Descendants
 of 
John Henry Camber

Generation No. 1

1.  JOHN HENRY¹ CAMBER was born Abt. 1769, and died Aft. 1809.  He married HEBORAH DATA Abt. 1788 in Vermont, USA.  She was born Abt. 1769, and died Aft. 1809. 

The family name in the Vermont State Census 1790 is shown as CAMBO

1790 Census Strafford, Orange Co., Vermont has John H. Camber with 

1 male and 4 females all ages

In the 1800 Census the family name is shown as CAMBER.

In both censuses the residence is shown as Orange County, with the 1800 census showing the town as Strafford. 

1800 Census Strafford, Orange Co., Vermont has John H. Camber with

1 male 26 and under 45
1 male 10 and under
3 females 10 and under 16
1 female 26 not 45

No marriage record of the Camber/Data marriage has been found.

The first five children were all registered in the Vermont State birth records.

Each record shows the mother and father as Heborah Data and John H. Camber.

Variations of the Camber name have been found as follows: 

Camber, Cambeau, Cambo, Cambor, Cambran, Cimber, Kamber, Kember, Kembor, Kimber

Children of JOHN CAMBER and HEBORAH DATA are:

                   i.       CHARLOTTE² CAMBER, b. 18 May 1789, Strafford, Orange, Vermont, USA; m. WILLIAM GREENLEAF, 27 March 1808, Newport, Vermont, USA. 

Marriage is registered in the Vermont State Records. 

Charlotte Cambran, to William Greenleaf, 27 March 1808, Newport, Vermont, USA married by Amos Sayer, Justice of the Peace, Newport, Vermont, USA Residence of Bride - Stanstead 

2.               ii.     JOHN A CAMBER, b. 24 April 1791, Strafford, Orange, Vermont, USA; d. 29 October 1862, Shefford, Quebec, Canada. 

                 iii.     POLLY PAULIE M CAMBER, b. 18 May 1793, Strafford, Orange, Vermont, USA²; d. 13 November 1878, Thetford, Jay, Vermont, USA². 

DEATH registered in Vermont Vital Records 

Polly Camber, died 13 November 1878, Jay, Vermont, USA, daughter of John and Heborah, place of birth, Thetford, cause of death, old age, age 85 years, 6 months, 28 days.

3.              iv.       MIRIAM CAMBER, b. 19 February 1796, Strafford, Orange, Vermont, USA; d. 29 January 1869, Waterloo Quebec, Canada.

4.               v.       PEGGY MARGARET CAMBER, b. 2 July 1798, Strafford, Orange, Vermont, USA. 

5.              vi.       HENRY SMITH CAMBER, b. 1802, Stanstead, Quebec, Canada; d. 1 August 1868, Hatley, Quebec, Canada. 

6.             vii.       RICHARD A CAMBER, b. 26 July 1803, Stanstead, Quebec, Canada; d. 6 July 1873, Stanstead, Quebec, Canada. 

7.            viii.       THEODOTY CAMBER, b. Abt. 1809, Stanstead, Quebec, Canada; d. 26 February 1897, Syracuse, New York, USA.

Generation No. 2

2.  JOHN A² CAMBER (JOHN HENRY¹) was born 24 April 1791 in Strafford, Orange, Vermont, USA², and died 29 October 1862 in Shefford, Quebec, Canada.  He married CHARLOTTE BRUCE Abt. 1819.  She was born April 1791, and died 11 August 1861 in Shefford, Quebec, Canada. 

Census: 1825; Population Return Of The County Of Richelieu, Settled In 1804 Page 738; Line 5;

 4 Members In Family

1 Female Under 6 Yrs Of Age;
1 Md Male Betweem 25 And 40;
1 Single Male Between 40 And 60;
1 Md Female Between 14 And 45

Census: 1831, Milton, Shefford County, Quebec Canada; Page 1703

4 People In Family

1 Female Under 15 Yrs Of Age, 
1 Md Male 30 And Not 60, 
1 Female  Md 14 And Not 45.

Child of JOHN CAMBER and CHARLOTTE BRUCE is:

 i.       CAROLINE³ CAMBER, b. 22 December 1819, West Shefford, Shefford, Quebec, Canada; d. 27 January 1884, Shefford, Quebec, Canada; m. DANIEL REMMICK SAVAGE, 21 March 1842, West Shefford, Shefford, Quebec, Canada³; b. 2 September 1816, Shefford, Quebec, Canada; d. 19 February 1899, Shefford, Quebec, Canada.

