Post by daveseibert on Dec 3, 2007 0:12:47 GMT -6
Ref: taken from the History of Washington Co., Pa. by Boyd Crumrine, 1882, pg. 658. James Chambers came from County Down, Ireland, to this country, settling first near Williamsport, Pa. He remained there but a short time, however, and October, 1797, found him a resident of Amwell Twp, located on Bane's Fork of Ten-Mile Creek. His family consisted of his wife, three sons and three daughters. The daughter, Mary, who became Mrs. Leslie Cannon, always lived in Amwell Twp., and died here in 1874, aged ninety-five years. Jane Chambers married James Jolly and settled in Wheeling, ( Va. ), WV., and Margaret married George Gourlay, removing to Cadiz, Ohio. Of the sons, James was a carpenter, who learned and followed his trade in Washington borough. Judge James C. Chambers of Amwell Twp. is his son. The son, William was never married. He and Robert, the third son of James Chambers, settled upon the homestead and in 1823 built a mill upon it, on the former site of a smaller mill which had fallen into ruins. The mill put up by the Chambers Brothers is still standing, the whole property now belonging to Robert Chambers' son. Robert Chambers in 1824 purchased the first iron plow bought and used in the county and James C. Chambers was one of the first who used it.