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Cristopher were married in Holland, which would tend to support the fact that Stephen** was in Holland during the undocumented 15 years. They had 5 children. * It has been said of Stephen Bachiler that he was always quick to speak out about conditions he found, whether it was in Saugus or in the church in England. That fact coupled with the rigidity of the Massachusetts Bay Company government, put Stephen in much the same position as he had left in England. The record would tend to point to the fact that Stephen was espousing ideas whose time had not come. He had progressed in his studies to a point not yet acceptable to most people. It's possible that he was beginning to view the prevailing attitudes as being pharasaical. The Reverend Stephen left Lynn in 1636 and probably settled in Ipswich, farther north. In 1637, at the age of 76, Stephen with Christopher Hussey and a few others set out on foot to Yarmouth on the arm of Cape Cod between Cape Cod Bay and Nantuckett Sound.(See Massachusetts 1895 Map on Additional Links page.) It is thought that they intended building a town and founding a church. Severe weather and a shortage of building materials caused the mission to fail. Hussey and Bachiler returned to Newbury in the north. In 1638 the two sold their Newbury interests and with a few others went to Hampton, New Hampshire. There they built a town and formerly established a church. It is said that Stephen gave the town it's name. Once again he served the church with the honest nature that was his. Helena died in 1641. Again conflict arose, and by one report in 1641 he removed to Strawberry Bank (now Portsmouth). However, letters and Winthrop's Journal seem to indicate that Stephen was still associated with the Hampton church in 1644. It was during this time that the townspeople of Exeter desired to call Mr. Bachiler to be minister of a church that they wanted to establish. The General Court, however, wouldn't grant permission for formation of a church. Stephen spent some time in Saco, according to a report. Stephen wrote that in 1644 a fire caused him great loss which included his entire library. To a man of his nature, a loss of all his books, as well as copies of his sermons, would be a great loss indeed. In 1645, Nathaniel died (probably) in Southampton, England. About 1649 Stephen and Mary Beedle, a widow, were married. She possibly had been assigned as his housekeeper following Helena's death. Stephen would have been 80 or 81. They had a daughter Mary, who was probably born in 1650. Mary and William Richards of Portsmouth, N.H. were married in 1673. Stephen didn't live to know that his daughter Mary and her husband William Richards were both accused of child stealing. In 1654, at the age of 92 or 93 and 9 years after Nathaniel's death, Stephen returned to England. His daughter, Theodate, had died October 20, 1649 in Hampton, New Hampshire. His daughter, Deborah Wing was living in Sandwich, Plymouth Colony. Mary Beedle didn't accompany him. She later sought a divorce on the grounds that he had taken a fourth wife in England. The Reverend Stephen Bachiler died in 1656 in London. To his memory is erected in Hampton , New Hampshire, a monument that reads: A little band of pioneers under the leadership of the Rev. Stephen Bachiler of Southampton, England, seeking a larger liberty in October 1638 settled in the wilderness near this spot to plant a free church in a free town. They were joined in 1639 by others and in that year the town was incorporated. To do honor to the founders and fathers of Hampton, to exalt the ideals for which they strove, and as an inspiration to posterity - this memorial is dedicated. October 14, 1925. The Luther mental virus made it's mark in America through Stephen and men like him. This viral effect wasn't limited to the affairs of the church but as well to the government. The Watertown Protest of 1632 was over an attempt by Winthrop and his assistants to exclude the freemen from electing the governor, deputy governor and assistants; the issue was taxation without representation. Quite a while before the famous tea party. After a little more than a century of thought over the divine right issue the following words were penned: -6- * Richard Milhaus Nixon and Gerald Rudolph Ford are products of this branch. ** The LDS genealogy site shows numerous records (un- documented) of Bachiler births in The Hague, Zuid Holland, or S. Gravenhage, Zuid Holland, Netherlands.