Mr . Smith T . Ch mb rli D rby , C n *‘ M r . a n . a e a n e e e e 2 0 1 0 B a n e e a s . Stillm W C h mb rl i (di d S pt mb r , 9 3) r i tr , M s

. o N a e a n N e co n N . . Mr Str ud . Ch mb rl i t g, J

e e a e a n . . Mr . Sylv st r Ch mb rl i N Y

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. o a E a b e n B o o in e a . Mr Th m s . Ch m rli r kl , M ss “l e l a . be n o c . . a ce a e Mr W l M Ch m rli st D tr it , Mi h N o . . . e C a e Mr W a lte r N C h a mb e rlin . w rlisl ; O hi * 1 N e o . I\I r . a B a n o e e 1 0 w e e N . W rd Ch mb rli (di d v mb r 4 , 9 3 ) Y rk , N Y

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N wo n a n . . e e a e a n e N Mr W sl y Ch mb rl i f u dl d , J .

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l a . C a e a n B o o ne a . Mr . Wi l rd N h mb rl i r kli , M ss

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. l a H . a e n ca o Mr Wi li m C h mb rli Chi g , Ill .

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. \V l i li a m H H a . . . e n a c e Mr Ch mb rli Syr us , N . Y .

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a o l a . C a e n in o n a C . M j r Wi li m N h mb rli W sh gt , D .

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. a R e i na C a e a n o a n M e Mr Willi m g ld h mb rl i P rtl d , .

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a a o e a n e n a n N . a . Miss M ri G v Sh ks S t t Isl d , Y

a n a e a n e e a e a . Mr . Fr k C h mb rl i Shipl y S ttl , W sh

. nn a E en a e H o o e a . Mrs A ug i Smil y ly k , M ss l C a e P a . Mrs . h rl s Wi lis Smith Pittsburg , fi l o n n o ne a B on Li tch e d C . Miss C r li uxt Smith , a e e n e B e e e a a a Miss M d l i Smith ss m r , Al b m a ce a e n no o H a e O o Mrs . Gr Ch mb rli S k rtw ll , hi

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d t e e n a n il a a e n e en C a e a n E . a n h ce o f W li m Ch mb rli , M ll h mb rl i , sq , D s d ts ”

b in b e a in a B . a co a e a . e a a J Ch mb rl , by Miss Ab i M Ch mb rl , Miss L ur

a e a n a nd M e nn a . Ch mb rl i iss J y C . W tts

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n e to th e n n e o f o n e o f o u r e e (p a ge w e a re la rg ely i d bt ed ki d ss m mb rs ,

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i n a e o il p a inting a t th e h o m e o f its o wn e rs C mbridg .

ERRATA .

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