William Chandler of Roxbury came to the New World in
1637 with his wife and children. In 1640
he was listed as owning twenty-two acres of land, with seven people in his
family. He was not in Massachusetts long, and his story is very short. The Roxbury records, says: "he lived a
religious & godly life among us & fell into a Consumption to which he
had, a long time, been inclined; he lay near a yeare sick, in all which time
his faith, patience & Godliness & Contentation So Shined that Christ
was much glorified in him — he was a man of \Yeake parts but Excellent faith
and holiness; he was a Very thankful man, and much magnified God's goodness. He
was poor, but God prepared the hearts of his people to him that he never wanted
that which was (at least in his Esteem) Very plentiful and comfortable to him —
he died in the year 1641, and left a Sweet memory and Savor behind him."
Reverend John Eliot’s church records have “William Chandler, A Christian, Godly brother, died of Consumption month
11, day 26, 1641, and was buried 19 (11) 1641 in Roxbury”
Of William’s Children, his son William married Mary
Dane, daughter of John Dane on 24 August 1658. After William Chandler died on
19 January 1642, Annis, his widow, married John Dane on 2 July 1643. In another interesting family tree tangle,
Hannah Chandler (1629 – 1711), daughter of William Chandler married my 9th
great grandfather, the Reverend Francis Dane (1615 – 1697) as his second wife
about 1690. I do not descend from their
marriage, but from the Reverend Dane’s first marriage to Elizabeth Ingalls about
1639. Reverend Francis Dane was Mary
Dane’s brother.
I descend from William son, John Chandler, baptized
at Bishop’s Stortford on 27 July 1634, just before the family immigrated to
Massachusetts. He married Elizabeth
Douglas in 1658 and was the father of eight children. They removed to
Woodstock, Connecticut, which was first known as New Roxbury, then Pomfret, and
now Woodstock.
For more about the Chandler family you can read the
compiled genealogy The Chandler Family: The Descendants of William and Annis Chandler who
settled in Roxbury, Mass, by George Chandler, Worcester, Mass, 1883. There is also a chapter about the Chandlers
in the book Lineage of the Bowens of Woodstock, Connecticut, by Edward
Augustus Bowen (One of William’s descendants married a descendant of Griffith Bowen),
Cambridge, Mass.: Riverside Press, 1897, see pages 174 – 177. Also see A Volume of Records Relating to the Early
History of Boston, Volume 34, pages 368 – 369. The early vital records
of Roxbury are very good for tracing this family. There is information on William Chandler’s English
ancestry at an article in The American
Genealogist, Volume 73, pages 50 – 57. For the Chandler’s in Connecticut you can see
“Origin of Woodstock, Connecticut and Names of the First Planters”, by Rev.
Abner Morse, New England Historic Genealogical Society Register, Volume 18, July 1864, pages 227 – 228.
My Chandler genealogy:
Generation 1: William Chandler, son of Henry
Chandler and Anne Unknown, was born 12 October 1595 at Bishop’s Stortford,
Herfordshire, England, died 26 November 1642 in Roxbury, Massachusetts; married
on 6 November 1625 in Farnham, Essex, England to Annis Bayford as his second
wife, daughter of Francis Bayford and Joan Unknown. She was baptized on 12 June 1603 in
Farnham, and died on 15 March 1683 in
Roxbury. Six children.
Generation 2: John Chandler, born about 1634, died
15 April 1703 in Woodstock, Connecticut; married on 16 February 1658 in Roxbury
to Elizabeth Douglas, daughter of William Douglas and Anna Mattle. Eight
children.
Generation 3: Hannah Chandler, born 18 September
1669 in Roxbury, died 9 June 1692 in Roxbury; married on 7 July 1685 in Roxbury
to Moses Draper as his first wife, son of James Draper and Marie
Stansfield. He was born on 15 September
1663 in Dedham, Massachusetts, and died 14 August 1693 in Boston,
Massachusetts. Two children.
Generation 4: Hannah Draper m. Samuel Gore
Generation 5: Moses Gore m. Desire Burris
Generation 6: Desire Gore m. Thomas Ratchford
Generation 7: Elizabeth Ratchford m. David Lyons
Generation 8: Thomas Ratchford Lyons m. Ann Skinner
Generation 9: Isabella Lyons m. Rev. Ingraham
Ebenezer Bill
Generation 10: Caleb Rand Bill m. Ann Margaret
Bollman
Generation 11: Isabella Lyons Bill m. Albert Munroe
Wilkinson
Generation 12: Donald Munroe Wilkinson m. Bertha
Louise Roberts (My grandparents)
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Very informative! I am piecing together my family tree and came across William of Roxbury through my 7th great grandmother's line: Phebe (Chandler) Dana 1707-1772. I'd be interested in finding out who William's predecessors were. I am coming across the modified surname of Chaundeler?? in my searches.
ReplyDeleteWilliam Chandler's parents are believed to be Henry Chandler and Anne Unknown. He was born in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, England, where he was also married on 29 January 1622 to his wife Alice Thorogood.
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