 1871 Census District 127: Shefford Township.52

Daniel R. Savage, age 54, born QC, Universalist, English heritage, farmer
Caroline Savage, age 52, born QC, Universalist, English heritage, wife
Charlot Savage, age 22, born QC, Universalist, English heritage
Grata Savage, age 20, born QC, Universalist, English heritage
Emily Savage, age 17, born QC, Universalist, English heritage
Carlton Savage, age 15, born QC, Universalist, English heritage, going to school
Mira Savage, age 12, born QC, Universalist, English heritage
Clarris Savage, female, age 10, born QC, Universalist, English heritage, going to school  

3.  MIRIAM² CAMBER (JOHN HENRY¹)⁴ was born 19 February 1796 in Strafford, Orange, Vermont, USA^4,5, and died 29 January 1869 in Waterloo Quebec, Canada⁶.  She married ELIJAH HALL 1815, son of ELIJAH HALL and HANNAH HIBBARD.  He was born 6 April 1795 in Caledonia, Waterford, Vermont, USA⁷, and died 19 November 1860 in Roxton Falls, Quebec, Canada⁸. 

Children of MIRIAM CAMBER and ELIJAH HALL are: 

                   i.       HANNAH³ HALL⁹, b. 31 January 1817, Stanstead, Quebec, Canada; d. 3 February 1876, Beebe Plain, Stanstead, Quebec, Canada; m. HUGH MCCLINTOCK, 4 May 1836, Stanstead, Quebec, Canada¹⁰; b. 11 June 1810, County Tyrone Ireland¹¹; d. 7 September 1888, Beebe Plain, Stanstead, Quebec, Canada¹². 

                  ii.       MARCUS CHILD HALL, b. 1819, Stanstead, Quebec, Canada; d. Abt. 1860, Quebec, Canada; m. EMMALINE GRIGGS, 18 February 1839, Shefford, Quebec, Canada¹⁴; b. 28 December 1815, Shefford, Quebec, Canada¹⁵.

                  iii.       CELINDA HALL, b. Abt. 1821, Stanstead, Quebec, Canada; d. Bef. 1921; m. HENRY WEBB, 2 February 1843, Shefford, Quebec, Canada¹⁷; b. Abt. 1821, ?Stanstead, Quebec, Canada. 

                  iv.       JOHN CAMBER HALL, b. 22 June 1823, Shefford, Quebec, Canada¹⁸; d. 28 January 1901, Bolton Center, Brome, Quebec, Canada; m. HANNAH PHILANDER CURRIER PEASLEY, 5 February 1851, Stanstead, Quebec, Canada¹⁹; b. 29 August 1827, Bolton Center, Brome, Quebec, Canada²⁰; d. 31 March 1895, Bolton Center, Brome, Quebec, Canada. 

                   v.       CHARLES STEWART HALL, b. 11 June 1825, Granby, Shefford, Quebec, Canada²²; d. 3 January 1903, Waterloo, Shefford, Quebec, Canada; m. ESTHER MILLER, 17 October 1848, Shefford, Quebec, Canada²³; b. Abt. 1831, Ireland; d. 6 June 1889, Montreal, Quebec, Canada²⁴. 

                  vi.       ELIJAH L. HALL, b. 13 December 1830, Burlington, Vermont, USA; d. 26 December 1880, Springfield, MA, USA; m. SARAH BLINN, 10 November 1850, Brome, Quebec, Canada²⁶; b. Abt. 1830, Quebec, Canada; d. Aft. 1880. 

                 vii.       WILLIAM HALL, b. Abt. 1833, Granby, Shefford, Quebec, Canada²⁷. 

                viii.       EMELINE GRIGGS HALL, b. 19 April 1837, Roxton Falls, Quebec, Canada²⁸; d. Aft. 1880; m. JOSEPH SHEPPARD FARNSWORTH, 7 March 1863, Shefford, Quebec, Canada²⁹; b. 10 June 1831, Vermont, USA; d. Aft. 1880. 

                  ix.       BETHANIE DOOR HALL, b. 4 January 1840, Roxton Falls, Quebec, Canada³⁰; m. HENRY A ELDRIDGE, 20 March 1856, St. Paul D'Abbottsford, Quebec, Canada³¹; b. Abt. 1834, Quebec, Canada; d. Abt. 1880, St. Paul D'Abbottsford, Quebec, Canada. 

4.  PEGGY MARGARET² CAMBER (JOHN HENRY¹) was born 2 July 1798 in Strafford, Orange, Vermont, USA.  She married FRANCIS SHARKEY.   

Child of PEGGY CAMBER and FRANCIS SHARKEY is:

                   i.       FRANCIS³ SHARKEY, m. MARY ANN CARR.

5.  HENRY SMITH² CAMBER (JOHN HENRY¹) was born 1802 in Stanstead, Quebec, Canada, and died 1 August 1868 in Hatley, Quebec, Canada³².  He married PRISCILLA MARTIN 4 March 1841 in Derby, Vermont, USA³³.  She was born 1821, and died 11 April 1908 in Fitch Bay, Quebec, Canada.

