EDMUND'S COMMUNITY COURIER SUMMER and FALL 2013

EDMUND'S COMMUNITY COURIER



SUMMER AND FALL 2013




Washington and Lafayette at Valley Forge.

Painting by John Ward Dunsmore



WITH THIS ISSUE WE BEGIN A NEW SERIES ON CHANDLERS AND THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR WITH A LIST OF ALL OF THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR VETERANS AND PATRIOTS THAT I COULD FIND ALONG WITH SOME SURPRISES.YOU MAY FIND A PATRIOT IN YOUR FAMILY TREE THAT YOU DIDN'T KNOW THAT YOU HAD.IF WE SKIPPED SOMEONE OR MADE MISTAKES LET US KNOW.



I CAME ACROSS TIDBIT THAT SHOULD INTEREST YOU JONATHAN DESCENDANTS. REUBEN CHANDLER, IN SUPPORT OF HIS BROTHER'S REVOLUTIONARY WAR PENSION CLAIM, STATED THAT INFORMATION ABOUT NATHANIEL'S BIRTH DATE COULD BE FOUND IN HIS FATHER'S (JONATHAN'S) BIBLE WHICH WAS NOW IN THE POSSESSION OF NATHANIEL.SOMEWHERE OUT THERE, MAYBE WITH ONE OF NATHANIEL'S DESCENDANTS THERE IS, OR WAS, JONATHAN'S BIBLE WITH GENEALOGY INFORMATION IN IT.I WONDER WHAT HAPPENED TO THAT BIBLE! YOU CAN READ THE PENSION FILE IN FOLD3 IF YOU SUBSCRIBE.



ALSO, THE OTHER BIG NEWS IS THAT THE DATABASES HAVE BEEN FIXED AND ARE NOW IN THE ROOTSMAGIC GENEALOGY SOFTWARE PROGRAM.EDMUND'S MAIN LINEAGE AND CAPT. JOHN'S DATABASES ARE NOW COMBINED.THEY HAVE NOT YET BEEN POSTED ON OUR WEBSITE AS THEY NEED TO BE CHECKED FOR ERRORS AND NEW INFORMATION NEEDS TO BE ADDED.READ MORE ABOUT IT IN THIS ISSUE.



WE ALSO HAVE A STORY ABOUT JOSEPH'S HOUSE WHICH WAS INHERITED BY CAPT. JOHN.JOSEPH WAS EDMUND, THE IMMIGRANT'S SON. EVERY ONE OF US HAS SOME HISTORY WITH THAT HOUSE, EITHER AS A DESCENDANT OF JOSEPH OR OF HIS BROTHER BENJAMIN WHOSE CHILDREN PROBABLY SPENT A LOT OF TIME THERE AS THEIR UNCLE JOSEPH WAS A BLACKSMITH.



ALSO TV NEWS, UPDATES, DNA NEWS, AND MORE.I STILL HOPE TO GO TO THE CZECH REPUBLIC (NOTHING TO DO WITH CHANDLERS), BUT PROBABLY NOT UNTIL SPRING.I AM NOT SURE IF THE NEXT ISSUE WILL BE OUT IN THE WINTER OR WILL BE WINTER/SPRING.I WILL LET YOU KNOW.



TV NEWS



I HOPE THAT YOU ALL ENJOYED THE NEW EPISODES THIS SUMMER OF "WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE?" NOW ON THE TLC NETWORK.HOPEFULLY, THE SHOW WILL RETURN NEXT YEAR. THIS FALL MORE GENEALOGY CAN BE FOUND ON PBS' NEW PROGRAM "GENEALOGY ROADSHOW."UNLIKE "WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE?", "GENEALOGY ROADSHOW" IS FOR ORDINARY FOLKS OFTEN WITH EXTRAORDINARY STORIES.OUR EDITOR, BARB, APPLIED, BUT DID NOT GET IN - MANY, MANY APPLIED, BUT FEW WERE CHOSEN.CHECK YOUR TV SCHEDULE IN YOUR AREA FOR THE DAY AND TIME IN YOUR AREA.IN LOS ANGELES IT IS ON MONDAY NIGHTS.



AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY



HENRY LOUIS GATES, JR. OF "FINDING YOUR ROOTS" WILL BE BACK ON PBS WITH A NEW SERIES ENTITLED, "THE AFRICAN AMERICANS: MANY RIVERS TO CROSS." THIS SIX PART SERIES WILL BEGIN ON OCT. 22, 2013 ON PBS.WHILE IT PROBABLY WON'T FEATURE GENEALOGY PER SE, IT WILL COVER AMERICAN HISTORY NOT JUST AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY FROM BEFORE JAMESTOWN UNTIL THE PRESENT. HE WILL VISIT HISTORICAL SITES AS WELL AS INTERVIEW PEOPLE FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY.



THE MAYFLOWER VOYAGE AND SETTLEMENT OF PLYMOUTH



NOW BACK TO OUR ANCESTRAL NECK OF THE WOODS, MASSACHUSETTS.PRODUCER MARK BURNETT OF "SURVIVOR" AND "THE BIBLE" FAME IS NOW PLANNING A NEW MINI-SERIES, ENTITLED "PLYMOUTH" FOR NBC.THEY WERE THE ULTIMATE SURVIVORS AS ONLY HALF OF THEM SURVIVED THE FIRST YEAR, SO GETTING "VOTED OFF OF THE ISLAND' WASN'T A CONCERN OF THEIRS.EDMUND DIDN'T ARRIVE UNTIL 10 YEARS AFTER THE MAYFLOWER, BUT THE MAYFLOWER PASSENGERS WERE HIS FELLOW SEPARATISTS AND NEIGHBORS BOTH IN LEIDEN AND LATER IN DUXBURY.THEY WILL COVER THE VOYAGE AS WELL AS THE SETTLEMENT OF PLYMOUTH. HOPEFULLY, THEY WILL SHOOT IT ON LOCATION.



ECFA NEWS



THE DATABASES



AS MANY OF YOU KNOW THE DATABASES HAVE BEEN MY B TE NOIR FOR THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS.AFTER MANY FAILED ATTEMPTS AT MERGING AND UPDATING THEM, I FINALLY FOUND A COMPUTER EXPERT BY TRADE WHO ALSO KNOWS THE ROOTSMAGIC GENEALOGY PROGRAM.HE TOOK THE 40 ODD COPIES OF THE DATABASES (ORIGINALS, UPDATES AND DUPLICATES) THAT I HAD, MERGED THEM WHERE APPROPRIATE, AND PUT THEM INTO THE ROOTSMAGIC PROGRAM.



ON OUR WEB SITE WE CURRENTLY HAVE FIVE DATABASES:EDMUND'S MAIN LINEAGE, CAPT. JOHN CHANDLER,NATHANIEL CHANDLER, ZEBEDEE CHANDLER, AND MERCY CHANDLER.



