When Mary "Polly" Chandler was born on 18 August 1766, in Enfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States, her father, Joseph Chandler, was 28 and her mother, Mary Chapin, was 22. She married Truman Banister on 24 November 1794, in Enfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. She died in 1864, in Wilbraham, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 98.
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Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
The capture of Fort Griswold was the final act of treason that Benedict Arnold committed. This would be a British victory. On the American side 85 were killed, 35 wounded and paroled, 28 taken prisoner, 13 escaped, and 1 twelve year old was captured and released.
The Eleventh Amendment restricts the ability of any people to start a lawsuit against the states in federal court.
English (of Norman origin): occupational name for a maker and seller of candles, from Anglo-Norman French chandeler ‘maker or seller of candles’ (Old French chandelier, Late Latin candelarius, a derivative of candela ‘candle’). While a medieval chandler no doubt made and sold other articles beside candles, the extended sense of modern English chandler does not occur until the 16th century. The name may also, more rarely, have denoted someone who was responsible for the lighting arrangements in a large house, or else one who owed rent in the form of wax or candles.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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