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Also referred to as Marah Chamberlain

Mary married Aaron HUNTLEY on 22 Feb 1675 in Lyme, New London, CT, U.S.A.. Aaron (son of John HUNTLEY and Jane CURTIS) was born on 15 Apr 1654 in Boston, Suffolk, MA, U.S.A.; was christened on 27 Oct 1657 in Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts; died on 24 May 1744 in Lyme, New London, CT, U.S.A.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Aaron HUNTLEY was born on 1 Dec 1680 in Lyme, New London, CT, U.S.A.; died on 26 Sep 1748 in Lyme, New London, CT, U.S.A..

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Said to have been of Huguenot ancestry, Henry Champion was born in England in 1611. He emigrated from England to the American Colonies andsettled at Saybrook, Connecticut, where he is found as early as 1647, ashe married there in August of that year. Henry settled with his family tothe east side of the Connecticut River, in that part of Saybrook thatlater became Lyme. He was one of Lyme's first and most active founders.Henry was admitted Freeman at Lyme in 1670. He was one of thosecomplained of by John Prentis, of New London, to the county court atHartford, in March, 1671-2, in the great quarrel between the people ofNew London and Lyme, as to the eastern bounds of Lyme and western boundsof New London. He had lands beyond "Little Stoney Brook" in June, 1674,and other lands.

The maiden name of Henry Champion's first wife, Sarah, is not known.Henry's second wife, Deborah Jones, was described as a "shrewd, schemingwoman, for she induced this old man to make a very advantageous marriagesettlement upon her, and finally involved him in a law suit with thewidow of his eldest son..." An agreement was reached on April 26, 1709and signed by Deborah Champion, Henry Champion, Jr., Henry Bennett, AaronHuntley, John Wade and Hannah Wade. Since Henry Champion died when he was98 years old and married Deborah Jones in 1697/98, he was about 88 yearsold when he married her. Henry died in February, 1709.

Henry married Sarah UNKNOWN in Aug 1647 in Saybrook, Middlesex, CT, U.S.A.. Sarah was born about 1626 in Prob England; died before 21 Mar 1698 in Lyme, New London, CT, U.S.A.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]