Blacksmith arrived on the "Diligent", 1638. (sometimes confused with HC the shoemaker who had no children and returned to, England.
Henry1 Chamberlain;198,199 married Jane Unknown at ENG;199 born circa 1592 at ENG;198,199 died 15 Jul 1674 at Hull, MA.198,199 He " 1. Henry Chamberlain came from Hingham, County of Norfolk, Old, England, to New, England, in the ship "Diligent," arriving August 10, 1638. With him came his mother, Christian, wife Jane, and two or more children. The date and place of his birth, baptism and marriage are not known.
His mother was probably the "Mrs. Chamberlin, widower, sister to Mr. Israel Stoughton," who received an allowance from Mr. Andrew's gift by the governor and deputies of Massachusetts Bay Colony, May 14, 1645. She died at Hingham, April 19, 1659, aged eighty-one years, and so must have been born about 1578. Coming to New, England to escape religious persecution, Henry Chamberlain was granted land for a house-lot in Hingham, Mass. in 1638; was admitted a freeman March 13, 1638-39; and lived in Hingham from 1638 to 1660. He was called a blacksmith and a shoemaker in various deeds. About 1661 he moved to Hull, where he died, July 15, 1674. His grave is not known, but was probably in the old burying-ground on the hill in Hull.
Henry Chamberlain's will was dated December 8, 1673. His widow Jane survived him, and with her sons gave a great deal of his house, carpenter houses, lands and meadow in Hingham to Thomas Sawyer, March 3, 1674-75. He owned land at "Old Planters' Hill," and on the "Plains" in Hingham. "Chamberlin's Run," a small brook flowing into Wier River, near Rocky Hill, and "Chamberlin's Swamp" beyond Rocky Hill, both in Hingham, perpetuate the name of this pioneer.
