Chambers Street (Manhattan): Difference between revisions

Chambers Street is named for attorney John Chambers (1710–1764), an important [[parishioner]] at [[Trinity Church (Manhattan)|Trinity Church]] in Manhattan, where he was vestryman (1726–1757) and warden (1757–1765) of the church for 38 years, son of William Chambers, and husband of Anne Van Cortlandt.<ref name=nytimes>{{cite news |first=Bret |last=Senft |title=If You're Thinking of Living In/TriBeCa; Families Are the Catalyst for Change |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/09/26/realestate/if-you-re-thinking-of-living-in-tribeca-families-are-the-catalyst-for-change.html |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=1993-09-26 |accessdate=2011-07-07}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |first=William |last=Berrian |title=An Historical Sketch of Trinity Church, New York |publisher=Stanford and Swords |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vUwsAAAAYAAJ |pages=94, 356 |place=New York |date=1847 |accessdate=29 December 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Bio: John Chambers |publisher=Markham of Chesterfield |url=http://markhamchesterfield.com/biographies/chamjohn3744_bio.php |date= |accessdate=29 December 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |first=Nathan |last=Tempey |title=NYC Doesn't Fly Confederate Flags, But It's Still A Shrine To Slaveowners & Slave Profiteers |publisher=Gothamist |url=http://gothamist.com/2015/07/06/nyc_slave_history.php |date=6 July 2015 |accessdate=29 December 2016 |deadurlurl-status=yesdead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170322195209/http://gothamist.com/2015/07/06/nyc_slave_history.php |archivedate=22 March 2017 |df= }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=A History of the parish of Trinity Church in the City of New York |publisher=Morgan Dir, S.U.D., D.C.R. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ifUxNao5jVYC |page=576 |date=1906 |accessdate=29 December 2016}}</ref> Chambers's nephew was [[John Jay]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Will: John Chambers, 1764 New York |publisher=Markham of Chesterfield |url=http://markhamchesterfield.com/biographies/chamjohn3744_will.php |date= |accessdate=29 December 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |first=Walter |last=Stahr |title=John Jay: Founding Father |publisher=Diversion Books |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=a9Jm_RDtq3cC&dq |pages= |place= |date=2012 |accessdate=29 December 2016}}</ref> John Murray, Chambers' law partner, has nearby Murray Street named after him.<ref>{{cite web |title=new york architecture walks- tribeca |publisher=nyc-architecture |url=http://www.nyc-architecture.com/walks-tribeca.htm |date= |accessdate=29 December 2016}}</ref>