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first immigrant to America arrived in 1638 at Hingham Massachusetts:

HENRY CHAMBERLIN [1]
Born: about 1592, England.
Died: 15 July 1674, Hull, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts, America.
Married: about 1615, England, name unknown.
Children: Susannah, Henry, William, John, Ursula, Faith.

The following is an abbreviated chronological list of fifteen generations of the Chamberlin family's ancestry in America.

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CHAMBERLIN AMERICAN ANCESTRY

HENRY CHAMBERLIN [1]
Born: about 1592, England
Died: 15 July 1674, Hull, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts, America.
Married: about 1615, England, name unknown.
Children: Susannah, Henry, William, John, Ursula, Faith.

WILLIAM CHAMBERLIN [2]
Born: about 1623, England
Died: 22 October 1678, Hull, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts, America.
Married(1): about 1651, prob. Hull, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts, name unknown.
Children: William, John, Job, Nathaniel, Freedom.
Married(2): about 1661, prob. Hull, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts, name unknown.
Children: Benjamin, Joseph, Mary, Sarah.

JOSEPH CHAMBERLIN [3]
Born: about 1665, Hull, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts, America.
Died: 7 August 1752, Hull, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts, America.
Married: 8 June 1688, Hadley, Massachusetts, America, Mercy Dickinson,
daughter of John Dickinson and Francis Foote.
Children: William, Sarah, Sarah, Elizabeth,Joseph, John, Benjamin, Freedom, John.
The Dickinson family has been traced back to Johnne Dykenson who married Margaret de Lambert in 1260.

WILLIAM CHAMBERLIN [4]
Born: March 1689, Hadley(?), Hampshire Co., Massachusetts, America.
Died: 31 October 1755, Colchester, New London Co., Connecticut, America.
Married: 4 January 1710/11, Colchester, New London Co., Connecticut, America, Sarah Day,
daughter of Thomas Day and Elizabeth Merrick.
Children: William, Peleg, Jehu, Sarah, Mercy, Mary, Rhoda, Nathaniel, Elizabeth, Ebenezer, Meriam, Joel.

WILLIAM CHAMBERLIN [5]
Born: 22 January 1711/12, Colchester, New London Co., Connecticut, America.
Died: 31 October 1780, Stafford, Orange Co., Vermont, USA.
Married(1): 3 January 1734, Colchester, New London Co., Connecticut, America, Lydia Treadway,
daughter of James Treadway and Sarah Bond..
Children: William.
Married(2): 16 January 1752, Colchester, New London Co., Connecticut, America, Joel Davis,
daughter of Isaac Davis and Deborah Johnson (Humphrey).
Children: Roswell, Lydia, Deborah, Abigail, Amasa, Abigail, Isaac, Elias, Asahel, Warren, Charles, Ann.

WILLIAM CHAMBERLIN [6]
Born: Baptized 26 October 1735, Colchester, New London Co., Connecticut, America.
Died: 6 Jan 1821, Winchester, Litchfield Co., Connecticut, USA.
Married(1): 22 May 1758, Colchester, New London Co., Connecticut, USA, Mary Day,
daughter of Joseph Day and Esther Hungerford.
Children: William.
Married(2): about 1770, Colchester, New London Co., Connecticut, USA, Anna West, parents unknown.
Children: Mary ("Molly" or "Polly")
Married(3): 1775, Middletown, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, USA, Mary Roberts, parents unknown.
Children: No known issue.

WILLIAM CHAMBERLIN [7]
Born: about 1759, colchester, New London Co., Connecticut, USA.
Died: 14 October 1843, Hudson Township, Summit Co., Ohio, USA.
Married: 4 May 1780, Colchester, New London Co., Connecticut, USA, Joanna Skinner,
daughter of Deacon Noah Skinner and Sarah Bigelow.
Children: Anna, Joseph, William, Mary, Lydia, Amos, Asahel, Reuben, Samuel, Lucy, Philemon, Hiram.

WILLIAM CHAMBERLIN [8]
Born: 9 December 1786, Winchester, Litchfield Co., Connecticut, USA.
Died: 6 April 1844, Hudson Township, Summit Co., Ohio, USA.
Married: 9 October 1811, Portage Co.(?), Ohio, USA, Nancy Gaylord,
daughter of Joel Gaylord and Lois Cook.
Children: Philo, Asahel, Joel Gaylord, Lucinda, Lydia, Lucy, Sherman, Samantha, Caroline.
The Gaylord family has a prominent military history in early America.

