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The following is the Family Group Record for John (1712-1783). This record was prepared by the late David C. Chamberlin.
Regards Bill
www.chamberlain-society.org
No. 216
NAME: John5 Chamberlin
Father: John4 Chamberlin (No. 24)
[Henry3 (John2, Henry1) and
Anne (West) Chamberlin]
Mother: Rebecca Morris
Born: About 1712, Shrewsbury, Monmouth Co., NJ
Died: 15 Mar 1783, Windsor Twp., Middlesex Co., NJ, ìAged 71 yearsî
Buried: Old Baptist Burying Ground, Cranbury, Middlesex Co., NJ
Married: About 1738 (?), probably Monmouth Co., NJ
Other Marriages:
No. 11846
SPOUSE: Hannah Taylor
Father: Joseph Taylor
Mother: Eleanor Clayton
Born: About 1720 (?), probably Monmouth Co., NJ
Died: 30 June 1807, probably Windsor Twp., Middlesex Co., NJ
Buried: Old Baptist Burying Ground, Cranbury, NJ
Other Marriages:
CHILDREN
(Order Uncertain Possibly Others)
M 592 Joseph6, b. About 1739 (?), probably Shrewsbury, Monmouth Co., NJ. Probably married (1) ó?ó; (2) Grace Randolph, 30 May 1769 (License), Middlesex Co., NJ. Died about June 1789, Windsor Twp., Middlesex Co., NJ. +
F 593 Rebecca6, b. About 1741 (?), probably Shrewsbury, Monmouth Co., NJ. Her name not known with certainty. Probably married Mr. Mount and was dead before 1781. Her daughter Lydia Mount, b. about 1758-59, Middlesex Co., NY, married John Silver 19 Oct 1780. He was born in 1755 and died in 1826, Andersonville Twp., Hamilton Co., OH. In 1789, Lydia Mount was named in the will of her grandfather John5 Chamberlin as ìmy granddaughter Lydia Silver.î She died in 1818, also at Andersonville Twp. Mrs. Gloria Turner of Mt. Orab, Ohio [1981], is a descendant.
F 594 Ann6, b. 21 Feb 1743, probably Shrewsbury, Monmouth Co., NJ. Married Joshua Ely, 11 Oct 1770 (License), Middlesex Co., NJ. Died after 1803, probably Middlesex Co., NJ. +
F 595 Elizabeth6, b. About 1748 (?), probably Windsor Twp., Middlesex Co., NJ. Married Joseph Cox, 18 Feb 1768 (License), Middlesex Co., NJ. Died before 1781, when her son Joseph Cox, Jr., was named in her father's will.
F 596 Margaret6, b. About 1752 (?), probably Windsor Twp., Middlesex Co., NJ. Called daughter ìMargaret Mountî in her father's will of 1781, by which she was bequeathed the sum of £40. Gloria Turner believes she married Matthias Mount.
M 597 John6, b. 18 Jan 1760, East Windsor Twp., Middlesex Co., NJ. Married Rebecca Mount, 14 Nov 1782, probably Middlesex Co., NJ. Died 21 July 1835, Hightstown, NJ. +
M 598 Lewis6, b. 22 Dec 1762, East Windsor Twp., Middlesex Co., NJ. Married Mary Mount about 1785, probably Middlesex Co., NJ. Died 23 Mar 1829, Hightstown, NJ. +
M 599 Enoch6, b. 21 Mar 1765, East Windsor Twp., Middlesex Co., NJ. Married Rachel Mount about 1790, probably Middlesex Co., NJ. Died 21 Apr 1837, Upper Freehold Twp., Monmouth Co., NJ. +
BIOGRAPHICAL
John Chamberlin was a plaintiff in a suit against William Halfpenny in Monmouth County in October, 1739. He was a party in a similar case against the same man at a later date.
On 21 May 1743, John Chamberlin and his wife Hannah, joined with his mother Rebecca Chamberlin in a deed for 360_ acres of land to Henry Green. In this document he was stated to be his father's eldest son and heir-at-law, ìYeoman,î of Monmouth Co., NJ. His brother Lewis was one of the witnesses. He and his brother signed with good signatures. This land was described as being located from Whale Pond northward to a line above the site of the famous hotel known as ìHowland'sî and from the sea to the Deal and Long Branch Turnpike. Of this tract, three square rods were reserved for the Chamberlin family burial plot. Regarding the Book of the Dead of Monmouth County, by George Castor Martin, Stillwell further states of this land: ìLong ago the spot became too valuable to be wasted on its deceased original owners, and the stones were removed to the Methodist Episcopal Churchyard at Mechanicsville, now known as West Long Branch. The site of this churchyard was anciently called ëNigger Hill.í It is questioned whether anything but the stones were carried to their new resting place, and possibly not all of these, as there are no Chamberlain stones among them.î
On 13 Jan 1744/45, John Chamberlin went on the bond of Jediah Stout who was to marry his sister Philena Chamberlin [LN 220], of Monmouth Co., Spinster.
On 27 Aug 1747, Hennah's father, Joseph Taylor, ìof Freehold, Monmouth Co., NJ, yeoman,î made his will in which he mentions wife Eleanor and children: Joseph, John, Amercy Strickland, Hannah Chamberlin, Anne Tomson, Rebecca Clayton, William, David, Mary, Margaret and Eleanor. Executors, wife, son Joseph and cousin Edward Taylor, of Middletown. Witnesses: Rebecca Mills, William Norcross and John Henderson. His will was proved 27 Apr 1748.
Hannah Taylor was believed by H.E. Deats to have been a sister or cousin of Amy Chamberlin, first wife of Joseph Chamberlin [LN 221], of Alexandria Twp., Hunterdon Co., NJ, and a maternal grandaughter of Mrs. Amy Clayton.
