He was, probably, born at Roxbury, Massachusetts as he was baptized at John ELIOT's church in Roxbury 4 June 1655. He removed from Roxbury to Sudbury with his father's family in 1667/8.
In 1675 he enlisted in Captain Jonathan Poole's Company probably, at Concord, Massachsetts. This company marched to Hakley and Hatfield and defended the latter from an attack of the Indians on 19 October 1675. He took part in the "Swamp Fight" in December of the same year. On 25 January 1676 he received £1 4s. for his services under Captain Poole. He reenlisted in the company commanded by Captain William Turner 7 April 1676. This company was in the celebrated "Falls Fight" which occurred 19 May 1676, at the place which has ever since been known as "Turners Falls." He was at the garrison in Westfield, Mass., 23 August 1676, and received £14 8s for his services. (Bodger's Soldiers in King Philips War (revised edition), pp. 240, 251, 252, 259, 365, and 426.)
He married Hannah GILBERT, 28 Aug 1682, Sudbury, Massachusetts.
He sold his farm in Sudbury in 1703 but remained there until 1713 when they moved to Oxford with all of their eight children. He drew lot 21 (click on map at right to enlarge) for his dwelling house. He also bought 40 acres of land of Joseph Dudley of Roxbury.
(Sudbury Town Records.; Middlesex County Mass., Deeds. Vol. 18, pp. 246, 266. Suffolk County Deeds. Vol. 27, p. 174.)
To Joseph Chamberlain Sr., was assigned an important lot on "Bondetts" or "Prospect Hill" which included the "Great House," it being the house formerly occupied by the famous French Huguenot, Rev. Daniel Bondett, who with his thirty families had failed to establish their settlement in Oxford. (Daniels' History of Oxford, Mass.)
The town of Oxford had been founded late in the preceding century by French Huguenots but deserted by them and the successors of the original grantees of the town brought in thirty English families to found a new town. Of Joseph's children Nathaniel , Ebenezer, and Joseph Jr. were of age and took up land with the other proprietors of Oxford.
He was a member of the first board of selectmen of Oxford. He died 8 August 1721. His wife Hannah was a member of the church of Sudbury before 1706 and died before him.
His will dated 24 March 1721, wherein he calls himself a yeoman, is recorded in the
"Suffolk County Wills," Vol. 22, p. 360.
By this instrument his son Joseph is given twenty-five acres of land and another lot of twelve acres and sons Benjamin and Simon (who are named as executors), his lands and messuages, and tenements, subject to legacies to be paid to other heirs: to Sytela ROCKET, his granddaughter, a cow; to Elizabeth, daughter of his son Nathaniel, a cow ; before eight years; to grandson Richard CHAMBERLIN, son of his son Nathaniel £10 when the said Richard is sixteen years old ; to grandson Nathan KENNIE, son of Nathan KENNIE, sometime of Oxford, £10 when fifteen years old; to daughter Rebecca, within two years,-----; son Ebenezer, £5 when in need of the same; grand-child Patience, daughter of son Joseph, a cow within five years of his decease; to son Joseph, blackish grey mare; to daughter Hannah ROCKET, the grey mare; to son Nathaniel, his heirs and assigns, the first colt that comes of said grey mare, which the said Hannah is to keep till the said colt is a year old ; to son Benjamin, black horse colt; to son Simon, his youngest son, his bay mare; and said Simon is ordered to give the first colt from said mare to Benjamin.
The entire property was appraised at £306 13s. 6., of which £110 was for homestead and buildings, 10 shillings for books, £4 4s. 6d. for pewter and brass and £3 5s. for three guns.
On 22 February 1731, Ebenezer Chamberlain, Joseph Rocket (sic) Rockwood and his wife Hannah, Benjamin Chamberlain and Simon Chamberlain conveyed to their brother Joseph Chamberlain of Keehamoochaug all their rights in their father's lot laid out or to be laid out to "ye soldiers which were in ye fight commonly called ye Narragansett, or Swamp Fight."
