John Chandler (sheriff)

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

[2] Chandler was born in New London, Connecticut, on October 18, 1693;[1] but moved to Worcester County in the Province of Massachusetts Bay about 1731.

On September 28, 1691, he was on a Committee to build a meeting house on Plain Hill in Woodstock, Connecticut.

On April 3, 1703, held the rank of major and in 1722 was written a letter describing the beginning of the French and Indian War. "

In 1722 he peace of the country was disturbed by the renewal of hostilities by the Eastern Indians, and resulted in the war or fight that derives its distinctive appellation from Lovell, it's hero and martyr.

The native tribes of Massachusetts had ceased to be formidable; but the incursion of the allies of the French from Canada spread alarm along the exposed frontier, and rendered military forces necessary for the security of the settlements.

In July 1724 he Col. Chandler was ordered to recruit twenty men for "frontier service," his actions may have saved the town of Worcesters.

They people made an alarm, and the Indians beat upon a deserted house drumming violently upon its sides, and so went off."

On April 2, 1731, the Massachusetts Legislature officially incorporated Worcester County and the very Judge John Chandler held the first Probate Court of Worcester County on July 13, 1731, and the first Court of Common Please and General Sessions on August 10, 1731.