Chandler |
My Chandler ancestors |
| GENERATION 1 |
01. Roger Chandler
[1]
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| GENERATION 2 |
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02.
Sarah Chandler
[1]
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| Migration pattern of my Chandler family |
| England -- Massachusetts |
| Origin of the Chandler Surname |
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A chandler is someone who makes and sells candles for a living. Most people with this surname are descended from individuals in England with this occupation. Here ia a website with a detailed history of this name. Chandler One Name Study. There are also several other branches of Chandler families (There are 5 from Massachusetts, and 2 from Pennsylvania and Virginia). |
| Some Chandler information on the internet | |
| Chandler Family Association Homepage (John Chandler's line from Virginia) | |
| Chandler One Name Study | |
| Reunions |
The Chandler Family Assocation has annual reunions. Click HERE to see pictures taken from past reunions. |
| Books | |
1 |
Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, Vol. 2 p. 5-6. Mentions "Rogier Candelaer" and his family. |
2 |
Mem.: gen., hist., & biogr. of Solomon Leonard, 1637, of Duxbury & Bridgewater, Mass. & some of his desc., by M. Leonard. 454p. (1896). Higgenson books may have it. |
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My Descent From The Chandler Line |
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| Generation | Father | Mother |
| 14 | Roger Chandler (1580-1665) | Isabella Chilton (1586-) |
| 13 | Solomon Leonard (1610-1671) | Sarah Chandler (c1616-1658) |
| 12 | Samuel Leonard (1643-1720) | Abigail Wood (1565-1698) |
| 11 | Thomas Clark (1674-) | Elizabeth Leonard (1683-1746) |
| 10 | Thomas Clark (1708-) | Sarah Woodward (1717-1750) |
| 9 | Samuel Adams (1737-1809) | Sarah Clark (1739-1818) |
| 8 | Miles Jones (1764-1812) | Mehitable Adams (1771-1812) |
| 7 | Miles Jones (1794-1885) | Pamelia Turner (1805-1883) |
| 6 | Darius Benjamin Jones (1834-1918) | Marquerite Cowan (1835-1906) |
| 5 | Nathaniel Henry Hawk (1858-1944) | Anna Irene Jones (1868-1936) |
| 4 | Ernest August Schwiening (1873-1944) | Grace Myrtle Hawk (1885-1984) |
| 3 | William Edward Marshall (1901-1981) | Irene Sophia Schwiening (1908-1992) |
| 2 | William Edward Marshall | |
| 1 | Tod Howard Marshall | |
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