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Author: chambers126
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Paul, I have responded via email. Again, this is exactly the type of information I'm
looking for.
For everyone else ... as I shared in the email, my initial (read limited) research
indicated the Thomas Jefferson Chambers line (of Chambers County, Texas) to descend from
Thomas Chambers (b 1700 England). It looks like Thomas from England may have died in
Chambersburg, which may be causing the confusion.
I have to admit, I found it more than curious another Chambers line wound up in
Chambersburg during its formative years. Although the area was settled ca 1730,
Chambersburg was not founded until 1762 and Franklin County was not formed until 1784.
There are unsubstantiated rumors Benjamin Chambers (founder of Chambersburg) had traveled
back to England where he testified in the PA/MD dispute. The story goes on about how he
attempted to elicit other family members to return with him. Perhaps this Thomas is
related across the water ... but then the fact the four brothers were originally from
Ireland contradicts this as well. Records in the PA archives indicate Benjamin's
involvement in the dispute was ca 1736. It takes a pretty wild imagination to have him
traveling back to England ... then Ireland ... then back to PA in the 1730's. :-)
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