(Suffolk Records.; Sudbury Records.; Suffolk Co. Wills. Vol. 22, pp. 500 to 503.)
In 1675 he enlisted in Captain Jonathan Poole's Company probably, at Concord, Massachsetts. This company marched to Hakley and Hatfield and defended the latter from an attack of the Indians on 19 October 1675. He took part in the "Swamp Fight" in December of the same year. On 25 January 1676 he received £1 4s. for his services under Captain Poole. He reenlisted in the company commanded by Captain William Turner 7 April 1676. This company was in the celebrated "Falls Fight" which occurred 19 May 1676, at the place which has ever since been known as "Turners Falls." He was at the garrison in Westfield, Mass., 23 August 1676, and received £14 8s for his services. (Bodger's Soldiers in King Philips War (revised edition), pp. 240, 251, 252, 259, 365, and 426.)
He married Hannah GILBERT, 28 Aug 1682, Sudbury, Massachusetts.
He sold his farm in Sudbury in 1703 but remained there until 1713 when they moved to Oxford with all of their eight children. He drew lot 21 (click on map at right to enlarge) for his dwelling house. He also bought 40 acres of land of Joseph Dudley of Roxbury.
(Sudbury Town Records.; Middlesex County Mass., Deeds. Vol. 18, pp. 246, 266. Suffolk County Deeds. Vol. 27, p. 174.)
To Joseph Chamberlain Sr., was assigned an important lot on "Bondetts" or "Prospect Hill" which included the "Great House," it being the house formerly occupied by the famous French Huguenot, Rev. Daniel Bondett, who with his thirty families had failed to establish their settlement in Oxford. (Daniels' History of Oxford, Mass.)
The town of Oxford had been founded late in the preceding century by French Huguenots but deserted by them and the successors of the original grantees of the town brought in thirty English families to found a new town. Of Joseph's children Nathaniel , Ebenezer, and Joseph Jr. were of age and took up land with the other proprietors of Oxford.
He was a member of the first board of selectmen of Oxford. He died 8 August 1721. His wife Hannah was a member of the church of Sudbury before 1706 and died before him.
His will dated 24 March 1721, wherein he calls himself a yeoman, is recorded in the
"Suffolk County Wills," Vol. 22, p. 360.
By this instrument his son Joseph is given twenty-five acres of land and another lot of twelve acres and sons Benjamin and Simon (who are named as executors), his lands and messuages, and tenements, subject to legacies to be paid to other heirs: to Sytela ROCKET, his granddaughter, a cow; to Elizabeth, daughter of his son Nathaniel, a cow ; before eight years; to grandson Richard CHAMBERLIN, son of his son Nathaniel £10 when the said Richard is sixteen years old ; to grandson Nathan KENNIE, son of Nathan KENNIE, sometime of Oxford, £10 when fifteen years old; to daughter Rebecca, within two years,-----; son Ebenezer, £5 when in need of the same; grand-child Patience, daughter of son Joseph, a cow within five years of his decease; to son Joseph, blackish grey mare; to daughter Hannah ROCKET, the grey mare; to son Nathaniel, his heirs and assigns, the first colt that comes of said grey mare, which the said Hannah is to keep till the said colt is a year old ; to son Benjamin, black horse colt; to son Simon, his youngest son, his bay mare; and said Simon is ordered to give the first colt from said mare to Benjamin.
The entire property was appraised at £306 13s. 6., of which £110 was for homestead and buildings, 10 shillings for books, £4 4s. 6d. for pewter and brass and £3 5s. for three guns.
On 22 February 1731, Ebenezer Chamberlain, Joseph Rocket (sic) Rockwood and his wife Hannah, Benjamin Chamberlain and Simon Chamberlain conveyed to their brother Joseph Chamberlain of Keehamoochaug all their rights in their father's lot laid out or to be laid out to "ye soldiers which were in ye fight commonly called ye Narragansett, or Swamp Fight."
(Suffolk Records.; Sudbury Records.; Suffolk Co. Wills. Vol. 22, pp. 500 to 503.)
