Lewis CHAMBERLIN

Birth:

1710

Shrewsbury, New Jersey

Death:

3 May 1772

Hunterdon, New Jersey

Marriage:

1735

Monmouth Co., New Jersey

Father:

John CHAMBERLIN

Mother:

Rebecca MORRIS

Sources:

Ancestral File (TM)

Lucerta LUCRETIA, WOOLSEY

Birth:

1709

Monmouth Co., New Jersey

Death:

15 Jan 1812

Wertsville, Hunterdon Co., New Jersey

Father:

Blocked

Mother:

Blocked

Sources:

Ancestral File (TM)

Notes:

                   Lucretia Woolsey was one tough lady.  No wonder she lived past 100 after bearing 12 children.  I believe that Prall (doing family genealogy) is incorect about the Chamberlains having evolved from
Chambellons.  There seems to be an abundance of evidence that Henry Chamberlain came to MA in the 1600's and we are descended from him.  I also think that both the court martial and cahsering were in 1781.  The 1780 date is probablhy a typo.  Haven't checked the other details but Prall probably did.  I have seen other accountswhich state the Col. Willimam's son Lewis was not in the army but was visiting his father at the time of th battle of Germantown.  He is supposed to have taken up a rifle but was struck by a connon ball and bled to death before he could be taken to a surgeon.

Taken from the Family Tree Internet site for John Boss, 2/8/99.

Children

Marriage

William CHAMBERLIN, COL.

Birth:

25 Sep 1736

Ringoes, Hunterdon, New Jersey

Death:

21 Aug 1817

Buffalo Valley, Union, Pennsylvania

Ann Mary KIMBLE

Marr:

16 Aug 1794

White Deer, Northumberland, Un

Notes:

                   Apparently there are two spellings of the Chamberlin/Chamberlain family.

Col. William Chamberlain purchased from John Garrison in 1761 a house and mill on Neshanic Creek at Rainbow Hill, Hunterdon Co. NJ. At the time of the Revolutionary war, he owned a farm and mill on Neshanic Creek near Wertsville.  He was a Capt. of the 2nd Regiment of Hunterdon Co. during the Revolutionary War and was in a number of battles and skirmishes.  In 1776 he was promoted to Major and and later to Lt. Col. in both the militia and the continental Army.  Col. Wm. Was at Trenton, Germantown 1777, Monmouth 1778, Elizabethtown 1780 and Springfield 1780.  When Maj. Wm. Chamberlain was promoted in 1776, Capt. Nathan Stout (see Stout ch.) took over his company.  A foraging party of the British in 1776 burned Col. Wm. Chamberlain's mill at clover Hill.  At the Battle of Germantown on 3 Oct and 4 Oct 1777, he lost his oldest son Lewis, 18 years old.  On 22 Mar 1780 Col. Wm. was court martialed for his "ungentlemanly and unofficer-like behavior towards the officers andmen, impeding the militia and favoritism toward certain officers."  He was casheried from the militia on 14 May 1781.  In the 1780 Hunterdon County rateables he had 94 acres of farm land plus 20 acres of undeveloped land.  Col. William moved the Shamoken, Union County PA, in 1792 where he purchased 600 acres.

Taken from Family Tree Maker Internet site, John Boss, 2/8/99

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Lewis Chamberlin - Lucerta Lucretia, Woolsey

Lewis Chamberlin was born at Shrewsbury, New Jersey 1710. His parents were John Chamberlin and Rebecca Morris.

He married Lucerta Lucretia, Woolsey 1735 at Monmouth Co., New Jersey . Lucerta Lucretia, Woolsey was born at Monmouth Co., New Jersey 1709 .

They were the parents of 1 child:
William Chamberlin, Col. born 25 Sep 1736.

Lewis Chamberlin died 3 May 1772 at Hunterdon, New Jersey .

Lucerta Lucretia, Woolsey died 15 Jan 1812 at Wertsville, Hunterdon Co., New Jersey .