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Thanks for posting this information! Not long ago, Chamberlain researchers were looking
for evidence of this particular land transfer, hoping to pinpoint the geographical
location of this parcel. Rather recently I saw it listed in the Grantee Index for land
records from the Harrison Co., WV Courthouse, mailed to me by researcher Cathy Bell, which
states, "John Chamberlin, from John Wolf, grantor, Vol. 1, p. 48, Jan. 21, 1788, 730
acres, Elk Creek." 17 other land records appear in this Harrison Co. index for this
family, between 1815 and 1840, in places called Booths Creek, Coon Run, Bingamon Creek,
and Hog Lick Run. Elks Creek runs through the city of Clarksburg, but Bingaman Creek and
Coons Run are many miles further north, near the Marion and Harrison county border. I
can't actually pinpoint the site of this 730 acres from the information I have here,
but this could probably be accomplished with close examination of these deeds, probate
records, etc.
This is John(7) Chamberlain, b. c1761, prob. Kingwood Twp., Hunterdon Co., NY, d.
before 23 Aug 1828, Harrison Co., VA (later WV), whose wife is unknown, with four known
children: James, John, Nancy/Ann and Josiah, many of whose descendants have been traced in
OH, IL, and elsewhere. This is part of a big family which has been extensively researched
by several persons, with several lineages, scholarly articles, etc., appearing mostly in
the publication, the Chamberlain Chain. I maintain a detailed lineage with research notes
here which contain all of this information. John(7) is identified as #LN980 in the
lineages (Family Group Records) of the Chamberlain genealogist, David Conrad Chamberlin,
Sr. The ancestral line of descent is believed to be: John(6), Lewis(5), John(4),
Henry(3), John(2), Henry(1) Chamberlin, the eldest of the five original Chamberlain
immigrant ancestors in New England in the early 1600s. Persons who are researching this
family are invited to!
contact me via Email for additional information.