On 12 Dec 1748, John Chamberlin witnessed a deed from Jacob Robins to his brother Henry Chamberlin, of New Windsor, Middlesex Co., NJ. On 1 June 1762, he witnessed the deed from his brother Henry, then called of Amwell, Hunterdon Co., NJ, to Robert Hutchinson, for same property conveyed to Henry by Jacob Robins. On 19 Mar 1774, John Chamberlin, Esquire, testified that he had witnessed the aforementioned deeds of 1748 and 1762.
On 10 May 1754, John Chamberlin, of Middlesex Co., NJ, sold land there to Arre Longstreet. John Chamberlin and George Danser took inventory of the estate of Joseph Applegate, of Windsor, Middlesex Co., NJ, in April 1760. He and John Ely, friends of Joseph Scoley, of Windsor Twp., were named as Executors of said Scoley's will dated 16 Feb 1761.
On 24 Dec 1781, John Chamberlin made his own will which was proved 1 Apr 1783. The text of this document reads as follows:
In the name of God Amen, I John Chamberlin, of the Township of Windsor, County of Middlesex and State of New Jersey, being of perfect mind and memory make this my last will and testament, that is to say principally and first of all I give and commend my soul into the hand of Almighty God that gave it and my body I commend to the earth to be buried in a decent Christian burial by my Executors. And as touching such worldly estate wherewith it has pleased God to bless me in this life I give, devise and dispose of the same in manner following:
Item, I give and bequeath unto my son Joseph Chamberlin sixty pounds Proclamation money to be paid by my Executors in one year after my decease.
Item, I give and bequeath unto my son John Chamberlin, his heirs and assigns forever, part of the plantation whereon I now live, that is to say: Beginning at a black Oak tree for a corner, it being the north east corner of my land and being the corner of Matthias Mounts land, from thence along the line between John Ely and myself opposite the clay pit from the said line a direct west course to the clay pit from thence running down to the mouth of a small brook running into Asanpinck Creek, thence down the said Asanpinck Creek the several courses to the line between Matthias Mount and myself thence along the line to the Black Oak tree being the place of beginning, together with all the apperturnances thereunto belonging, his heirs and assigns forever, provided he allows his mother her choice of the rooms in the house to live in and use the kitchen to cook & likewise the use of the cellar to set milk and corn and a sufficiency of firewood and pasture & other necessary keeping for one horse and two cows, and further to pay her ten pounds proclamation money yearly as long as she remains my widow.
Item, I give & bequeath unto my Dearly Beloved wife Hannah Chamberlin, one of my beds & furniture which she may think proper to have, my negro wench named Sally, her child named Rose, likewise my horse & two cows which she may think proper to choose out of my stock and one side saddle and such kitchen furniture as she may think necessary for her own private use during her natural life provided she remains my widow and after I give and bequeath them to my son John Chamberlin.
Item, I give and bequeath unto my son Lewis Chamberlin, all the remaining part of my plantation whereon I now live, joining that I gave to my son John Chamberlin, his heirs and assigns forever. [Erasure *]
Item, I give and bequeath unto my son Enoch Chamberlin, all that plantation I bought of William Gibason laying in the County of Monmouth, he paying his mother ten pounds per year as long as she remains my widow, his heirs and assigns forver. If he should die before the years of twenty one, then my will is that it should be sold and equally divided amongst my surviving children in manner following, that is to say each son to have two shares and daughters one.
Item, I give and bequeath to my daughter Marget Mount forty pounds proclamation money within two years after my decease to be paid by my Executors.
Item, I give and bequeath to my daughter Anny Eley one hundred pounds proclamation money to be paid in two years after my decease.
Item, I give and bequeath my grandaughter Lydia Silvers thirty pounds proclamation money to be paid by my Executors after my decease in two years.
Item, I give and bequeath unto my grandson Joseph Cox, fifty pounds proclamation money when he arrives to the years of twenty one to be paid by my Executors, but if he should die before, then to be divided as above said.
And I do hereby constitute and appoint my Beloved Sons Joseph Chamberlin, John Chamberlin and Joshua Ely whole and sole Executors of this my last will and testament. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this twenty fourth day of December, one thousand seven hundred & eighty one, 1781Ö.î
John Chamberlin [L.S.]
Signed and Sealed in the presence of,
Isaac Ely [L.S.]
George Ely [L.S.]
Joseph Clayton [L.S.]
* The erasement made in the 22nd line being first made before signed.
His inventory, taken on 4 Apr 1783, by Timothy Hulit and Jonathan Combs, totaled £1,908:7:11.
PREPARATION OF THIS RECORD
This record was prepared by the late David C. Chamberlin Sr., using data obtained from various sources as listed. Comments and additional information are welcome and should be sent to the
World Chamberlain Genealogical Society. < www.chamberlain-society.org >
Email: CorrSec@chamberlain-society.org
Gravestone Inscriptions, Old Baptist Burying Ground, Cranbury, NJ [SN 1446]
New Jersey Probate Records, will of John Chamberlin, 1781
New Jersey Land Records, East Jersey Deeds [SN 761]
Historical and Genealogical Miscellany of New Jersey, Vol. III, pp. 154-164, Dr. John E. Stillwell, 1914
New Jersey Archives, First Series (42 Volumes)
Deed of 21 May 1743, original in possession of Monmouth County Historical Society, Freehold, NJ
Personal knowledge and compiled records of Mrs. Gloria Dischner Turner, 2049 Buford-Bardwell, Rt. 1, Mt. Orab, OH 45154, 1981
[DISK ID LN216]
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