Col. Benjamin Chambers and Sarah Patterson

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Husband Col. Benjamin Chambers ^{1 2}

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           Born: Abt 1708
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           Died: 17 Feb 1788 - Chambersburg, Franklin Co, PA 3
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         Father: [Father] Chambers (      -      )
         Mother: 

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       Marriage: 24 Sep 1741 - Philadelphia, PA 4

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   Other Spouse: Jane Williams (1725-1795) 5 - 1748 5

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• Note: This may be the same person as : Benjamin Chambers.

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Wife Sarah Patterson ⁴

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         Father: Capt. Robert Patterson (      -      ) 4
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• Note: This may be the same person as : Sarah Patterson.

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Children

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1 M Col. James Chambers ^{2 4 6}

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           Born: 5 Jun 1743 - Falling Spring, PA 4
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           Died: 25 Apr 1805 - Loudon Forge, Franklin Co, PA 4
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         Spouse: Katharine Hamilton (1737/1738-1820) 7 8
           Marr: 16 Feb 1763 - Loudon Forge, Franklin Co, PA 6 7

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2 M Charles Chambers ⁹

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           Born:  - ? Ireland
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3 F Rachel Chambers ¹⁰

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         Spouse: Capt. Robert Orr (Abt 1744-1833) 11 12
           Marr: Abt 1799

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General Notes: Husband - Col. Benjamin Chambers

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He was the founder of Chambersburg, Franklin County, Pennsylvania.

His son-in-law, Dr. Colhoun, built a fine stone mansion north of the Falling Spring Presbyterian Church, and that was where Col. Benjamin Chambers died while on a visit to his daughter.

1 —, History of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner, Beers & Co., 1887), Pg 272, 625.

2 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 181.

3 —, History of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner, Beers & Co., 1887), Pg 272.

4 —, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 4.

5 —, History of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner, Beers & Co., 1887), Pg 625.

6 G. O. Seilhamer, Esq, The Bard Family (Chambersburg, PA: Kittochtinny Press, 1908), Pg 311.

7 —, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 6.

8 Carl Ross McKenrick, My Family and Antecedents (Baltimore, MD: Self-published, 1949), Pg 122.

9 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 446.

10 —, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 310.

11 Robert Walter Smith, Esq., History of Armstrong County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins, & Co., 1883), Pg 539.

12 —, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 308.