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Patriot Summary
Joshua Chamberlin (1763-1827) served in the Massachusetts militia as a private in the Massachusetts 1st Brigade, Captain Jeremiah Miller's Company, Colonel Vose's Regiment. Joshua Chamberlin was born in Stockbridge, Berkshire County, Massachusetts on July 31, 1763. He was married to Sarah Brown and they had three sons, and four daughters, Mercy, Brown, Dr. Olmstead Chamberlin, Sarah, Phebe, Almira, and Joshua. He moved to Pontiac, Michigan with his sons, Joshua Jr. and Dr. Olmstead Chamberlin. Joshua Chamberlin died February 20, 1827, in Pontiac, and is buried in the Oak HIll Cemetery in Pontiac, Oakland County, Michigan. SAR Patriot Number P-130834 DAR Patriot Number Not Available Find-A-Grave Number 71601879From the History of Oakland County, Michigan by Thaddeus D. Seeley (1912)
The fifth Revolutionary soldier’s grave to be located and marked in Oak Hill cemetery, Pontiac, was that of Joshua Chamberlin. He enlisted April 3, 1777, at Richmond, Berkshire county, Massachusetts, serving as a private until April 3, 1780, in Captain Jeremiah Miller’s company, Col. Vose’s regiment of Massachusetts troops. He applied in 1818 for a pension, which was granted, he being a resident of Lewiston, Niagara county, New York. In 1820 he was a resident of Detroit and undoubtedly came to Pontiac with his sons, Joshua, Jr., and Dr. Olmstead Chamberlin, two years later. Dr. Chamberlin was one of the prominent business men of Pontiac a great many years. His father died February 20, 1827, aged sixty-seven years. Sarah, his wife, died at Gorham, New York, August 14, 1814, aged forty-nine.