Robert Chamberlin (1652 - 1732)

Born 1652 in Berkshire, England

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Sharples) Chamberlin — married about 1685 in Chester Co., Pennsylvania

Descendants

Died 1732 at about age 80 in Chester, Pennsylvania

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Robert was a Friend (Quaker)

Research Notes

Note-1: Variations of "Chamberlin" or "Chamberlain" or "Chamberlayne" have been found, depending on the source. (Chamberlain spelling in Gilbert Cope-Genealogy of the Sharpless family 1887)

Note-2: Birth date of 1650-1652 estimated; considering year of emigration pre-1685; and the year of 1686 in which after marrying Mary_____; he settled in Concord and purchased 100 acres of land; and the year his first child was born of 1691 (Side-Note: Family data collection for Robert Chamberlin,^[1] report his birth in 1652 Berkshire England

Biography

Robert Chamberlin or Chamberlain, son of Robert Chamberlayne needs citation and Elizabeth Stroud, ^[2]believed to be from Wiltshire England; born approx. 1650-1652^[3].

Before the year 1685, from Wiltshire England; Robert emigrated with his mother Elizabeth, and his 3 sisters (born from Elizabeth's first husband) (Elizabeth; Sarah; Jean); and his step-father Francis Hickman (died that same year)^[2]

Robert married Mary Sharpless probably around 1685^[4]; and settled in Concord, where he purchased 100 acres of land 9mth 27 1686^[2]

In 1715, Robert Chamberlin and his son Robert Chamberlin, Junior; appear as taxables in the assessment list for Concord^[5]

He died approx. 1732, in Chester County, Pennsylvania.

Robert's will was dated March 26, 1730; and proved April 12, 1732, Birmingham Township; Chester Co., Pennsylvania^[2]

Robert Chamberlain's Will

The Will of Robert Chamberlain

Concord, yeoman. Provides for wife Mary including plantation containing 93 acres in Concord during widowhood afterward to son Joseph he paying legacies as follows. To sons John and Robert and daughter Susanna wife of John Pyle 5 lb each; also to grandson Jacob son of Robert Chamberlin 5 lb; also to said grandson 20 acres of land being the remainder of my tract over and above the 93 acres during life afterward to son Joseph. To son in law Daniel Pyle 1 shilling. To kinswoman Eliza Moore 20 shillings. Remainder in 5 equal shares to sons, John, Robert, daughter Susanna, son Joseph and the 2 daughters of son in law Danl. Pyle, viz Susanna and Mary. Executors: wife Mary, Henry Osbourn and John Taylor to be assistants.citation needed

Robert and Mary Chamberlin [Chamberlain] Children

^[6]

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. ↑ Family data collection for Robert Chamberlin; retrieved from ancestry.com
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3} Genealogy of the Sharpless family (Cope-1887); retrieved from: https://archive.org/stream/genealogyofsharp00cope#page/164/mode/2up/search/robert+chamberlain
3. ↑ See Research Note-2)
4. ↑ See Research Note-2)
5. ↑ The Taxables in 1715 and 1799; Concord; Ashmead's History of Delaware Co., Pa; retrieved from: http://genealogytrails.com/penn/delaware/delhistash.html
6. ↑

• 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

• Ashmead, Henry Graham (1884) " HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA 1884"; Illustrated; Philadelphia L. H. EVERTS & CO. 1884

• Edmund west comp., family data collection [database online] Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com operations inc 2000

Also See:

• The Sharples--Sharpless Family history, Vol 1. West Chester, Pa. 1966-1971. Retrieved from Ancestry.com. The Sharples-Sharpless family [database on-line]. Provo, UT: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005. {http://www.ancestry.com] (Membership required)

• Matthew Stidham, firsthand knowledge. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Matthew and others.

Acknowledgements

• WikiTree profile Chamberlain-919 created through the import of WORCESTER_2012-07-31.ged on Jul 31, 2012 by Bob Worcester.