A Maine Family's History - Smith / Glidden Surnames

Batchelder

Batchelder; Bachiler

Reverend Stephen BATCHELDER born circa 1561, non-conformist; arrived Cambridge MA 1632, first Congregational minister & leader of settlement of Hampton NH 1638; 4/20/1647 was living in Strawberry Banks Portsmouth; returned to ENG 1665-6 where he died 5 or 6 years later at Hackney Middlesex age 100 years; referred to Puritan doctrine as that "experiment fraught with evil." Age 20 entered St. Johns College Oxford, matriculated 11/17/1581 admitted as BA 1585-6. Excommunicated from the church but reinstated. Had black eyes & a swarthy Oriental complexion.

Spouse: (1) Anne BATE died in England (2) Christian Weare, widow 3/2/1623-4 (3) Helena Mason 3/26/1627 "a lusty, comely woman" per Winthrop born circa 1583 ; (4) Mary Beedle of Kittery, was charged with Adultery with George Rogers; Stephen abandoned her when he returned to England

Children: Children of 1st wife: Theodate born 1588 married Christopher Hussey; Nathaniel born 1590 married Hester Mercer; Deborah born 1592 married Rev. John Wing; Stephen born 1594; Samuel born 1597 was a chaplain in Gorcum, Holland in 1620; Anne born 1600 married (1) John Sanborn (2) Henry Atkinson; Child of 4th wife: Mary born circa 1650 married by 1673 William Richards

Nathaniel BATCHELDER born 1590, merchant of Southhampton, End, died 1645

Spouse: Hester MERCER

Children: Stephen; Anna; Francis; Nathaniel born in 1630 ; Benjamin

Nathaniel BATCHELDER born circa 1630 England died 12/17/1710 aged circa 80

Spouse: (1) Deborah Smith born circa 1641 Hampton NH married 12/10/1656 daughter of John Smith and Deborah Parkhurst of Nantucket/Martha's Vineyard died 3/8/1675-76 (2) Mary CARTER Wyman born 5/13/1648 Woburn MA married 10/31/1676 Woburn, died 1688, cousin of Deborah Smith (3) Elizabeth widow of John Knill married 10/23/1689

Children: By wife (1) Deborah born 10/12/1657 married Joseph Palmer; Nathaniel born 12/24/1659 married Elizabeth Foss died 1745; Ruth born 5/9/1662 married Deacon James Blake of Dorchester; Hesther/Esther born 2/22/1664-5 married Deacon Samuel Shaw; Abigail born 12/28/1667 died 11/14/1736 married Deacon John Dearborn; Jane born 1/8/1670-1 married Benjamin Lamprey; Stephen born 7/31/1672 died same year; Benjamin born 9/19/1673 married Susanna Page; Stephen born 3/8/1675-6 married Mary Dearborn; By wife (2) Mercy born 12/11/1677 married Samuel Dearborn; Mary born 9/18/1679 died young; Samuel born 1/10/1680 married 4/1/1706 Elizabeth Davis; Jonathan born circa 1683 married Sarah Blake; Theodate born circa 1684 married Morris Hobbs; Thomas born circa 1685 married Mary Moulton (2) Sarah Tuck; Joseph born 8/9/1687 married Mehitabel Marston; Mary born 10/17/1688 died young

Samuel BATCHELDER born 1/10/1680 Hampton, Rockingham, NH

Spouse: Elizabeth DAVIS born 4/27/1687 of Newbury MA, marriage published 4/1/1706

Children: Judith born 1/23/1707-8 married Nathan Blake; Henry born 10/30/1709 married Mary Marston; Mary born 10/30/1711 married Nathaniel Dearborn; Samuel born 8/1/1713 married Sarah Drake; Elizabeth born 5/10/1716 married Benjamin Brown; Zachariah born 12/14/1717 died unmarried; Hannah born 10/23/1720 married Jedcediah Prescott; Ruth born 10/29/1722 married Joshua Lane; Mercy born 9/14/1724; Carter born 10/31/1726 married Hukdah Moulton (2) Hannah Lane; Patience born circa 1729 ; Nathaniel born 3/2/1731 married Ruth Sanborn

Mercy BATCHELDER born 9/14/1724 Hampton Rockingham NH

Spouse: John JAMES born 2/12/1718 Hampton Falls Rockingham NH died 1/28/1751 Hampton Falls

