Individual Details

Joseph Chandler

(8 Jun 1743 - 8 Jan 1834)

After his father's death, Joseph was brought up at the home of his uncle James Chandler in Rowley. He went to sea as a young adolescent and sailed to the West Indies at age 14. The Chandler Genealogy Book, p. 213. (The book by George Chandler)

He served in the Revolutionary War in Captain Jesse Page's company. He was at Saratoga and Stillwater, and at the taking of General Burgoyne.

The children are complete.

Events

Birth8 Jun 1743Andover, Essex, Massachusetts
Marriage7 Jan 1768Newbury, Massachusetts - Elizabeth Cook
Residence1790Atkinson, Rockingham, New Hampshire
Residence1810Atkinson, Rockingham, New Hampshire
Will6 May 1826Atkinson, Rockingham, New Hampshire
Residence1833Atkinson, New Hampshire
Death8 Jan 1834Atkinson, New Hampshire
Military

Families

SpouseElizabeth Cook (1747 - 1810)
ChildMolly Chandler (1771 - 1830)
ChildSamuel Chandler (1774 - 1831)
ChildBettie Chandler (1779 - 1853)
ChildJudith Chandler (1780 - 1865)
ChildSally Chandler (1783 - 1855)
ChildJoseph Chandler (1785 - 1865)
ChildLydia Bartlett Chandler (1789 - 1870)
FatherJoseph Chandler (1720 - 1745)
MotherMary Abbott (1725 - 1760)

Notes

Will

New Hampshire. Probate Court (Rockingham County); Probate Place: Rockingham, New Hampshire, Probate Records, Vol 55-56, 1832-1833, pp 270-271, will of Joseph Chandler, 6 May 1826.
In his will written 6 May 1826 (probate 12 February 1834), Joseph Chandler has the following bequests: oldest daughter Polly wife of Stephen Heath, $30; eldest son Samuel Chandler, $15; second daughter Betsey wife of John Boynton, $40; daughter Judith Chandler, $80, all the produce which is due him at his decease, and all the clothing she makes for him and the wool and the flax; daughter Sarah wife of Silas Whitney, $10; son Joseph Chandler, Jr., $5; and daughter Lydia wife of Amos Baker, $5. John Boynton of Londonderry was named executor.

Military

pension file
https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/1995/images/MIUSA1775D_135079-00439?treeid=114784348&personid=180171413983&usePUB=true&_phsrc=JMM107958&_phstart=successSource&pId=10895

Endnotes

1. Ancestry.com, Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011).

2. Ancestry.com, 1790 United States Federal Census (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010), Year: 1790; Census Place: Atkinson, Rockingham, New Hampshire; Series: M637; Roll: 5; Page: 77; Image: 278; Family History Library Film: 0568145.

3. Ancestry.com, 1810 United States Federal Census (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010), Year: 1810; Census Place: Atkinson, Rockingham, New Hampshire; Roll: 25; Page: 361; Image: 00366; Family History Library Film: 0218686.

4. Ancestry.com, U.S., Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files, 1800-1900 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010).