EDMUND'S MAIN LINEAGE AND CAPT. JOHN'S ARE NOW MERGED BECAUSE WE HAVE ENOUGH EVIDENCE TO PROVE THAT CAPT. JOHN DESCENDED FROM EDMUND, THE IMMIGRANT.



NATHANIEL, MERCY AND ZEBEDEE'S WILL REMAIN SEPARATE UNTIL WE GET MORE PROOF.



WE CAN SHOW CIRCUMSTANTIAL LINKS BETWEEN THEM, BUT ARE LOOKING FOR MORE PROOF.BECAUSE NATHANIEL HAD ONLY DAUGHTERS AND MERCY WAS A WOMAN, WE CAN'T USE YDNA TESTING AS THAT ONLY FOLLOWS THE MALE LINE. WE ARE OFFERING A FREE YDNA TEST FOR A QUALIFYING MALE ZEBEDEE CHANDLER OF PLYMPTON DESCENDANT TO ESTABLISH HIS DESCENT FROM EDMUND CHANDLER, THE IMMIGRANT.WE WILL CONTINUE TO LOOK FOR AND ASSEMBLE BITS OF PROOF THAT LINK THESE PEOPLE.



THE NEXT STEP IS FOR ME TO CHECK OVER AND FURTHER UPDATE THE DATABASES AND THEN I WILL BE ABLE TO POST THEM IN OUR MEMBERS' ONLY SECTION.



WE ALSO HAVE SOME GREAT INFORMATION FROM OUR MEMBERS THAT NEED TO BE ADDED TO OUR ONLINE LIBRARY SUCH AS BILLIE'S TREATISE ON THE LANDS OF JOSEPH CHANDLER AND CYNTHIA'S FAMILY HISTORY.



MONEY WAS SPENT FROM OUR ECFA ASSOCIATION TREASURY TO FIX THE DATABASES AND MORE WILL BE SPENT TO UPDATE THE WEB SITE, BUT IT IS WELL WORTH IT. I AM TRYING TO BE THRIFTY WITH THIS.IT WILL TAKE A WHILE FOR ALL OF THIS TO HAPPEN.



A NEW MEMBER



THIS MONTH WE WELCOME ANOTHER NEW MEMBER, CAROLINE, OF ARIZONA.SHE IS A DESCENDANT OF ICHABOD CHANDLER (JONATHAN>CAPT. JOHN>EDMUND*>JOSEPH>EDMUND, THE IMMIGRANT).CAROLINE'S ANCESTORS MOVED FROM MAINE TO IOWA IN THE 19TH CENTURY. BARB, OUR EDITOR AND ALSO AN ICHABOD DESCENDANT) IS FROM IOWA AND HAS CONTACTED HER. SO, IF ANY OF YOU SHARE THIS LINE YOU MIGHT WANT TO EXCHANGE INFORMATION. CAROLINE DID SEND A PICTURE OF HER ANCESTRESS OLIVE CHANDLER COOPER WHICH WE HOPE TO PUT IN A FUTURE ISSUE OF THE COURIER OR IN THE ONLINE LIBRARY. HER E-MAIL ADDRESS IS ON THE MAILING LIST AND BEGINS WITH CHARITY.



DUXBURY NEWS



BILLIE VISITED DUXBURY THIS PAST JUNE AND RESEARCHED CHANDLERS. SHE IS STILL WORKING DILIGENTLY ON FINDING A PLACE FOR OUR PLAQUE.



UPDATES



FROM TIME TO TIME, WE GET E-MAILS AND ALSO QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS TO TOPICS IN THE COURIER.



ANNA CHANDLER BAILEY



LINEAGE:JONATHAN*>JUDAH>JOSEPH>JOSEPH>EDMUND, THE IMMIGRANT



THERE WAS A REPLY TO OUR SERIES IN THE COURIER ON THE CIRCUMSTANTIAL RECONSTRUCTION OF THE JONATHAN AND ZERUIAH (BROWN) CHANDLER FAMILY THAT WE HAD JUST COMPLETED. I HAD WRITTEN ABOUT A "MYSTERY GIRL" WHO I COULDN'T FIGURE OUT. THAT "MYSTERY GIRL" WAS PROBABLY ANNA CHANDLER WHO WAS BORN IN 1792. SHE MARRIED MOSES BAILEY. THEY HAD A SON NAMED RUFUS CHANDLER BAILEY, WHO WAS VERY LIKELY NAMED AFTER WHO I BELIEVE WASHER BROTHER RUFUS CHANDLER. RUFUS CHANDLER BAILEY MOVED TO ILLINOIS WHERE HE BECAME A LAWYER THEN A JUDGE.



IT APPEARS THAT ANNA OR ANNE'S (HER NAME HAS BEEN SPELLED BOTH WAYS) HUSBAND, MOSES, DIED BEFORE THE 1850 CENSUS AND THAT ANNA MARRIED JEREMIAH COLE IN 1849. THEY LIVED IN LEWISTON AND THEN GREEN, MAINE. SHE DIED IN 1880. INTERESTINGLY SHE IS BURIED WITH HER SON, GEORGE BAILEY AND HIS FAMILY AS ANNA CHANDLER BAILEY WITH NO MENTION OF JEREMIAH COLE EVEN THOUGH SHE WAS MARRIED TO HIM FOR THIRTY YEARS. THIS MAY HAVE BEEN THE CUSTOM OF THE TIME OR NOT!



HOWEVER, NOW WHILE WE DON'T HAVE A "MYSTERY" GIRL WHO WAS BORN IN THE 1790S, WE STILL HAVE TWO "MYSTERY" GIRLS FROM THAT FAMILY ONE OF WHOM MAY BE MY BRICK WALL, REBECCA CHANDLER.



CONGRESSMAN JOSEPH RIPLEY CHANDLER



Joseph Ripley Chandler

(1792-1880)

Find A Grave:



LINEAGE: JOSEPH>JOSEPH>JOSEPH>EDMUND, THE IMMIGRANT



ANOTHER E-MAIL CAME VIA OUR MEMBER, DICK, WHO RECEIVED A COPY OF A PHOTO OF ANOTHER MYSTERY CHANDLER THAT HAD ONLY J. R. CHANDLER, PHILIDELPHIA WRITTEN ON THE BACK.



DICK FIGURED OUT THAT THE PHOTO WAS OF JOSEPH RIPLEY CHANDLER WHO WAS PROBABLY ONE OF OUR EDMUND CHANDLER DESCENDANTS. TURNS OUT THAT HE WAS! JOSEPH RIPLEY CHANDLER WAS AN EDUCATOR, EDITOR, REFORMER, MEMBER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, AMBASSADOR, AND WAS EVEN PRAISED BY EDGAR ALLAN POE.



I HOPE TO DO A STORY ON HIM (WITH PICTURES) FOR A FUTURE EDITION OF THE COURIER AND WILL DOUBLE CHECK HIS LINEAGE.