Notes for HENRY SMITH CAMBER:

Marriage - Groom, Smith Camber, to Pricilla Martin, on 4 March 1941, at Derby, Vermont, USA, married by Lewis C. Bates, Justice of the Peace, Town of Derby, Vermont, USA, Residence of groom, Stanstead, Prov. of L.C.  

Children of HENRY CAMBER and PRISCILLA MARTIN are: 

                   i.       MARY ANN³ CAMBER, b. Abt. 1842, Lower Canada; d. 18 July 1868, Quebec, Canada³⁴; m. LYMAN SMITH REXFORD, 1 January 1863, Stanstead, Quebec, Canada³⁵; b. 31 July 1841, Stanstead, Quebec, Canada; d. 16 December 1931, Brighton, Vermont, USA. 

Notes for MARY ANN CAMBER:

Extract from local newspaper 1 jan 1863 Marriage: Lyman Rexford to Mary A. Camber by Rev. E. Mitchell 

                  ii.       ROSETTA CAMBER, b. Abt. 1845, Lower Canada; d. 21 September 1872, Fitch Bay, Quebec, Canada; m. ELISHA WAID, 18 July 1863, Stanstead, Quebec, Canada³⁵. 

Notes for ROSETTA CAMBER:

Extracts from local newspaper 8 July 1868 marriage of Elisha Waid to Rosetta Camber by Rev. E. Mitchell 

                 iii.       ALMIRA EMMA CAMBER, b. 1850, Fitch Bay, Quebec, Canada; d. 26 August 1870, Hatley, Quebec, Canada³⁶. 

                  iv.       AMASA HENRY CAMBER, b. 21 May 1851, Stanstead, Quebec, Canada; d. 22 February 1929, Newark, Vermont, USA; m. (1) OLIVE ANN ABBOTT, 13 October 1879, Fitch Bay, Quebec, Canada³⁷; b. Abt. 1857; d. 26 December 1882³⁸; m. (2) ELIZABETH ELEANOR SMITH, 18 December 1884, Derby, Vermont, USA; b. 17 June 1867, Leeds, England; d. 23 November 1913, Newark, Vermont USA. 

MARRIAGE recorded in Vermont Vital Records 

Marriage - Groom, Amasa H. Camber, Age 31, Place of Birth, Stanstead, Quebec, to Elizabeth Smith, on 16 December 1884, at Derby, Vermont, USA, by Rev John Morse, Derby, Vermont, USA, Residence of Groom, Stanstead, Quebec, Occupation of Groom, farmer, 2nd marriage, Smith Camber, father, Priscilla Martelle, mother 

                   v.       JOHN EMERSON CAMBER, b. 14 June 1857, Lower Canada; d. 23 May 1936, East Bolton, Brome, Quebec, Canada; m. EMMA ARDELL JOHNSON, 12 December 1881; b. 22 January 1860, Stanstead, Quebec, Canada; d. 9 April 1935, East Bolton, Brome, Quebec, Canada. 

Emma Ardell Johnson had been a school teacher when she married John Emerson Camber, who was illiterate.  She taught him first to sign his name and later to read and write. 

                  vi.       WILLIAM ANDREW CAMBER, b. 30 March 1858, Stanstead, Quebec, Canada; d. 11 October 1924, Beebe Plain, Stanstead, Quebec, Canada; m. ALICE ETHEL GOODWIN, 5 August 1889, Derby, Vermont, USA; b. 1874, Barnston, Quebec, Canada; d. 17 July 1908, Quebec, Canada.

 MARRIAGE is recorded in Vermont Vital Records 

Marriage - Groom, William Camber, age 30, Place of Birth, Stanstead, Quebec, on 5 August 1889 to Alice E. Goodwin at Derby, Vermont, USA, by N.W. Wilder, Pastor of M.E. Church, Derby, Vermont, USA. Residence of groom, Stanstead, Quebec, Occupation of groom, farmer, First marriage.  Henry Smith Camber, father, Precilla Martin, mother. 

6.  RICHARD A² CAMBER (JOHN HENRY¹) was born 26 July 1803 in Stanstead, Quebec, Canada, and died 6 July 1873 in Stanstead, Quebec, Canada⁴⁰.  He married AMANDA MEHITABLE COLLINS 2 January 1833 in Derby, Vermont, USA⁴¹, daughter of EPHRAIM COLLINS and OLIVE MARTIN.  She was born 25 October 1808 in Quebec, Canada, and died 28 June 1876 in Fitch Bay, Quebec, Canada⁴². 

GRAVE MARKER 

Inscription on the gravestone of Richard A. Camber - 

      "Remember friends as you pass by
       As you are now, so once was I.
       As I am now, so you will be.
       Prepare for death and follow me".

