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Ebenezer Chandler Research
Research page for Ebenezer Chandler.
Reference numbers
No. 452 in George Chandler
Birth and childhood
Baptized: 16 Nov 1755 by Rev. Ward Cotton in Hampton, NH. (Dow, vol. 2, page 633; Chandler, page 172)
Residences
Hampton, NH (Dow, vol. 2, page 633)
Moultonborough, NH (likely, as Sanborn moved there by 1770)
Canterbury, NH (NH Manual for the General Court, 1903, Revolutionary Rolls)
• Canterbury Tax Lists for 1779, 1780, and 1785. Census for 1790. (History of the town of Canterbury, New Hampshire, 1727-1912. Vol.1, p.62)
Danville, VT (Chandler, page 351)
Wheelock, VT (Chandler, page 351)
Note: Two other Ebenezer Chandlers were living in New Hampshire and Vermont. All three appear in the 1790 census. Our Ebenezer was in Canterbury, NH (then in Rockingham County). The other two lived in Wilton, NH and Reading, VT.
Military
27 May 1775 – c.5 Aug 1775
2nd New Hampshire Regiment
Payroll of Captain Jeremiah Clough's Company in Col. Enoch Poor's Regiment to the 1st of August 1775. Rank Private; Time of Entry: May 27 1775; Time in Service: 2 mo 10 d; Pay rate per mo.: 40 s; Amount of wages: 4̵̵£ 14s 3d; No. of miles traveled at 1d: 80 - 6s 8d; Coat & blankett: 1£ 16s; Whole amount: 6£ 16s 11d; Wages received: 2£; Coat & blankett recd: 1£ 16s; Whole stopages: 3£ 16s; Paid by S. Hobart: 3£ 0s 11d. (NH Papers, V.14, p.143)
13 Jun 1775
A List of Capt. Clough's Company, June 13, 1775. Ebenezer Chandler; Age: 21; Occupation: Husbandman; Place of abode: Canterbury; County: Rockingham. (NH Papers, V.17, p.9)
1775
List of soldiers from Canterbury, NH who went to Winter Hill Fort near Charlestown, MA (now in Somerville) under the command of Capt. Jeremiah Clough. Given a payment of 3s per month by the town. (History of the town of Canterbury, New Hampshire, 1727-1912. Vol.1, p.134–135)
1775
Colonel Enoch Poor's Regiment, 1775. Chandler, Ebenezer; Residence: Canterbury; Rank: Private; Company: Clough's; NH Papers: Vol.17, p.9 and Vol.14 p.143 (NH Manual for the General Court, 1903, Revolutionary Rolls)
7 Oct 1775
Return of the Sick and Wounded in the General Hospital, General Putnam's House, from November the 26th to December the 2d 1775.
Time of Admission: October 7th; Rank: Private; Ebenezer Chandler; Age: 21; Regiment: Poor's; Company: Cluff (Clough); Disorder: Nervs Fever (nervous fever, typhus mitior?); State: Dismissed to the Convt.
17 Oct 1775
Captain Jeremiah Clough's Company. 1775 Octr 17 Recd of Timo Walker Jr Eight Pounds Eight Shillings Lny* for regimental Coats for the Seven Men whose names are hereafter vizt: ... Ebenr Chandler... which Money I promise to deliver to the above men on demand —— Jerh Clough Capt (NH Papers, V.14, p.194)
* Likely New York colonial currency.
Note: The Ebenezer Chandler on page 244 of Vol. 14 NH Papers in Capt Taylors Company from Amherst, NH is likely the Ebenezer Chandler who lived in Wilton, NH.
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30 Nov 1775
Return of the Sick and Wounded in the General Hospital, Convalescent House, from November 25 to December 2 1775.
Time of Admission: Novr 30; Rank: Private; Ebenezer Chandler; Age: 21; Regiment: Poore (Poor); Company: Cluff (Clough); Disorder: Convalescent.
1776
List of soldiers from Canterbury, NH who went from Winter Hill Fort (near Charlestown, MA) to Canada with Capt. Jeremiah Clough and Capt. Joshua Abbot for an enlistment of 12 months. Given a payment of 7s per month by the town. (History of the town of Canterbury, New Hampshire, 1727-1912. Vol.1, p.135)
• Battle of Trois-Rivières, Quebec. Retreat to Fort Saint-Jean, and then to Fort Ticonderoga. Helped construct the fort on Mount Independence in Vermont. Possibly at the Battle or Trenton and Princeton.
1776–1777
Ebenezer Chandler appears in a payroll list of Canterbury soldiers dated 28 Jan 1778. The amount owned is 5£ 5s, which at 7s per month corresponds to 15 months of service. This is the same pay as Capt. Clough himself, so the pay likely is for the term of Jan 1776 through March 1777. (History of the town of Canterbury, New Hampshire, 1727-1912. Vol.1, p.137)
c.1778–1779
Recruits Mustered by Major William Scott. Ebenr Chandler; Age: 25; Town: Canterbury; County: Stafford [sic, Strafford, but should be Rockingham, now part of Merrimack]. (NH Papers, V.16, p.99).
31 Jun 1780 – 31 Dec 1780
Capt. Daniel Livermore's Company, 3rd New Hampshire Regiment, Col. Alexander Scammell commanding.
Payroll for Recruits in Continental Regiments, 1780. Ebenezer Chandler; Town: Canterbury; Time of engagement: June 30 1780; Discharge with time to travel home: Dec 31 1780; Time in service: 6 mo 14 d; Amount wages: 866£ 10s; Allowance for blanket etc.: 335£; Travel to Worcester at 12s per mile: 93 miles, 55£ 15s; Whole amount: 1257£ 6s. (NH Papers, V.16, p.87).
 
