Birth: 16 APR 1665 Roxbury, Massachusetts
Town Clerk: 1690, 1691, 1692
and 1694
Marriage: 10 Nov 1692
Roxbury, Massachusetts
Selectman: 1693, 1694
Occupation: 1693
Details: Had a tavern license
Place: New London, Connecticut
Birth of Son: 10 AUG 1693
Name: John Chandler
Place: New London, Connecticut
Birth of Son: 09 FEB 1696
Name: Joshua Chandler
Place: New London, Connecticut
Birth of Son: 03 NOV 1698
Name: William Chandler
Place: New London, Connecticut
Birth of Daughter: 20 APR 1700
Name: Mary Chandler
Place: New London, Connecticut
Birth of Daughter: 13 MAY 1702
Name: Elizabeth Chandler
Place: Woodstock, Windham Co, Connecticut (Woodstock then being in
Massachusetts)
Occupation: 1703
Details: Surveyor
Place: Woodstock, Windham Co, Connecticut
Birth of Son: 05 JAN 1704
Name: Samuel Chandler
Place: Woodstock, Windham Co, Connecticut
Birth of Daughter: 11 OCT 1705
Name: Sarah Chandler
Place: Woodstock, Windham Co, Connecticut
Birth of Daughter: 10 AUG 1707
Name: Mehitable Chandler
Place: Woodstock, Windham Co, Connecticut
Birth of Son: 23 JUL 1709
Name: Thomas Chandler
Place: Woodstock, Windham Co, Connecticut
Deputy to the General Court: 1711
Place: Woodstock, Windham Co, Connecticut
Birth of Daughter: 27 MAR 1711
Name: Hannah Chandler
Place: Woodstock, Windham Co, Connecticut
2nd Marriage: 14 NOV 1717 to Esther
Butman, widow of Palgrave Alcock
Note: 13 JUL 1731
Details: When the county of Worcester was established, he held the first
probate court in the meeting house.
Note: AUG 1731
Details: Held the court of common pleas and general sessions. Held
his position as judge of two of these tribunals until his death. He was for forth
years a commissioner of the peace and was seven years in his Majesty's council.
Death: 10 MAY 1740 Worcester,
Massachusetts
Burial: Woodstock Hill Cemetery,
Woodstock, Windham Co, Connecticut
Details: Buried next to his father. Over his remains is a flat stone 3' x
6' near a brick wall without any inscription. This is perhaps in obedience to the
following provision in his will, "Item as to my body, I will that it be buried in the
burying place in Woodstock near to my deceased wife, Mary, and two of my children and my
deceased father in case I die in or near Woodstock. But, if I die elsewhere, in the
nearest burying yard and in the most private manner and with the least expense that may
be."
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