Children: Benjamin; Susanna; Samuel; Elizabeth; John

History of Hampton NH: I. Eev. Stephen Bachiler was the progenitor of all the Hampton families of this name, the first pastor of the church and minister of the town. He was born in England in 1561 ; came to this country, 1632 ; founded the town of Hampton in 1638, and built his first home here, where Mr. Isaac Emery now lives. He had then a second wife, named Helena. (It is thought that her last name was Mercer.) Mr. Bachiler had children, grown up and married long before he migrated to America. Of these, only one, Mrs. Hussey, is known to have come to Hampton. There came also, grandsons, the Sanborns (1) (2) (3) and Nathaniel Bachiler, or Batchelder, as he was accustomed to write his name, and as it is now commonly written. Mr. Bachiler's wife, Helena, died , and he married, third, probably about 1648, Mary After a residence of more than twenty years in America, he returned to England, where he died at Hackney, in 1660, in the one hundredth year of his age. [See Chap, xix.] Children, from whom Hampton families are descended : A dau., who m. John Sanborn, and prob. d. in Eng. A son, the father of Nathaniel (3). Theodate, m. Christopher Hussey (2) ; d. Oct. 16, 1649.
II. Bachiler, or Batchelder, the father of Nathaniel, though he did not come to Hampton, is noticed here, as through him the subsequent generations are to be traced back to their first American ancestor.
III. Nathaniel Batchelder, son of the preceding, born in England ; came to Hampton early in life ; married, first, Deborah, daughter of John Smith, of Martha's Vineyard, sister of John (2) [and niece of Ruth Dalton (1)?], Dec. 10, 1656. She died Mar. 8, 1676 ; married, second, Oct. 31, 1676, Mary Wyman, of Woburn, Mass., widow of John Wyman and daughter of Rev. Thomas Carter [and cousin of his first wife?]; third, Oct. 23, 1689, Elizabeth, widow of John Knill, who survived him. He died suddenly, Jan. 17, 1710, aged about eighty years. The following anecdote is told of him : When, after the death of his first wife, he had determined to many again, he resolved to be governed in his choice b} T the direction in which his staff, held perpendicularly over the floor, should fall, when dropped from his hand. The experiment being tried, the staff fell towards the southwest, and in that direction he bent his steps. Having travelled as far as Woburn, he called on the widow Wyman, and offered her his hand, stating: that he was going to Boston, and would call for her answer, on his return. Mr. Batchelder settled first on the house-lot now in possession of Joseph Snider; but later in life, where Walter J. Palmer now lives. He was twice, at least, chosen constable ; was one of the selectmen nine years. Children : Deborah, b. Oct. 12, 1657; m. Joseph Palmer (3). Nathaniel (4), b. Dec. 24, 1659; m. Elizabeth Foss; d. 1745. Ruth, b. May 9, 1662; in. Dea. James Blake, of Dorchester, Ms.; d. Jan. 11, 1752. Esther, b. Feb. 22, 1665 [m. Samuel Shaw (4)?]. Abigail, b. Dec. 28, 1667; m. John Dearborn (5) ; d. Nov. 13, 1736. Jane, b. Jan. 8, 1670; m. Benjamin Lamprey (2). Stephen, b. July 31, d. Dec. 7, 1672. Benjamin (5), b. Sept. 19, 1673; m. Susanna Page; d. Jan. 12, 1718. Stephen (6), b. Mar. 8, 1676; m. Mary Dearborn; d. Sept. 19, 174S. Mercy, b. Dec. 11, 1677; m. Samuel Dearborn (6). Mary, b. Sept. 18, 1679; d. young. Samuel (7), b. Jan. 10, 1681; m. Elizabeth Davis. Jonathan (8), m. Sarah Blake. Theodate, m. Morris Hobbs (8). Thomas (9), b. ab. 1685 or '86; m., 1st, MaryMoulton; 2d, Sarah Tuck; d. Feb. 10, 1764. Joseph (10), b. Aug. 9, 1687; m. Mehetabel Marston; d. Oct. 26, 1750. Mary, b. Oct. 17, 1688.
VII. Samuel Batchelder, son of Nathaniel (3), married Elizabeth Davis, of Newbury, Mass. (published, Apr. 1, 1706) ; lived where Arthur Batchelder lives, in North Hampton. Children : Judith, b. Jan. 23, 1708; m. Nathan Blake (10) ; d. Dec. 4, 1789. Henry (14), b. Oct. 30, 1709; m. Mary Marston. Mary, b. Oct. 20, 1711; m. Nathaniel Dearborn, son of Samuel (6). Samuel (15), b. Aug. 1, 1713; m. Sarah Drake. Elizabeth, b. May 10, 1716; m. Benjamin Brown, son of William (5). Zechariah, b. Dec. 14, 1717; d., unm., Nov. 9, 1793. Hannah, b. Oct. 23, 1720; m. Jedediah Prescott, son of John (5) ; d. 1809. Ruth, b. Oct. 29, 1722; m. Joshua Lane (8). Mercy, b. Sept. 14, 1724[prob. the Mercy Batchelder whom. John James (4)]. Carter (16), b. Oct. 31, 1726; m., 1st, Huldah Moulton ; 2d, Hannah Lane; d. July 16, 1806. Patience, b p. Dec. 27, 1729. Nathaniel (17), b. Mar. 2, 1731; m. Ruth Sanborn; d. Feb. 22, 1802.

