Jane (Ware) Chamberlain (1723 - aft. 1775)

Born 4 Nov 1723 in Needham, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

Jane Ware, daughter of Nathaniel Ware and Jane Cook, was born 4 Nov 1723 in Needham, Suffolk [Norfolk] County, Massachusetts.^[1]

She married c.1751 Nathaniel Chamberlain,^[2] son of Abraham & Mary Chamberlain of Roxbury.^[3][4]

Lived in Needham in fork of Pine and Charles River streets.^[5]

Her husband served in the French & Indian War and, as a Minuteman in the Revolutionary War, he was killed at West Cambridge (Arlington) by the British retreating from Concord 28 Nov 1775,^[6] leaving her a widow with three children.

Date of her death is unknown; not in the Needham records.

Children:^[7]

1. Abijah Chamberlain b. Sep 22, 1752, d. May 1, 1754.
2. Jane Chamberlain b. Jan 18, 1756
3. Nathaniel Chamberlain, b. Apr 22 1759
4. Anna Chamberlain b. Jun 14, 1762

Sources

1. ↑ Needham Vital records, https://www.ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Norfolk/Needham/BirthsW.shtml
2. ↑ Not in Roxbury or Needham marriage records. Birth of first known child was on Sep 22 1752.
3. ↑ Dedham Historical Register. Vol.2, No.3, p. 112, 113. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015010855669&view=1up&seq=345
4. ↑ Roxbury Vital Records, p.55:of Abraham & Mary. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89064881204&view=1up&seq=61
5. ↑ 1775 Conjectural Map of Needham, at Needham Historical Society.
6. ↑ George Kuhn Clarke, History of Needham (1912), pp.433,453,455. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044024592164&view=1up&seq=483
7. ↑ Needham Vital Records. https://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Norfolk/Needham/BirthsC.shtml