Children of RICHARD CAMBER and AMANDA COLLINS are: 

                   i.       RICHARD³ CAMBER, b. 10 July 1834.

                  ii.       CAROLINE CAMBER⁴⁴, b. 16 October 1835, Stanstead, Quebec, Canada; d. 18 July 1914, Bolton, Brome, Quebec, Canada⁴⁵; m. DEAN WESLEY JOHNSON, 4 February 1857, Georgeville, Quebec, Canada⁴⁶; b. 16 March 1829; d. 6 November 1885, Bolton, Brome, Quebec, Canada⁴⁷. 

                 iii.       EMILENE CAMBER, b. 29 April 1839; d. 4 June 1916; m. WILLARD FLANDERS. 

                  iv.       JOHN ANDERSON CAMBER, b. 19 March 1842, Georgeville, Quebec, Canada; d. 7 November 1917, Georgeville, Quebec, Canada; m. SARAH ANN SAYBALL, 9 February 1867, Georgeville, Quebec, Canada⁴⁹; b. 20 February 1850, Quebec, Canada; d. 25 February 1937, Stanstead, Quebec, Canada⁵⁰. 

                   v.       DANIEL AMOS CAMBER, b. 16 April 1847, Quebec, Canada; d. 6 March 1910, Quebec, Canada; m. ELIZA SAYBALL, 31 October 1871, Fitch Bay, Quebec, Canada⁵²; b. 1845, Quebec, Canada; d. 15 February 1922, Quebec, Canada. 

                  vi.       CHARLES E. CAMBER, b. 22 November 1856, Stanstead, Quebec, Canada; d. 17 December 1885, Fitch Bay, Quebec, Canada; m. MAGGIE E. SABALL, 10 May 1882; b. 1857, Stanstead, Quebec, Canada; d. 5 December 1898, Wentworth, NH, USA. 

7.  THEODOTY² CAMBER (JOHN HENRY¹) was born Abt. 1809 in Stanstead, Quebec, Canada, and died 26 February 1897 in Syracuse, New York, USA.  She married JOSEPH KEMP 29 September 1840 in Derby, Vermont, USA⁵³.  He was born 1813 in England, and died 5 August 1893 in Syracuse, New York, USA. 

MARRIAGE is in the Vermont Vital Records  

Marriage - Bride, Theadity Camber to Joseph Kemp, 29 Sep 1840, at Derby, Vermont, U.S.A., married by H.B. Perkins, Justice of the Peace, Town of Derby, residence of bride, Stanstead, LC. 

DEATH 

Theadity Camber in Syracuse, N.Y., where she is buried with her husband in the Oakwood Cemetary, Syaracuse, New York, USA. Cemetary records show:

Name: Theodoty Kemp
Date of Birth: 1809, Canada
Died: Feb 26, 1897, Syracuse
Relative: Henry & Theodoty Camber
Died of old age.

     Children of THEODOTY CAMBER and JOSEPH KEMP are: 

                   i.       JOSEPH SARGENT³ KEMP, b. 4 July 1841, Stanstead, Quebec, Canada; d. 16 February 1922, Newark Valley New York, USA; m. MARY BEAN, September 1866. 

Notes for JOSEPH SARGENT KEMP:

Joseph S. Kemp was a farmer and an inventor.  His first patent was taken out for  the manure spreader. 

                  ii.       THEODOTA KEMP, b. 1843. 

                 iii.       ROSANNA KEMP, b. 1846. 

                  iv.       MIRIAM HALL KEMP, b. 25 February 1847, Stanstead, Quebec, Canada; d. 11 June 1939, Montreal, Quebec, Canada; m. GEORGE HENRY HARDY, 16 August 1869, Fitch Bay, Quebec, Canada⁵⁴; b. 7 June 1840, Irasburgh, Vermont, USa; d. 6 July 1909. 

Notes for MIRIAM HALL KEMP:

The marriage of Miriam Hall Kemp is shown in the following sources: 

1.  Stanstead Journal Vital Statistics, compiled by the Stanstead Historical  Society. 

2.  St Francis District Vital Records, Marriages, from Protestant Church    Records. 

                   v.       SARAH JANE KEMP, b. 1851; m. GEORGE B DUTTON, 16 August 1869, Fitch Bay, Quebec, Canada. 

Notes for SARAH JANE KEMP:

The marriage of Sarah Jane Kemp is shown in the following sources:

 1.  Stanstead Journal Vital Statistics, compiled by the Stanstead Historical   Society. 

2.  St Francis District Vital Records, marriages, from Protestant Church    Records.

                   vi.       ORLANA KEMP, b. 1854. 

                 vii.       HENRY KEMP, b. 1856. 

                viii.       WILLIEWILBUR KEMP, b. 1858.