Person:Sanborn Chandler (1)

Family and relations

Sanborn Chandler was born in Massachusetts. The Chandler family was originally from Andover, but his father Moses Chandler also lived in Lancaster, and after 1736 in Shrewsbury.^[1] It seems likely that Sanborn was born in Lancaster. He was baptized in Lancaster on 3 Nov 1734.^[19] His mother was Ann Sanborn, daughter of Stephen Sanborn (a descendant of Rev. Stephen Bachiler)^[3], and Hannah Philbrick of Hampton (a descendant of immigrant Thomas Philbrick and his son James Philbrick).^[4]

Sanborn married a woman named Hannah.^[1][2] This is very likely his first cousin Hannah Sanborn. Hannah Sanborn is recorded as being married to a man named Chandler.^[5] She probably came with her father Stephen Sanborn and her siblings to Moultonborough. Additionally, Sanborn Chandler and his wife Hannah named one of their sons Aretas, which was the name of Hannah Sanborn's maternal grandfather. Their son Moses also named one of his sons Aretas. Lastly, Hannah Chandler is buried in the same small Birch Hill cemetery with Stephen Sanborn and his other children.^[6]

According to George Chandler, Hannah was already "crazy" when they moved to Moultonborough. She once left home, and when found some time later was in the possession of a young bear.^[2]

The family at first lived in a small hut on the Moultonborough Neck, a peninsula on the north side of Lake Winnipesaukee. He and his sons found plentiful hunting on The Neck and trapped animals for fur there and along the shores of the lake. They later moved farther down The Neck.^[2]

Residences

Sanborn was likely born in Lancaster, Massachusetts, as he was baptized there on 3 Nov 1734.^[19] His family moved to Shrewsbury, Massachusetts in 1736.^[1] He evidently moved to New Hampshire before 1747, since he acted as a witness to a bond for the guardianship of Elias Merrill in that year.^[7] Since he was a legal witness, Sanborn was probably an adult in 1747. His children were baptized in Hampton by the Rev. Ward Cotton starting in the year 1750.^[21] He is listed in Dow's History of the Town of Hampton, New Hampshire as a resident, though the precise date for his move to Hampton is not given.^[21] The baptism record of his son Joseph in 1753 lists him as "Sanborn Chandler of Rye", so he probably also lived nearby in Rye either before moving to Hampton, or by 1753.^[21] On 17 Nov 1763, residents from Hampton, lead by Jonathan Moulton Esq., were granted land to establish the town of Moultonborough, New Hampshire.^[12] Sanborn Chandler was living on a lot he purchased on the Moultonborough Neck by 11 Jan 1770.^[14] He is listed as both an original proprietor and a settler in the township grant records.^[13] Sanborn Chandler died in Moultonborough in 1790.^[20][2]

As a signatory to two wills in the Hampton area

Bond for the guardianship of Elias Merrill

John Merrill Sr. of Stratham, NH wrote his will in 1747. It was proved on 29 Sep 1747. On 30 Sep, custody of his grandson Elias Merrill was given to Enoch Merrill of Stratham, the brother of Elias's father Joseph Jr., and the executor of Joseph Senior's will. On 9 Feb 1750, guardianship of Elias Merrill was again granted to Enoch with a bond of $1000. Sureties were provided by Timothy Jones of Stratham and John Weeks of Hampton. The witnesses to the bond were Sanborn Chandler and Joseph Mason.^[7]

The Will of Benjamin Towle of Hampton

On 13 Feb 1758, Benjamin Towle of Hampton wrote his will. It was proved on 27 Jun 1759, and the witnesses were John Weeks, James Leavit [Leavitt], and "Sambon" Chandler.^[8]

Military Service

War broke out between France and Britain, and their Indian allies, in 1754. This fourth intercolonial war became known as the French and Indian War in America. In the summer of 1755, Abenaki Indian allies of the French were attacking American settlements in their former home areas along the Connecticut River (the current border between Vermont and New Hampshire). Small companies of scouts were organized under Captains Elisha Winslow, James Neal, and Summersbee Gilman.^[9] Sanborn Chandler served as a sergeant under Captain Winslow for a scouting term of one month, beginning 3 Oct 1755 and ending on 2 Nov 1755. He was given a total payment of 4 pounds, 9 shillings, 3 pence.^[10] By 1756 the war became a global one, the Seven Years' War, involving Britain, Portugal, Prussia, Hanover, and some other German states on one side, and France, Russia, Spain, the Holy Roman Empire, and Sweden on the other.

