Benjamin Chandlee (Nottingman) - The Talented Dad

BENJAMIN CHANDLEE, JR. (1723 - 1791)
Nottingham, Maryland

Benjamin Chandlee, Jr. (BCN) was born in Nottingham, Maryland on January 22, 1723. He died in Nottingham on September 18, 1791. It is interesting to note that Nottingham was in Pennsylvania until after 1768, when the Mason-Dixon line transferred Nottingham to Maryland, hence the birthplace of the Chandlees are described as having been born in Maryland, though actually, at the time of their births, they were in Pennsylvania.


Benjamin Chandlee, Jr. (BCN) had three sons; Ellis, Isaac and Goldsmith, who were also clock and instrument makers.


BCN was a highly skilled artisan, making a large number of clocks and a fair number of surveying instruments as well. The theodolite BCN made puts him in a very small group of American colonial makers to have made a Theodolite.

In terms of surveying instruments, BCN will most be remembered for one thing - he was Goldsmith Chandlee's father.

For more on Benjamin - Nottingham, read the short chapter on him in the Six Quaker Clockmakers Book - The Benjamin-Nottingham Chapter is Here.