Elizabeth (Cram) Chamberlain (1719 - 1806)

Born 27 Jun 1719 in Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts

Ancestors

Wife of Jonathan Chamberlain — married 1740 in Lyndeborough Town, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire

Descendants

Died 30 Apr 1806 at age 86 in Lyndeborough, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA

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Biography

Elizabeth Cram

Origin

Elizabeth was born 27 June 1720 at Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.^[1] She was a daughter of John Cram and Sarah Holt, both of Wilmington, Massachusetts.^[1] Elizabeth was baptized on 6 May 1722 at Andover, Essex County, Massachusetts. This was probably because there was no opportunity to have her baptized where they lived, at the newly settled Lyndeborough. John and Sarah Cram were the first settlers of Lyndeborough.^[1]

Family

Elizabeth married in 1740 at Lyndeborough, Hillsborough, New Hampshire to Jonathan Chamberlain, the son of Capt. Samuel and Abigail (Hill) Chamberlain of Chelmsford, Massachusetts.^[1][2] Jonathan died at Lyndeborough 19 January, 1795, at the age of 86 years.^[1]

Children (births recorded at Chelmsford):^[1][2]

1. Olive Chamberlain
2. Sarah Chamberlain
3. Elizabeth Chamberlain
4. Jonathan Chamberlain
5. Samuel Chamberlain
6. Molly Chamberlain
7. John Chamberlain
8. Abigail Chamberlain

Tyng's Township

In 1737, Jonathan's father deeded him two lots at Tyng's Township (now Pembrook), New Hampshire, possibly in preparation for marriage (Jonathan was about 25 years old at the time).^[1] In 1739, Jonathan sold this property, or at least part of it, and removed to Salem-Canada (now Lyndeborough), New Hampshire.^[1]

Lyndeborough, New Hampshire

Jonathan remained in Lyndeborough for the rest of his life. His wife's father, John Cram had already settled there in about 1737 or 8. In fact, the Crams are considered the first residents of Lyndeborough.

Death and Legacy

Elizabeth died 30 April 1806 at Lyndeborough, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA, at the age of 85 years.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8} Chamberlain, George W., One Branch of the Descendants of Thomas Chamberlain, of Woburn, 1644. (Pages 11-13) Weymouth, MA: Weymouth and Braintree Publishing Co., 1897, Archive.org accessed March 1, 2015.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850. (Volume 2, page 92)

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In 1739 he removed to Salem-Canada, or what his now Lyndeborough, New Hampshire. His wife's father, John Cram of Wilmington, Mass., was the first settler of Lyndeborough, removing there about 1737 or 8. Jonathan Chamberlain was a prominent settler of that town. On 8 April, he received from the heirs of Joseph Cram of Lyndeborugh, a deed of the south part of lot No. 41, containing 75 achres, in Lyndeborough, for caring for, and giving a Christian burial to Joseph Cram. This Joseph Cram, born in 1707, was the son of John and Sarah Cram, first settlers of Lyndeborough. Jonathan Chamberlain's wife was his sister; but his brother Jonathan Cram of Lyndeborough, born in 1708, married at Billerica, Mass., 1 Dec., 1732, Mary, daughter of Daniel and Mary Chamberlain of Billerica. She was born in 1706.

Jonathan Chamberlain was a Revolutionary hero. He served as a private in Capt. Peter Clark's Co. of Militia and marched from Lyndeborough for Ticonderoga on 1 July, 1777, with his son of the same name. This company returned soon after Burgoyne's engagement at Hubbardton on 6 July, 1777. He was credited on the roll with having traveld 86 miles. His son, being younger, was probably the Jonathan Chamberlain who re-inlisted from Lyndeborough on 30 Sept 1777, and joined the Northern Continental Army at Saratoga in col: Daniel Moore's Reg't of Volunteers. Soon after Burgoyne's surrender, he was discharged on 25 Oct., 1777.

Jonathan Chamberlain died at Lyndeborough 19 Jan., 1795, at the age of 86 years. They, with their daughter Sara, were buried in Lot No 3 in the cemetery at South Lyndeborough. Children recorded as having been born at Chelmsford (Chamberlain - p11-12)