Jacob Bailey Chamberlain UE (1763)

Born May 1763 in Newbury, Orange, Vermont

Ancestors

Husband of Ann Maria Embury — married 20 Mar 1796 in South Fredericksburgh, Ontario, Canada

Died [date unknown] in Napanee, Ontario, Canada

Biography

Jacob Bailey Chamberlain UE was born in May 1763, the first male white child born in Newbury, Vermont to Thomas Chamberlain (1735 - 1818) and Sarah White (died 1784).

Jacob was a boy in his teens when the American Revolution broke out. We have letters attesting to meeting Jacob in the woods to exchange information. We could never find out what army unit he was in and then we stumbled upon the information that he was basically a spy. Jacob married Ann Maria Embury on March 20, 1796 in South Fredericksburgh, Ontario and they raised nine children. Ann was born about 1776 in Camden Valley, New York, the daughter of John Edward Embury UE (1756 - 1849) and Mary Detlor (1758 - 1848).

Their children were:

1. Elizabeth married to Paul Wright,
2. Maria (born 1795) married to Andrew Fraser, #John B. (born 1797) married to Anna Maria Detlor and secondly to Jane A.,
3. George (1799 - 1856) married to Mary Dunham,
4. Charles (born 1804) married to Catherine Dunham and secondly to Margaret Quar,
5. James (born 1807) married to Jane Church, #Anna (born 1809) also married to Paul Wright, #Thomas (born 1810) married to Jane Ann Barry, and
6. Amy Ann (1811 - 1886) married to Enoch Fletcher Dunham.

Jacob was a magistrate in the Midlands District and was a doctor in Napanee, Ontario.

He died October 6, 1841 in Napanee and is buried at the old St. Mary Magdalene Church in Napanee.

Sources

• http://www.uelac.org/Saskatchewan/biographies.php#JacobBChamberlain

Jacob Chamberlain was a United Empire Loyalist.
UEL Status:Proven
Date: Undated