Does anyone have a connection?
Sue in CT
This family name is also spelled “Cambern”.
CAPTAIN ANTHONY CAMBURN,married Hannah Lippincott about 1850. She was born
May 3, 1824. (see:Lippincott, The Sixth Generation of the Descendants of
Richard and AbigailLippincott by Ruth Olsen. Pub. By the Gloucester County
HistoricalSociety.) (Grant 17)
MARIA LOUISA CAMBURN,daughter of Anthony and Hannah (and probably named after
Hannah’s aunt, MariaLouisa Lippincott), was born on November 13, 1853. Her
family lived inHackensack in 1881.
On February 16, 1881. She marriedElias Hullfish Chambers, Jr., who was born
about June 1851 in Waretown, NJ, theson of Elias, Sr. and Mary Ann Soper,. He
was 29 and she was 27. His occupation was “seaman” and hers was“clerk”.
It was the first marriage forboth. (see CHAMBERS)
Elias and Maria removed to NewHaven, CT. They had three children: Arthur
Woodburn, Rufus Edwards andMatilda.
Rufus Edwards (called Ed)Chambers married Alice and had two daughters, Mary
and Louise.
Matilda, called Mattie, marriedBrooks Cole and had six children: Delsie,
Madison, Arthur, Evelyn, Wallace, andone other.
Maria died May 1948, aged95. Elias died Nov. 16, 1919 in NewHaven, CT.
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Sources:
Grant, Elizabeth Ann, Compiler TheSoper Family of Ocean County (NJ),
Published by the Ocean County HistoricalSociety, 26 Hadley Avenue, Toms
River, New Jersey, 08754.
NJ Vital Records
The Sopers of Ocean County,Ocean County Historical Society.
State of New Jersey Marriage Return for Elias HullfishChambers, Jr. and Maris
Louisa Cambern.
Olsen, Ruth, Lippincott, TheSixth Generation of the Descendants of Richard
and Abigail Lippincott,published by the Gloucester County Historical Society.
Her source: Bishop JohnW. Iron’s record book; Melba Lee’s records, page
20.