Genealogical Dictionary of ME & NH: Batchelder, Bachiler, Rev. Stephen, b 1561, matric. St. John's Coll., Oxford 11/17/1581 BA 2/3/1586-7, vicar at Wherwell, Hants, 7/17/1587 until deposed in 1605, but liv there in 1614. Of So. Stoneham, co. Hants. in 1631, he was lic. to visit his children in Holland, but having taken up with the company of merchant adventurers called the Plough Co., he came to NE arriving at Cambridge in the William & Francis 6/5/1632 ag 71. He preached at Lynn the first yr and was made freeman there 1635; of Ipswich in 1636 and Yarmouth 1637, failing settlement at both; Newbury 1638. In 1638-39 he was the leader in the settlement of Hampton and is said to have named the town; excommunicated there but restored. In 1641 he was "umpire" in an important reference case in ME. In 1644 he was called to Exeter but was prohib from preaching there by the Genl Ct. 4/20/1647, he eas late of Hampton now of Strawberry Bank. His 1st wife may have been a Bate, a rel. to Rev John Bate, vicar at Wherwell, who called Stephen jr. cousin. He m 2d at Abbots-Ann 3/2/1623-4 Christian Weare, wid; 3d at Abbots-Ann 3/26/1627 Helena Mason, wid. +-48 in 1631, who d bef. 5/3/1647, when Portsm as he wrote, assigned "an honest neighbor (a widow) to help care for his fam; 4th unhappily the widow, Mary Beedle of Kittery with whom in 1650 he was ordered to live. The same yr he was charged with marrying without bans. 10/16/1651, she and George Rogers were convicted; 10/14/1652 she was presented for entertaining idle people on the Sabbath. She asked for divorce in 10/1656, alleg he had gone to England many years since and mar again, herself and two invalid ch destitute on her hands. The date of his return to Eng is unkn his PA to Christopher Hussey was approv by Hampton Ct in Nov 1654. He d at Hackney near London ab 1660. Ch by 1st w: Theodate b 1588 m Christopher Hussey. Nathaniel b 1590, merchant of Southhampton Eng d 1645. By w Hester (Mercer) had 5 kn ch; Stephen Anna, Francis, Nathaniel, Benjamin. Deborah b 1592 m Rev John Wing. Stephen b 1594 liv with f at Wherwell in 1614, having been expelled from Magdalen Coll as the author of libellous verses. Samuel b 1597, a minister, late of Gorcum, Holland, in 1640. Ann b 1600 m 1st one Sanborn 2d bef 1640 Henry Atkinson of London. Mary Batchelder, ch of his 4th w 21 in 1671 had m by 3/26/1673 William Richards whom the court on his petn, after delib app adm of S. B's est.

