Chambers Family Farm Cemetery
Location:
On Kennedy Road, just south of the Devil’s Pulpit Golf Course, on a small hill just back from the road’s edge.
History:
A lone monument stands on a small hill on 1/2 acre in a field just back from the road’s edge. The site is now looked after by the Town of Caledon.
Phillip Chambers purchased Lot 8 East Half Concession 1 east of Hurontario Street, Caledon Township, comprised on 100 acres, by patent from the Crown on May 7, 1853, on which the cemetery is located.
The dimensions of the cemetery and information on additional instruments is unavailable. Phillip Chambers’ will stated that money and land by provided at this location for a church, should any group wish to establish one there. The offer, however, was not taken up. His will further stated that he wished to be buried on the hill “with the other three” (who were not named in the will). There are also no surface signs of other burials having taken place. The Caledon Heritage Committee requested one of their members who is a diviner to explore the site. He indicated that there are four burials on the site, one by the monument, one behind it, and two others together, perhaps children. These would likely be Phillip Chambers and the three others mentioned in his will.
Phillip Chambers married in Alfreton, Derbyshire, on January 16, 1871, his first wife Mary Maltby, who died in Caledon circa 1838. Phillip married a second time to Anne Durham Hawke Petch, who is buried with her daughter in Knox Cemetery. Phillip was the father of seven sons and two daughters, not all of whom grew to maturity. It is likely that Mary Maltby and two of his children who died young were the three others.
Jim Diell
Transcription purchase:
No transcription has been made available for purchase, because the cemetery had so few stones.