Hi everyone, I'm trying to determine who the parents were of my Ephraim Chamberlain who wed a Betsy Dimmick in 1812, according to the old family bible. Betsy Dimmick was the daughter of Jeduthan Dimmick and Marcy Chamberlain so presumably, Betsy and Ephraim were cousins. Ephraim and Betsy's son, John W. Chamberlain, born in 1838 in Connecticut, was my husband's 3rd great grandfather. He wed Sylvia Smith. Typewritten notes in the family bible indicate that this line is 'of' Joseph Chamberlain 'of' Hadley Massachusetts, who wed Mercy Dickinson and whose father, William Chamberlain, was the son of Henry Chamberlain of 1595 and wife, Jane. The notes also indicate that Ephraim was 'of' Dalton, Massachusetts and that his father was either a Jacob Chamberlin or a Benjamin Chamberlin; I can't tell which, as there's no dates in the notes. Any help in resolving the 'mystery' of parentage of Ephraim Chamberlain or his mother-in-law, Marcy Chamberlain, would be greatly appreciated. This family also has a history of changing the spelling of their last name from Chamberlin to Chamberlain and vice versa.