Genealogical Dictionary of ME & NH: Batchelder, Nathaniel, +- 70 in 1700, grson of Rev. Stephen, s of Nathaniel and Hester (Mercer) who did not come, lived in Hampton. Deed from his grfr in 1647. In 1653 N. B. and Nathl Drake wit John Redman to Saml Fogg. Const in 1683, 9 yrs selectman, gr j 1683, 92, 94, 95, 98, 99. He m 1st 12/10/1656 Deborah Smith, dau of John and Deborah (Parkhurst), d 3/8/1675-6; 2d 10/31/1676 Mary (Carter) Wyman, wid of John of Woburn, d 1688; 3d 10/23/1689 Elizabeth widow of John Knil. He d 12/17/1710. Ch by 1st w: Deborah b 10/12/1657 m 1/24/1677 Joseph Palmer; Nathaniel b 12/24/1659; Ruth b 5/9/1662 m 7/8 1684 Dea James Blake of Dorchester, he d 10/22/1732, she 1/11/1652. Ch. Hester b 2/22/1664-5 m Dea Samuel Shaw; Abigail b 12/28/16567 m Dea John Dearborn; Jane b 1/8/1670-1 m 11/10/1687 Benjamin Lamprey; Stephen b 7/31 d 12/7/1672; Benjamin b 9/19/1673; Stephen b 3/8/1675-6 m 8/25/1698 Mary Dearborn; he d 9/19/1748. 7 ch by 2nd wife: Mercy b 12/11/1677 m Samuel Dearborn; Mary b 9/18/1679 d.y.; Samuel born 12/10/1680 m 4/1/1706 Elizabeth Davis of Newbury. Liv No Hampton, 12 ch; Jonathan b 1683 m 12/2/1708 Sarah Blake liv Hampton 1 ch rec; Theodore b 1684 m 11/18/1703 Morris Hobbs; Thomas b 1685 m 1st 3/14/1712 Mary Moulton dau of Benj, d 5/22/1716, 2d 1/16/1718 Sarah Tuck dau of Dea John d 2/15/1764. He liv on father's homestead d 2/10/1774. 9 ch by 2d w; Joseph b 8/9/1687 m Mehitable Marston; Mary b 10/17/1688 dy.

John Whittier by W. S. Kennedy: Stephen Batchelder had black eyes & a swarthy Oriental complexion.

Pioneers of MA: Smith, John, Hampton, about 1640; rem to Nantucket. Mentioned in H. records as J.S. of Nantucket. His son John remained in H and m. Deborah __; had dau. Deborah who became the wife of Nathaniel Bachelier.

Henry Batcheler of Wimmering in County South, March 14, 1612, proved March 23,1612 at Winchester, sick. The Cathedral church of Winchester, and the parish church of Wimmering. To the poor of the parish of Wimmering, of Portsea and of the town of Porchester. My two servant maids, Avis Myles and Sara Woodman. My two men servants, Thomas Spereinge and Isaac Woodes. Leedye Hemslowe of Kingston. To John Coale of Hylsea in County South. To all my grandchildren except Richard Andrewes. To John Prise of Kingston. The the children of John Prise. To thomas Balch's children of Kingston. To the two children of Richard Oliver of Sutton. To thomas Page of Hylsye, the writer hereof. To William Wheeler and John Wheeler the former [word omitted] of William Wheeler of Wimmering, late deceased, to each of them £5, to be paid unto them at their full age of 21 years. To my nephew John Westbrook, my sister's son, all my free lands with a house and barn thereon (excepting one pcell of land lately purchased of John Prise) in Kingston wthin the liberty of Portsmouth. And if it shall happen that any of my lands shall be incumbered for want or that may be recovered for them shall be due and payable unto the said John Westbrook at his lawful age of 21 years. In case of failureof John Westbrook's issue then the lands were to go to Thomas Brown of Hylsie, half brother unto the said John Westbrook./P/ If Robert Martin of Alverstock and Francis Martin of the pish of Wimmering shall not stand unto their first bargain about the exchange of my land at Porchester then I give unto my goddaughter, the daughter of Steeven Batchiller of Porchester 2 1/2 acres of land wch lieth adjoining unto the backside of the house of the said Steven Batcheller in Porchester aforesaid, any gift before mentioned to my kinsman John Westbrook to the contrary not wthstanding. If Robert & Francis Martin stand to their bargain then John Westbrook was to pay £20 to the said goddaughter in lieu of the 2 1/2 acres. And if the said Robert & Francis Martin do not stand to their bargain then Steven Batcheller aforesaid shall have the use of my land at Porchester at £8 a year until my heir cometh of age. Brother Robert Batcheller's three children. If my kinsmen John Westbrook and Thomas Brown shall die without issue then my free lands shall go to young John Boulton, and his heirs, the son of John Boulton of Hilsea in Wimmering. To Elizabeth Boulton, daughter of John Boulton of Hilsea £5 to be paid out of my lease at Hanksworth. To John Boulton's three children wh he now hath, £5 a year during the term of the lease of Hanksworth. Residue to wife Elizabeth, who is named as executrix. Overseers, John Hently of Behampton
and Stephen Stears of Hiltsea. with power to sell the land lately bought of John Price to pay £100 which testator owes to Richard Wilkines of Southweek and £45 to John Hoocker of Hillsea and £20 to Richard Shoute of Weekham. = Hampshire Registry.