He was, probably, born at Roxbury, Massachusetts as he was baptized at John ELIOT's church in Roxbury 4 June 1655. He removed from Roxbury to Sudbury with his father's family in 1667/8.
In 1675 he enlisted in Captain Jonathan Poole's Company probably, at Concord, Massachsetts. This company marched to Hakley and Hatfield and defended the latter from an attack of the Indians on 19 October 1675. He took part in the "Swamp Fight" in December of the same year. On 25 January 1676 he received £1 4s. for his services under Captain Poole. He reenlisted in the company commanded by Captain William Turner 7 April 1676. This company was in the celebrated "Falls Fight" which occurred 19 May 1676, at the place which has ever since been known as "Turners Falls." He was at the garrison in Westfield, Mass., 23 August 1676, and received £14 8s for his services. (Bodger's Soldiers in King Philips War (revised edition), pp. 240, 251, 252, 259, 365, and 426.)
He married Hannah GILBERT, 28 Aug 1682, Sudbury, Massachusetts.
He sold his farm in Sudbury in 1703 but remained there until 1713 when they moved to Oxford with all of their eight children. He drew lot 21 (click on map at right to enlarge) for his dwelling house. He also bought 40 acres of land of Joseph Dudley of Roxbury.
(Sudbury Town Records.; Middlesex County Mass., Deeds. Vol. 18, pp. 246, 266. Suffolk County Deeds. Vol. 27, p. 174.)
To Joseph Chamberlain Sr., was assigned an important lot on "Bondetts" or "Prospect Hill" which included the "Great House," it being the house formerly occupied by the famous French Huguenot, Rev. Daniel Bondett, who with his thirty families had failed to establish their settlement in Oxford. (Daniels' History of Oxford, Mass.)
The town of Oxford had been founded late in the preceding century by French Huguenots but deserted by them and the successors of the original grantees of the town brought in thirty English families to found a new town. Of Joseph's children Nathaniel , Ebenezer, and Joseph Jr. were of age and took up land with the other proprietors of Oxford.
He was a member of the first board of selectmen of Oxford. He died 8 August 1721. His wife Hannah was a member of the church of Sudbury before 1706 and died before him.
His will dated 24 March 1721, wherein he calls himself a yeoman, is recorded in the
"Suffolk County Wills," Vol. 22, p. 360.
By this instrument his son Joseph is given twenty-five acres of land and another lot of twelve acres and sons Benjamin and Simon (who are named as executors), his lands and messuages, and tenements, subject to legacies to be paid to other heirs: to Sytela ROCKET, his granddaughter, a cow; to Elizabeth, daughter of his son Nathaniel, a cow ; before eight years; to grandson Richard CHAMBERLIN, son of his son Nathaniel £10 when the said Richard is sixteen years old ; to grandson Nathan KENNIE, son of Nathan KENNIE, sometime of Oxford, £10 when fifteen years old; to daughter Rebecca, within two years,-----; son Ebenezer, £5 when in need of the same; grand-child Patience, daughter of son Joseph, a cow within five years of his decease; to son Joseph, blackish grey mare; to daughter Hannah ROCKET, the grey mare; to son Nathaniel, his heirs and assigns, the first colt that comes of said grey mare, which the said Hannah is to keep till the said colt is a year old ; to son Benjamin, black horse colt; to son Simon, his youngest son, his bay mare; and said Simon is ordered to give the first colt from said mare to Benjamin.
The entire property was appraised at £306 13s. 6., of which £110 was for homestead and buildings, 10 shillings for books, £4 4s. 6d. for pewter and brass and £3 5s. for three guns.
On 22 February 1731, Ebenezer Chamberlain, Joseph Rocket (sic) Rockwood and his wife Hannah, Benjamin Chamberlain and Simon Chamberlain conveyed to their brother Joseph Chamberlain of Keehamoochaug all their rights in their father's lot laid out or to be laid out to "ye soldiers which were in ye fight commonly called ye Narragansett, or Swamp Fight."