A pioneer settler in Moultonborough, New Hampshire

Captain John Mason (1586–1635) was the original owner of much of what would become New Hampshire through a grant by the Council for New England. In January 1746 John Tufton Mason, a descendant, sold his rights to the grant for the sum of £1500 to twelve citizens of Portsmouth who became known as the Masonian Proprietors. On 15 Nov 1748, 60 men from Hampton petitioned the Proprietors to buy land in New Hampshire that would form the town area of Moultonborough.^[11] On 17 Nov 1763, the Proprietors granted to Jonathan Moulton Esq. and the other petitioners six square miles of land, which became the charter of the town of Moultonborough.^[12] Although not an original petitioner, not named in the Charter, nor present on lists of proprietors' 100 acre lots, "Sanbon Chandler" appears in a 1770 list as both an original proprietor and a settler in Moultonborough.^[13]

Jotham Rindge of Wolfboro kept a detailed journal of many pioneer New Hampshire families, with the location of their lots, home size, land use, and sometimes family size. On the brief list of Moultonborough pioneering families, "Chandler" is listed, as are "Stephen Sanburn" and "Amose Sanburn." The Moultonborough Neck lots were examined on 11 Jan 1770. "Sanburn Chandlers" is listed as residing in "Lott N. 1.. 9". Based on other listings, this would mean Lot No. 1 of Range 9 on the Moultonborough Neck. According to the 1764 draft of lots in Moultonborough, and the plan of Moultonborough showing those lots, Lot No. 1 in Range 9 of the Neck was originally land owned by Jonathan Moulton, Esq. Chandler's improved land is listed as 4 acres cleared and 2 acres of "fell trees." This agrees with the list of settlers' improvements below. He is listed as having one yoke of oxen, two cows, a wife, and two children.^[14]

A 7 Jul 1770 list of settlers in Moultonborough lists Sanborn Chandler, his uncle Stephen Sanborn, and his cousin Amos Sanborn. In another table of settlers in Moultonborough with the land improvements, Sanborn Chandler appears living on the peninsula of land known as The Neck. Six total people are listed in the family, with one house, one barn or "hovell", five head of cattle, no sheep, one acre of land in grass, four acres being tilled, and two acres of "fell trees." Chandler's uncle Stephen Sanborn and Stephen's son Amos are also listed on the table of settlers. The two Sanborn families were sharing the same land lot.^[15]

As a signatory to various petitions

The election of Jonathan Moulton Esq., 1776

In 1776, the citizens of the towns of Sandwich, Moultonborough, and Tamworth, New Hampshire held an election to choose their representative to the New Hampshire state legislature (Counsel and Assembly of the State of New Hampshire). The Selectmen of Sandwich gathered in a town meeting on December 16th, and unanimously agreed that the election was held illegally. In a December 1776 petition to the Counsel and Assembly they claimed various irregularities.^[16] The men of Moultonborough and Tamworth responded with their own petition on December 31st, 1776. They claimed in their petition that the election of Jonathan Moulton was completely regular and legal. Sanborn Chandler was a signatory of the petition. Evidently he could not write, since his name is recorded with "X his mark" on his signature.^[17] The Council set aside Jonathan Moulton's election, and sent a precept for a new election to be held.

