CFA Genealogy Panel – 2012 Annual Report
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CFA Genealogy Panel – 2012 Annual Report 217 Genealogy Panel cases were logged in 2012. Full details from each case are on file and can be requested by email from [email protected] CFALD refers to the CFA Lineages Database. CFALD reports were shared with inquirers when appropriate, and DNA testing suggested if a suitable subject is available. Rows shaded gray at top indicate cases which have been carried over from 2011. CFA membership was encouraged for each inquirer. “New” in member column indicates the inquirer joined the CFA about the same time their query was submitted to the GP or as a result of the GP’s efforts. CFALD refers to the CFA Lineages Database. DNA Group Number in bold indicates an actual DNA testee or close relative of testee. DNA Group Number with a question mark (?) indicates a supposition of genetic group. Visit the Chandler Family Association website at ChandlerFamilyAssociation.org for information about the Genealogy Panel, the Chandler DNA Project, the Genetic Chandler Families, and more. Case Inquiry Mbr* DNA Response # Group NG Allen (Allan) Chandler (b 4-10-1812, d. 1887) married Yes 7A Panel and several researchers have discussed this case at length Temperance Davenport? They lived in The Ware Place, and correspondence continues. South Carolina (first called Chandler, South Carolina), and ran the Chandler School. Allen's son was John W. Chandler, who married Mary Jane (Molly) Mattison. What is Allen’s ancestry? DH William Chandler born 1790, possibly married to New Not able to find these people in CFALD. Advised inquirer to seek a Elizabeth, had sons Robert born 1811 and Joseph born male Chandler relative for a DNA test. 1812. Came to McNairy County, TN. William left NC between 1820-1830. He had 16 kids. Robert had 20! 216 John Chandler, g-grandson of John born 1600, is the No 2? The "JRR John" line (genetic Chandler family 7A) includes John subject of this query. We have tracked back to a John born 1600 in England > Robert 1629 - 1669 VA > Robert 1654 - born in 1752. His father may have been John born in 1720 VA > John 1690/1 - 1747 VA > John 1718 - 1776 > John Allen 1729. born 1757 > no descendants known. This is not the same line as John Chandler born 1752 in Lunenburg Co, VA whose ancestry we have as William born VA 1654 - 1729 > William born 1675 > William 1696 - 1748 > William born 1728 New Kent Co, VA > John born 1752 Lunenburg Co, VA (genetic Chandler family 2). We do not have a John Chandler born in 1729. More information requested, but nothing further from inquirer. 217 A. B. Chandler (1840 – 1923) from Vermont was a N0 9 Albert Brown Chandler was not only a telegrapher during the Civil telegrapher in the War Dept. during the Civil War. We War, but also became very successful in the telegraphy business have his journals from 1859-1920. Was he a member of and was president of the Atlantic and Pacific Telegraph Company 2012 Annual Report CFA Genealogy Panel Page 1 Case Inquiry Mbr* DNA Response # Group Chandler family 9? from 1879 to 1882. He was a member of genetic group #9, descendants of William and Annis Chandler who migrated from Hertfordshire, England, to Roxbury, Massachusetts in 1637. Nothing further from inquirer. 218 Lax / Lacks / Locks family from Halifax County, VA, New 7A CFALD confirms that Timothy was Susannah's brother and intermarried with Chandlers. Will of William Chandler Frederick her half-brother. We asked for a copy of the Chandler mentions his "daughter Susanna(h?) who married christening records from St Peter's Parish church. Susannah's William Lax." William Lax’s (1727-1783) will mentions father William (1693-1779) was the son of Robert Chandler (1654- his wife Susanna Chandler. Christening records exist of 1720), grandson of Robert b abt 1629-1669 and great-grandson of Susanna and her father William Chandler from St. John Chandler b 1600 in England. The younger Robert married Peter's Parish Church. Is William the son of Robert Elizabeth Palmer (b abt 1664 King William Co., VA, died 1745). Chandler, Jr., of New Kent County? A document indicates Susanna was the sister of Frederick Chandler. William Lax and Susanna had sons named Joel and Timothy. Apparently, William Chandler, his 3rd wife and his son Frederick (Susanna's half-brother) moved to Halifax County by the 3rd quarter of the 18th century. William and Susanna's son Timothy fought and died in the Revolution. 219 Daniel Chandler was born VA, probably about 1760 to New CFALD indicates Daniel is a descendant of John Chandler b 1600. 