Brief Life History of Ezekiel
When Ezekiel Chandler was born on 14 September 1733, in Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, his father, Joshua Chandler, was 27 and his mother, Mary West, was 30. He married Mary Cushman in 1754, in Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in New Bedford, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States in 1810. He registered for military service in 1775. He died on 18 April 1830, at the age of 96.
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- Ezekiel Chandler, "United States Census, 1810"
- Family Births: Children of Joshua Chandler and wife Mary - Joseph, Ezekiel and Sarah - Duxbury, Plymouth, MA - 1729 to 1735
- Ezekiel Chandler, "United States War of 1812 Index to Service Records, 1812-1815"
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1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1776 · The Declaration to the King
"At the end of the Second Continental Congress the 13 colonies came together to petition independence from King George III. With no opposing votes, the Declaration of Independence was drafted and ready for all delegates to sign on the Fourth of July 1776. While many think the Declaration was to tell the King that they were becoming independent, its true purpose was to be a formal explanation of why the Congress voted together to declare their independence from Britain. The Declaration also is home to one of the best-known sentences in the English language, stating, “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."""
1786 · Shays' Rebellion
Caused by war veteran Daniel Shays, Shays' Rebellion was to protest economic and civil rights injustices that he and other farmers were seeing after the Revolutionary War. Because of the Rebellion it opened the eyes of the governing officials that the Articles of Confederation needed a reform. The Rebellion served as a guardrail when helping reform the United States Constitution.
Name Meaning
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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