John Chandler Jr. (1758 - 1804)

Born 31 Dec 1758 in Lexington, Middlesex, Massachusetts

Ancestors

Died 19 Oct 1804 at age 45 in Lexington, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

John Chandler Jr. served with Capt. Parker's Lexington Company of Minutemen during the American Revolution.

John Chandler was born on December 31, 1758, and baptized on February 11, 1759, in Lexington, MIddlesex, Massachusetts^[1]. He was the son of John and Beulah (Merriam) Chandler.

John was a member of Captain John Parker's Company of Minute Men ^{[2] [3]}. He was present when the Company met the British on the Common on April 19, 1775^[4]. [1]

On January 12, 1786^[5], John married Margaret Mack^[6], in Lexington. they had ten children^[7].

Sources

1. ↑ Lexington, Mass. Record of Births, Marriages, and Deaths to January 1, 1898 Part I & II (Wright & Potter Printing Company, Boston 1898)(Free e-book) (Records are also available at ma-vitalrecords.org) p. 14
2. ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 3 Mar 2018), "Record of CHANDLER, JOHN JR", Ancestor # A020619.
3. ↑ Coburn, Frank Warren, The Battle on Lexington Common, April 19, 1775 (Lexington, Mass., U.S.A. Published by the author, 1921) (Free e-book) p. 31
4. ↑ Coburn, Frank Warren, The Battle on Lexington Common, April 19, 1775 (Lexington, Mass., U.S.A. Published by the author, 1921) (Free e-book) p. 33
5. ↑ Lexington, Mass. Record of Births, Marriages, and Deaths to January 1, 1898 Part I & II (Wright & Potter Printing Company, Boston 1898)(Free e-book) (Records are also available at ma-vitalrecords.org) p. 105
6. ↑ The Essex Institute, Vital Records of Salem, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849 Volume IV - Marriages M - Z (Salem, Mass. 1924) p. 45
7. ↑ Hudson, Charles, History of the Town of Lexington, Vol. II - Genealogies (Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1915) (Free e-book) p. 101

• Record Group 360: Records of the Continental and Confederation Congresses and the Constitutional Convention, 1765 - 1821, Series: Papers of the Continental Congress, 1774 - 1789, File Unit: Massachusetts State Papers, Item: Deposition #7 of Nathaniel Mullikin, Philip Russell, et al. Regarding the Events of April 18 and 19, 1775 at Lexington and Concord, Massachusetts Bay Colony , 4/25/1775, National Archive Catalog, https://catalog.archives.gov/id/6883155