DNA NEWS



THIS ISSUE WE HAVE NEWS ABOUT THE U198 DNA PROJECT. OUR MEMBER, GREG, ALERTED US ABOUT THIS PROJECT. U198 IS NOT THE SAME TYPE OF MARKER AS IS USED IN THE CHANDLER DNA PROJECT. U198 IS A MARKER FOR A SUB-GROUP OF YDNA. U198 GOES BACK TO AN UNKNOWN COMMON ANCESTOR WHO LIVED ABOUT 2000 YEARS AGO WITH A MARGIN OF ERROR OF ABOUT 500 YEARS. EDMUND CHANDLER, THE IMMIGRANT, WHO LIVED ABOUT 400 YEARS AGO, IS THE COMMON ANCESTOR OF OUR YDNA TESTEES.



OUR CHANDLER VOLUNTEER FROM OUR EDMUND CHANDLER YDNA GROUP TESTED POSITIVE AS A MEMBER OF U198. THAT MEANS THAT THE ENTIRE EDMUND CHANDLER GROUP OF TESTEES ARE ALSO MEMBERS OF THE U198 GROUP.



AT FIRST IT SEEMS FAIRLY USELESS TO BE CONCERNED WITH A MARKER THAT GOES BACK TO A COMMON ANCESTOR WHO LIVED ABOUT 2000 (PLUS OR MINUS 500) YEARS AGO WHICH IS STILL WAY BEFORE SURNAMES BECAME COMMON. HOWEVER, U198 APPEARS IN ONLY ABOUT 1 OR 2% OF THE POPULATION SO IT MAY PROVE HELPFUL IN ESTABLISHING MIGRATION AND SETTLEMENT PATTERNS, EVEN THOUGH A LOT OF MIGRATING CAN TAKE PLACE IN 2000 YEARS. SO FAR MOST OF THE U198 TESTEES HAVE SHOWN UP IN LOWLAND SCOTLAND AND SOUTHERN ENGLAND. WE HAVE LONG SUSPECTED THAT EDMUND CAME FROM SOUTHERN ENGLAND WITH SUSSEX AND KENT BEING HIGH ON THE LIST BECAUSE OF THE ASSOCIATION WITH ROGER CHANDLER, EDMUND'S POSSIBLE RELATIVE. IT IS TOO EARLY TO TELL IF THIS IS A CLUE AS TO EDMUND'S ORIGINS OR NOT AS SO FEW HAVE BEEN TESTED FOR THE U198 PROJECT.



I AM GOING TO INQUIRE FURTHER ABOUT A POSSIBLE LINK BETWEEN THE LYNN FAMILY AND THE CHANDLER FAMILY AND LET YOU KNOW WHAT I FIND OUT.



A LOT MORE TESTEES WILL HAVE TO JOIN THE U198 PROJECT AND MORE SUB-GROUPS OF U198 WILL HAVE TO BE FOUND BEFORE IT CAN BE HELPFUL TO US. IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO FIND OUT WHAT THEY DIG UP FIGURATIVELY SPEAKING.



TIPS AND HINTS



MAPS



THE DAVID RUMSEY HISTORICAL MAP COLLECTION



I FOUND A GREAT SITE THAT SHOULD BE USEFUL TO ALL. I MAY HAVE MENTIONED IT IN THE PAST, BUT THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME THAT I ACTUALLY TRIED IT. IT IS THE DAVID RUMSEY MAP COLLECTION .IT IS FREE TO BROWSE.



YOU CAN LOOK UP AND ZOOM IN ON OLD, HISTORICAL MAPS FROM AROUND THE WORLD. I FOUND AN ATLAS FOR ANDROSCOGGIN COUNTY MAINE THAT SHOWED WHERE PEOPLE LIVED IN 1873. I ALSO LOOKED UP GRAFTON, CO. NEW HAMPSHIRE WHERE MANY OF EDMUND, THE IMMIGRANT'S, SON BENJAMIN'S DESCENDANTS LIVED. I FOUND CHANDLERS IN BOTH PLACES. SO PUT YOUR ANCESTRAL LOCALE IN AND GIVE IT A TRY AS YOU MAY FIND EXACTLY WHERE YOUR ANCESTOR LIVED BACK IN THE1800S. HERE IS A SAMPLE:



UNITED STATES MAPS



Expansion of United States territory.



MORE MAPS HERE INCLUDING MY FAVORITE, THE INTERACTIVE COUNTY AND STATE BOUNDARY MAP, WHICH SHOW THE FORMATION, NAME AND BOUNDARY CHANGES OF THE COUNTIES OVER THE YEARS. THE STATES START OUT BLOB-LIKE AND GRADUALLY FORM INTO COUNTIES. IT IS INVALUABLE IF YOU HAVE AN ANCESTOR WHO LIVED IN THREE DIFFERENT COUNTIES AND MAYBE TWO DIFFERENT STATES, BUT NEVER MOVED! OR, HAVE AN ANCESTOR WHERE THERE IS AN ARGUMENT OVER WHERE THEY WERE BORN. IT COULD BE THE SAME PLACE, BUT THE COUNTY BOUNDARY CHANGED. THEY ALSO MENTION THE RUMFORD MAPS AND HAVE WORLDWIDE MAPS.



IN ADDITION, HERE IS A SAMPLE FROM THE ABOVE OF THE INTERACTIVE MOVING MAP OF THE FORMATION OF IOWA:



FAMILY SEARCH



THERE IS ALWAYS SOMETHING NEW AT FAMILYSEARCH. THEY HAVE DROPPED THEIR OLD GENEALOGY PROGRAM PAF. HOWEVER, NOW YOU CAN LINK ROOTSMAGIC AND PERHAPS ONE OR TWO OTHER GENEALOGY PROGRAMS AS MORE ARE PLANNED TO BE LINKED INTO FAMILYSEARCH AND IMPORT DIRECTLY DATA INSTEAD OF COPYING IT. IF YOU SIGN UP TO FAMILYSEARCH YOU CAN ACCESS THEIR SITE FOR FREE. ONCE MONTH THEY SEND OUT A E-MAIL SHARING WHAT IS NEW.



JOSEPH CHANDLER HOUSE



907 TREMONT ST DUXBURY, MASSACHUSETTS



Joseph Chandler House by Billie Pett.



RESEARCH BY OUR MEMBER, BILLIE PETT, LED HER TO THE CONCLUSION THAT THE HOUSE WHICH IS NOW FOR SALE AT 907 TREMONT STREET ORIGINALLY BELONGED TO JOSEPH CHANDLER, SR. (1641-1721).HER RESEARCH ALSO PROVED THAT CAPT. JOHN CHANDLER OF DUXBURY WAS JOSEPH CHANDLER, SR.'S GRANDSON. PREVIOUSLY,WE FEATURED THE HISTORIC ISAAC CHANDLER HOUSE IN THE COURIER (SEE LINK BELOW), BUT THIS HOUSE HAS EVEN A LONGER HISTORY AS THIS JOSEPH CHANDLER WAS EDMUND, THE IMMIGRANT'S SON AND ISAAC'S GGG-GRANDFATHER.



