| David /Batchelder/ BIRTH 14 NOV 1742 Hampton Falls, New Hampshire DEATH 8 JAN 1829 Saco, Maine OCCUPATION Shoemaker and farmer David served in the French war in 1760 under Captain Jeremiah Marston in Col. John Goffe's regiment at Crown Point. He was David Jr. of Hampton Falls in 1765, but had moved to Raymond before June, 1771, and enlisted from there in the Revolution. For this service he was later pensioned. His pension application states he enlisted December 15, 1775 at Winter Hill, Mass. under Captain James Norris in Col. Enoch Poor's regiment, and served as corporal and sergeant, and was discharged at Fort Independence, near Ticonderoga, New York, December 15, 1776. He enlisted as a corporal under Capt. Norris May 26, 1775, and again under Captain Rowell in Co. Nathan Hale's regiment for the duration of the war, mustered May 20, 1777. He was reported as taken prisoner at "H. Town," which indicates he was captured at Hubbardton, Vermont, July 7, 1777 along with Col. Hale and others of his command. He is described as five feet eight (or ten), dark complexion and black (or dark) hair. From Raymond, David moved to Saco, Maine, probably by 1780, when his son Benjamin was there. He was there (Pepperrellborough) by the 1790 census, and remained there the rest of his life. - from the Corrections to Pierce's Work by Charles Batchelder Jethro /Batchelder/ BIRTH ABT. 1735 OCCUPATION Joiner and farmer Jethro appears in Gilmanton in 1770, then moving to Barnstead. He bought a lot of land in Barnstead, adjoining the Gilmanton town line, June 26, 1770. He probably moved there at once. His application for pension, in July, 1832, states he enlisted from Barnstead, where he then resided, in February, 1776, under General Stark, and served one month at Cambridge, Mass. That in April, 1776, he enlisted for eight months under Captain Amos Morrill, marched to Norwich, Conn., thence to New York City for three weeks, then to Albany for three weeks, then to Canada, where he served out his full time and then returned home in the fall. That in July, 1777, he enlisted under Captain Nathaniel Wilson and was stationed at No. 4, now Charlestown, New Hampshire, serving two months. In April, 1797, Jethro sold out in Barnstead and moved to Danville, Vermont, where he remained until his death. - from the Corrections of Pierce's Work by Charles Batchelder John /Bachelder/ BIRTH 24 AUG 1699 Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire DEATH 18 APR 1770 1739 Moved to Little Boar's Head in North Hampton 1759 Selectman BAPTISM 29 NOV 1702 War 26 MAR 1771 Ensign of the 4th Co, 3rd Regiment of Foot in the Co. of Rockingham. A revoked will of John's, preserved in the family paprers, dated July 16, 1766 - wife Elizabeth, Son Nathaniel one shilling, Son John the south half of my lot in Nottingham where he now lives, except etc. he paying his sister Mary Marston four shillings, Son James all other estate, Son Perter Batchelder one lot in Chichester, Son Incress Batchelder one lot in Chichester, Son Josiah Batchelder lot in Chichester and marsh in Little River marshes, Daughter Mary Marston 1.5 pounds, Daughter Elizabeth 1.1 pounds and a cow. - from the Correction to Piecre's Work by Charles Batchelder Jethro /Batchelder/ TITLE Esquire BIRTH 2 JAN 1698 Hampton, New Hampshire DEATH MAY 1723 Jethro resided in Hampton Falls and Exeter. The administration of his estate was granted to his widow, June 5, 1723, he dying intestate. - from New Hampshire, pg 1532 Nathan /Batchelder/ BIRTH 22 NOV 1784 Candia, Mass. OCCUPATION Shoemaker Nathan was of Candia in 1808, and was the "Bachelder Nathan cordwainer" listed in the Boston, Mass., directories of 1810 and 1813. He moved to Bridgewater, New Hampshire by 1816, and was living in Bristol, New Hampshire in 1829 and 1830. Not long after he moved to Holliston, Mass., and finally went to his son, Rev. T. H. , and died in Wilton, Clinton County, Iowa. - from the Corrections to Pierce's Work by Charles Batchelder Josiah /Bachelder/ TITLE Capt. BIRTH 6 MAR 1752 Hawke (now Danville), NH DEATH 27 FEB 1813 Andover, New Hampshire BURIED Tauntan Hill Cemetery. OCCUPATION Farmer Josiah left his native town in 1782 and settled at Andover, New Hampshire, on Batchelder Hill (named for him) where he cleared and cultivated the farm now occupied by his great grandson, Hon. Nahum Josiah Batchelder. This is one of the few farms in the town which has been kept in the direct descendants of the first settler without ever having been disposed by deed. Captain Batchelder was a man of great physical strength and energy and force of character, and reared his family of five children to the attainment of the best moral and intellectual advantages of the place and time. He was captain in the town militia. He was the first in his line to omit the "t" from the family name, giving it its present form of Bachelder. - from New Hampshire, pg. 1531 |
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