The 52 Ancestors Challenge, Week 40: "Ten"
"Ten" being the number of children of William and Elizabeth (Lucy) Chandler, as found listed in his probate papers following his death circa 1747.
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WILLIAM CHANDLER was my 7th Great-Grandfather, born in Dedford*, Kent, England [Marr Rec; Old Kittery, pg 316]. He was in Portsmouth, New Hampshire by 1714, when he was married to ELIZABETH LUCY on 22 Dec [NEHGR, vol 23 pg 271]. He was a shipwright.

​He was still living in Portsmouth in 1726 when he purchased a 1/2 acre of land in Kittery from Tobias Leighton [York Deeds, Bk XII, Fol. 113-114]. The plot was located on the Piscataqua River, at a place called Crooked Lane*.

​​William Chandler probably died near the end of 1747, as administration of his estate was begun on 4 Jan 1747/48. An inventory was taken and filed on 4 Apr 1748, valued at £406, and the division of his personal property was done so on 26 July 1748 [York County Probate, Vol 7 pg 207]. With this act, we are given the names of his ten children. In numerical order, as was listed in the division:
i. William Chandler
ii. Mary Marr, wife of John Marr
iii. Benjamin Chandler
iv. Joseph Chandler
v. Lucy Pevy, wife of Edward Pevy [Peavey]
vi. Samuel Chandler
vii. Thomas Chandler
viii. John Chandler
ix. Alexander Chandler
x. Katherine Chandler [listed as a Rand in Jan 1749]

Each child of William Chandler, dec'd, was given  £18.8.4 worth of goods from his estate. As for his real estate, which consisted of the dwelling house and the 1/2 acre of land, brothers William and Thomas filed a claim that they wanted to co-own it, instead of it being sold off. In Jan 1749/1750, the probate court agreed to this [Vol 8, pg 37], on condition that the brothers paid £18 to each remaining sibling. Wife Elizabeth (Lucy) must have predeceased William, as there is no mention of her in these probate records.

Son William Jr died by 1756, and his probate papers are mixed in with his fathers (File #2768). His inventory shows he still owned 1/2 share of his late father's house and land. 2/3 of it would end up being sold (so his widow Mary retained 1/3 as her dower).
 

*Notes: 
"Dedford" is not found in any records, but there is a Deptford in County Kent, which is probably the correct location.
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"Crooked Lane" - the section of Kittery that is now Whipple Road (Rt 103). I have yet to trace the land ownership past the Chandlers, to find which plot of land along the river was theirs.
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​Sources:
​York County, Maine Estate Files (File #2768 William Chandler)

My 5th Great-Grandfather ELIHU FERNALD (1763-1851) seems to have been a lifelong resident of Kittery, Maine, seen in all the census records from 1790 to 1850, living there. The "Old Kittery and Her Families" book says he was a carpenter, and had thirteen children.

I have yet to look up real estate transactions concerning Elihu, but it seems that he sold his property to son Elihu Jr prior to 1847. Elihu Jr, in his will, wrote that his father had the right to live in his Kittery home, as would sister Olive Locke, so long as she took care of their father. Junior had already moved to Portsmouth, NH by this time, and had owned a house on Bow St. 

In York County Probate, widow Margaret Fernald filed Elihu Jr's will, and an appraisal of his Kittery property was taken in 1856 (submitted in Nov). It contained:
   "a certain lot of field and pasture land, with dwelling house and barn thereon containing about 34 acres, situated on the main road leading from Traips Corner to Kittery Point Bridge, known as homestead of Elihu Fernald, dec'd."

Below is the 1850 census, showing Elihu (Sr) living with his daughter Olive and her family.  

Several children of Elihu and Hannah (Chandler) died young, but are not seen in the Orchard Grove Cemetery plot. I don't believe this cemetery had even been started at this time, so they may have been buried in a family plot on their homestead. 

               GENEALOGICAL SUMMARY OF THE FAMILY OF ELIHU FERNALD OF KITTERY, MAINE

ELIHU FERNALD (Jonathan, Ebenezer, William, Renald) was born on 3 Oct 1763, likely in Kittery [Kittery VR, pg 164], the son of Jonathan and Sarah (Weeks) Fernald. He died on 4 Dec 1851, in Kittery. He married on 18 Jan 1787 in Kittery, Maine [Kittery VR, pg 172] to HANNAH CHANDLER, the daughter of Thomas and Jane (Marr) Chandler. She was born 23 Sept 1765 and died on 20 Sept 1836.

The following list of children, from "Old Kittery and Her Families", pg 395. Not sure yet of the original source of these birth dates, as they are not found in Kittery vital records.
i. JAMES BROWN FERNALD, b. 11 July 1787; d. 25 May 1822. Marr Ann Card, moved to Portsmouth, NH.
ii. MARY FERNALD, b. 9 May 1789; d. 10 July 1789
iii. MARY FERNALD, b. 9 Jul 1791. Marr Robert Newson
iv. HANNAH C FERNALD, b. 14 June 1793.Marr William Parker of Saugus, MA.
v. ELIZABETH FERNALD, b. 16 Sep 1796. Marr John Alden Of Boston, MA.
vi. BENJAMIN CHANDLER FERNALD, b. 1 Jun 1798; d. 11 Sept 1878. Marr Lavinia L Fernald. Lived Portsmouth
vii. SARAH FERNALD, b. 23 Mar 1800. Marr Thomas Jones of Portsmouth, NH
viii. ELIHU FERNALD, Jr., b. 6 May 1802; d. 24 Aug 1847. Marr Margaret T Holbrook. Lived in Portsmouth, NH
ix. JANE C FERNALD, b. 9 May 1804; d. 16 June 1882. Marr ELIHU D BROWN on 17 May 1838.
x. PAMELIA FERNALD, b. 14 Oct 1806. Marr Samuel Parker of Saugus, MA
xi. OLIVE C FERNALD, b. 30 Jan 1808; d. 30 Nov 1874. Marr William B A Locke.
xii. THOMAS FERNALD, b. 28 Oct 1809; lost at sea ca 1829
xiii. MARTHA FERNALD , b. 18 Jan 1811; d. 10 Sep 1814