Nathaniel Chamberlin ^{1 3 4}

  Noted events in his life were:

• Residence, 1713, Oxford, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States. ¹

• Residence, 1722, Hatfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States. ¹

• Military Service, 1725-1759. ^{1 2} In "Father Ralles War" in 1725, he enlisted in Captain Dwight's Company and was stationed at Drummer (near present Brattleboro), Vermont.

On the 11 Sep 1725 "a scout of six men was sent out from Fort Drummer by Captain Dwight, and when eight miles west of North River, while eating their lunch, about 2 o'clock, they discovered some Indians on their track, within eight rods of them. They jumped up and ran seven or eight rods, when the Indians made a shot at them, and they turned and shot at the Indians. Two of the latter were seen to fall. The soldiers scattered. Thomas Bodurtha of Springfield and John Reese of Enfield were killed. Edw- Baker of Suffield, John Farrar of Ashford and nathaniel Chamberlain of Hatfield were taken prisoners. Anthony Weirsburg, only, escaped and returned to the Fort."

After his escape from captivity, Nathaniel went to Northfield, Mass., a frontier settlement on the Connecticut.

Nathaniel Chamberlin was at Arlington (now Winchester), New Hampshire, in 1743, at Deerfield in 1744, at Fall Town in 1755; but must have returned to Northfield in this year as he was among the men belonging to Northfield and vincinity in the Crown Point Expedition in 1755, and was one of the men in the garriswon at Northfield in the last French and Indian War, and in 1759 was among the enlisted men in Colonel Is William's regiment.

Nathaniel married Elizabeth Hunkin on 31 Mar 1714 in Oxford, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States.¹ (Elizabeth Hunkin was born about 1694 in Boxford, Essex, Massachusetts, United States ⁵ and died before 11 Apr 1736 in Northfield, , Massachusetts, United States ^{2 5}.)

Nathaniel next married Martha on 11 Apr 1737.²