Hello Sue
I am researching my Chambers line of Egg Harbor, Atlantic County, and Cape
May County, NJ. I am looking for informtion on my ggggrandparents Jesse
Chambers b. 1790 and Dinah Ireland b. 1798. I was just going over your
information. I have not found any connections, but I have decided to
collect Chambers information with the hope of making a connection.
I have a question. On page 2, children of Elias Hullfish Chambers.
Mary Ann m. Samuel H. Potter, a Revolutionary Soldier. My question--Was he
much older than Mary Ann.
Eliza H.--You indicate she died in 1932 and George died in 1896. Who is
George?
Did Mary Ann and Eliza both died in 1932?
My FTM website:
http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/c/o/n/Blanche-M-Connolly/
Thanks for a response.
Blanche
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From: S. Smith <stephen.smith.03(a)snet.net>
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Date: Sunday, 10 December, 2000 6:09 AM
Subject: NEW JERSEY CHAMBERS
Would love to meet cousins. Sue
RALPH CHAMBERS, born about 1798 married Ann Hullfish, probably about 1818.
At least by 1819 they lived in New Jersey, probably near Trenton in
Monmouth
or Ocean County. The family was a seafaring family among a community
of
seafaring families including the Rulons and the Sopers. According to
Corinne Lill at the Ocean County Historical Society, "Most men in the area
were mariners, baymen or sea Captains. Taking a coal barge from here to NY
made you a Captain. Some went to Virginia and points farther."
There is a Chambers Bridge Road in Bricktown, about ten miles north of Toms
River, there is a Chambersburg in Trenton and there is a Chambers Corners,
on route 206, south of Trenton.
Ralph and Ann had sons, Elias H. (1819), John Tilton (1827) and Charles
H.(1829).
Captain John Tilton Chambers (b. 1827) married Saretta E. Rulon on Nov. 22,
1854. Both families were well-known seafaring families. John T. and
Saretta
had a son, Frank M.
Frank M. Chambers, son of Captain John T. was also a boatman. He was born
on
August 15, 1855 in New Jersey. He married Rose L. Maynard of
Allyn's Point,
CT, and had children: Effie, Bertha and John. Frank died on March 12, 1910
in Toms River. He was Sherriff from 1893-1896. An article about him from NJ
Courier March 17, 1910 tells about his family connections.
Captain Charles H. Chambers (b. 1829) married Roxanna Rulon on September 2,
1855.
CAPTAIN ELIAS HULLFISH CHAMBERS, SR, son of Ralph and Ann, was born near
Trenton on January 28, 1819. On January 15, 1845, at the age of 26, he
married Mary Ann Soper (Grant17).
Mary Ann was born February 16, 1822 in Waretown, NJ, the daughter of
Charles
Soper and Amy Warren of Waretown who were married October 27, 1821.
(see
SOPER).
They lived at one time in Toms River, Ocean County, New Jersey. In 1850
they
lived in Union Township. Mary Ann died on February 19, 1881 at the
age of
59. Mary Ann is buried in Waretown with Elias Hullfish Chambers, Sr.
Elias Hullfish Chambers married second on October 25, 1883 to Miriam Cox of
244 Fourth St., Jersey City, New Jersey, at her home. (It was also the home
of witness, Mrs. Edward Soper). Miriam was the daughter of Timothy Cox and
Elizabeth Seaman. He was 64 and she was 44. It was his second marriage and
her first. His residence at this time was Waretown, and his occupation was
Sea Captain. His parents are listed as Ralph Chambers and Ann Hullfish.
(Source: Marriage Record, NJVR).
Elias died on November 23, 1896 at the age of 78. The death record lists
his
parents as Ralph and Ann. (NJVR). The inventory of his will lists a
widow,
"Miriam".
Children of Elias Hullfish Chambers and Mary Ann Soper:
1) Charles S., born in 1847, m. Armenia Williams
2) Mary Ann, born 1848, died 1932, m. Revolutionary Soldier, Samuel H.
Potter.
3) Eliza H., born 1848, twin of Mary, m. William Morse (b. 1846) May 13,
1877. She died in 1932 and George died in 1896. They are both buried in
Waretown.
4) Elias Hullfish, Jr., born June 1851.
5) Abigail L., born about 1854, married Edward James Irons (administrator
of
her father's estate) on December 24, 1880.
(above from Grant 17)
1850 census of Union Township, Ocean County, NJ shows family of Elias H.
Chambers age 31, Mary A., age 28, Charles, age 3, Mary and Eliza (twins,
age
1).
This census also shows John Chambers, age 23, boatman and Charles Chambers,
Age 27, boatman.
The 1860 census of Waretown, Ocean County, NJ shows family of Elias H.
