Thanks, Craig.

JC




--- "Craig R. Scott" <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:

> It would qualify it for consideration, yes.
>
> Please sumbit a proposal and we will see how it fits
> with the mix.
>
> Thanks.
>
> C.
>
> Craig R. Scott, CGRS
> Joint VA-MD Conference Coordinator
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Joe Chandler" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2005 5:33 PM
> Subject: Re: Call for papers Joint VA-MD Conference
>
>
> > Mr. Scott,
> >
> > I have new information about an early Maryland
> family,
> > Job and wife Anne (Thorowgood) Chandler. Job
> arrived
> > in Virginia ca. 1642, was a Burgess in 1649 and
> > sheriff of Norfolk County in 1651, but he moved to
> > Charles County, MD (Portobacco) the same year,
> along
> > with a large number of Dissenters who moved about
> the
> > same time. He was not a Dissenter himself, but was
> kin
> > to or related to several. He was Maryland's
> Receiver
> > General (tax collector) 1651-1660, directly
> appointed
> > by Lord Baltimore, a business associate of Job's
> > brothers Richard and John in London. Job
> established
> > Chandler's Hope Manor in Portobacco, where he is
> > buried, a 228A portion of which survives today
> with a
> > new manor house built about five years ago by the
> > current owners. One can still experience Job's
> view of
> > the Potomac from behind the house, beside Job's
> grave.
> >
> > Two things are new worth reporting:
> >
> > (1) After his line had long been thought to have
> died
> > out (but incorrectly claimed by other male
> Chandlers),
> > I have discovered descent through a female line.
> >
> > (2) I have discovered Job's parents and most of
> his
> > siblings (9) in Stratford-upon-Avon and London,
> along
> > with letters, business transactions, import
> records,
> > church records and monuments and notes in
> > King's/Queen's Council records showing Anglo-VA
> and
> > Anglo-Maryland spread over more than 50 years -
> ca.
> > 1628-1691.
> >
> > Would something of this nature - perhaps with a
> brief
> > general discussion of the mercantile life of the
> 17th
> > century - be of interest and/or qualify for the
> > October 2005 conference?
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > Joseph Barron Chandler Jr
> > Alexandria, VA
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --- "Craig R. Scott"
> <[log in to unmask]>
> > wrote:
> >> From Maryland to Virginia: And Back Again
>
> >>
> >> [a joint Maryland Genealogical Society and
> Virginia
> >> Genealogical Society Conference]
> >>
> >>
> >> Frederick County Community College, Frederick,
> >> Maryland
> >>
> >> 7-8 October 2005
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Deadline: 15 May 2005
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Contact: Conference Chair, Craig R. Scott, CGRS,
> 65
> >> East Main Street, Westminster, Maryland 21157 or
> via
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> >>
> >> Notes:
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> All lectures must relate to the movement and
> >> migration of people between Maryland and Virginia
> or
> >> reverse, including their environs (i.e.,
> >> Pennsylvania or North Carolina). Lectures may
> relate
> >> to ethnic or religious movement through the
> states.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> The conference committee is especially interested
> in
> >> the views of both genealogists and historians on
> >> this subject.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Proposals should include the following
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> >> conference.
> >>
> >> Each speaker will be limited to a maximum of
> three
> >> presentations; however, up to six proposals can
> be
> >> submitted. Lecturers will receive a limited
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> >>
> >>
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