THE HOUSE AT 907 TREMONT STREET AND THE AREA TO THE EAST OF IT WAS ONCE KNOWN AS THE "OLD CHANDLER NEIGHBORHOOD BEFORE 1700."IT WAS DEFINED AS SUCH BY DUXBURY HISTORIAN HENRY FISH IN HIS "HISTORICAL SKETCH OF DUXBURY" PUBLISHED IN 1923. BILLIE PROVED THAT THE AREA TO THE WEST OF TREMONT STREET FROM THE GAMALIEL BRADFORD HOUSE SOUTH TO BELOW THE MAYFLOWER CEMETERY ALSO BELONGED TO JOSEPH CHANDLER, SR. IN 1785 HIS DESCENDANT JONATHAN CHANDLER SOLD MUCH OF IT TO THE "INHABITANTS OF DUXBURY" FOR THE NEW FIRST PARISH CHURCH, MAYFLOWER CEMETERY, TOWN HALL AND PARTRIDGE ACADEMY.



OUR MEMBER, BILLIE REVIEWED OVER 400 DEEDS PLUS ADDITIONAL OLD DOCUMENTS, TO TRACE THE HISTORY OF THE AREA, AND SPECIFICALLY, 907 TREMONT STREET.AS BILLIE STUDIED THE DEEDS AND WILLS REGARDING THIS HOUSE, SHE DISCOVERED WHAT WAS LISTED ON THE HOUSE'S DATE BOARD DIDN'T MATCH THE DOCUMENTS THAT SHE FOUND.THE HOUSE WAS LISTED IN THE TOWN HISTORY AS BEING BUILT IN 1750, AND IT WAS LISTED BY THE MA HISTORICAL COMMISSION AS BEING BUILT IN 1789. HOWEVER, JOSEPH'S GRANDSON, CAPT. JOHN CHANDLER, WAS LIVING IN THE HOUSE IN 1750, SO IT WAS SURELY IN EXISTENCE BEFORE THEN. AS A MATTER OF FACT, IT WAS EVEN MENTIONED IN JOSEPH'S WILL, AND SINCE HE DIED IN 1721, IT WAS OBVIOUSLY BUILT BEFORE THEN. JOSEPH PROBABLY BUILT THE HOUSE BEFORE 1700.



THE HOUSE HAS AN "ELL" WHICH IS AN ADDITION THAT WOULD MAKE IT SIMILAR TO A MODERN DAY DUPLEX.IT IS LIKELY THAT JOSEPH, HIS WIFE MERCY AND YOUNGEST GIRLS, LIVED IN ONE SECTION OF THE HOUSE AND HIS SON, EDMUND, AND HIS FAMILY (INCLUDING GRANDSON, CAPT. JOHN) LIVED IN THE OTHER SECTION.



WE BELIEVE THAT EDMUND'SSECTION WAS INHERITED BY CAPT. JOHN AS THE OTHER SECTION WAS INHERITED BY JOSEPH'S DAUGHTER AND WAS EVENTUALLY ACQUIRED BY CAPT. JOHN.WHEN CAPT. JOHN DIED HE LEFT ONE SECTION TO HIS SON JONATHAN AND THE OTHER SECTION TO HIS UNMARRIED DAUGHTERS.JONATHAN EVENTUALLY SOLD HIS SECTION OF THE HOUSE AND MOVED TO MAINE WITH HIS FAMILY AFTER THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR.



THIS IS A JUST A CAPSULE REVIEW. THE FULL STORY WILL BE AVAILABLE WHEN WE UPDATE THE WEB SITE AND PUT BILLIE'S TREATISE IN THE ONLINE LIBRARY. BELOW ARE THE LINKS TO JOSEPH'S HOUSE PLUS MANY PICTURES INCLUDING THE INTERIOR AND A LINK TO THE STORY ABOUT ISAAC CHANDLER'S HOUSE WHICH WAS FEATURED IN AN EARLIER EDITION OF THE COURIER.



CHANDLER REVOLUTIONARY WAR VETERANS AND PATRIOTS



THE TWO LISTS (SEE BELOW) OF EDMUND CHANDLER DESCENDANTS, WHO WERE VETERANS AND/OR PROVIDED PATRIOTIC SERVICE DURING THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR, WERE COMPILED FROM SEVERAL SOURCES. THERE IS NO MASTER LIST OR SOURCE. I CROSS-REFERENCED THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR AGE CHANDLERS WITH REVOLUTIONARY WAR SOURCES AND LISTS TO CREATE THE LISTS BELOW.



THERE MAY ADDITIONAL, ESPECIALLY OLDER CHANDLERS, WHO RENDERED PATRIOTIC SERVICE OR MILITARY SERVICE THAT I DID NOT FIND. I SUSPECT THAT EPHRAIM CHANDLER OF KINGSTON, WHO I COULDN'T FIND ON ANY LIST, MAY HAVE ALSO SERVED AS HE CAME FROM A FAMILY OF PATRIOTS.



THE FIRST LIST COVERS MASSACHUSETTS, WHAT IS NOW MAINE, AND THE SECOND LIST COVERS VERMONT AND NEW HAMPSHIRE. I ONLY INCLUDED BIRTH AND DEATH DATES AND THEIR LINEAGES. EVENTUALLY, WE CAN FILL IN THEIR SERVICE, YOU CAN LOOK IT UP IN THE SOURCES LISTED, OR IF YOU ARE AN ECFA MEMBER I MAY BE ABLE TO DO A LOOK-UP OR SCAN THE PAGE.



PLEASE E-MAIL US IF YOU FIND MISTAKES OR OMISSIONS, AS THIS IS AN ONGOING PROJECT. WE WILL FEATURE SELECTED CHANDLER INDIVIDUALS OR MILITARY ENGAGEMENTS THAT INCLUDED CHANDLERS IN UPCOMING ISSUES - SO STAY TUNED!



FOR MANY OF YOU LUCKY MASSACHUSETTS AND MAINE FOLKS, THERE IS A CLICKABLE LINK IN THE SOURCES SECTION WHERE YOU CAN GO DIRECTLY TO "MASSACHUSETTS SOLDIERS AND SAILORS OF THE REVOLUTION" AND FIND OUT THEIR RANK AND WHERE THEY SERVED. SOME WERE ALSO FOUND IN "SOLDIERS, SAILORS AND PATRIOTS OF THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR - MAINE" BY CARLTON FISHER, WHO BOB CHANDLER, OUR CO-CHAIRPERSON AND TREASURER ALERTED ME TO. THIS IS AN EXCELLENT BOOK, WHICH IS NOT ONLINE AS FAR AS I KNOW.



FOR THOSE OF YOU WITH ANCESTORS WITH COMMON FIRST NAMES IT MAY TAKE SOME SLEUTHING TO FIGURE WHICH SERVICE WAS THEIRS AND WHICH BELONGED TO OTHERS OF THE SAME NAME. ALSO, BE AWARE THAT THOSE WHO SERVED IN MORE THAN ONE COMPANY OR BRANCH OF SERVICE WILL PROBABLY LISTED MORE THAN ONCE AS IN THE CASE OF NATHANIEL CHANDLER.