Note: From the handwriting, this appears to be a late 19th century partial transcription.
Payroll list of recruits in Capt. Daniel Livermore's Company, 3rd New Hampshire Regiment, under Col. Alexander Scammell commanding.
Note: From the handwriting, this appears to be a late 19th century transcription.
August–October 1780
Muster Roll of Capt Danl Livermores Compy in the 3rd Battn of Newhampr Forces in the Service of the United States of America Commanded by Col. Alexr Scammell for Augt Sepr & October 1780. 2 Nov 1780.
1781
From a list of of recruits from New Hampshire to serve in the Continental Army, 1781.
1818–1832 pension record.
1833–1848 pension record. Burlington, Vermont.
1831–1850 pension record. Windsor, Vermont.
Pension Roll of 1835
Ebenezer Chandler, Rank: Private, Annual allowance: $96.00, Sums received: $473.28, Description of service: New Hampshire continental line, When placed on the pension roll: April 11, 1829, Commencement of pension: March 31, 1829, Age: 78.
Children
"Canterbury. December the 14th. 1792. Now Recorded the Births of Ebenezer Chandler's Children:
Submit Chandler. Born August 30. 1782.
Sarah Chandler. Born March the 10,1784.
John Chandler. Born October the 29, 1785.
Hannah Chandler, Born August the 5, 1787.
Eligah Chandler. Born July 3. 1790.
Patty Chandler. Born May the 21. 1792."
("Record of Births and Marriages in the town of Canterbury, New Hampshire. From the town records." Granite Monthly: A New Hampshire Magazine. Vol.5 No.5, February, 1882, p.164)
Census records
1790, Canterbury, Rockingham (now Merrimac), New Hampshire.
1800, Wheelock, Caledonia, Vermont
1810, Wheelock, Caledonia, Vermont
1820, Wheelock, Caledonia, Vermont, August 7, 1820.
1830, Wheelock, Caledonia, Vermont.
 
1840, Wheelock, Caledonia, Vermont. Living with Theophilus Chandler.
 
1840, Census of Pensioners for Revolutionary or Military Services. Wheelock. Ebenezer Chandler, 85, living with Theophilus Chandler on June 1, 1840.
Burial
No specific tombstone is dedicated to Ebenezer, but several sources say he is buried in Wheelock, or more specifically, that he is buried with his wife and daughter in South Wheelock Cemetery. Crockett lists Ebenezer as the only Revolutionary War soldier buried in Wheelock, though several others actually are buried within the town limits. (Crockett, p.139) A monument exists naming Ebenezer Chandler as being buried in the South Wheelock cemetery.
Find A Grave entry for Ebenezer Chandler.
Biographical sketches
From Gazetteer of Caledonia and Essex, VT. 1764–1887
Ebenezer Chandler was born at Canterbury, N. H., in 1755. He married Sarah Sargent, of that place, and moved to this town about the year 1798, settling near what is now known as Chandler pond, where he resided until his death, which occurred June 12, 1842. He was a member of the Freewill Baptist church, and among the foremost in promoting its interests, being one of the committee who erected the church edifice in the southern part of the town. He reared a family of nine children, as follows; Submit, Sarah, John, Hannah, Elijah, Patty, Theophilis, Comfort and Ebenezer. John was born in 1785. married Marion F. Darling, and settled where his son Moses D. now lives. He reared four children, and died February 1, 1875. Theophilis was born in 1796. He was a farmer and followed the vocation with zeal for those pioneer days. He married Ruth Hoyt, October 17, 1824. After their marriage he built the house where his son Thomas now lives, and where he resided until his last illness. He died in Herman, Ill., September 16, 1871, he, at that time, being in the west visiting relatives. His wife, Ruth, died May 14, 1866.
From Town of Wheelock
Ebenezer Chandler was born in Canterbury[1], N. H. in 1755, the son of Sanborn Chandler. He came to Wheelock in 1795, with his wife, Sally (Sargent) Chandler, and their nine children, settling near Chandler Pond.[2]
He served from the summer of 1775 to December 1776 as a private in Capt. Jeremiah Clough's Company, Col. Enoch Poor's Regiment of New Hampshire Troops at Winter Hill and on the expedition to Canada. From June 1780 to January 1781 he served in the Continental Army in Capt. Livermore's Company, Col. Dearborn's Regiment. In 1819 he was granted a pension (Sur. File No. 40,829). He lived in Wheelock until his death June 12, 1842 and is buried in South Wheelock cemetery.
[1] Unlikely, as he is mentioned in the Hampton baptism records.
[2] The pond was named for Ebenezer and his family after they settled there.
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