Individual Details
John Chandler I
(14 March 1655 - 19 September 1721)
Our Andover ancestor John Chandler I was the older brother of Sarah Chandler (1661-1757) who was the grandmother of the Samuel Phelps III (1712-1795) who married John's granddaughter Priscilla Chandler (1713-1998), his second cousin. Two of his great-grandchildren (Priscilla Chandler Phelps's son Joshua Phelps I (1738-1798) and Lois Ballard (1746-1836) were also married as second cousins. Not only that, but John himself, in spite of prevailing Puritan admonitions, married Hannah Abbott (1650-1741), his own first cousin. New England apparently had a very restricted gene pool.
John was the second of eight siblings in his family.
John was the second of eight siblings in his family.
Events
| Birth | 14 March 1655 | Andover, Essex, Massachusetts Bay | |||
| Marriage | 20 December 1676 | Hannah Abbott | |||
| Death | 19 September 1721 | Andover, Essex, Massachusetts Bay |
Families
| Spouse | Hannah Abbott (1650 - 1740) |
| Child | John Chandler II (1679 - 1741) |
| Child | Hannah Chandler (1690 - 1755) |
| Child | Sarah Chandler (1693 - 1737) |
| Child | John Chandler (1677 - 1679) |
| Child | Josiah Chandler (1685 - 1723) |
| Child | Abiell Chandler (1686 - 1711) |
| Child | Zebediah Chandler (1683 - 1766) |
| Father | Capt Thomas Chandler ( - 1703) |
| Mother | Hannah Brewer (1630 - 1717) |
| Sibling | Thomas Chandler (1664 - 1737) |
| Sibling | Hannah Chandler (1659 - 1730) |
| Sibling | William Chandler (1659 - 1728) |
| Sibling | Sarah Chandler (1661 - 1757) |
| Sibling | Henry Chandler (1667 - 1737) |
| Sibling | Joseph Chandler (1669 - ) |
| Sibling | Thomas Chandler (1652 - 1659) |