Daniel Chandler was born in 1769 in Antrim Parish, Halifax County, Virginia, a son of William Chandler and Judith Roberts.

He married Mary Stovall of Granville County, North Carolina while he was in his mid teens.

Father of eight or more children born in north central North Carolina (Granville County, Person County, Orange County and Caswell County) to the south of Halifax County, Virginia.

Daniel Chandler was still a minor (under 21 years of age) at the time of the writing of his father's will on 19 May 1789. Presumably a source of parental concern, he received preferential treatment in the will and he was named out of birth order (as opposed to his siblings who were named in male birth order and then in female birth order after the phrase "to wit" with the other exceptions being Obadiah Chandler and Abel Chandler).

Not owning land, he moved about frequently in North Carolina. Daniel Chandler's trail of tax records can be found in Country Line District, Granville County, North Carolina (1786 and 1787); Saint Mark's District, Orange County (present-day Durham County), North Carolina (1790); Goshen District, Granville County, North Carolina (1791); Saint Luke's District, Person County, North Carolina (1794 and 1795); Caswell District, Caswell County, North Carolina (1804 and 1808); and Richmond District, Caswell County, North Carolina where his brother Josiah Chandler was also living (1809).

A farmer, he returned to Halifax County after his mother's death in 1809 to claim the land on Mill Creek which had been willed to him by his father, although he also maintained a presence south of the border in North Carolina where his children lived. He was probably a widower by 1810.

Daniel Chandler purchased 41.8 acres of land on the Stony Fork of Moon Creek in Caswell District, Caswell County, North Carolina on 31 August 1811, but the property was relinquished on 16 April 1812 due to outstanding debts. This parcel became the property of his son Pleasant Chandler in April 1814.

His farm on Mill Creek in Halifax County, Virginia adjoined the farms of his brothers Obadiah Chandler and Abel Chandler, where his unmarried sisters Kerenhappuch Chandler, Judith Chandler, Susannah Chandler and Frances Chandler also lived.

Although he was willed the help of slaves by his sister Fanny Chandler in 1829, tax records show that he owned no slaves.

Advanced in years and with his children having established themselves in North Carolina, Georgia, Illinois and Missouri, Daniel Chandler left his farm and his livestock to his brother and neighbor, John Chandler, who was 16 years his junior.

Daniel Chandler died in Northern District, Halifax County, Virginia in 1849 (between 8 September 1849 and 28 January 1850).

He was buried on the family farm near Difficult Creek.

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There being few records linking them, the names of the children of Daniel Chandler and Mary Stovall are not easily reassembled. The 1800 census for Caswell County, North Carolina (the only enumeration of this family) reveals eight children born between 1785 and 1800. Thorough investigation of tax and deed records indicates that they were the following.

1. A daughter b. about 1785 (perhaps Sarah Chandler who m. Henry Thomas).

2. Anderson Chandler, b. June 1786 (m. 1. Marcia Anderson and 2. Nancy Reed).

3. A daughter b. about 1788 (perhaps Elizabeth Chandler who m. John Payne).

4. Pleasant Chandler, b. 1 May 1789 (m. 1. Martha Jeffreys and 2. Jemima Cobb).

5. Richard Wilkins Chandler, b. 19 April 1791 (m. Joyce Willis).

6. Susannah Chandler, b. 1793 (m. Benjamin Willis).

7. Daniel Chandler, b. 1796 (m. Mary Groom).

8. Nancy Chandler, b. 1799 (m. Bennett Malone).

Whether there were additional children born after 1800 is unknown.

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