Mary (Sharples) Chamberlin (1670 - 1751)

Born 1670 in Marlborough, Wiltshire, England

Ancestors

Wife of Robert Chamberlin — married about 1685 in Chester Co., Pennsylvania

Descendants

Died 1751 at about age 81 in Chester, Pennsylvania

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Biography

Mary was a Friend (Quaker)

Mary was born in 1670. Mary Sharpless ... She passed away in 1751. ^[1]

Death

Date: ABT 1750

Place: Concord, Delaware, Pennsylvania

Event

Type: Will Proved

Date: 31 OCT 1751

Place: Chester, Pennsylvania

Will

The Will of Mary Chamberlain: "To daughter Susanna, wife of John Pyle £15 and to her children, viz., Jacob, William Ebenezer, Stephen and Israel 10 shillings and to her daughters Mary, and Susanna 20 shillings each. To the 5 children of son Robert, viz., to Robert £3, to John 20 shillings, to Susanna, wife of Jacob Yearsley, 50 shillings. To granddaughter Mary, wife of Joseph Sharpless £6. To granddaughter Susanna, wife of John Griste £5. To granddaughter Hannah, wife of Robert Pennell articles named. To grandson Benjamin Chamberlain 20 shillings. To granddaughter Mary Baker £3 and to her brother John Chamberlain 50 shillings and to her other 2 brothers William and Isaac £3 each and to their sister Ann 5 shillings. Remainder to son Joseph Chamberlain, also Executor. Test signed M.

Robert and Mary Chamberlin [Chamberlain] Children

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1. Susanna; b. 7mth 13, 1691; m. John Pyle
2. John, b. 10mth 1, 1692; d. 1731; m. Lettice Key
3. Robert, b. 8mth 17, 1694; d. 1731-2; m. (1) Sarah Woodward; and (2) Cicely_______
4. Mary, b. 10mth 21, 1698; d. 9mth 10, 1726; m. Daniel Pyle
5. Jacob, b. 2mth 30, 1702
6. Jospeh, b.______; d. 5mth 30, 1772; m. Susanna Sharples

Sources

1. ↑ Entered by Matthew Stidham, Aug 27, 2011
2. ↑ Pg 165 Genealogy of the Sharpless family; cope 1887

• Cope, Gilbert (1887) Genealogy of the Sharpless Family descending from John and Jane Sharples, settlers near Chester, Pennsylvania 1682; together with some account of the English Ancestry of the family; including the results of researchs by Henry Fishwick; F.H.S., and the late Joseph Lemuel Chester, L.L.D.; and a full report of the Bi-Centennial Reunion of 1882

• Cheryl Eby, firsthand knowledge. Click the Changes tab for the details of edits by Cheryl and others.
• Swarthmore College; Swarthmore, Pennsylvania; Men's Minutes, 1795-1808; Collection: Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Minutes; Call Number: MR-Ph 126 Image

Mary Sharples "minor child" 9 Sep 1802

Historical Meeting Data Concord Monthly Meeting

Meeting State Pennsylvania

Meeting County Delaware