IF YOU CAN'T FIND YOUR REVOLUTIONARY WAR ERA ANCESTOR LISTED BELOW OR WISH TO FIND OUT MORE DETAILS ABOUT THEIR SERVICE, THERE ARE MANY PLACES WHERE YOU CAN RESEARCH- -- NARA, PENSION FILES, TOWN RECORDS, HISTORIC DOCUMENTS, ETC.



MAINE WAS STILL PART OF MASSACHUSETTS AND WOULD NOT BECOME A SEPARATE STATE UNTIL 1820, SO CHECK MASSACHUSETTS, TOO, IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR A MAINE ANCESTOR. NOT ALL SOLDIERS ARE LISTED FROM THE STATE WHERE THEY LIVED. I FOUND JOSIAH CHANDLER IN BOTH MASSACHUSETTS AND VERMONT/NEW HAMPSHIRE RECORDS. HE WAS BORN IN MASSACHUSETTS AND MOVED TO MAINE.



I FOUND OUR NEW HAMPSHIRE VETERANS AND PATRIOTS IN THE BOOK "SOLDIERS AND SAILORS AND PATRIOTS OF THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR - VERMONT." BY CARLTON FISHER SORRY, NO CLICKABLE LINK FOR THAT BOOK. VERMONT WASN'T EVEN A SEPARATE COLONY DURING THE REVOLUTION. NEW YORK, NEW HAMPSHIRE AND MASSACHUSETTS ALL HAD CLAIMS, BUT MANY MEN FROM DIFFERENT STATES SERVED THERE AND VERMONT MEN ALSO SERVED IN VARIOUS STATES.



NOT ALL VETERANS AND PATRIOTS ARE LISTED WITH THE VARIOUS REVOLUTIONARY WAR SOCIETIES. FOR EXAMPLE, THE DAR ONLY LISTS THEIR MEMBERS' REVOLUTIONARY WAR ANCESTORS. ALSO, BE AWARE THAT MEMBERSHIP REQUIREMENTS VARY FROM GROUP TO GROUP.SEE REVOLUTIONARY WAR LINEAGE SOCIETIES FOLLOWING THE LIST.



IF YOU WISH TO READ ABOUT OUR MEMBER, ELSIE'S, EXPERIENCE IN APPLYING TO THE DAR UNDER HER ANCESTOR, NATHANIEL CHANDLER (CAPT. JOHN>EDMUND*>JOSEPH>EDMUND, THE IMMIGRANT), READ THE OCTOBER 2006 ISSUE OF THE COURIER IN OUR ARCHIVES AT .



Also following the lists of Revolutionary War Veterans and Patriots who descended from Edmund Chandler, is a list explaining the branches of military service during the Revolution and descriptions of what constituted patriotic service. This was summarized from a DAR source. There is a clickable link to read more.



THE LISTS



REVOLUTIONARY WAR VETERANS AND PATRIOTS WHO DESCEND FROM EDMUND CHANDLER



MASSACHUSETTS AND MAINE



Flag of New England.



AARON CHANDLER BORN JUNE 23, 1765, DUXBURY DIED AT SEA AFTER 1799. LINEAGE: THOMAS>SAMUEL>BENJAMIN>EDMUND, THE IMMIGRANT. SOURCE:1, 2



ABEL CHANDLER(OCTOBER 27, 1758- MARCH10, 1812). LINEAGE: JOHN>JOSEPH>BENJAMIN>EDMUND, THE IMMIGRANT. SOURCE: 1, 2



ARTHUR CHANDLER (MAY 28, 1762-AUGUST 13, 1826). LINEAGE: ZEBEDEE CHANDLER> POSSIBLY EDMUND>JOSEPH>EDMUND, THE IMMIGRANT. SOURCE: 1, 2



ASA CHANDLER (MARCH 1, 1743-OCTOBER 1, 1825). LINEAGE: PHILLIP>JOSEPH>JOSEPH>EDMUND, THE IMMIGRANT. NOTE: THERE IS ALSO ANOTHER ASA CHANDLER WHO SERVED IN THE REVOLUTION ON THE SHIP "TYRANNACIDE" WHO WAS OF ANOTHER CHANDLER LINE AND WAS NOT FROM THE DUXBURY/PLYMOUTH AREA. SOURCE: 1, 2



BISBEE CHANDLER (JUNE 1, 1755-AUGUST 26,1826). LINEAGE: THOMAS>SAMUEL>BENJAMIN>EDMUND, THE IMMIGRANT. SOURCE: 1, 2



EDMUND CHANDLER



Edmund Chandler, Jr.



ENOS CHANDLER (JULY, 1742-?). LINEAGE:EDMUND>JOSEPH>JOSEPH>EDMUND, THE IMMIGRANT. HE WAS FROM NORTH YARMOUTH, MAINE (THEN MASSACHUSETTS). MORE WORK NEEDS TO BE DONE TO MAKE SURE THAT HE IS THE CORRECT ENOS AS HE ALSO HAD A NEPHEW WHO WAS NAMED ENOS. SOURCE: 1, 2



EZEKIAL CHANDLER (SEPTEMBER 14, 1733-APRIL 1830). LINEAGE: JOSHUA>JOSEPH>JOSEPH>EDMUND, THE IMMIGRANT. SOURCE: 1, 2



HENRY CHANDLER (C. 1764-AFTER 1850). LINEAGE: THOMAS>SAMUEL>BENJAMIN>EDMUND, THE IMMIGRANT. SOURCE: 1, FAMILYSEARCH RECORDS. NOTE:WE DON'T HAVE HIM IN OUR DATABASE YET.



HOWARD CHANDLER (C. 1759-MARCH 1, 1844). LINEAGE: THOMAS>SAMUEL>BENJAMIN>EDMUND, THE IMMIGRANT. SOURCE: 1, 2 HIS PENSION FILE IS IN OUR MEMBERS' ONLY LIBRARY



ICHABOD CHANDLER (LINEAGE> JONATHAN>CAPT. JOHN>EDMUND*>JOSEPH>EDMUND, THE IMMIGRANT. SOURCE: 1,2



JACOB "CHAUNDLER" (JUNE 19, 1757-?). HE WAS FROM NORTH YARMOUTH, MAINE (THEN MASSACHUSETTS). IF YOU ARE LOOKING HIM UP IN MASSACHUSETTS SOLDIERS AND SAILORS, LOOK UNDER THE SPELLING (ACTUALLY MISSPELLING) ABOVE.IN OUR DATABASE, REFER TO JACOB CHANDLER IN EDMUND'S MAIN LINEAGE. LINEAGE: JONATHAN>JOSEPH>JOSEPH>EDMUND, THE IMMIGRANT. SOURCE: 1, 2



JOHN CHANDLER (FEBRUARY 4, 1748-MAY 1778). HE WAS FROM ROYALSBOROUGH (NOW DURHAM) AND NEW GLOUCESTER, MAINE WHICH WAS THEN MASSACHUSETTS. LINEAGE: JUDAH>JOSEPH>JOSEPH>EDMUND, THE IMMIGRANT. SOURCE: 1, 2



