Children:
John Chambers, 1749–1824 Continental Army Pvt.
William T Chambers, 1750–1840 Continental Army Sgt.
Samuel Chambers 1752–1777
Tetty Chambers Barnett 1754–1824
Alexander Chambers, 1756–1857 Continental Army
David Chambers 1760–
"David Chambers, son of Reynolds 'Runnels' Chambers, was born in Southern Scotland about 1725. Before he reached his majority he went via Ireland to America. He may have remained in Ireland long enough to make his passage money, but not long enough to become Scotch Irish. There is but little doubt that he sailed directly to Philadelphia with the immigrant party of 1743, and after acquainting himself with the location of his relatives, he went to work. Becoming interested in a German girl, he chose her for his life companion, took her with him to the Rappahannock Scotch settlement, and for ten years made Orange County (after 1749, Culpeper County), Virginia, his home.
Four of his children were born in this Scotch settlement: John, William, Samuel, and Tetty. In 1754, or thereabouts, David, influenced by the Indian troubles preceding the French and Indian War, left the Rappahannock settlement, and found a place of apparent safety in Rockbridge County, Virginia, far up the mountain side to the southwest. Here Alexander and David were born. After the Treaty of Peace was signed (1763), David, with his entire family, went still farther west, joining a Scotch settlement in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina, where he remained till near the close of the century, when he went with his sons to Boonesboro, Kentucky, his last resting place."
Source: "Trails of the Centuries," William Davis Chambers, 1925, Chapter V Part I: DAVID
**DNA Study for descendants of David R. Chambers and his father, Reynolds 'Runnels' Chambers. For information regarding this DNA study establishing Reynolds Chambers as a progenitor of Chambers families in America please contact project lead, Findagrave contributor #48206318.
John Chambers, 1749–1824 Continental Army Pvt.
William T Chambers, 1750–1840 Continental Army Sgt.
Samuel Chambers 1752–1777
Tetty Chambers Barnett 1754–1824
Alexander Chambers, 1756–1857 Continental Army
David Chambers 1760–
"David Chambers, son of Reynolds 'Runnels' Chambers, was born in Southern Scotland about 1725. Before he reached his majority he went via Ireland to America. He may have remained in Ireland long enough to make his passage money, but not long enough to become Scotch Irish. There is but little doubt that he sailed directly to Philadelphia with the immigrant party of 1743, and after acquainting himself with the location of his relatives, he went to work. Becoming interested in a German girl, he chose her for his life companion, took her with him to the Rappahannock Scotch settlement, and for ten years made Orange County (after 1749, Culpeper County), Virginia, his home.
Four of his children were born in this Scotch settlement: John, William, Samuel, and Tetty. In 1754, or thereabouts, David, influenced by the Indian troubles preceding the French and Indian War, left the Rappahannock settlement, and found a place of apparent safety in Rockbridge County, Virginia, far up the mountain side to the southwest. Here Alexander and David were born. After the Treaty of Peace was signed (1763), David, with his entire family, went still farther west, joining a Scotch settlement in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina, where he remained till near the close of the century, when he went with his sons to Boonesboro, Kentucky, his last resting place."
Source: "Trails of the Centuries," William Davis Chambers, 1925, Chapter V Part I: DAVID
**DNA Study for descendants of David R. Chambers and his father, Reynolds 'Runnels' Chambers. For information regarding this DNA study establishing Reynolds Chambers as a progenitor of Chambers families in America please contact project lead, Findagrave contributor #48206318.
Children:
John Chambers, 1749–1824 Continental Army Pvt.
William T Chambers, 1750–1840 Continental Army Sgt.
Samuel Chambers 1752–1777
Tetty Chambers Barnett 1754–1824
Alexander Chambers, 1756–1857 Continental Army
David Chambers 1760–
"David Chambers, son of Reynolds 'Runnels' Chambers, was born in Southern Scotland about 1725. Before he reached his majority he went via Ireland to America. He may have remained in Ireland long enough to make his passage money, but not long enough to become Scotch Irish. There is but little doubt that he sailed directly to Philadelphia with the immigrant party of 1743, and after acquainting himself with the location of his relatives, he went to work. Becoming interested in a German girl, he chose her for his life companion, took her with him to the Rappahannock Scotch settlement, and for ten years made Orange County (after 1749, Culpeper County), Virginia, his home.
Four of his children were born in this Scotch settlement: John, William, Samuel, and Tetty. In 1754, or thereabouts, David, influenced by the Indian troubles preceding the French and Indian War, left the Rappahannock settlement, and found a place of apparent safety in Rockbridge County, Virginia, far up the mountain side to the southwest. Here Alexander and David were born. After the Treaty of Peace was signed (1763), David, with his entire family, went still farther west, joining a Scotch settlement in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina, where he remained till near the close of the century, when he went with his sons to Boonesboro, Kentucky, his last resting place."
Source: "Trails of the Centuries," William Davis Chambers, 1925, Chapter V Part I: DAVID
**DNA Study for descendants of David R. Chambers and his father, Reynolds 'Runnels' Chambers. For information regarding this DNA study establishing Reynolds Chambers as a progenitor of Chambers families in America please contact project lead, Findagrave contributor #48206318.
John Chambers, 1749–1824 Continental Army Pvt.
William T Chambers, 1750–1840 Continental Army Sgt.
Samuel Chambers 1752–1777
Tetty Chambers Barnett 1754–1824
Alexander Chambers, 1756–1857 Continental Army
David Chambers 1760–
"David Chambers, son of Reynolds 'Runnels' Chambers, was born in Southern Scotland about 1725. Before he reached his majority he went via Ireland to America. He may have remained in Ireland long enough to make his passage money, but not long enough to become Scotch Irish. There is but little doubt that he sailed directly to Philadelphia with the immigrant party of 1743, and after acquainting himself with the location of his relatives, he went to work. Becoming interested in a German girl, he chose her for his life companion, took her with him to the Rappahannock Scotch settlement, and for ten years made Orange County (after 1749, Culpeper County), Virginia, his home.
Four of his children were born in this Scotch settlement: John, William, Samuel, and Tetty. In 1754, or thereabouts, David, influenced by the Indian troubles preceding the French and Indian War, left the Rappahannock settlement, and found a place of apparent safety in Rockbridge County, Virginia, far up the mountain side to the southwest. Here Alexander and David were born. After the Treaty of Peace was signed (1763), David, with his entire family, went still farther west, joining a Scotch settlement in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina, where he remained till near the close of the century, when he went with his sons to Boonesboro, Kentucky, his last resting place."
Source: "Trails of the Centuries," William Davis Chambers, 1925, Chapter V Part I: DAVID
**DNA Study for descendants of David R. Chambers and his father, Reynolds 'Runnels' Chambers. For information regarding this DNA study establishing Reynolds Chambers as a progenitor of Chambers families in America please contact project lead, Findagrave contributor #48206318.
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