School: Lancaster (Pennsylvania/PA)
James Chambers (1738-1762)appears in county records as early as 1750-1751. He moved north to the banks of the Susquehanna River near present-day Harrisburg (Dauphin Co.)and set up a gunshop on the site of Fort Hunter. During the French and Indian War and Pontiac’s Rebellion, this site was used as a fort, refuge and depot, especially for goods and materiel being transported from Lancaster to Fort Augusta (present-day Shamokin). Chambers was killed by Indians in 1762.