JOHN CHANDLER (BEFORE AUGUST 6, 1758-APRIL 28, 1816. LINEAGE:JONATHAN>CAPT. JOHN>EDMUND*>JOSEPH>EDMUND, THE IMMIGRANT. SOURCE: 1, 2



JONATHAN CHANDLER (SEPTEMBER 24, 1731-FEBRUARY13, 1818). LINEAGE: CAPT. JOHN>EDMUND*>JOSEPH>EDMUND, THE IMMIGRANT. SOURCE: 1, 2



JONATHAN CHANDLER (FEBRUARY 18, 1717-JULY 20, 1786). LINEAGE: JOSEPH>JOSEPH>EDMUND, THE IMMIGRANT. NOTE: HE WAS THE ELDEST JONATHAN CHANDLER IN NORTH YARMOUTH AT THE TIME AND PERFORMED PATRIOTIC SERVICE. HE MAY HAVE BEEN TOO OLD OR WAS NOT ABLE BODIED FOR MILITARY DUTY. HIS NEPHEW, ALSO NAMED JONATHAN CHANDLER, WAS IN THE CONTINENTAL LINE. SEE BELOW. SOURCE: 1, 4



JONATHAN CHANDLER (DECEMBER 14, 1750- BETWEEN 1826 AND 1830). LINEAGE: JUDAH>JOSEPH>JOSEPH>EDMUND, THE IMMIGRANT. NOTE: WE HAVE NO RECORD OF HIS DEATH, BUT ACCORDING TO CONTEMPORARY NEWSPAPER ACCOUNTS HE WAS LIVING IN 1826 WHEN HIS WIFE DIED AND HE DID NOT APPEAR IN THE 1830 US CENSUS FOR POLAND, MAINE. HE SERVED IN THE CONTINENTAL LINE. SOURCE: 2, 4



JOSEPH CHANDLER (OCTOBER 24, 1759-C. 1794 AT SEA). LINEAGE: JOSEPH>JOSEPH>JOSHUA>JOSEPH>JOSEPH>EDMUND, THE IMMIGRANT. NOTE: HE WAS THE MOST LIKELY JOSEPH CHANDLER TO HAVE SERVED IN THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR BECAUSE HE WAS THE ONLY ONE OF THE RIGHT AGE AND PLACE (DUXBURY) TO HAVE DONE SO THAT WE KNOW ABOUT.IF ANYONE HAS MORE INFORMATION ABOUT HIM LET US KNOW.HE HAD A LENGTHY SERVICE DURING THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR AND IT APPEARS THAT HE SERVED IN THE CONTINENTAL ARMY AND WAS AT VALLEY FORGE. HE NEEDS FURTHER RESEARCH TO VERIFY THIS. SOURCE: 1, 2, 3



JOSHUA CHANDLER (OCTOBER 31, 1757-1853). LINEAGE: EZEKIEL>JOSHUA>JOSEPH>JOSEPH>EDMUND, THE IMMIGRANT. SOURCE:1,2



JOSIAH CHANDLER (SEPTEMBER 8, 1748-DECEMBER 15, 1834). LINEAGE: ZEBEDEE>POSSIBLY EDMUND>JOSEPH>EDMUND, THE IMMIGRANT. NOTE: HE SERVED FROM PLYMPTON. SOURCE: 1, 2



JUDAH CHANDLER (AUGUST 30, 1720-1802). LINEAGE: JOSEPH>JOSEPH>EDMUND, THE IMMIGRANT. NOTE: HE WAS A CIVILIAN WHO TOOK UP ARMS WITH HIS FELLOW TOWNSPEOPLE IN MACHIAS, MAINE AND TOGETHER THEY CAPTURED THE BRITISH SHIP, MARGARETTA. SOURCE: 2, 4



NATHANIEL CHANDLER (BEFORE SEPTEMBER 19, 1762-JUNE 4, 1854). LINEAGE: JONATHAN>CAPT.JOHN>EDMUND*>JOSEPH>EDMUND, THE IMMIGRANT. NOTE:OUR MEMBER, ELSIE, BECAME A MEMBER OF THE DAR WITH NATHANIEL AS HER PATRIOT ANCESTOR. WE KNOW FROM NATHANIEL'S PENSION RECORD THAT HE SERVED AN AGGREGATE OF 2 YEARS.THERE WAS NATHANIEL AND A NATHAN CHANDLER LISTED IN MASS. SOLDIERS AND SAILORS. THEY MAY BE ONE AND THE SAME OR IT IS POSSIBLE THAT NATHAN MAY REFER TO THE OLDER NATHAN (ALSO SOMETIMES REFERRED TO AS NATHANIEL) CHANDLER. THERE IS ALSO ANOTHER NATHANIEL FROM ANOTHER FAMILY. SEE BELOW.SOURCE: 1,2,4



NATHAN (NATHANIEL) CHANDLER (OCTOBER 28, 1726-SEPTEMBER 21, 1895). LINEAGE:PHILIP>JOSEPH>JOSEPH>EDMUND, THE IMMIGRANT. NOTE: I THINK THAT THIS IS THE CORRECT NATHAN AND NOT NATHANIEL (ABOVE) MORE RESEARCH NEEDED. SOURCE: 1?, 2



PELEG CHANDLER(APRIL 27, 1735-AUGUST 24, 1819). LINEAGE: PHILIP>JOSEPH>JOSEPH> EDMUND, THE IMMIGRANT. NOTE: HE WAS THE CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMITTEE OF SAFETY FOR NEW GLOUCESTER, MAINE FROM 1778-1783. SOURCE: 2, 4



PEREZ CHANDLER (JULY 10, 1730-JANUARY 28, 1800). LINEAGE: PHILIP>JOSEPH>JOSEPH>EDMUND, THE IMMIGRANT. NOTE: OUR DATABASES SHOW HIM AS A MEMBER OF THE DUXBURY COMMITTEES ON CORRESPONDENCE AND SAFETY. THIS WAS A VITAL ROLE AS IT WAS THE BEGINNING OF A NEW GOVERNMENT. I DON'T KNOW WHERE THIS INFO CAME FROM ORIGINALLY. SOURCE: 2



PHILLIP CHANDLER (OCTOBER 24, 1738-APRIL 12, 1801). LINEAGE:PHILLIP>JOSEPH>JOSEPH>EDMUND, THE IMMIGRANT. SOURCE: 1, 2



SAMUEL CHANDLER (JUNE 23, 1765-BEFORE 1838 WHEN HIS WIDOW DIED). LINEAGE: THOMAS>SAMUEL>BENJAMIN>EDMUND, THE IMMIGRANT. NOTE: THERE IS A LARGE REVOLUTIONARY WAR PENSION FILE ON FOLD 3 FOR HIM.ONE OF HIS COMPATRIOTS DESCRIBED HIM AS "ZEALOUS" IN HIS BELIEF IN THE REVOLUTIONARY CAUSE.HE WAS A LIEUTENANT. I WONDER IF WE HAVE THE CORRECT BIRTH DATE FOR HIM. SOURCE: 2, 5



