The following is from a book I own called: Settlement and Growth of Duxbury 1628-1870 by Dorothy Wentworth, published by the Duxbury Rural and Historical Society. beginning on p. 61: "Tarkiln and Nearby Neighborhoods In the south part of Duxbury, bordering Kinston and Pembroke and between Mill Brook and Pine Brook, lie several small neighborhoods, each with a separate name and a definite locality. Early settlement was slow here and the first recorded layout is dated 1677, bounding a 1675 grant to Nathaniel Brewster, grandson of Elder William Brewster. He never lived on the grand and since he died between the two dates mentioned, the layout was probably to confirm the grant when a nephew inherited it. Philip Delano and William Pabodie ran the bounds: ' ". . . we the above named went up to the old tar pit, and we gegan to measure on the west side of the road. . ." ' The record is brief but it tells more than the bounds of the Brewster land. It mentions the road, the old Plymouth to Boston highway laid out in 1665 over an old Indian trail. The "old tar pit" not only indicates an operation that had gone on for some time but suggests a very early shipping business that required tar. From the old tar pits came the name Tarkiln, designating the area along the old Bay Path where now Winter, South, East, and Chandler Streets branch off. Also in this area were the home sites of Joseph and Samuel Chandler, progenitors of so many Chandlers that hardly a house around there can now be found that did not at one time or another belong to a Chandler. There is not actual dividing line between Tarkiln and Chandlerville--they merge nicely along the highway." A little farther in the book is mentioned Joseph Chandler who made and sold beaver hats, as did Richard Chandler, also a hatter and Asa Chandler who ran an inn and Tavern called the Cobb Tavern. Also mentioned are Dr. Ira Chandler, a herb doctor, and Peleg Chandler, who moved to New Gloucester, ME to "become prosperous, respected and the progenitor of a family line still prominent in that town". I thought it might be helpful to share the info on where Chandlerville was. In one of the books that I have, there is a mention of the three Joseph Chandlers that lived in Duxbury and explains who they were known as Joseph the cabinet maker, Joseph the smith and Joseph the (sorry, I forgot his profession). I will look for that reference and email it to the list as it is very helpful in sorting out whether you are looking at the right Joseph--------unless someone objects to this kind of information. Joan Earnshaw