John Chandler (sheriff)

John Chandler (October 18, 1693 - August 10, 1762) was a judge of probate and the third sheriff of Worcester County, Massachusetts.[1]

John Chandler
Chief Judge of Probate for Worcester County, Massachusetts[1]
Judge of Probate for Worcester County, Massachusetts[1]
In office
May 1754 – May 1757
Preceded byJohn Chandler Sr.
3rd Sheriff of Worcester County, Massachusetts
In office
June 21, 1751 – August 7, 1762
Preceded byBenjamin Flagg
Succeeded byGardner Chandler
Town Treasurer
of the Town of
Worcester, Massachusetts[1]
In office
1741–1752
Succeeded byJohn Chandler, III
Member of the
Massachusetts House of Representatives
from
Worcester, Massachusetts[1]
In office
1732, 1738, 1752 – 1735, 1739, 1753
Member of the
Massachusetts House of Representatives
from
Worcester, Massachusetts[1]
In office
1732, 1739, 1752 – 1735, 1739, 1753
Member of the
Massachusetts House of Representatives
from
Woodstock, Massachusetts[1]
Moderator of the
Worcester, Massachusetts
Town Meeting[1]
In office
1733[1] – 1733[1]
Corner of
Suffolk County, Massachusetts[1]
Personal details
BornOctober 18, 1693
New London, Connecticut
DiedAugust 10, 1762
Resting placeWorcester Common.[1]
OccupationSurveyor[1]
Law Enforcement Officer
Politician
Judge[1]

Chandler was appointed the sheriff of Worcester County, Massachusetts on June 21, 1751.[2]

Early life

Chandler was born in New London, Connecticut on October 18, 1693.[1]

Albany Congress

Chandler was a delegate to the Albany Congress of 1754.[1]

Massachusetts House of Representatives

Chandler represented Woodstock in the Massachusetts House of Representatives before the town became part of Connecticut. Chandler later represented Worcester in the Massachusetts House of Representatives.

Death and burial

Chandler died on August 10, 1762, he was buried in the Worcester Common.[1]

Notes
  1. Crane, Ellery Bicknell (1907), Historic Homes and Institutions and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of Worcester County, Massachusetts: With a History of Worcester Society of Antiquity, Volume I, New York, New York: Lewis Publishing Company, p. 65
  2. Whitmore, William Henry (1870), The Massachusetts Civil List for the Colonial and Provincial Periods, 1630-1774, Albany, New York: J. Munsell, p. 119
Political offices
Preceded by
Benjamin Flagg		 3rd Sheriff of
Worcester County, Massachusetts
June 21, 1751-August 7, 1762		 Succeeded by
Gardner Chandler
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