This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Chandler Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/iUI.2ACIB/1529.2.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1.1 Message Board Post: Tamara, It is sometimes hard to keep the order in which these messages flow, so hopefully this is not repetition. Anyway, I checked and your Dr. Robert Chandler born 1759/60 is NOT in the Book of Descendants of 1610 John Chandler of Virginia (actually, just a data base), which contains more than 93,000 and adding. In fact, it is HIGHLY UNLIKELY that a Chandler born in Connecticutt at that time would have been part of any of the Virginia families and the family of 1610 John is the only Chandler family of which I am aware that descendants have been found. It is far MORE LIKELY that your Robert descends from one of the New England families, the earliest of which was founded by John Chandler who arrived at Plymouth Colony in 1621 aboard the "Fortune," 364 days after the Mayflower. I seem to recall there was also some back-and-forth between one or more Connecticutt and New Jersey Chandler families that may be worth checking. Their trails can be picked in a lot of places - maybe even a half-way reliable clue on the WWW, but be careful and always "trust but verify." JC