Samuel Chambers (1761 - 1846)

Born 9 Oct 1761 in Drumgor, County Armagh, Ireland

Ancestors

Husband of Jane (Beck) Chambers — married 17 Nov 1790 in Ballinderry, Lisburn, County Antrim, Ireland

Husband of Deborah (Carr) Chambers — married 30 Oct 1793 in Lurgan, County Armagh, Ireland

Descendants

Died 8 Nov 1846 at age 85 in Plainfield, Belmont, Ohio, USA

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Biography

Samuel was a Friend (Quaker)

Samuel Chambers was born, probably at Drumgor, County Armagh, Ireland, on 9 October 1761, son of the Quakers Thomas and Catherine Chambers.^[1] In spite of his Quaker training Samuel Chambers enlisted in the army when a boy of about 18.^[2] He fought in Spain, where he was captured and spent two hungry years as a prisoner of war before returning to Ireland where he married Jane Beck in Balinderry, County Antrim on 17 November 1790.^[2][3] Their son was born 15 Sept 1791 near Lurgan, County Armagh. Jane died 17 September 1792 and their son died two months later.

On 30 November 1793 Samuel Chambers married a second time, to Deborah Carr, a daughter of John and Deborah Carr of Tullygally, County Armagh.^[4] They had three children, Abigail, Samuel and James.

Sometime about the year 1804 Samuel and Deborah came to America with their children. They settled in a little Quaker settlement called Butternuts in Otsego Co., New York. At Butternuts John, Robert, Deborah, Margaret and Mary were born. In 1814, except for the eldest son Thomas Chambers, moved to Belmont Co., Ohio. They stopped on the way for a short time at New Garden, Columbiana Co., Ohio. In Belmont Co. Samuel Chambers had a farm in a Quaker settlement called Plainfield. He died there on 8 November 1846 but the Quaker records state he was buried in Knox Co, Ohio. His wife Deborah died 9 May 1840 at Plainfield.^[2]

Research Notes

Birthplace of Drumgor is tentative but probable.

