CHAMBERS, John A native of New York, and a successful member of the legal profession. He married Anna Van Cortland in 1737. He held several municipal offices and was also a member of the Provincial Council for several years. He was appointed in 1751, Second Judge of the Supreme Court, but resigned that position before his death. He was described as "a gentleman of unexceptional character, opulent fortune, and perfectly skilled in the Constitution of this Province, having been a noted practitioner of the law for many years." His wife, who outlived him, died in 1774; in her will she makes beuests to many members of her family, including a house and double lot to "my nephew, Peter Jay, Jr. and Maricka Jay, the two blind children of my sister, Mary Jay." She left a very large estate.
