"Edmund Chamberlin m. 2nd Hannah Burden (or Burdett) 22 June 1670 at Chelmsford, by Rev. Samuel Adams, also (Ct. R.); both of Malden; … Hannah Witter m. 1st Robert Burden or Burditt — Nov. 1653 Malden, by Mr. Nowell; this marriage record calls her [Hannah] Winter; …"
"Chamberlain, … Edmund, m. Hannah Burden, both of Mald., at Chelmsford. Rev. S. Adams. June 22, 1670."
↑ There was no Rev. Samuel Adams in the early history of the church at Chelmsford. It may be that Samuel Adams, Town Clerk in 1670, was also empowered to perform marriages.