Elijah Chandler

• BIRTH 3 May 1737 Pomfret, Windham County, Connecticut, USA
• DEATH 26 Nov 1821 (aged 84) Monson, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA
• BURIAL North Main Street Cemetery, Monson, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA
• MEMORIAL ID 8032026

Biography
ELIJAH5 CHANDLER, (David 4, Joseph, John, William) and Sarah (Frizzel Monson, Mass. She was born 14 Nov., 1740; d. 2 Aug., 1811, aged 70 years, and was buried by the side of her husband in Monson, and is made to say on a slate stone slab at her grave: I bid my friends a long farewell; To dwell in dust and clay; Till Christ my Saviour calls me home; At the great judgment day.

Upon the alarm following the capture of Fort William Henry by Montcalm, 1757, four volunteer companies marched from Windham Co., Conn. And in the one from Pomfret, commanded by Capt. John Grosvenor, was enrolled Elijah Chandler, then about 20 years old.

He was a wheelwright, and owned at one time, what was in 1860, the Poor Farm in Monson, which he sold, and bought an intervale farm in the north east part of the town on the south side of the river where his grandson, Elijah, afterwards lived. He was highway surveyor and collector in 1789. In the llth year of his present Majesty's Reign, George III, he had one Cow, one Horse &c. Town Records: He died 26 Nov., 1821, in his 84th year. The six children of Elijah and Sarah (Frizzel) Chandler are shown below.

Siege of Fort William Henry
The Siege of Fort William Henry was conducted in August 1757 by French General Louis-Joseph de Montcalm against the British-held Fort William Henry. The fort, located at the southern end of Lake George, on the frontier between the British Province of New York and the French Province of Canada, was garrisoned by a poorly supported force of British regulars and provincial militia led by Lieutenant Colonel George Monro. After several days of bombardment, Monro surrendered to Montcalm, whose force included nearly 2,000 Indians from a large number of tribes. The terms of surrender included the withdrawal of the garrison to Fort Edward, with specific terms that the French military protect the British from the Indians as they withdrew from the area.

In one of the most notorious incidents of the French and Indian War, Montcalm's Indian allies violated the agreed terms of surrender and attacked the British column, which had been deprived of ammunition, as it left the fort. They killed and scalped a significant number of soldiers, took as captives women, children, servants, and slaves, and slaughtered sick and wounded prisoners. Early accounts of the events called it a massacre, and implied that as many as 1,500 people were killed, though it is unlikely more than 200 people (less than 10% of the British fighting strength) were actually killed in the massacre.[5]

The exact role of Montcalm and other French leaders in encouraging or defending against the actions of their allies, and the total number of casualties incurred as a result of their actions, is a subject of historical debate. The memory of the killings influenced the actions of British military leaders, especially those of British General Jeffery Amherst, for the remainder of the war. [1]

Parents
David Chandler 1712–1796
Mary Allen Chandler 1715–1800

Spouse
Sarah Frizzell Chandler 1740–1811 (m. 1769)

Siblings
Mary Chandler Dana 1738–1784
Sarah Chandler Griggs 1740–1814
Mehitable Chandler Tucker 1742–1815
David Chandler 1744–1822

Half Siblings
William Chandler 1773–1846

Children
Sarah Chandler Merrick 22 July, 1771-1849 m. in Monson, Nov. 1792, Royal Merrick of Monson.
William Chandler 28 Feb., 1773-1846 pub. 10 April, 1805, to Mary Webber of Holland.
Lemuel Chandler 22 Dec., 1778-1857 m. Erepta Pike.
Charles Chandler 23 June, 1779-1821 m. 28 Feb., 1821, Margaret Edgerton.
Lucy Chandler b. G July, 1780; d. 26 July, 1846; m. 24 Jan., 1808, Elisha Marcy
Hannah Chandler m. 2 May, 1810, James Fenton.

References

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Fort_William_Henry D. Glenn-2016 Siege of Fort William Henry, Part of the French and Indian War

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8032026/elijah-chandler

https://books.google.com/books id=h2JmAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA47&lpg=PA47&dq=judge+thomas+chandler+of+chester+vt&source

Source

History of William and Annis Chandler who Settled in Roxbury, Mass.1637]; Chandler, George; Worcester, Mass.,press of Charles Hamilton, 1888; pg. 292

• 829 i. Sarah, b. 22 July, 1771; m. in Monson, Nov. 1792, Royal Merrick of Monson.
• 830 ii. William. b. 28 Feb., 1773; pub. 10 April, 1805, to Mary Webber of Holland.
• 831 iii. Lemuel, b 22 Dec., 1778; m. Erepta Pike.
• 832 iv. Charles, b. 23 June, 1779; m. 28 Feb., 1821, Margaret Edgerton.
• 833 v. Lucy, b. G July, 1780; d. 26 July, 1846; m. 24 Jan., 1808, Elisha Marcy
• 834 vi. Hannah, m. 2 May, 1810, James Fenton.