Research Notes

Per Society of Friends, Lurgan MM, Armagh Co, Ireland records (29th book page 100) Nov 17, 1790 Samuel Chambers, son of Thomas and Catherine of Dramgoor, Armagh, Ireland, married Jane Beck of Lisnabella, Armagh, Ireland at Ballinderry . Jane Beck is the daughter of John and Deborah Beck of Lisnabella, Armagh, Ireland. per `Woods Ancestery` by John Woods Married 17 November 1790 to Jane Beck the daughter of John Beck. Married in Mayallon, Ireland. Had two children: 1. Thomas born 15 Sept 1791, in Lurgan, Armagh Co. Ireland. Married Aug 1924 to Prudence Morton in Pontiac, Michigan. Died 15 Dec 1851, in Buzzard`s Run, Washington Co., Ohio 2. John born Sept 1792. Lurgan, Armagh Co., Ireland. died Nov 1792 Lurgan, Armagh Co., Ireland. First wife Jane Beck Chambers died 17 Sept 1792 in Lurgan, Armagh Co, Ireland. PER LURGAN MM RECORDS Married second time 30 Nov 1793 to Deborah Carr, daughter of John and Deborah __________ Carr. Married in Lurgen, Armagh Co., Ireland marriage to Deborah Carr in Lurgan MM records. Ohio per American Quaker Genealogy , William Wade Hinshaw, Quaker Genealogical Records, Volume IV, Ohio page 806 New Garden MM, Ohio, 10-13-1814 Samuel , wife, and children received from Butternuts MM, Otsego Co, New York to New Garden MM, Ohio page 324 Plainfield MM., Belmont, Ohio 1-28-1815 Samuel Chambers and 2nd wife Deborah and Children, John, Robert, Deborah, Samuel, Margaret, Mary and James, received on certificate from BUTTERNUT MONTHLY MEETING, NEW YORK, dated 5-4-1814 endorsed by New Garden Monthly Meeting 10-13-1814. Following taken from the book Ancestry of John L. Woods, page 312-313 Samuel Chambers was an Irish Quaker. He was born on 9 Oct 1761 at Monraverty, Armagh Co in North Ireland. He was the seventh child of Thomas Chambers and Catherine Winter. The Chambers were of English descent, their ancestors having come from England to Ireland some 100 years before during a time of persecution of Quakers in England. In spite of his Quaker training Samuel Chambers enlisted in the army when a boy of about 18. A letter written by Caroline Matilda Chambers to her grandson Willard Smith states, `My grandfather, Samuel Chambers, used to tell me something of his life when he was quite a young man. He enlisted in the army, attracted he said, by the guineas of gold on the drum heads of officers that were beating up for volunteers. He was taken prisoner to Spain and spent two years in prison and suffered much hunger. He said he could never bear to see bread wasted afterwards`. The time of the organization of the Irish Volunteers was in 1779, so it is assumed that it was about this time he enlisted. With the English regulars occupied with a revolution in America and with an invasion by France an imminent possibility, the Irish Volunteers were organized mainly for the protection of the home islands. However, England was also at war with Spain from 1779 to 1783 when Gibraltar was under siege. Samuel Chambers taken prisoner was probably during the defense of Gibraltar. After his release as prisoner of war in Spain, Samuel Chambers returned to North Ireland. He was married at Moyallon about 1790 to Jane Beck, daughter of John Beck of Lisnabella. Their son was born 15 Sept 1791 near Lurgan, Armagh Co, Ulter Province, Ireland. Tradition says he was their only son. Jane died 17 Sept 1792. However in the Quaker records of Ireland a child, John Chambers is born 16 Nov 1792. This is obviously in error as Jane had already died. Probably Jane died as a result of childbirth and John was born in Sept and died 16 Nov 1792. On 30 Nov 1793 Samuel Chambers at Lurgan married a second wife Deborah Carr, a daughter of John and Deborah Carr of Tullygally Co, Armagh. They had three children whose births are recorded in the Irish Quaker records. Abigail, Samuel and James. Sometime about the year 1804 Samuel and Deborah came to America with their children. They settled in a little Quaker settlement called Butternuts in Otsego Co, New York. At Butternuts John, Robert, Deborah, Margaret and Mary were born. In 1814, except for the eldest son Thomas Chambers, moved to Belmont Co, Ohio. They stopped on the way for a short time at New Garden, Columbiana Co, Ohio. Here lived a James and Mary Chambers who had also come from Lurgan Ireland about 1808. They were undoubtedly related but we have not learned the connection . Perhaps they were cousins. In Belmont Co. Samuel Chambers had a farm in a Quaker settlement called Plainfield. Here a number of the children are recorded. John married Ann Coombs, Abigail married Benjamin Way, Samuel married Tamar Winder, James married Mary Tepton, Deborah married John Webster, Margaret married David Coulson and Mary married William Llewellyn. Robert must have married outside of the Quaker Church for on Dec 20, 1821 he was disowned by the Quakers for marrying contrary to discipline. Samuel Jr. and Tamar later moved to Iowa where they had a large family. Samuel Chambers was a large strong man. He lived on his well-kept farm to the age of 85. He died at Plainfield, Belmont Co, Ohio on Nov 8, 1846 but the Quaker records state he was buried in Knox Co, Ohio. Perhaps one of his children lived in Knox Co. His grave has not been found in searching many cemeteries in Knox Co. We have not yet searched in Belmont Co Probate or cemetery records. His wife Deborah died 9 May 1840 at Plainfield, Ohio. Here ends the quote American Quaker Gen. Vol IV Ohio, page 324 11-8-1846 Samuel dies age 83 , buried Knox Co. Ohio Note: Samuel Chambers, Ostego Co., NY Census of 1810 p. 166 Dist 2110-32010 Samuel Chambers, Steuben Co, New York, census 1810 page 56 !NOTE: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File (TM); ; 3-22-99; ; , Family History Library, 35 N West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, UT 84150 USA !DEATH: Hinshaw, Encyclopedia Of American Quaker Genealogy, Ohio; ; ; Vol 4 Page 324; ; !MARRIAGE: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File (TM); ; 3-22-99; ; , Family History Library, 35 N West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, UT 84150 USA

Sources

1. ↑ Ireland, Society Of Friends (Quaker) Family Lists, image, FindMyPast (https://search.findmypast.com/record?id=S2%2FIRE%2FQUAKERS%2FL-G-M-5-2%2F0038&parentid=IRE%2FQUAKER%2FULSTER%2FBIR%2F008786 : accessed 12 April 2023), birth of Samuel Chambers on 9d 10mo (Oct) 1761, father: Thos, mother: Cathrine; citing Archive Reference LGM5.1, Ulster Friends Trustees Ltd.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Hinshaw, Encyclopedia Of American Quaker Genealogy, Ohio, Vol 4, Page 324
3. ↑ “Ireland, Society Of Friends (Quaker) Marriages,” database with images, FindMyPast (https://www.findmypast.com/transcript?id=IRE%2FQUAKER%2FMARR%2F14120G : accessed 06 December 2023), marriage of Samuel Chambers and Jane Beck daughter of John and Debra Beck in Balinderry on 17d 11mo (Nov) 1790; citing Register of marriages, LISBURN, 1859, Religious Society Of Friends In Ireland Archives.
4. ↑ “Ireland, Society Of Friends (Quaker) Marriages,” database with images, FindMyPast (https://www.findmypast.com/transcript?id=IRE%2FQUAKER%2FULSTER%2FMAR%2F003063%2FB : accessed 06 December 2023), marriage of Deborah Carr and Samuel Chambers of Drumgor co Armagh son of Thomas and Cathrine Chambers of Lurgan in Lurgan on 30d 10mo (Oct) 1793; citing Archive Reference LGM5.1, Ulster Friends Trustees Ltd.

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