John Chamberlin
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John Chamberlin (1755 - 1834)

Pvt. John Chamberlin aka Chamberlain
Born in Plympton, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colonymap
Ancestors ancestors
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of — married 19 Feb 1778 in Plympton, Massachusettsmap
Descendants descendants
Died at age 79 in Abington, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United Statesmap
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Biography

1776 Project
Private John Chamberlin served with Plymouth County Militia, Massachusetts Militia during the American Revolution.
1776 Project
Pvt. John Chamberlin performed Patriotic Service in Massachusetts in the American Revolution.
SAR insignia
John Chamberlin is an NSSAR Patriot Ancestor.
NSSAR Ancestor #: P-130918
Rank: Private
Daughters of the American Revolution
John Chamberlin is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A026648.

John Chamberlain served in the Patriotic Service and as a Private during the American Revolution. The DAR reports he served under Capts. Partridge and Thomas Sampson (Plymouth County Militia) as well as Cols. Hawes and Theophilus Cotton. The record also states he hired a substitute.[1]

Son of Phillips and Mehetable (Scott) Chamberlain.

In 1780, John received a distribution of real estate that had been set out to his aunt Elizabeth Scott, widow of his grandfather, Joseph Scott of Boston, dec'd, including a share of his mother, Mehitable Hall, widow, and his uncle Daniel Scott of Boston, dec'd.[2]

Sources

  1. Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed March 1, 2018), "Record of John Chamberlain", Ancestor # A026648.
  2. "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L97D-6H29 : 20 May 2014), Probate records 1780-1786 vol 28-29 > image 58 of 638; State Archives, Boston.
  • 1790 United States Federal Census , Massachusetts Plymouth Plymton, pg.1
  • 1810 United States Federal Census , Massachusetts Plymouth Abington, pg.2
  • 1820 United States Federal Census , Massachusetts Plymouth Bridgewater South Parish, pg.6
  • 1830 United States Federal Census a, Massachusetts Plymouth Abington, pg.13
  • Massachusetts, Marriages, 1633-1850 , Family History Library, Salt Lake City, UT, Film # 0874028 item 2.
  • Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 , Plympton Town Records, with Births, Marriages, and Deaths, pg.471
  • U.S. Pensioners, 1818-1872 , Massachusetts 1836-1848 C pg. 4
  • U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, pg.334
  • Vital records of Plympton, Massachusetts to the year 1850, pg.426
  • Chamberlain Association News, series II, vol. 4, number 1, page 6
  • Robert S. Wakefield, Mayflower Families through Five Generations, Vol 22, The Descendants of William Bradford, General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2004. "The Silver Book" Page 504




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