Col. Benjamin Chambers and Jane Williams

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Husband Col. Benjamin Chambers ^{1 2}

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           Born: Abt 1708
     Christened: 
           Died: 17 Feb 1788 - Chambersburg, Franklin Co, PA 3
         Buried: 

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         Father: [Father] Chambers (      -      )
         Mother: 

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       Marriage: 1748 4

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   Other Spouse: Sarah Patterson (      -      ) 5 - 24 Sep 1741 - Philadelphia, PA 5

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

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Wife Jane Williams ⁴

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           Born: 1725 5
     Christened: 
           Died: 1795 5
         Buried: 

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Children

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1 F Ruhamah Chambers ⁶

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           Born: 1750 - Chamber's Mills, Franklin Co, PA 7
     Christened: 
           Died: 19 Apr 1826 7
         Buried:  - Falling Spring Cemetery

         Spouse: Dr. John Colhoun (1740-1782) 5

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2 M Williams Chambers ⁵

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           Born: 1752 - Chamber's Mills, Franklin Co, PA 5
     Christened: 
           Died: Jun 1788 5
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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3 M Capt. Benjamin Chambers ^{4 8 9 10}

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           Born: 1755 - Chamber's Mills, Franklin Co, PA 4 9
     Christened: 
           Died: 29 Dec 1813 9 11
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Sarah Brown (1759-1837) 9
           Marr: Jun 1783 9

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4 M Joseph Chambers ⁵

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           Born: 1756 - Chamber's Mills, Franklin Co, PA 12
     Christened: 
           Died: 28 Dec 1811 12
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Margaret Rippey (1769-1820) 13

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5 M George Chambers ^{5 10}

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           Born: 1760 - Chamber's Mills, Franklin Co, PA 5
     Christened: 
           Died: 17 Aug 1802 5
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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6 F Jane Chambers ⁵

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           Born: 1789 - Chamber's Mills, Franklin Co, PA 12
     Christened: 
           Died: 29 Jul 1857 12
         Buried:  - Falling Spring Cemetery

         Spouse: Adam Ross (1754-1827) 5
           Marr: 1777 12

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7 F Hadassah (Hetty) Chambers ⁵

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           Born:  - Chamber's Mills, Franklin Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died:  - Paris, Henry Co, TN
         Buried: 

         Spouse: William Maxwell Brown (      -      ) 12
           Marr: 1793 12

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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.

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General Notes: Wife - Jane Williams

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She was the daughter of a Presbyterian clergyman.

She was the daughter of a Welsh clergyman in Virginia.

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

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

6 —, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 4, 6.

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

8 Alfred Nevin, D.D., LL.D., Men of Mark of the Cumberland Valley, Pa. 1776-1876 (Philadelphia, PA: Fulton Publishing Co., 1876), Pg 139.

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

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

11 Alfred Nevin, D.D., LL.D., Men of Mark of the Cumberland Valley, Pa. 1776-1876 (Philadelphia, PA: Fulton Publishing Co., 1876), Pg 140.

12 —, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 8.

13 —, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 8, 54.