Born about in Assington, Suffolk, England
Ancestors 
Daughter of Thomas Chambers Jr.
and Alice Catlett
Sister of
Abigail (Chambers) Atkinson
Wife of
Thomas Matson
— married
before 1633 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Died before
before about age 65
[location unknown]
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| Amy (Chambers) Matson migrated to New England during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640). (See Great Migration Begins, by R. C. Anderson, Vol. 1, p. 324) Join: Puritan Great Migration Project Discuss: pgm |
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Biography
Amy Chambers was born about 1613, dau of Thomas Chambers, minister of Assington, Suffolk, England.
She married Thomas Matson by October 1633. Their first child was baptized at Boston.
She died btw 28 Feb 1677/8 (date of will) and 1 May 1678 (date proved).[1]
Relations
13 Apr 1670: Theodore Atkinson Sr of Boston, feltmaker, 'for the natural love & affection which I bear towards my brother-in-law Thomas Matson Senior of Boston ... & Anne [sic] his wife which was sister to my first wife Abigaile." [SLR 6:333] The document goes on to name the children of Thomas Sr as well as the children of Thomas Jr
- Note: Amy (Chambers) Matson was elder half-sister to the first wife of Theodore Atkinson Sr of Boston and aunt to John Pickering of Hartford.
Last Will & Testament
In the will of Amy Matson 28 Feb 1677/8, proved 1 May 1678 [SPR 6:233] [2]
- to my grandchild Amy Mattson dau of my son John Matson
- to my daughter in law Mary Matson wife of my son Thomas
- to my grandchidl Thomas Matson son of my son Thomas Matson
- to my grandchild Hannah Mattson dau of my son Thomas Matson
- to my daughter-in-law Jane Matson wife of my son John Matson
- to my grandchild Mary Matson
- to my daughter-in-law Elizabeth Matson wife of my son Joshua Matson
- to my grandchild Abigail Wheatly dau of my dau Abigail Wheldy deceased
- my grandchild Amy Matson
- my grandchild Martha Wheatly [dau of Abigail]
- grandchild Amy Matson dau of my son John Matson
- my rust and well beloved friends Jeremiah Fitch and John Oldin Sr
Sources
- ↑ Robert Charles Anderson, Great Migration Begins..., Boston, MA: NEHGS (1995), p 1238- (profile: Thomas Matson) See also profile for Amy Chambers.
- ↑ Massachusetts, Wills and Probate Records, 1635-1991 date of will written 28 Feb 1677-8
- The wills of Thomas the father and Thomas the son clearly read "Amy," and so THOMAS MATSON married by 1633 AMY CHAMBERS , daughter of Thomas Chambers, .
- Thomas Chambers (Chamber) (1554 - 1630) - Genealogy [www.geni.com/people/Thomas-Chambers/...]
- Anderson's Winthrop Fleet. [1]
- Thomas Matson sketch, in Anderson, Robert Charles. The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995
- New England, The Great Migration and The Great Migration Begins, 1620-1635, Amy Chambers is mentioned in the following:
- pg102
- pg325
- pg326
- pg1238
- pg1239
- pg1240
- pg1241
- pg1327
- pg1328
- pg1330
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