This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/iUI.2ACIB/1669.2.1 Message Board Post: To Bertha Perkins: I have a direct line to Timothy Chandler, Sr., born ca 1650. He was most probably born the son of William Chandler of Newbury, Massachusetts. Timothy, Sr., lived in Somerset, Middlesex Co., New Jersey. His son was Timothy, Jr. (2), Isaac (3), and John (4) who served in the New Jersey Militia in the Revolutionary War. John and his wife Elizabeth Clark Chandler sold their property in NJ and traveled west, to Cayuga Co., New York in the late 1790's. They brought their 5 children to NYS where they lived until their deaths. Four of their children married and had families in NYS. Their only daughter married and went west to Michigan in the early 1800's. My family is directly descended from their youngest son Daniel Blackford Chandler (5) and Adeline Farr Chandler. There are Chandler descendants (Generations 9, 10, 11, and 12) still living in upstate NY today in Schuyler, Seneca, Cayuga, Chemung and Monroe Counties. Others are living in New Jersey, Oklahoma, Illinois, and Ohio. We are still researching our Chandler family tree and expect to be working on for a considerable time. You might find additional information in the CHANDLER Surname grouping. Look for Timothy Chandler, Sr. Also look for Son Chandler and Job Chandler (dates in the early 1600's). They were in Maryland and Virginia. This might be an excellent reference for you. Mel Gapen has researched that family line and has a considerable amount of information on the Southern Chandler family tree. Hope I have been helpful. Sorry I couldn't give you any current information on your particular branch of the Chandler family tree. Ellsworth Lynch