Henry 'the Blacksmith' Chamberlain

Disambiguation

• Not a known child of Henry Chamberlain.
• Not a known child of Christian ‘the widow’ Chamberlain
• Not the same as Henry ‘the Shoemaker’ Chamberlain

Origins

“ Henry Chamberlain (Blacksmith) parents and birth location have never been positively identified. His father is now thought to be Clement Chamberlain, born in East Peckham, Kent, in 1592, but this is NOT PROVEN.

There was a great deal of confusion about a second Henry Chamberlain (Shoemaker). See documents in "Media". There are 2 documents about the Blacksmith labelled 1DCC (David Conrad Chamberlain from the World Chamberlain Genealogical Society) and labelled as 1GC (recent update by Gene Chamberlain, member of the WCGS). There are also two separate Documents labelled as "Shoemaker". Again, David Conrad Chamberlain prepared one document. I prepared the second one, which properly identifies the Shoemaker's Step Mother Christian.

Biography

279. Henry1 Chamberlain;198,199 married Jane Unknown at ENG;199 born circa 1592 at ENG;198,199 died 15 Jul 1674 at Hull, MA.198,199 The date and place of his birth, baptism and marriage are not known.

Coming to New England to escape religious persecution, Henry Chamberlain was granted land for a house-lot in Hingham, Mass., in 1638; was admitted a freeman March 13, 1638-39; and lived in Hingham from 1638 to 1660. He was called a blacksmith and a shoemaker in various deeds. About 1661 he moved to Hull, where he died, July 15, 1674. His grave is not known, but was probably in the old burying-ground on the hill in Hull.

Henry Chamberlain's will was dated December 8, 1673. His widow Jane survived him, and with her sons gave a great deal of his house, carpenter houses, lands and meadow in Hingham to Thomas Sawyer, March 3, 1674-75. He owned land at "Old Planters' Hill," and on the "Plains" in Hingham. "Chamberlin's Run," a small brook flowing into Wier River, near Rocky Hill, and "Chamberlin's Swamp" beyond Rocky Hill, both in Hingham, perpetuate the name of this pioneer.

Children:

• 1. Susannah, born about 1616; married (first), before 1649, Joseph Carter, of Charlestown, and Woburn, Massachusetts; married (second), June 4, 1677, Richard Becles, of Cambridge, Massachusetts. Her daughter, Susannah Carter, born about 1649, married Henry Summers, of Woburn, and died October 7, 1708, aged fifty-nine years.
• 2. Henry, the eldest son, settled at Hull, Massachusetts.
• 3. William, of whom further.
• 4. John, [baptized at Hingham, England, November 15, 1633. ]
• 5. Ursula, born about 1634; married, about 1655, John Cole, of Charlestown, Massachusetts.
• 6. Faith, married (first), before 1656, Edward Patterson, of Rehoboth from 1643 to 1645, and of Hingham in 1652. He was a Quaker, and moved to Freehold, Monmouth County, New Jersey, as early as 1667. He died at Freehold before October 5, 1672. She married (second), between December 8, 1673, and November 6, 1674, Thomas Huet.

Notes:

CHAMBERLAIN (CHAMBERLIN). (Has inaccuracies)

The other Henry, a blacksmith whose wife was Jane, left fewer traces in the records.

People who trace their ancestry to Henry should acquaint themselves with the article that finally clarified the understanding of this immigrant entitled "The Two Henry Chamberlins of Hingham, Massachusetts: 1636-1649," by David Conrad Chamberlin, Sr., published in the New England Historical and Genealogical Register, (Vol. 139, Apr. 1985, pp. 126-138).

Henry, the blacksmith, first appeared in New England in the Massachusetts Bay Colony, at Hingham, where he was received as a townsman on 17 February 1638-39 (Hingham Town Records, vol. 1, p. 81) and made a freeman on 13 March 1639.

Henry and Jane probably lived at Hingham until at least 10 March 1670/71, when he was granted a lot, but soon after removed to Hull, Massachusetts. Their sons Henry and William were both early settlers of Hull about 1654.

Henry's will, dated 8 December 1673, was proved 29 July 1674. In it he names his children, except John who was dead. Also named was John's son John Chamberlin. His estate of 10 parcels of land in Hingham was sold March 3, 1674/75.

Henry's burial place is unknown, but was probably in the old burying ground on the hill in Hull.

References

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