JOEL GAYLORD CHAMBERLIN [9]
Born: 25 March 1814/16, Hudson Township, Portage Co., Ohio, USA.
Died: 3 December 1850, Clear Creek, California gold fields, USA.
Married: 21 September 1839, Geaugo Co., Ohio, USA, Mary Ann Bartlett,
daughter of Joseph Bartlett and Phoebe Colvin.
Children: Anson Bartlett, Sophronia, Alma E., Joseph Orlando, Joel G. (Jr).
Joel and a group of local young men from the area traveled by way of Panama to the California gold fields
where he soon died of an unknown cause.

ANSON BARTLETT CHAMBERLIN [10]
Born: 12 August 1840, Twinsburg, Summit Co., Ohio, USA.
Died: 16 October 1913, Waldheim, Waukesha Co., Wisconsin, USA.
Married: 21 August 1862, Martha Mellissa Bishop,
daughter of Sanford Holmes Bishop and Fannie Melissa Cannon.
Children: Arthur Bishop, Alfred Victor, James Avery.
Through the Bishop line, Anson and his descendants are related to Chief Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes
and his well-known poet father. Anson, an orphan at 15, joined the Army of the Frontier, Company A, 94th Regiment,
Illinois Volunteer Infantry, where he served in the Civil War as a company clerk.
The family has a Civil War diary he kept during part of his service.

ARTHUR BISHOP CHAMBERLIN [11]
Born: 12 March 1865, Solon, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio, USA.
Died: 28 September 1933, Minneapolis, Hennepin Co., Minnesota, USA.
Married: 18 January 1885, Georgiana Wood, daughter of Andrew Wood and Mary J. Wood.
Children: Mermon C., Helene, Gladys Elizabeth, David Holmes.
Arthur was a prominent architect and 33rd degree Mason in Minneapolis and with his partner, George Bertrand,
was responsible for several large buildings in the area including the Minneapolis Athletic Club and the Shriner's Children's Hospital.
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DAVID HOLMES CHAMBERLIN SR [12]
Born: 16 October 1905, Minneapolis, Hennepin Co., Minnesota, USA.
Died: 12 August 1985, Burbank, Los Angeles Co., California, USA.
Married: 29 December 1935, Minneapolis, Hennepin Co., Minnesota, USA, Virginia Grace Swift,
daughter of Michael Vincent Swift and Emma Amelia Holtz.
Children: David Holmes, Jr.
Virginia died in 1990.

DAVID HOLMES CHAMBERLIN, JR [13]
Born: 29 October 1944, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co., California, USA.
Died: Still living.
Married(1): 19 December 1971, Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles Co., California, USA, Leslie Ellen Schakel,
daughter of Carl Kepp Schakel and Leslie Nielson (Harmon).
Children: No issue.
Married(2): 4 July 1977, Burbank, Los Angeles Co., California, USA, Carol Lynn Heinbaugh,
daughter of Marcus Reid Heinbaugh Sr. and Virginia Kuhlmann.
Children: Wyatt Bishop, Ryan Wood.

WYATT BISHOP CHAMBERLIN [14]
Born: 2 May 1979, Burbank, California, USA.
Died: Still living.
Married: 17 July 2004, Yachats, Oregon, USA, Nicole Terese George,
daughter of Terry George and Lynn Justice.
Children: Justice Renee, Alexander Bishop.

RYAN WOOD CHAMBERLIN [14]
Born: 27 October, 1981, Burbank, California, USA.
Died: Still living. Married: 13 February 2009, Newport, Oregon, USA, Stephanie Jo Mariah Morrow,
daughter of Aaron Morrow and Tamara Mason.
Children: Mason Marcus

JUSTICE RENE CHAMBERLIN [15]
Born: August 3, 2007, Beaverton, Oregon, USA.
Died: Still living. Married: Children:

MASON MARCUS CHAMBERLIN [15]
Born: February 8, 2008, Newport, Oregon, USA.
Died: Still living. Married: Children:

ALEXANDER BISHOP CHAMBERLIN [15]
Born: April 20, 2009, Beaverton, Oregon, USA.
Died: Still living. Married: Children:

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