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Jonas Chambers was my 4great-grandfather. I am trying to piece together his family. He was born abt 1742 and I can place him in the Elk River area of Cecil Co Md from 1762 until 1785. By 1788 he had moved to Georgia and bought land in Burke Co Ga, in the southwestern area of the county, in the area around Briar Creek and the Millhaven Plantation which was across the county line in Screven County Ga.
Jonas married Priscilla Jones. She was born abt 1746 in Cecil Co Md, daughter of Robert Jones and Mary. Robert died in Cecil Co Md in 1749. His parents were John and Elizabeth Jones. John's occupation was a cooper, or barrell maker. John was born abt 1715, probably in Pa or Md.
In 1783 Jonas was living in the 3rd District of Cecil Co, which was N.Millford and E. Nottingham. Twelve white inhabitants were listed for his household. He is mentioned in the 1768 will of his uncle, David John, of Cecil Co Md. In the will, he is identified as "son of my sister Mary Chambers." Other heirs of David John were his nephews William Chambers and John Ricketts and his niece Agnes Black.
Jonas took the Oath of Allegience to the US in Cecil Md in 1788 and may have served as an officer in the Revolutionary War. He was a participant in the 1805 Ga land lottery, and he also owned land in Screven and Washington counties in Georgia.
There are several surviving Burke Co land plats for the year 1792 that I think are all issued to members of this family, given that several were issued on March 5, 1792, and several were issued on Nov 5, 1792, and all appear to be in the same area.
Here is a list of names that I think are children of Jonas Chambers and Priscilla Jones:
1) Rachel Chambers b 1767 Md who married Reubin Thompson
2) Nancy Mary Chambers who married Nathan Rackley
3) Catharine Chambers who may have married John Lambert
4) Robert Chambers
5) John Chambers
6) James Chambers
Rachel is my 3great-grandmother. Nathan Rackley is named as heir of Priscilla Chambers' will in 1816 in Screven Co Ga. A daughter of Nathan's, Priscilla, is the only other named heir. Nathan Rackley and his wife Nancy Mary also had a son named Jonas Auugustus Rackley. A Catherine Chambers married a John Lambert (b 1768) in Burke Co Ga. Robert and John are names that appear on some of the Chambers land deeds. I don't have copies yet on some of the deeds, but there is also one for a James Chambers. Given the size of Jonas's household, I am going to assume that the above six are children of Jonas until proven otherwise. There may have been others, as many as four more, going by the 1783 Cecil Co Md census.
I would love to hear from anyone who has information about this family.
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