Joshua Chandler UE (1728 - 1787)

Born 1 Mar 1728 in Woodstock, Windham, Connecticut Colony

Ancestors

Descendants

Died 9 Mar 1787 at age 59 in Musquash, St. John, New Brunswick

Problems/Questions Profile manager: Steve Gates [send private message]

Joshua Chandler was a United Empire Loyalist.
UEL Status:Proven
Date: Undated

Biography

Joshua Chandler was born at Woodstock, Connecticut 1 March 1727/8, and baptised 3 March 1727/8.^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

In 1747, Joshua Chandler graduated in law from Yale^[5]. On 21 Sept, 1747, he married Sarah Miles, daughter of Joseph (John², Richard³) Miles and Elizabeth Trowbridge^{[6] [2] [4] [3] [5]}, and their children included:

1. Sarah, born 10 Jul 1748 who died 18 Jul 1748^{[2] [4] [3]}
2. John, born 10 Jul 1749, who died 10 Jul 1749^{[2] [4] [3]}
3. Elizabeth, born 7 Aug 1750, who died 11 Mar 1787 at Musquash, NB^{[2] [4] [3]}
4. Sarah, born 29 Mar 1752, who married 1770 Amos Botsford of New Haven, CT^[2], another Yale graduate and a Loyalist^[5], and settled in Westmorland County, NB^{[4] [3]}
5. John, born 1 Feb 1754, a Yale graduate of 1772^[5], who married Sarah Whittelsey^[2], and stayed in the USA^{[4] [3] [7]}
6. William, born 8 Jan 1756, , a Yale graduate of 1773^{[5] [2]} and a Captain in the Royal Army, who died 9 Mar 1787 at Musquash, NB^{[4] [7]}
7. Thomas, born 15 Nov 1759, who married Elizabeth Grant, daughter Maj. Alexander Grant of 42nd Regiment: settled first in Westmorland County, NB then at Pictou, NS^{[4] [3] [7]}
8. Samuel, born 1760^[2], who married 1796 at Fort Lawrence, NS, Susan Watson, the daughter of Thomas Watson and settled in Charlotte County, NB^{[4] [3]}
9. Mary, born 1761, who married 1792 as his second wife, Joshua Upham of Fredericton (a Harvard graduate 1763) ^{[4] [3]}
10. Charles Henry Chandler, born 13 Jun 1768^[2], who married 1 May 1790 at Annapolis, NS, Elizabeth Rice^{[4] [3]}

Joshua Chandler was a successful businessman and public servant in New Haven. He was appointed justice of the peace in 1769, served New Haven as a selectman, and was a member of the General Assembly May 1768-72, 1774 and 1775. In 1775, when his Loyalist sympathies became evident, he was placed under guard in North Haven. In 1779, his son William aided a British invasion on New Haven, and the family withdrew with the British, forfeiting Joshua's considerable property. The family lived in Long Island until the British withdrawl to Nova Scotia. In the autumn of 1782, Joshua Chandler accepted an appointment as Agent for the Settlers in Nova Scotia for the loyalist refugees of Long Island's Queens County. Joshua's wife Sarah (Miles) Chandler died only weeks after arriving in Annapolis. ^{[5] [3] [8] [7]}

In 1784, Joshua made a brief trip to England to sue for compensation for his losses. In March 1787, he was granted an 1800-acre grant of land in Digby (at the mouth of the Annapolis River basin) as well as 300 acres in Clements, a settlement ten miles up the Annapolis River^[9], and sailed for Saint John, New Brunswick where the Commissioners were hearing such claims. He travelled with with his son William and daughter Elizabeth. The schooner on which they sailed went aground Musquash Cove. William was drowned in the wreck, Joshua died in a fall from a rocky point while searching for help, and his daughter Elizabeth, and another woman, died from exposure^{[5] [7] [10]}

