Henry ‘the Shoemaker’ Chamberlain

• Not the same as Henry 'the Blacksmith' Chamberlain
• Christian ‘the widow’ Chamberlain was his step mother. She’s seem as “the Widow Chamberlain” and identified as a Sloughton or Stoughton.

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Disambiguation

Of the five well-known Chamberlain immigrants to New England, Henry Chamberlain has probably been the subject of more confusion and misinformation than any, arising from the fact that for many years it was thought that only one Henry Chamberlin settled in New England when, in fact, there were two men of that name in the same general time period.

The better known of the two, (this profile), was a shoemaker whose wife was Grace, arrived on the ship Diligent, 1638, with his wife, mother [SIC: stepmother], and two children, and he eventually returned to England, leaving no descendants in America.

"Evidently two Henrys are often confused. Another Henry arrived in 1638 on the 'Diligent', was a shoemaker, and married Grace. He eventually returned to England, leaving no descendants in America.Cited (on genforum) "The Two Henry Chamberlins of Hingham , Massachusetts: 1636-1649," by David Conrad Chamberlin, Sr., in the New England Historical and Genealogical Register, vol. 139, April 1985, pp. 126-138 ."

Christian (Clarke) Chamberlain was the step mother of Henry Chamberlain ("The Shoemaker”); neither were related to the line of Henry Chamberlain ("The Blacksmith").

There is no known ancestral line of Henry “Shoemaker“ in the US, as he returned to England in 1647-48, and his wife Grace returned in 1649. They both died in England leaving no known family in Massachusetts or New England .

Biography

From Private 16 September 2020:

Henry “the shoemaker” Chamberlain was born 9/15/1604 in Breckles, Norfolk, England. His fathers name was Henry Chamberlain and his mothers name was Alice (last name unknown). His parents were married in Diss, Norfolk, England.
Henry's mother died in October 1614. Henry's father remarried Christian Clark in 1617, who became young Henry's stepmother. After her husband (Henry's father) died in 1632, she later accompanied Henry Jr. and his wife Grace to Hingham, Massachusetts in 1638, on the ship Diligent. However, Henry and Grace returned to Norfolk separately, where they both died before 1650. Christian remained in in Hingham, Massachusetts and died there 4/19/1659.
All of the above is factual data found from parish records in "Find My Past" database.

From https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Unknown-460430

Her [Step] son, Henry, the shoemaker, was born between 1598-1603. He married about 1630 Grace _____, b abt 1607, probably "widow Grace Chamberlain" who was buried at St Andrews Parish, HIngham, England, 3 March 1649/50. Henry, Grace and his widowed mother Christian emigrated to Hingham, Massachusetts with Rev. Robert Peck in the year 1638. But by 28 July 1649, Henry, Grace and children (leaving mother behind) returned to Hingham, England.
Children (first five? baptized at St Andrews, Hingham, England):[6]

1. Daniel; dy
2. Mary
3. John
4. Robert
5. Henry
6. Daniel
7. Sarah
8. Nathaniel
9. Ebenezer

References

• FindMyPast parish records
• Original data: Church of England Bishop and Archdeacon Transcripts of Parish Registers. Norfolk Record Office, Norwich, Norfolk, England. AncestryImage Henry Chamberlayne in the Norfolk, England, Transcripts of Church of England Baptism, Marriage and Burial Registers, 1600-1935 Name: Henry Chamberlayne Gender: Male Record Type: Baptism Baptism Date: 15 Sep 1604 Baptism Place: Breckles, Norfolk, England Phillimore Ecclesiastical Parish Father: Henry Chamberlayne Mother: Alice Chamberlayne Parish as it Appears: Breccles
• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Unknown-460430 Cites
• Clarence Almon Torrey. ‘’New England Marriages Prior to 1700.’’ New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 2011. p. 143: "Chamberlain, __?__ & [Christian Stoughton] (-1659, ae 81); ?Hingham, Eng, ca 1595/98?; Hingham"
• NEHGR 139:135
• The American Genealogist, 29 (1953):198
• The American Genealogist 29(1953):198
• Hobart's Journal, in NEHGR 121:109
• NEHGR 139:135
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hingham,_Norfolk