SCEVA (SEVA) CHANDLER (BEFORE JUNE 12, 1757-MARCH 14, 1832). LINEAGE: EBENEZER>JOSEPH>JOSEPH>EDMUND, THE IMMIGRANT. SOURCE: 1, 2



THOMAS CHANDLER (ABOUT 1773-JUNE 23, 1844). LINEAGE: THOMAS>SAMUEL>BENJAMIN>EDMUND, THE IMMIGRANT. SOURCE: 1,2



ZEBEDEE CHANDLER (OCTOBER 1712-DECEMBER 2, 1777). LINEAGE: POSSIBLY EDMUND>JOSEPH>EDMUND, THE IMMIGRANT. NOTE: FROM PLYMPTON.HE WAS A LIEUTENANT.SOURCE: 1, 2



ZEBEDEE CHANDLER (APRIL 22, 1764-JANUARY 23, 1844. LINEAGE: ZEBEDEE>POSSIBLY EDMUND>JOSEPH> EDMUND, THE IMMIGRANT. NOTE: FROM PLYMPTON. HE WAS A PRIVATE. SOURCE: 1, 2 (HIS PENSION FILE IS IN OUR MEMBERS' ONLY LIBRARY)



SOURCES



Betsy Ross flag.



* LIST OF REVOLUTIONARY WAR VETERANS FROM DUXBURY ANDDUXBURY RURAL HISTORICAL SOCIETY



MASSACHUSETTSREVOLUTIONARY WAR SOLDIERS AND SAILORS.



* DATABASES,BIRTH AND DEATH INFORMATION CAME FROM OURPUBLIC DATABASES AND MORE DETAILED INFORMATION CAME FROM OUR MEMBERS' ONLY SECTION

* ROOTSWEB.UNVERIFIED, BUT CONSIDER THE INFORMATION AS CLUES.

* SOLDIERS, SAILORS AND PATRIOTS OF THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR MAINE BY CARLTON FISHER (LOUISVILLE, KY.: NATIONAL SOCIETY SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, 1982).

* FOLD 3



REVOLUTIONARY WAR VETERANS AND PATRIOTS FROM NEW HAMPSHIRE AND VERMONT



Nation Makers, painting by Howard Pyle depicting the Battle of Bennington Vermont.



THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR VETERANS AND PATRIOTS FROM NEW HAMPSHIRE AND VERMONT LISTED BELOW,ALL DESCEND FROM JOSEPH CHANDLER (BENJAMIN>EDMUND) WITH THE EXCEPTION OF JOSIAH CHANDLER (SEE BELOW).



The green mountain boys flag.



JOSEPH LEFT MASSACHUSETTS WITH HIS FAMILY FOR LITCHFIELD, CONNECTICUTC. 1748.HIS CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN PUSHED FURTHER INTO THE FRONTIER WHEN THEY MOVED TO PIERMONT, NEW HAMPSHIRE.LATER ON SOME OF THEM MOVED TO VERMONT, SOMETIMES MOVING BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN THE TWO STATES WHICH MAKE FOR INTERESTING RESEARCH TRYING TO KEEP UP WITH THEM.



WHILE NEW HAMPSHIRE WAS ONE OF THE ORIGINAL 13 COLONIES, VERMONT WAS NOT.NEITHER ITS BORDERS NOR ITS OWNERSHIP WAS CLEARLY DEFINED.FIRST CLAIM, OF COURSE, WENT TO THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLES, BUT AS EUROPEANS MOVED IN THEY BEGAN PARCELING IT OUT AS THEY SAW FIT. THERE WAS THE NEW HAMPSHIRE GRANT WHICH NEITHER NEW YORK NOR MASSACHUSETTS RECOGNIZED AS THEY EACH HAD THEIR OWN CLAIMS ON THE STATE.THEN THERE WERE THE BRITISH WITH THEIR OWN IDEAS OF HOW VERMONT SHOULD BE HANDLED.THIS RILED THE RESIDENTS OF VERMONT SO MUCH THAT THEY FORMED THE GREEN MOUNTAIN BOYS WHICH WERE LATER INSTRUMENTAL IN FIGHTING THE BRITISH DURING THE REVOLUTION.VERMONT EXISTED AS A REPUBLIC FOR 14 YEARS UNTIL THEY PAID $30,000 TO NEW YORK TO BECOME A STATE.



WHILE THESE CHANDLER VETERANS AND PATRIOTS LIVED IN BOTH NEW HAMPSHIRE AND VERMONT AND JOSIAH WAS FROM MASSACHUSETTS AND LATER MOVED TO MAINE, THEY WERE RECORDED IN SOLDIERS, SAILORS, AND PATRIOTS OF THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR -- VERMONT" BY CARLTON FISHER.



HERE IS THE LIST:



ABNER CHANDLER (February 6, 1731- 1790). Lineage: Joseph>Benjamin>Edmund, the immigrant.



ABNER CHANDLER (1763-?). LINEAGE: ABNER>JOSEPH>BENJAMIN>EDMUND, THE IMMIGRANT. NOTE: THERE ARE SEVERAL ENTRIES FOR ABNER CHANDLER. ONE IS CLEARLY HIS FATHER AND THE OTHERS ARE MOST LIKELY EITHER HIS FATHER OR HIMSELF; HOWEVER, IF YOU RESEARCH ABNER CHECK TO SEE IF THERE WERE ANY OTHER ABNERS FROM OTHER CHANDLER FAMILIES IN VERMONT AND NEW HAMPSHIRE AT THAT TIME.



BENJAMIN CHANDLER (MAY 16, 1727-AUGUST 16, 1777. LINEAGE: JOSEPH>BENJAMIN>EDMUND.



HILL CHANDLER (APRIL 1761-1825). LINEAGE: ABNER>JOSEPH>BENJAMIN>EDMUND, THE IMMIGRANT. NOTE:THERE ARE A COUPLE OF ENTRIES FOR HILL AND ALSO A "HIEL" WHICH COULD ACTUALLY BE ABIEL AS THERE WERE SEVERAL ABIEL CHANDLERS IN OTHER CHANDLER FAMILIES.



JESSE CHANDLER (NOVEMBER 5, 1764-?). LINEAGE: BENJAMIN>JOSEPH>BENJAMIN>EDMUND, THE IMMIGRANT. NOTE: THERE ARE TWO JESSES LISTED. I THINK THAT HE WAS THE JESSE IN CAPT. IVES. COMPANY, NOT JESSE ZACARIAH CHANDLER.