Their bodies was buried in the Fernhill Cemetery in Saint John^[11]. The inscription on the gravestone reads Here lyeth the Bodies of Col. Joshua Chandler, Aged 61 years and William Chandler His Son Aged 29 years, who were Ship wreck'd on their passaged from Digby to St. John on the night of the 9th day of March 1787 & perished in the Woods on the 11th of said Month. and Here lyeth the Bodies of Mrs. Sarah Grant Aged 38 Years Widow of the late Major Alex Grant; & Miss Elizabeth Chandler aged 27 years, who were Shipwreck'd on their passaged from Digby to St. John on the Night of the 9th day of March 1787 and Perished in the Woods on the 11th of said Month

Sources

1. ↑ Vital Records of Woodstock, Connecticut, 1686-1854. (Online database. NewEnglandAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009.) Originally published as: Vital records of Woodstock, 1686-1854. Hartford: The Case, Lockwood & Brainard Co., 1914. See Volume 1, page 36, which states Jofhua Chandler fon of Jofhua Chandler by Elizabeth his wife born March 1st 1727.8
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9} New Haven genealogical magazine by Jacobus, Donald Lines, 1887-1970; Publication date 1922; Publisher Mount Carmel, Conn. : D.L. Jacobus. See Volume 2, page 390. Jacobus refers to the source for Charles Henry Chandler's baptism as NoHC = the Congregational Society of New Haven
3. ↑ ^{3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11} The Chandler Family: The Descendants of William and Annis Chandler who settled in Roxbury, Mass., 1637 by by Chandler, George, 1806-1893; Publication date 1883; Publisher Worcester, Mass., Press of C. Hamilton. His father is person 115 on page 122, Joshua as an adult is person 314 on page 252
4. ↑ ^{4.00 4.01 4.02 4.03 4.04 4.05 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 4.10 4.11} The New Brunswick Genealogical Society First Families listing for Joshua Chandler suggests the following references MC1156 Graves Papers: Chandler family notes, 2 pages: see also MC1/Chandler #2, 9 pages: see Saint John Regional Library: David Russell Jack Bequest: Genealogy, microfilm F109, page 34: see also New Brunswick Museum: Markham scrapbooks: The Carman family on microfilm F10048, pages 30-33 in second scrapbook.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6} Colonial Collegians, 1642-1774: Biographies of Those Who Attended American Colleges before the War for Independence. CD-ROM. Boston, Mass.: Massachusetts Historical Society : New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2005. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.)
6. ↑ New Haven, CT: Vital Records, 1649-1850 Volume 1, page 317 (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org.New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2007), (Vital Records of New Haven, 1649-1850, Connecticut Society of the Order of the Founders and Patriots of America, Hartford, CT, 1917), which states Mr Jofhua Chandler & Mrs Sarah Miles of New Haven were Joyned in Marriage unto each other September 21st Anno Dom 1747 by John Rufsel Efqr: Juftice of Peace
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4} Biographical sketches of loyalists of the American Revolution : with an historical essay by Sabine, Lorenzo, 1803-1877; Publication date 1864; Publisher Boston : Little, Brown and Company, on page is presented on page 308, including the death of his son Charles
8. ↑ United Empire Loyalists Association of Canada Loyalist Directory isting: Joshua Chandler
9. ↑ Nova Scotia Land Papers 1765-1800, showing License to Occupy; Warrant to Survey; Surveyor's Report; Surveyor's Certificate; Draft Grant for Botsford, Amos and others, including Joshua Chandler — year: 1784 — place: Digby County
10. ↑ The Disappointed Loyalist (Part Three), by Stephen Davidson, published in Loyalist Trails UELAC Newsletter, 2014, issue #4, January 26, 2014
11. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #8610708

See also:

• http://dkdonovan.com/familygroup.php?familyID=F22980&tree=Main
• http://www.uelac.org/Loyalist-Info/detail.php?letter=c&line=297
• Dexter, Franklin Bowditch. Biographical Sketches of the Graduates of Yale College (Yale University Press, New Haven, Conn., 1896) Vol. 2, Page 108.
• Van Dusen, Albert Edward. Connecticut (Random House, New York, 1961) Page 145.