In a message I posted moments ago I quoted G. Andrews Moriarty as
saying, "WILLIAM CHANDLER (Henry, Thomas, Thomas, Thomas), of
Bishops-Stortford, co. Herts, and of Roxbury, Mass., pointer, immigrant
ancestor of the Chandler family in America, was baptized at
Bishops-Stortford 12 Oct. 1595, and died at Roxbury 26 Jan. 1641/2."
Probably it is clear to all that Moriarty does not mean by "the Chandler
family in America" that this Chandler line was the only or even first
Chandler line in America.
As Moriarty himself says of the Chandler name,
"Like many other names of occupations, it became an hereditary
surname early in the fourteenth century, when family names derived from
offices, occupations, or patronymics came into general use. There were,
accordingly, numerous distinct families of the name, descended from
different progenitors and, as a rule, not related to one another."
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