Chambers, age 41, mariner, wife, Mary, age 37, Charles S., age 13, Mary C.
and Eliza, twins, age 11, Elias, age 8 and Abigail L., age 6.
It is believed that Elias Hullfish Chambers served the Union Army during
the
Civil War, and was part of the blockade of the Atlantic Coast in
Chesapeake
Bay, known as "The Anaconda Plan". The headquarters for the blockade was
Fort Monroe, a massive stone fortress at Hampton Roads, Virginia, where the
James River poured into the Chesapeake Bay. The Federal Camp was at Newport
News. By the end of the Civil War, the US Navy maintained a force of over
600 ships.
The family history says that Elias Hullfish Chambers was captain of a
4-masted schooner. This may have been Elias Jr.
ELIAS HULLFISH CHAMBERS, JR., son of Elias and Mary Ann Soper, was born
about June 1851, Waretown, NJ. He married Maria Louisa Camburn (Cambern)of
Hackensack, NJ, on February 16, 1881 (Three days before his mother died).
He was 29 and she was 27. His occupation was "seaman" and hers was
"clerk".
It was the first marriage for both. (NJVR. Marriage Return)
Maria was born on November 13, 1853, daughter of Anthony Camburn (Cambern)
and Hannah Lippincott. (The marriage record spells the name Cambern. The
Soper genealogy spells it Camburn).
Elias and Maria had three children: Arthur Woodburn, Rufus Edwards and
Matilda.
Rufus Edwards (called Ed) Chambers married Alice and had two daughters,
Mary
and Louise.
Matilda, called Mattie, married Brooks Cole and had six children: Delsie,
Madison, Arthur, Evelyn, Wallace, and one other.
This Elias Hullfish Chambers removed to New Haven, CT where he died on
November 16, 1919. (Grant 17). Maria died in May of 1948 at the age of 95.
ARTHUR WOODBURN CHAMBERS was born on December 8 of 1886 (per US SSI Death
Index. SS # 047-14-4773). He graduated from Yale law school in 1909. He
married Winifred Langdale Smith, daughter of George Phelps Smith and
Harriet
Langdale, about 1920. Winifred died of a ruptured appendix. Arthur
died in
January of 1977, at the age of 90, probably in New Haven, CT. Arthur and
Winifred had three sons, Arthur Jr., Gordon and Marshall.
Arthur Woodburn Chambers, Jr., born on November 26, 1918, married Margaret
Unknown. He died in 1996. They had two daughters, Winifred Hale Chambers
and Margaret "Meg" Chambers. Arthur Jr. died of cancer of the bladder
perhaps in 1996.
Marshall Hale Chambers, born January 6, 1925, married Virginia Unknown. He
died in 1999 of pancreatic cancer. Marshall and Virginia had two sons,
Marshall Hale Chambers, Jr. and Samuel Phelps Chambers.
GORDON PHELPS CHAMBERS was born on August 7, 1921, probably in New Haven,
CT. He married Marian Louise Littlejohn, daughter of Samuel Leonard
Littlejohn and Marion Ella Cowles, about 1950.
They had three children:
1) Ellen Camberne Chambers, born October 8, 1950, married Robert Joseph
Schroeder (b. September 2, 1949). Sons: 1) William Littlejohn Schroeder, b.
May 17, 1973. Changed name to William Littlejohn Schroeder Chambers.2)
Benjamin Sommers Chambers, born February 28, 1978. 3) Abraham Chambers
Schroeder, born October 25, 1979.
2) Andrew Littlejohn, born July 10, 1953, married Donna Marie Nowlan
3) Sarah Cowles Chambers, born March 21, 1955, married Craig Goldberg.
Children: 1) Micah Chambers-Goldberg, born November 15, 1979. 2) Anna
Chambers-Goldberg, b. February 21, 1987.
Marian died on October 1, 1971 in New Haven, CT of ovarian cancer. Gordon
died on November 4, 1986 in Hamden, New Haven, CT of colon cancer.
ANDREW LITTLEJOHN CHAMBERS, son of Gordon and Marion was born on July 10,
1953 in New Haven, New Haven, CT. He married Donna Marie Nowlan, daughter
of Donald James Nowlan and Annie Sophia Stevenson. They own and operate
The
Pizza Factory in Florence, MA, and live at 267 Turkey Hill Road,
Northampton, MA.
_______________________________
Sources:
The Soper Family of Ocean County, gathered by Col. Fred Cramer, Corine
Murphy Lill, and compiled by Elizabeth Grant, Ocean County Historical
Society
Ocean County Historical Society, 26 Hadley, Avenue, Toms River, New Jersey
New Jersey Vital Records
New Jersey Census Records