Henry CHAMBERLIN  (c.1592 - 15 July 1674)

Arrived at New England in 1638. He was a blacksmith. Lived in Hingham, 
Suffolk Co., Mass. Recorded as a Townsman and granted a house lot on 17 
February 1638. Often confused with another of the same name who was a 
shoemaker, but who returned to England after a couple of years and left no 
descendants in New England. The Henry of this record was made a freeman on 
13 March 1639 by the General Court of Massachusetts. Though his descendants
have long since left the area, the name of their progenitor is perpetuated 
in the region by such place names as "Chamberlain's Run", which is a small 
brook flowing into the Wier River near Rocky Hill; and "Chamberlain's 
Swamp", beyond Rocky Hill, both in Hingham.

Sources:
"Henry of Hingham", David C. Chamberlin, Sr., Hillsboro, OR., 1987.
"Chamberlain Chain" surname booklets, Carolyn Wilson Weidner, Spokane, WA.
"New England Families", Vol. I, pp.119-122, William Richard Cutter, Woburn, 
MA., 1913.