JOHN CHANDLER (APRIL 27, 1753-MAY 12, 1829). LINEAGE: BENJAMIN>JOSEPH>BENJAMIN>EDMUND, THE IMMIGRANT



CAPT. JONATHAN CHANDLER (DECEMBER 30, 1735-1799). LINEAGE: JOSEPH>BENJAMIN>EDMUND, THE IMMIGRANT



JOSEPH CHANDLER (SEPTEMBER 10, 1730-NOVEMBER 7, 1844). LINEAGE: JOSEPH>BENJAMIN>, EDMUND, THE IMMIGRANT.



JOSIAH CHANDLER LINEAGE: ZEBEDEE CHANDLER>EDMUND CHANDLER?>JOSEPH CHANDLER>EDMUND, THE IMMIGRANT. NOTE: HE IS THE ONLY ONE THAT I FOUND SO FAR WHO DID NOT DESCEND FROM JOSEPH (BENJAMIN>EDMUND, THE IMMIGRANT. HE WAS BORN IN PLYMPTON, MASS AND EVENTUALLY SETTLED IN MAINE.



PHILO CHANDLER (FEBRUARY 12, 1765-?). LINEAGE: ABNER>JOSEPH>BENJAMIN>EDMUND, THE IMMIGRANT.



SETH CHANDLER (FEBRUARY 10, 1868-MARCH 31, 1806. LINEAGE: BENJAMIN>JOSEPH>BENJAMIN>EDMUND, THE IMMIGRANT. NOTE: HE MAY HAVE BEEN TOO YOUNG TO SERVE IN WHICH CASE IT WAS ANOTHER SETH.



SIMEON CHANDLER (JANUARY 24, 1724-AFTER 1773). LINEAGE: JOSEPH>BENJAMIN, EDMUND, THE IMMIGRANT. NOTE: THERE WAS ALSO A SIMON, BUT I BELIEVE HE WAS FROM ANOTHER FAMILY.



SOURCES:



THE LINEAGES AND MOST OF THE BIRTH AND DEATH DATES CAME FROM OUR DATABASES; THE REST OF THE INFORMATION CAME FROM CARLTON FISHER'S BOOK. UNFORTUNATELY, I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO FIND IT ON LINE, BUT IT IS AVAILABLE FROM MANY LIBRARIES.



TYPES OF REVOLUTIONARY WAR SERVICE



REVOLUTIONARY WAR MILITARY SERVICE



REVOLUTIONARY WAR MILITARY SERVICE, WITH FEW EXCEPTIONS, BEGAN WITH THE BATTLE OF LEXINGTON APRIL 19, 1775 AND ENDED WITH THE BRITISH TROOP WITHDRAWAL ON NOVEMBER 26, 1783. THE DAR RECOGNIZES SERVICE RENDERED BY OFFICERS AND SOLDIERS OF THE CONTINENTAL ARMY, NAVY, MARINES, STATE AND LOCAL MILITIAS, STATE NAVIES, THE FRENCH ARMY AND NAVY.



Privateers



Confiance, a privateer vessel. Depicted in a painting by Ambroise Louis Garneray



THESE WERE MEN WHO, WITH THEIR OWN PRIVATE VESSELS, CAPTURED BRITISH SHIPS AND GOODS.



CIVIL SERVICE



THESE WERE THE JUDGES, SELECTMEN, TOWN CLERKS, ETC. WHO SERVED AFTER THE ROYAL GOVERNORS WERE REMOVED FROM OFFICE AND IN AREAS THAT PATRIOTS CONTROLLED.



PATRIOTIC SERVICE



COMMITTEES OF CORRESPONDENCETHEY COMMUNICATED BETWEEN THE STATES AND WERE THE FIRST STEP TOWARD UNIFIED ACTION BY THE COLONIES.



PROVINCIAL CONGRESSES



CONTINENTAL CONGRESSES



COMMITTEES OF SAFETY THEY REPLACED THE COMMITTEES OF CORRESPONDENCE AND PROVIDED INTERIM GOVERNANCE.



REVOLUTIONARY COMMITTEES



SIGNERS OF OATHS OF ALLEGIANCE



SIGNERS OF PETITIONS THESE WERE PETITIONS OBJECTING TO BRITISH RULE.



DOCTORS AND NURSES WHO PROVIDED AID TO THE COLONISTS



DEFENDERS OF FORTS AND STATIONS THEY WERE PRIMARILY IN WHAT WAS THEN THE FAR WEST.



THOSE WHO RENDERED MATERIAL AID.THESE COULD BE SUPPLIES, ETC. WHETHER FREE OR PAID.



THE LIST ABOVE IS FROM THE DAR. IT ALSO LISTS THEIR REQUIREMENTS FOR MEMBERSHIP AND EXTENSIVE SOURCES FOR RESEARCHING YOUR REVOLUTIONARY WAR PATRIOT BY STATE. THIS IS THE PLACE TO GO FOR SOURCES.



REVOLUTIONARY WAR DESCENDANT SOCIETIES



IF YOU WISH TO JOIN A REVOLUTIONARY WAR DESCENDANTS GROUP SUCH AS GROUPS LISTED BELOW, BE AWARE THAT THEY EACH HAVE DIFFERENT REQUIREMENTS AND VARY IN THEIR REQUIREMENTS FOR PROOF.



THIS IS THE OLDEST OF THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR GROUPS HAVING BEEN FOUNDED BY OFFICERS IN THE CONTINENTAL ARMY IN 1783 TO MAINTAIN THEIR TIES.IT IS NOW OPEN TO MALE DESCENDANTS OF THESE OFFICERS. THEY ALSO INCLUDE DESCENDANTS OF FRENCH OFFICERS WHO AIDED IN THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION.



IT IS PROBABLY THE BEST KNOWN OF THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR GROUPS. BE AWARE THAT THEY ONLY INCLUDE VETERANS WHOSE DESCENDANTS APPLIED FOR MEMBERSHIP. SO IF YOUR ANCESTOR SERVED AND YOU CAN PROVE IT AND CAN PROVE YOUR LINEAGE TO THAT ANCESTOR YOUR ANCESTOR WILL BE INCLUDED ON THEIR LIST WHEN YOU JOIN IF HE HADN'T BEEN PREVIOUSLY. THEY DO HAVE EXTENSIVE INFORMATION ABOUT THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR AND THOSE WHO PARTICIPATED IN THEIR LIBRARIES SO YOU MAY BE ABLE TO FIND MORE INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR ANCESTOR EVEN IF HE ISN'T ON THEIR LIST.



THIS GROUP AND THE GROUP BELOW WERE ONCE THE SAME GROUP, BUT LATER SPLIT INTO TWO.



GENEALOGY HONORS THE LIVES OF OUR ANCESTORS, AND WHAT BETTER WAY TO HONOR A PERSON'S LIFE THAN TO TELL THEIR STORY. EACH OF OUR ANCESTORS HELPED SHAPE THE COUNTRY WE LIVE IN TODAY WHETHER IN A BIG OR SMALL WAY. WHO WAS YOUR CHANDLER ANCESTOR? WHAT IS THEIR STORY? IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO CONTRIBUTE A STORY PLEASE WRITE TO CAROL OR I (BARB@BARBCHANDLER.ORG).
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