Baumwell/Dickenson Family Tree:Information about Henry Chamberlain
Henry Chamberlain (b. Abt. 1592, d. July 15, 1674)
Notes for Henry Chamberlain:Blacksmith of Hingham, Ma
"Henry's will left his lands after death of his wife to sons Henry and William.... also named daughters Susan Carter, Ursula Cole, and Faith Patterson.Emigrated on the "Diligent" in 1638 to Hingham, MA " (Bob Carter, NEGHR)
Note in Bob Carter's site: This is the "other" Henry Chamberlin of David Chamberlin's article "The Two Henry Chamberlins" (NEGHR)
See Pioneers of Mass. p. 92
See World Chamberlain Genealogical Society web site
Henry Chamberlain emigrated to New England, probably from the parish of Wyndham near Hingham, County Norfolk, England. He arrived at Boston or Charlestown, Mass. on the ship 'Diligent' of Ipswich, England on April 10, 1638. He brought with him his wife, four children and his mother, the widow Christian Chamberlain. His mother died on April 19, 1659 at age 81 in Hingham, Mass. Henry was admitted as a freeman in Hingham on March 13, 1639. He afterward settled in the town of Hull, Mass. A writ was issued against his son John on March 25, 1660 for venting his wretched opinions in the Charlestown Meeting house. He was imprisoned and later went to Newport, RI. At Henry's death his estate included a five acre lot in Hingham, a lot at Old Planters Hill and ten acres on the plain. Chamberlains Run, near Rocky Hill, probably took its name from him.( Ancestry of Adelia Chamberlain Harding pp. 1-7)[v22t0321.ftw]
Henry Chamberlain came from the Parish of Hingham County, Norfolk, England, in the ship "Diligent" with his wife, Jane, his mother, Christian Chamberlain, and two children, Henry and William, and settled in Hingham.Some time after 1661 he removed with his family to Hull, Mass., where he died July 15, 1674.The ship "Diligent" left Gravesend, England, April 26, 1638 and arrived in Boston, New England, August 16, 1638.This is learned from the record of Daniel Cushing, first town clerk of Hingham, who came in the "Dligent" and says a Henry Chamberlain was a shoemaker who came in the same ship.In 1645 Henry is called a "smith."His descentants settled in Charlestown, Boston, Scitutate, Bridgewater, Hanover and Hadley, Mass., Newport, R.I., Dorchester, Colchester, and Hebron, Conn.His mother, Widow Christain Chamberlain, is called a sister of Mr. Israel Stoughton and she died April 19, 1659, aged 81 years.
Ref:"Memories" by Hartshorn
Chamberlain Family by Harding 1907
D.A.R. Lineage Books Vo. 159, P. 156-7, Vol. 112, p. 107
D.A.R. National Numbers 158531 and 158532
Records from Div. ov Vital Statistics of Vermont
More About Henry Chamberlain:
Baptism (LDS): August 25, 1989, ARIZO.
Date born 2: 1595, England.681
Date born 3: 1596, England.682
Died 2: July 15, 1674, Hull, Mass..682
Died 3: July 15, 1674, Hull,Suffolk Co., Mass..683
Endowment (LDS): February 22, 1990, ARIZO.
More About Henry Chamberlain and Jane:
Marriage 1: 1615684
Marriage 2: Abt. 1615, England.685, 686
Marriage 3: 1615, England.687
Sealed to spouse (LDS): April 17, 1990, ARIZO.
Children of Henry Chamberlain and Jane are:
- +Faith Chamberlain, b. Abt. 1634, Hingham, Norfolk, England688, d. January 30, 1710/11, Shrewsbury, Monmouth, New Jersey689.