Does anyone connect with this family?
(1st generation)
Mordecai Chambers b. SC 1788, d. Matagorda, TX betw. 1850 & 1860
Married Sarah "Sallie" Toland (daughter of Hugh Toland b. Ireland 1751, d.
Abbeville, SC 1805) b. Ireland, d. circa 1848 Matagorda Co., TX
Mordecai and Sarah had one known child:
(2nd generation)
James T. Chambers b. SC 1821
James married (1st) Sarah Caroline Belton, dau of Abram Belton and Sarah
Toland, (his first cousin) b. 12/10/1828, m. Lowndes Co., MS 2/15/1844, d.
Lowndes Co., MS 9/3/1908
James and Sarah had 2 known children:
(3rd generation)
Mary Elizabeth Chambers b. Lowndes Co., MS 1845, d. Lowndes Co., MS
6/20/1853
Francis T. Chambers b. Lowndes Co., MS 1846
James T. Chambers then abandoned (divorced?) Sarah Caroline Belton and
married (2nd) Jane "Kitty" Toland, dau of Joseph Toland and Mary
"Dolly"
McIntyre, (also his first cousin) b. AL 1829
James and Jane had 5 known children:
(3rd generation)
William Chambers b. TX 1848
Sarah Chambers b. TX 7/1850
Mordecai Chambers b. TX 1852
Joseph Chambers b. TX 1854
James Chambers b. TX 1856
The following is census information I have found thus far:
9/11/1850 Matagorda Co., TX
#385
James T. Chambers, 29, M, cabinet maker, SC
Jane Chambers, 20, F, AL
William Chambers, 2, M, TX
Sarah Chambers, 2/12, F, TX
Mordecai Chambers, 62, M, merchant, real estate $1000, SC
William Nance, 20, M, student, AR
Elizabeth Frontz, 16, F, Germany
1860 Census Matagorda County, TX
James T. Chambers, 39, M, Cabinet Maker, SC, real estate $2,000, personal
estate $500
Jane E., 31, F, AL
William, 12, M, TX
Sarah, 10, F, TX
Mordecai, 8, M, TX
Joseph, 6, M, TX
James, 4, M, TX
William Prissick, 54, M, Butcher, England, real estate $3,000, personal
estate $800
9/12/1870 McLennan Co., TX
#153
Nath Buchanan, 40, M, W, Farmer, real estate $1800, personal estate $2000,
NC
Mary, 38, F, W, Keeping House, NC
Olive, 7, M, W, TX
James Chambers, 14, M, W, TX (this is James, Jr.)
Frank Brown, 30, M, W, Farm Laborer, Prussia
The following is Sarah Caroline Belton with her 2nd husband John M. T. Reid.
The children listed are the Chambers children.
12/9/1850 Lowndes Co., MS
#117
John M. T. Reid, 38, M, Shoe & Boot Maker, real estate $1000, Scotland
Caroline S., 21, F, SC
Mary E., 5, F, MS
Francis T., 4, M, MS
George N. Scott, 54, M, Shoemaker, England
Alexander Edmondson, 23, M, VA
8/13/1860 Lowndes Co., MS
#141
J. M. T. Reid, 50, M, Bootmaker, real estate $3000, Scotland
Caroline, 31, F, SC
Frank, 14, M, MS
Looking forward to hearing from someone.
Karen Cucchia karen.r.cucchia(a)conoco.usa.com