Mary Chandler

Recorded as written:

She was born at Taunton, Mass.; d. 14 Sept., 1790 a. 64 at Pomfret of dropsy. Woodstock Records, Mrs. Mary Hodges died in Woodstock April 20, 1756, dau. of Capt. William Hodges of Taunton, by his second wife, Mary Clapp, gr. daughter of John Hodges of Taunton by his wife Elizabeth Macy, whom he m. 15th of May, 1672; she was dau of Lieut. George Macy of King Phillip's war and gr. gr, dau of Capt William Hodges, the first at Taunton, by his wife Mary Andrews, dau. of Henry Andrews and his wife Mary Gilbert Williams, who was dau. of Samuel Williams and Jane Gilbert his wife; and this Samuel Williams was son of Richard Williams and Frances Dighton, his wife, of Taunton.

She as reported to be a woman of great personal beauty. Not tall, her figure straight and slender . When a young woman, a half yard of string was tied in a bow knot around her waist, as tradition in the family tells. She had a fair complexion, red cheeks, and very dark hazel or coal black eyes. Of her fourteen children all but the youngest, Nathan, had dark hazel eyes.

Source:: THE FAMILY OF WILLIAM AND ANNIS CHANDLER; WHO SETTLED IN ROXBURY, MASS 1637; by George Chandler; printed for the family on the press of George Hamilton of Worcester, Mass; 311 Main Street, 1883:pg. 147-148

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Added by D. Winter/ Glenn (Burr) Oct. 29, 2014

Excerpts from "The Chandler Family" entry for William Chandler, Jr.:

WILLIAM CHANDLER (William, John, John, William1), and Mary Hodges Woodstock.

They were published the " last Sabbath" preceding 30 Jan. 1753, and were married 5 July 1753.

She died 14 Sept 1796, a. 64, in Pomfret. She was daughter of Capt. William C. Hodges, of Taunton, who was born 6 June, 1682, died 23 June, 1766, by his second wife, Mary Clap, and grand- dau. of John Hodges, proprietor in Taunton," in right that was of his father," by his wife Elizabeth Macy, whom he m. 15 May, 1672, and gr. gr. dau. of Capt. William Hodges, who was of Boston 1663, on a jury at Salem 1638, and whose excursions by sea to Virginia to the coast of the present State of Maine, to the Gulf of St Lawrence, and by whom in the good ship "Rebecca," Gov. John Winthrop, of Boston, sent letters on the 28 of the 1 Mo 1636, "to his very loving son, Mr. Winthrop, Jun. Governour of Connecticut," are mentioned in Winthrop's History of New England. "Capt. William Hodges seems also to have commanded a ship in several voyages from Boston to England and back, and is mentioned several times in connection with John Gallop, another sea captain; but as there are no references to the voyages of either of them after the settlement at Taunton, and as John Gallop appears to have been a proprietor of land at Taunton, and whose dau. Esther Gallop afterwards married Henry Hodges, son of Captain William Hodges, it is probable that Captain William Hodges of Boston and William Hodges of Taunton, were the same individual, and that he and John Gallop abandoned the sea, to share with Miss Pool, the perils of the wilderness at Titicut, and d. there 2 April 1654.

William Hodges, father of Mary Hodges, said in his will March 5th 1764," I give to my Grand Daughter Sarah daughter of my Daughter Mary Chandler thirteen pounds Six Shillings & four pence lawful money to be paid out of my personal Estate by my Executors hereafter named, provided She arrive at the age of Eighteen Years or in the meantime should have issue, but failing of either of the aforesaid conditions then s  Sum to be  equally divided between my four sons equally, And also that s  Abijah Suitably Support and maintain my Grand Daughter Sarah until Eighteen years of age (if she see cause to dwell with him) & give her two suits of apparel suitable for her body at that age and on his failure Abijah to have no part of my personal Estate." " My Son Abijah Hodges" " Sole Executor."  

William Chandler, Jr., died 23 Feb 1756, leaving two sons, and she m. second 21 Sept., 1757 Peter Chandler of Pomfret, son of Capt. Joseph and Susanna [Perrin] Chandler. 

George Hodges, half brother of Mary,  moved to Woodstock, Conn., and upon the occasion of one of his visits to his homestead in Taunton, he brought a friend whom he introduced to his sister Mary. "Tradition says Mary was a young lady of great personal beauty." This "friend," William Chandler, Jr., in time became her husband. There was not a little romance and mystery about their courtship, for their love ran not smooth, though deep. Some letters that came to light a century afterwards, show that she had at that time many admirers, some of whom she found it difficult to wholly discard. These letters were discovered by an inquisitive mechanical genius, in a curiously constructed secret drawer in her bureau, made of butternut wood, by her first husband.

Source: The Chandler Family; descendants of William and Annis Chandler who settled in Roxbury,Mass.1637; by George Chandler; printed by Charles Hamilton; Worcestor, Mass;1883

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Note: Peter and Mary will be in my tree twice. D. Glenn-2017