1770. Inquirer provided PDF with two generations of Lineage: John > Robert > Robert > Joell > Joel > Daniel. We Daniel’s descendants. provided excerpt on Daniel from “Chandlers in the American Revolution” special edition of the CFA newsletter. Upon request, inquirer sent a GEDCOM file and replied: Daniel Chandler’s ancestry is a knotty problem that will require a Daniel Chandler, the son of Joel, who died in Granville great deal of unraveling. We are unable to solve it at this time. County NC about 1798 is not the same person as my CFALD has a Thomas Chandler, son of Daniel Chandler and his Daniel who died in 1843 or 1844 in Grainger County, first wife whose name is unknown, who married Hannah Fletcher TN. My Daniel Chandler was living in Franklin County, on 27 August 1818, the date you specified. We have his birth year as VA, as late as 1800 and was on a tax list in Grainger 1796, the year before Daniel's marriage to Margaret Roan(e). County, TN by 1814. 220 James Chandler (1790), Sevier, TN >William B Chandler Yes 8 Male Chandler cousins have tested as genetic Chandler family #8. (1820-1860) > John Kiker Chandler (1852-1948) > Ollie You will find reference in the USA section to DNA testee #58353, D'Esther Chandler (1895-1985). Which genetic family is who shares part of inquirer’s lineage. DNA places your this? Chandlers clearly within genetic family 8, but when we look at the Chandlers who are said to be your earlier ancestors they are also claimed by a different genetic family. We hope to resolve the conflict in the future. 221 Violet Chandler and her siblings were orphaned in 1899. No England and Wales censuses for 1911 do not include anyone At some point Violet went to Wales, where she married resembling your 16 year-old Violet/Vinie/Viny/Viney. The man she in 1918. Is there any way to find out more? would marry (in Wales in 1918) is still living in Reading in 1911. Possibly she was in service to someone who was not careful about recording employees on census returns. Unable to help further. 222 James Chandler Hughes was born Oct 17, 1841 in No Customarily when an unmarried woman gave a surname as the Chistlehurst, Kent. He was baptized Nov. 7, 1841 in second forename of a child at baptism, she was expressing her 2012 Annual Report CFA Genealogy Panel Page 2 Case Inquiry Mbr* DNA Response # Group Chistlehurst Parish Church. His mother was Charlotte. belief that that was the surname of the father. Sometimes she Father's name unknown. On James's marriage would give an even clearer signal using the first forename of the certificate he states his father was a carman named alleged father as well. In this case we know that James Hughes Charles. James passed away Nov. 30, 1921 in St. stated that his father's name was Charles. The civil birth Pancras, London. He married Caroline Skinner June 3, registration of James Hughes in the 4th quarter of 1841 did not 1869 in St. John's Church, Waterloo, Surrey. Caroline include Chandler as a second forename. A small correction - the was born Aug. 1, 1848, to Thomas Skinner and Maria place name is Chislehurst. Winter in Walworth, Surrey. Inquirer has 1861, 71, 81, 91 In the 1851 census, we found a Charles Chandler age 37, no and 1901 census for James Chandler Hughes. Inquirer recorded occupation, living in and born in Crayford (only a few asks, “Could you please help me in some way to figure miles from Chislehurst). He is lodging in the home of George out where the ‘Chandler’ came from?” Farman, a fishmonger aged 35, born Crayford, and his family. Charles Chandler was not found in the 1841 Census, but on examining the Crayford entries in that census we found a number of people named Farman and Foreman and several named Chandler and Shindler (an uncommon variation of Chandler). Two households include both Chandlers in Faremans, further evidence of close relationships between Chandler and Far(e)man families. Henry and Ann Chantler (Chantler and Chandler were regularly interchanged in Kent) had son Charles baptised at Crayford on 21 April 1811, almost certainly the Charles Chandler who was living with George Farman in 1851. It is likely that this Charles Chandler, son of Henry and Ann Chantler, was the father of James Chandler Hughes. 223 Joseph Chandler (b Feb 4, 1724/25 in New Kent, VA and Yes 7A CFALD has James and Nancy, but her maiden name in CFALD is d. Sep 28, 1805 in Caswell, NC) who married Nancy Ann spelled Atkinson. Of course it is possible that Nancy’s name was Atchison – a descendant of this couple is a family finder indeed Atchison. CFALD reports were sent for ancestors of Orrill (FTDNA) match. Inquirer’s brother had Y-DNA test (67 and descendants of his father John. Provided contact information markers) and also FTDNA. Lineage provided by for a researcher with Robert Chandler born 1729 as a common inquirer: John Chandler b 1600 ENG > Robert Chandler ancestor and invited inquirer to exchange information with him.