Jacob Chamberlain

Notes:

Jacob purchased a large tract of land and the buildings north
of what is nor Peach Street in Revere, from the heirs of
Jonathan Tuttle. He assumed the payment of certain legacies to
the Tuttle heirs which involved long and trying difficulties. He
erected a house and bard which cost about 300 lbs.
Jacob was elected constable, an office which called for clerical
and exacting labors. He was a cordwainer ( a worker in leather )
as his uncle Jacob Chamberlain of Roxbury had been. he died in
the midst of his busy life leaving cares and duties to his
capable wife, the care of the Tuttle legacies and the adjustment
of his accounts as Constable and Tax Collector. He is buried by
the side of his father, John. He left an estate of 1,202 lbs.
His widow Abihail removed with her children to Hopkinton where
she lived the rest of her life., Her death, recorded at
Hopkinton says Mrs Chamberlain, Oldest person in town, died
April 1793 aged above 95 years.
Old graveyard near Beach Street

Jacob married Abigail Hasey on 12 Jan 1712/1713 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. Abigail was born on 20 Oct 1695 in Chelsea, Suffolk County, Massachusetts; died in Apr 1793 in Hopkinton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]