Person:Jeremiah Chamberlain (3)

Page 359.--29th May, 1761 (prob. 1751). Jeremiah Chamberlain (ane) of York Co., Pennesylvania, to Francis Rich, on branches of James; corner Jeremiah's other tract. Teste: Thomas Tosh.

Page 41.--22d November, 1751. Jeremiah Chamberlain of York Co., Pennsylvania, to John Neeley, 400 arres, branches of James; patented to Jeremiah, 12th February, 1742. Teste: James Ewing.

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Records of Jeremiah Chamberlain in Augusta County, VA

From Chalkley’s Augusta County Records:

Page 39.--6th August, 1768. Francis Reiley to Joseph Cloyd, £135, 400 acres on branches of James River; corner Jeremiah Chamberlain's tract Teste: Benjamin Hawkins, Patrick Sharkey, Samuel ( ) McRoberts.

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Information on Jeremiah Chamberlain

From Genforum.com post:

Re: JEREMIAH CHAMBERLAIN (1707-1776), of York Co., PA Posted by: Bobby J Chamberlain (ID *****2796) Date: November 05, 2005 at 12:42:37 In Reply to: JEREMIAH CHAMBERLAIN (1707-1776), of York Co., PA by Bobby J Chamberlain of 4085

Here is an updated version of the tentative chronology for Jeremiah Chamberlain (1707-1776), of York Co., PA. Several new items have been added to it.

Jeremiah Chamberlain: Chronology (1707-1776)

1707/1712: Born, Ireland

About 1742: Came to America

1742: Purchased Land Patent, Orange Co., VA (12 Feb.; bordering land patent of James Chamberlain, purchased on same date)

About 1742: Married Marjery Hamilton, PA; settled in Lancaster Co., PA, at Slate Ridge (near Great Conewago)

After 1742: Birth of son John

After 1742: Birth of daughter Betsy (Ann?)

After 1742: Birth of daughter Polly (Martha?)

1745: Birth of son James, Lancaster Co., PA (27 May)

1750/1760: Moved to York Co., PA (now Adams Co.)

1751: Sold one tract of land in Orange Co., VA, to Francis Rich (29 May)

1751: Birth of son Ninian, Lancaster Co., PA (1 Oct.)

1751: Sold Land Patent in Orange Co., VA, to John Neeley (22 Nov.)

1756: Bought land in Reading Twp., York Co., PA, from Daniel Hare (2 Apr.)

1759: Mentioned in will of James Laughlin as having sold to latter a land tract on Big Conewago, near Susquehanna, PA

1762: Census, York Co., PA (Reading)

1765: Mentioned in a deed for land sold by Wm. Beatty to Valentine Knop, in Reading Twp., York Co., as owning land adjacent to the tract in question (2 May); with Jno Beaty, appointed guardian for the 3 minor children of the late Wm. Willson, Reading Twp., York Co., PA (27 Aug.)

1766: Witness, will of Wm. Nash, of Lancaster Co., PA (1 Dec.); witness, will of Wm. Hodge, Sr., York Co., PA (31 Dec.)

1769: Notice in "The Pennsylvania Gazette" of 12 Oct. of two stray horses having wandered onto the lands of Jeremiah Chamberlain, of Reading township, York Co., on 7 Sept.

1776: Will, Reading Twp., York Co., PA (28 Feb.; proved 12 Mar.)

1776: Died, Hunterstown, Adams Co., PA (3 Mar.; bur. Great Conewago Presbyterian Cem., York Co., PA)

Source: http://genforum.genealogy.com/chamberlain/messages/3286.html

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