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Author: jparker194
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Thank you for clearing up the matter of Ebenezer Chamberlin's pension record #39299.
My notes here indicate that the mention of 14 supposed children, 8 known, actually came
from the Detroit Soc. Mag., Vol. 2, per Prentiss Glazier - a source I've not seen
myself. As you have indicated, the number "14" perhaps pertains to the number
of years between the death of his wife in 1804, and the date of his pension application in
1818.
This is Ebenezer(6) Chamberlin [Henry(5), Henry(4), Henry(3), Henry(2), Henry(1)],
born 10 Sep 1754, Westmoreland, Cheshire Co., New Hampshire, d. 5 Jan 1843, North Sheldon,
Franklin Co., Vermont, whose wife was Martha "Patty" Howe. Ebenezer enlisted at
Westmoreland, NH in 1775, in Capt. Jacob Hynes company, Col. James Reed's regiment;
again in 1776 with Daniel Carlisle and Col. Timothy Beedle. Of particular interest to me,
since I've researched all the Chamberlains at Bunker hill, is the fact that Ebenezer
was in this battle, June 17, 1775, together with his brother Henry, and two other
non-related Chamberlains from New Hampshire. Ref. "Roster of New Hampshire, Resident
in the Battle of Bunker's Hill", compiled by Vincent M. Kordak, for the National
Park Service Archives - copied by me at the Monument in Charlestown, Massachusetts.
Ebenezer was a Private, town of enlistment not stated. Unlike his brother Henry, Ebenezer
did draw a bounty or pension for his servic!
es.
Evidently you are Nancy Norris or "nancy3111", who submitted an earlier
Ancestry.com Chamberlin Message Board posting, dated 24 Jun 2007, and we corresponded via
Email at that time about this family and, in particular, the identity of Martha's
parents and ancestry. Anyway, I have 10 children listed here, just as they are listed by
the late Chamberlain genealogist, David Conrad Chamberlin, Sr. of Salt Lake City, in his
Family Group Record for this same family [David used the surname spelling of Chamberlin in
each generation of this family]. These children are: John, c1777; Maynard, c1779;
Ebenezer, 12 Dec 1780; Azubah, 24 Sep 1785; Martha/Patty, c1788; William, c1788 [perhaps a
son - unproven]; Henry, c1790; Lydia, c1792; Abigail, 24 Jan 1794; Lois, c1797. I
don't know the name of the 11th child. Ebenezer and his wife lived at Westmoreland,
Cheshire Co., NH until after 1784, then from before 1788 until after 1800 in Chittenden
Co., VT (mostly listed at Burlington & C!
harlotte). Lydia's name was suggested by Mr. Prentiss Glazier, the leading
Chamberlain researcher of the last generation, in his 1972 2-volume typescript book, as
"of Ascott, Canada", who married Amasa Thomas, 1813, Burlington, Vermont. An
IGI record, however, lists this marriage, 27 Feb 1813, instead at St. Johnsbury, Caledonia
Co., Vermont (which information was verified from original records per researcher Carolyn
Adams' 25 Sep 2005 Email to me). My research records here go on to state that this
Lydia might instead be a daughter of Joel(5) Chamberlain ... Richard(1) and his wife
Lavina Newcomb, of Thetford, Orange Co., VT, Stanstead Co., Quebec, and Rushford, Allegany
Co., NY - the FGR for this particular family already lists 10 children born between 1781
and 1798, but not this Lydia. You are encouraged, of course, if you wish, to spend some
time and effort to check further on this matter of the two unidentified children, of which
Lydia might be one.
With regard to the surname spelling, it is listed both ways in census data
[Chamberlain in 1790 and Chamberlin in 1840 - probably living in Brome, Quebec in the
intervening decades] and in other records. Refer to Grace Chamberlain's data in the
Chamberlain Key, Vol. 2, #2, p. 32, which contains some descendants. Grace carries the
surname as Chamberlain. His grave was marked by a great great granddaughter, Jessica S.
Brandt, who has a DAR connection through the record of Ebenezer. Grace's sources: U.
S. Census, Pension Bureau, History of Franklin and Grand Isle Counties, Vermont, by Lewis
Cass Aldrich, p. 779; Clark Genealogy by Richard Clark, and Vermont Vital Records.
Please contact me via Email, at jbparker(a)provide.net, for additional discussion of
this family - in particular, I'd like to obtain copies of (or transcriptions of the
data from) the cemetery and pension records you have now acquired.
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