(Suffolk Records.; Sudbury Records.; Suffolk Co. Wills. Vol. 22, pp. 500 to 503.)
In 1675 he enlisted in Captain Jonathan Poole's Company probably, at Concord, Massachsetts. This company marched to Hakley and Hatfield and defended the latter from an attack of the Indians on 19 October 1675. He took part in the "Swamp Fight" in December of the same year. On 25 January 1676 he received £1 4s. for his services under Captain Poole. He reenlisted in the company commanded by Captain William Turner 7 April 1676. This company was in the celebrated "Falls Fight" which occurred 19 May 1676, at the place which has ever since been known as "Turners Falls." He was at the garrison in Westfield, Mass., 23 August 1676, and received £14 8s for his services. (Bodger's Soldiers in King Philips War (revised edition), pp. 240, 251, 252, 259, 365, and 426.)
He married Hannah GILBERT, 28 Aug 1682, Sudbury, Massachusetts.
He sold his farm in Sudbury in 1703 but remained there until 1713 when they moved to Oxford with all of their eight children. He drew lot 21 (click on map at right to enlarge) for his dwelling house. He also bought 40 acres of land of Joseph Dudley of Roxbury.
(Sudbury Town Records.; Middlesex County Mass., Deeds. Vol. 18, pp. 246, 266. Suffolk County Deeds. Vol. 27, p. 174.)
To Joseph Chamberlain Sr., was assigned an important lot on "Bondetts" or "Prospect Hill" which included the "Great House," it being the house formerly occupied by the famous French Huguenot, Rev. Daniel Bondett, who with his thirty families had failed to establish their settlement in Oxford. (Daniels' History of Oxford, Mass.)
The town of Oxford had been founded late in the preceding century by French Huguenots but deserted by them and the successors of the original grantees of the town brought in thirty English families to found a new town. Of Joseph's children Nathaniel , Ebenezer, and Joseph Jr. were of age and took up land with the other proprietors of Oxford.
He was a member of the first board of selectmen of Oxford. He died 8 August 1721. His wife Hannah was a member of the church of Sudbury before 1706 and died before him.
His will dated 24 March 1721, wherein he calls himself a yeoman, is recorded in the
"Suffolk County Wills," Vol. 22, p. 360.
By this instrument his son Joseph is given twenty-five acres of land and another lot of twelve acres and sons Benjamin and Simon (who are named as executors), his lands and messuages, and tenements, subject to legacies to be paid to other heirs: to Sytela ROCKET, his granddaughter, a cow; to Elizabeth, daughter of his son Nathaniel, a cow ; before eight years; to grandson Richard CHAMBERLIN, son of his son Nathaniel £10 when the said Richard is sixteen years old ; to grandson Nathan KENNIE, son of Nathan KENNIE, sometime of Oxford, £10 when fifteen years old; to daughter Rebecca, within two years,-----; son Ebenezer, £5 when in need of the same; grand-child Patience, daughter of son Joseph, a cow within five years of his decease; to son Joseph, blackish grey mare; to daughter Hannah ROCKET, the grey mare; to son Nathaniel, his heirs and assigns, the first colt that comes of said grey mare, which the said Hannah is to keep till the said colt is a year old ; to son Benjamin, black horse colt; to son Simon, his youngest son, his bay mare; and said Simon is ordered to give the first colt from said mare to Benjamin.
The entire property was appraised at £306 13s. 6., of which £110 was for homestead and buildings, 10 shillings for books, £4 4s. 6d. for pewter and brass and £3 5s. for three guns.
On 22 February 1731, Ebenezer Chamberlain, Joseph Rocket (sic) Rockwood and his wife Hannah, Benjamin Chamberlain and Simon Chamberlain conveyed to their brother Joseph Chamberlain of Keehamoochaug all their rights in their father's lot laid out or to be laid out to "ye soldiers which were in ye fight commonly called ye Narragansett, or Swamp Fight."
(Suffolk Records.; Sudbury Records.; Suffolk Co. Wills. Vol. 22, pp. 500 to 503.)
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