| (His ancestor the Rev. Stephen Bachiler (for so he spelt his name) was minister of Hampton. He was the great-grand-father (I think) of Mr. Davis Batchelder; and Nathaniel B. of Hampton, who had 17 children, was his grandfather. Mr. Davis B. lived to a great age. The writer remembers to have seen him about 1812. He also remembers well his excellent son, the occasion of the above sermon; who was truly one of the best men that it has ever been his happiness to know. His manner and bearing to young men and boys, was of a character to cause them to love and respect him. Many days have been passed by the writer in his company, in which he has heard him recount his expeditions, perils and privations in the revolutionary army. Deacon Batchelder died March 10th, 1847, about 9 o'clock in the evening, ae. 89 years and 5 days. Captain Henry Batchelder, who died about 1815, was his brother. Deacon Batchelder's residence was a little south of the turnpike, some half a mile from the well known residence of the late Jonathan Clarke, Esq. He was a farmer of the first class, for the time and place. Situated in a delightful valley, his farm in the summer and autumnal months was a perfect paradise. Every thing without, as well as within his buildings, was an index to the minds of its proprietors; neatness and order striking the eye at every point. Such are a few recollections, of a most honored and honorable man; and it is a source of regret that the space here allotted will not allow of more full justice to his memory. - from Researches among Funeral Sermons, pg. 245 Joshua /Batchelder/ BIRTH 19 MAY 1749 Kensington, New Hampshire DEATH 2 FEB 1826 Sanford, Maine OCCUPATION Bloomer in the Iron Works in Sanford, Maine Joshua left Kensington early in life. He was of Berwick, Maine, August 21, 1772, when he sold part of his father's real estate in Fremont. He moved to Sanford, Maine, from which town he marched in Captain Morgan Lewis' company, in April, 1775, on news of the battle of Lexington. This service, according to Mass. Soldiers & Sailors of the Rev. War, was of three days duration. He resided in Sanford the rest of his life. - from the Correction to Pierce's Work by Charles Batchelder Nathaniel /Bachelder/ BIRTH 26 MAY 1726 Settled in Nottingham OCCUPATION Farmer Nathaniel lived after his marriage at Hampton, where he was known as Nathaniel, Junr., to distinguish him from his uncle. On February 22, 1748, he bought land in Nottingham (now Deerfield), and soon moved to that town. On May 24, 1763, he sold to David Lawrence one half of a saw mill which he and his "bother" John had bought of their "father" John Batchelder of North Hampton March 31, 1757. In August, 1767, James Batchelder deeded to Nathaniel fifty acres in lot No. 18 in the 5th Range of the Third Division, in Deerfield. There were no fewer than 14 Nathaniel Bachelders or Batchelders in the Revolutionary War and the records are very confusing as to which Nathaniel's war records go to which. The following could refer to this Nathaniel or to Nathaniel son of Stephen and Jane Lamprey: Nathaniel's great granddaughter, Mrs. Agnes B. Corliss, wrote: "My great grandfather was also in the Revolutionary Army. I am very sure he died at Valley Forge." "He had four sons Josiah killed at Bunker Hill, Simon shot in the war of the Revolution, Nathan, and my grandfather James" "Father used to tell us his uncles were killed in the Revolution. He said one was shot at Bunker Hill, and one shot in some other battle. He said at the side of his father." "There were three of grandfather's brothers in the Revolution, Simion, Joshiah, Nathan. One killed at Bunker Hill, one in an engagement in N.Y. and was buried in a trench near where Schuylerville N.Y. now is.. Probably that is the one killed at grandfathers side. He was wounded in a battle in N.Y. State." John Scales of Dover, N.H. a local historian and antiquarian, wrote in 1908, that his great-grandfather, Nathaniel Batchelder, was one of Dr. Henry Dearborn's Company which marched from Nottingham Square, April 20, 1775, to Medford and Cambridge, covering fifty miles in twelve hours. That he was a private in Dearborn's company of Col. John Stark's regiment at Bunker Hill. That in September, 1775, he was a sergeant, and his son Stephen, a private, in the same company. That Nathaniel and Stephen were in Dearborn's company in Col. Benedict Arnold's expedition which left Cambridge, Mass., in September, 1775, marched via Dover, N.H. to Maine, up the Kennebec River, and down the Chaudiere River to Quebec. Were in the battle there of December 31, 1775, and in the retreat up the St. Lawrence and Lake Champlain to Ticonderoga. Here Nathaniel and Stephen were taken down with the prevalent small pox. Nathaniel dying November 17, 1776 and his son about the same date. On further questioning tradition in the family was given as Scale's authority for much of the above. - from the Corrections to Pierce's Work by Charles Batchelder Jonathan /Batchelder/ BIRTH BEF. 18 NOV 1754 Hampton Falls, New Hampshire DEATH 11 APR 1839 BAPTISM 18 NOV 1754 OCCUPATION Farmer Jonathan moved from Hampton Falls to Raymond early in life, probably with his father. He served in the Revolution from Raymond. He did not apply for a pension until April 12, 1837, and then stated he enlisted in 1777 under Captain Stephen Dearborn and served until after the battle of Bennington, and then volunteered under General Stark to go to Bemis Heights, serving three weeks longer (after his time had expired). - from the Corrections of Pierce's Work by Charles Batchelder |
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