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






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