Road petition

On 18 Mar 1779, fifty three citizens of Gilmanton, Moultonborough, Conway, Wolfboro, Meredith, Sandwich, and other New Hampshire towns signed a petition to the New Hampshire state Council and House of Representatives. The petition requested that the House form a committee to built roads from New Durham to Wolfboro to the northeast and to Gilmanton to the northwest. Several other petitions were also signed on the same date with the same request to the state legislature. Among the signatories of these additional petitions were "Sandborn Chandler" and his first cousin "Amos Sandborn" (likely also his brother-in-law).^[18]

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Moses Chandler family, in Chandler, George. The Chandler Family: The Descendants of William and Annis Chandler, who Settled in Roxbury, Massachusetts, 1637. (Worcester, Mass.: Press of Charles Hamilton, 1883)
   Page 71.

   170. II. Sanborn; m. Hannah ——

2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4} Sanborn Chandler family, in Chandler, George. The Chandler Family: The Descendants of William and Annis Chandler, who Settled in Roxbury, Massachusetts, 1637. (Worcester, Mass.: Press of Charles Hamilton, 1883)
   Page 168.
3. ↑ Stephen Samborne family, in Sanborn, V. C. (Victor Channing), and F. B. (Franklin Benjamin) Sanborn. Genealogy of the family of Samborne or Sanborn in England and America, 1194-1898. (Albany, New York, United States: Privately printed for the author by Rumford Press, 1899)
   Volume 1, pages 91–92.
4. ↑ Captain James Philbrick family, in Chapman, Jacob. A genealogy of the Philbrick and Philbrook families: descended from the emigrant Thomas Philbrick, 1583-1667. (Exeter, New Hampshire, United States: Exeter Gazette Steam Printing House, 1886)
   Pages 12–13.
5. ↑ Stephen Samborn family, in Sanborn, V. C. (Victor Channing), and F. B. (Franklin Benjamin) Sanborn. Genealogy of the family of Samborne or Sanborn in England and America, 1194-1898. (Albany, New York, United States: Privately printed for the author by Rumford Press, 1899)
   Volume 1, page 106.
6. ↑ Hannah Chandler memorial, in Find A Grave.
7. ↑ ^7.0 7.1 Will of Joseph Merrill, 1747, Stratham, in New Hampshire; Albert Stillman Batchellor (ed.); Otis Grant Hammond (ed.); and Henry Harrison Metcalf (ed.). Probate Records of the Province of New Hampshire. (New Hampshire: The State [et al], 1907–1941)
   New Hampshire State and Provincial Papers, Volume 33, Probate Records Volume 3, Pages 468–470.
8. ↑ Will of Benjamin Towle, 1758, Hampton, in New Hampshire; Albert Stillman Batchellor (ed.); Otis Grant Hammond (ed.); and Henry Harrison Metcalf (ed.). Probate Records of the Province of New Hampshire. (New Hampshire: The State [et al], 1907–1941)
   New Hampshire State and Provincial Papers, Volume 36, Probate Records Volume 6, Pages 212–213.
9. ↑ Saunderson, Henry Hamilton. History of Charlestown, New Hampshire, the old No. 4: embracing the part borne by its inhabitants in the Indian, French and Revolutionary War, and the Vermont Controversy. (Claremont, New Hampshire: The Town, 1876)
   Page 69.
10. ↑ Captain Winslow's Company, 1755, in New Hampshire, and Isaac Weare Hammond (ed.). Rolls of the Soldiers in the Revolutionary War. (Concord, New Hampshire, United States; Manchester, New Hampshire, United States: Parsons B. Cogswell, 1885–1889)
    New Hampshire State and Provincial Papers, Volume 16, The War Rolls Volume 3, Pages 918.
11. ↑ Petition for Grant, 1748, in New Hampshire. Township Grants of Lands in New Hampshire: Included in the Masonian Patent issued subsequent to 1746 by the Masonian Proprietary. (Concord, New Hampshire, United States: Edward N. Pearson, 1896)
