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From: in-the-lake [mailto:in-the-lake@email.msn.com]
Sent: Tuesday, July 11, 2000 9:44 PM
To: CHANDLER-L(a)rootsweb.com
Subject: Henry Nelson Chandler, Ma., 1892
Henry Chandler was accepted into the "Sons of the Revolution" in
1892 through his lineage to Benjamin Knight, great-grandfather.
This Benjamin was from N.H..
Can anyone put this connection together?
Thankyou, Gary Knight
According to George Chandler's _Chandler Family_
Henry Nelson Chandler was born 8 May 1869, son of Henry H. Chandler and
Sarah A Knight. Sarah was born 20 July, 1841 to Moren Knight of
Charlestown, MA.
Also as found on
Ancestry.com:
The National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution Volume 36
page 114
Mrs. Sarah Aldrich Chandler.
DAR ID Number: 35212
Born in Bath, New Hampshire.
Wife of Henry H. Chandler.
Descendant of Sergt. Benjamin Knight, of New Hampshire.
Daughter of Moren Knight and Sarah Aldrich, his wife.
Granddaughter of Benjamin Knight and Sally Jackman, his wife.
Benjamin Knight, (1754-1831), enlisted, 1777, for three years as sergeant in
Capt. John Dennett's company and was at the battle of Saratoga. He died in
Landaff, N. H.