You don't give your source for this information, but you might want to
consider an article which was mentioned on this list a few days ago and
evaluate what you have.
G. Andrews Moriarty contributed an article to the NEHGS Register in 1931
which seems to have remained the standard for this family.
["Ancestry of William Chandler of Roxbury, Mass." vo. 85, n0. 2 (April
1931)]
Moriarty says, "The earliest known ancestor of William Chandler, who came to
New England in 1637 and settled at Roxbury, Mass... was Thomas Chandler of
BishopsStortford, co. Herts, England, who was born about 1475." (p. 133)
Moriarty was not able to find the ancestors of this Thomas--he says, "As the
court rolls of the manor of Stortford from 1399 to 1423 and the accounts of
the churchwardens of St. Michael's Church from 1431 on have been preserved,
and as no Chandlers appear therein until this Thomas Chandler is mentioned
in 1514, it may be inferred that he was the first of the family to settle at
Bishops-Stortford." (p. 134)
I am not aware of any subsequent discovery of ancestors for this Thomas,
although would very much like to know of any. An article in The American
Genealogist vol. 73, no. 1, (Jan. 1998) by Douglas Richardson is the most
recent work I am aware of on this line. Richardson expands upon Moriarty,
but does not contradict him--in fact he has made discoveries which further
support Moriarty on the main line from Thomas to William and Annis.
Moriarty does not give a name for the wife of the first Thomas. Thomas1 had
a son Thomas2 who Moriarty says married an Agnes (?). Thomas2 was born ca.
1500.
Then in this line there is Thomas3. He was born ca. 1528 and married a
Joanne (?)
Thomas3 had a son Henry (b. ca. 1560), and Henry had son William, of whom
Moriarty says,"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." (p.
142)
William married "secondly, at Farnham, 6 Nov. 1625, ANNIS (or AGNES or ANN)
BAYFORD, baptized there 12. June 1603, daughter of Francis and Johan
Bayford." ([p. 142)
To the best of my knowledge no one has gone further back in this line than
to Thomas b. ca 1475, but there are a lot of us who would be very interested
if you find otherwise.
-----Original Message-----
From: Carolyn J Nelson [mailto:den6614@juno.com]
Sent: Friday, January 12, 2001 11:32 AM
To: CHANDLER-L(a)rootsweb.com
Subject: [CHANDLER] Thomas Chandler 1468 Bishops Eng.
I am looking for parents and ancestors of Thomas Chandler who was born
1468 . He married an Agnes and had a son Thomas born about 1500 .
Thomas married Annis or Anne Bayford. Carolyn
==============================
Search more than 150 million free records at RootsWeb!
http://searches.rootsweb.com/