Roger Chandler (Y-DNA)

Status summary

As of October 27, 2022:

• Only son likely died young, so no opportunity for Y-DNA testing

Paper trail

Edmund Chandler and Roger Chandler were contemporaries in Leiden and both emigrated to Plymouth Colony about 1632. It is believed they are brothers, but proof of any relationship has not been found.

First Generation

Roger Chandler was born about 1590 and died sometime after May 1646. He married Leiden 21 Jul 1615 Isabella Chilton and they had: Samuel (likely d.y.), Sarah, Martha and Mary.

Since Roger's only known son likely died young, his Y-DNA line does not continue.

References and External Resources

• Wakefield, Robert S. (revising work by Robert M. Sherman & Verle D. Vincent), Mayflower Families through Five Generations (Vol 15: James Chilton and Richard More) General Society of Mayflower Descendants, Plymouth, MA (1997)
• Roser, Susan E., Mayflower Increasings From the Files of George Ernest Bowman at the Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD, Second edition 1995, 1996. pp. 33-35
• Roser, Susan E., Mayflower Passenger References (from contemporary records & scholarly journals), [www.stewartbooks.com Stewart Publishing & Printing] Canada. Second edition, 2015
• Anderson, Robert Charles, The Mayflower Migration: Immigrants to Plymouth, 1620 New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, MA (2020) pp. 58-61
• Anderson, Robert Charles, The Pilgrim Migration: Immigrants to Plymouth Colony 1620-1633 (New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 2004)
• Chandler Family Association: Edmund and Roger Chandler

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