Ensign John Chandler

1680 - 1741

• Title	Ensign
  Born	14 Mar 1680	Andover, Essex, Massachusetts   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Died	3 May 1741	Andover, Essex, Massachusetts   [2, 3]
  Notes	In those days (early 1700's), when athletic sports were fashionable and excellence in them a test of manly character, Ens. John Chandler acquired the appellation of "The wrestler" , and became celebrated for his feats in that line; and finding no champion who could throw him, and being informed that the Rev. Mr. Wise, of Ipswich, excelled in this art and had not been thrown, he made a journey to Ipswich on purpose to try his strength and skill. Mr. Wise, on being requested to wrestle, declined, having relinquished the practice as unsuitable to his ministerial character. Being earnestly solicited, however, by Mr. Chandler, they went into the door yard, which was fenced by a wall set in the bank, and took hold and began to paly, when Mr. Wise suddenly, with a trip and a twitch, threw him over the wall upon his back. Mr. Chandler rose and requested another trial, but Mr. Wise refused. So the Ensign returned home sadly disappointed. He was surveyor 1716-1720; selectman 1720, chosen as selectman to oversee the poor 1725-26-28. He was chosen a trustee of the town, to take out of the Province Treasury "their aforesaid part of 60,000 pounds." At one time in his life, as he went to Newburyport, he was impressed by three of the kings officials, saying to him, as they laid their hands on his shoulder, "the King needs your services; you will go with us." Apparently yielding, he walked quietly along until they reached a spot where a house had been burned and where there was a deep cellar with ashes and half consumed timbers still burning, then turning round quickly, he seized them, one by one, and threw them all into the cellar, where he left them and went his way. Will of Ensign John Chandler: "To my Eldest Son John one half of the Samuel Jones Lott Lying and being in ye Township of Rumford as may appear to be bounded on the Proprietors Book. To my wll beloved Son Nathan, all the Lands that I have in Andover with all my buildings on the same, That is to Say all my village Land, pasture, meadow ground with all the fences belonging thereto, with all the Stock of Creatures, excepting what I shall hereafter Dispose of mentioned in this my Will (By Creatures I mean horse kind, Cattle, Sheep and Swine) and all my Husbandry tools and Tackling.) Also I give to my Son Nathan all my Cyder Barrills, powdering tubs and Corn tubs and Sacks for Corn and all my Blacksmith tools. [4]
  Person ID	I5999201	7_families
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2013

  
  

  Father	John Chandler,   b. 14 Mar 1655, Andover, Essex, Massachusetts ,   d. 19 Sep 1721, Andover, Essex, Massachusetts
  Mother	Hannah Abbott,   b. 9 Jun 1650, Andover, Essex, Massachusetts ,   d. 2 Mar 1741, Andover, Essex, Massachusetts
  Married	20 Dec 1676	Andover, Essex, Massachusetts
  Family ID	F1847010	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Hannah Frye,   b. 12 Apr 1683, Andover, Essex, Massachusetts ,   d. 1 Aug 1727, Andover, Essex, Massachusetts
  Married	4 Jun 1701	Andover, Essex, Massachusetts   [5, 6]
  Children	> 1. John Chandler,   b. May 1702, Andover, Essex, Massachusetts ,   d. 26 Jul 1774-1775, Concord, Merrimack, New Hampshire   2. Joshua Chandler,   b. 1703, Andover, Essex, Massachusetts ,   d. 24 Mar 1734   3. Nathan Chandler,   b. 31 Jan 1708, Andover, Essex, Massachusetts ,   d. 31 Jul 1784   4. Hannah Chandler,   b. 1709, Andover, Essex, Massachusetts ,   d. Yes, date unknown   5. Mary Chandler,   b. 7 May 1712, Andover, Essex, Massachusetts ,   d. 28 Dec 1728, Andover, Essex, Massachusetts > 6. Phebe Chandler,   b. 2 Jan 1715, Andover, Essex, Massachusetts ,   d. Jan 1805 > 7. Captain Abiel Chandler, (Twin),   b. 24 Nov 1717, Andover, Essex, Massachusetts ,   d. 1767   8. Samuel Chandler, (Twin),   b. 14 Nov 1717, Andover, Essex, Massachusetts ,   d. 9 Dec 1717, Andover, Essex, Massachusetts   9. Lydia Chandler,   b. 10 Aug 1720, Andover, Essex, Massachusetts ,   d. 9 Nov 1803   10. Samuel Chandler,   b. 2 Aug 1723, Andover, Essex, Massachusetts ,   d. 29 Sep 1723, Andover, Essex, Massachusetts   11. Isaac Chandler,   b. 22 Feb 1725, Andover, Essex, Massachusetts ,   d. 10 Mar 1725, Andover, Essex, Massachusetts   12. Dorcas Chandler,   b. 18 Jul 1727, Andover, Essex, Massachusetts ,   d. 2 Aug 1727, Andover, Essex, Massachusetts
  Last Modified	31 Aug 2006
  Family ID	F1843608	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 14 Mar 1680 - Andover, Essex, Massachusetts Married - 4 Jun 1701 - Andover, Essex, Massachusetts Died - 3 May 1741 - Andover, Essex, Massachusetts  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
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• Sources

  [S109470] Massachusetts, Essex, Andover - Vital Records to 1849, Massachusetts, Essex, Andover, (Topsfield, Massachusetts : Topsfield Historical Society, 1912. FHL Book #974.45/A2 V2t), 97: Chandler, John, s. John and Hannah, born Mar. 14, 1679-80 (Reliability: 4). [S109471] The Chandler Family, George Chandler, (Worchester, Mass : C. Hamilton, 1883. vi, 1315 p., [15] leaves of plates. FHL Film # 824090), FHL Film # 824090., 26, 61: (Reliability: 3). [S109470] Massachusetts, Essex, Andover - Vital Records to 1849, Massachusetts, Essex, Andover, (Topsfield, Massachusetts : Topsfield Historical Society, 1912. FHL Book #974.45/A2 V2t), 409: Captain John Chander died May 3, 1741 in his 62nd year. (Reliability: 4). [S109471] The Chandler Family, George Chandler, (Worchester, Mass : C. Hamilton, 1883. vi, 1315 p., [15] leaves of plates. FHL Film # 824090), FHL Film # 824090., 61, 62: (Reliability: 3). [S109470] Massachusetts, Essex, Andover - Vital Records to 1849, Massachusetts, Essex, Andover, (Topsfield, Massachusetts : Topsfield Historical Society, 1912. FHL Book #974.45/A2 V2t), 79: Chandler, John and Hannah Frye, June 4, 1701 (Reliability: 3). [S109471] The Chandler Family, George Chandler, (Worchester, Mass : C. Hamilton, 1883. vi, 1315 p., [15] leaves of plates. FHL Film # 824090), FHL Film # 824090., 26: (Reliability: 3).