    New Hampshire State and Provincial Papers, Volume 27, Town Charters Volume 4, Masonian Papers Volume 1, Page 521.
12. ↑ ^12.0 12.1 Charter of Moultonborough, 1763, in New Hampshire. Township Grants of Lands in New Hampshire: Included in the Masonian Patent issued subsequent to 1746 by the Masonian Proprietary. (Concord, New Hampshire, United States: Edward N. Pearson, 1896)
    New Hampshire State and Provincial Papers, Volume 27, Town Charters Volume 4, Masonian Papers Volume 1, Pages 521–524.
13. ↑ ^13.0 13.1 Proprietors and Settlers of Moultonborough, 1770, in New Hampshire. Township Grants of Lands in New Hampshire: Included in the Masonian Patent issued subsequent to 1746 by the Masonian Proprietary. (Concord, New Hampshire, United States: Edward N. Pearson, 1896)
    New Hampshire State and Provincial Papers, Volume 27, Town Charters Volume 4, Masonian Papers Volume 1, Page 531.
14. ↑ ^14.0 14.1 Jotham Rindge's Journal, (Jan^y) 11th 1770 Moultonborough Neck, in New Hampshire, and Albert Stillman Batchellor (ed.). Documents relating to the Masonian Patent, 1630–1846: Including the Charter of the Council of Plymouth, of Date Nov. 3, 1620, the Various Grants and Patents to John Mason, the Records and Miscellaneous Papers of the Masonian Proprietary, with Numerous Other Papers Constituting a Part of the Documentary History of the Patent and the Titles Claimed under It, Arranged in Chronological Order, with Citations to Other Documents and Authorities Relative to the Same Subject, and Complete Indexes. (Concord, New Hampshire, United States: Edward N. Pearson, 1896)
    New Hampshire State and Provincial Papers, Volume 29, Town Charters Volume 6, Masonian Papers Volume 3, Page 394.
15. ↑ Improvements in Moultonborough, 1771, in New Hampshire. Township Grants of Lands in New Hampshire: Included in the Masonian Patent issued subsequent to 1746 by the Masonian Proprietary. (Concord, New Hampshire, United States: Edward N. Pearson, 1896)
    New Hampshire State and Provincial Papers, Volume 27, Town Charters Volume 4, Masonian Papers Volume 1, Page 542.
16. ↑ Sandwich, document [10-30], in New Hampshire, and Isaac Weare Hammond (ed.). Town papers. Documents Relating to Towns in New Hampshire. (Concord, New Hampshire, United States: Parsons B. Cogswell, 1882–1884)
    New Hampshire State and Provincial Papers, Volume 13, Pages 413–414.
17. ↑ Tamworth, document [10-185], in New Hampshire, and Isaac Weare Hammond (ed.). Town papers. Documents Relating to Towns in New Hampshire. (Concord, New Hampshire, United States: Parsons B. Cogswell, 1882–1884)
    New Hampshire State and Provincial Papers, Volume 13, Pages 538–541.
18. ↑ Petition for Roads, 1779, in New Hampshire, and Isaac W. Hammond (ed.). Miscellaneous Provincial and State Papers 1725–1800. (Manchester, New Hampshire, United States: John B. Clarke)
    New Hampshire State and Provincial Papers, Volume 18, Pages 700–702.
19. ↑ ^{19.0 19.1 19.2} Records of the First Church, 1808–1847, Book I , in Nourse, Henry Stedman. Birth, Marriage, and Death Register, Church Records and Epitaphs of Lancaster, Massachusetts, 1643-1850. (Clinton, Massachusetts: W.J. Coulter, 1890)
    Page 283, 3 Nov 1734.
20. ↑ ^20.0 20.1 Sandborn Chandler, Moultonborough, in New Hampshire, United States. New Hampshire Death Records, 1654-1947. (New Hampshire Division of Vital Records Administration).
    

    
    
    
21. ↑ ^{21.0 21.1 21.2} Sanborn Chandler entry, in Dow, Joseph. History of the town of Hampton, New Hampshire: from its settlement in 1638, to the autumn of 1892. (Salem, Massachusetts: L.E. Dow, the Salem Publishing and Printing Co. , 1893)
    Volume 2, page 633.