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After the 'Glorious Revolution' in England, in which the Stuarts and Charles II were replaced by William and Mary, Andros was seized and thrown into prison. The storm clouds were billowing and building, but every little bit there was a brief calm. His second child Nathaniel was married in about 1685 to Elizabeth Ross of Portsmouth, N.H. He was about 25 and she was about 19. Just as his father had done before him, Nathaniel changed the spelling of his last name to attempt simplifying the correct pronunciation along with the ease of spelling. He was Deacon Nathaniel Batchelder; was an assessor and selectman and one of the original proprietors of Chester, N.H.. He and Elizabeth had nine children, they were: Deborah, born 4/9/1686; Nathaniel, 2/19/1690; John, 7/28/1692; Elizabeth, 1694; Josiah, 7/1/1695; Jethro, 1/2/1698; Nathan, 7/2/1700; Phinehas, 11/1/1701; and the last Ebenezer*, was born 12/10/1710. It is easy to understand why there are so many large houses in New England and for that matter all of colonial America. Family size so far mentioned has run from 7 children to as many as 17. When it is considered that in addition to the immediate family there were other relatives being cared for in the household, (families took care of their own, it wasn't a role of government as the ancient Greeks wanted), at times the houses probably seemed small. They might have even had to eat in shifts. The French were primarily interested in furs from America, while the English were interested in the land and agriculture. With the exception of the Iroquois in the Mohawk valley, the indians were allied with the French. The prelude to the French and Indian War started with King William's War (1689-1697), it settled nothing between the French and English. In Queen Anne's War (1702-1713) the French raided frontier towns of the English, notably Deerfield, Massachusetts. The treaty of Utrecht, ceded Acadia, Newfoundland, and Hudson's Bay to England, but still didn't resolve the conflict for domination. King George's War (1744-1748) was also indecisive. His son Jethro made another name change to Bachilor. Jethro Bachilor married at the tender age of 23. His wife Dorothy Sanborn, daughter of Deacon Benjamin and Sarah Sanborn, was 22. Dorothy was also a descendent of Stephen Bachiler. They had two sons Abraham and Jethro, who were born in 1723. Jethro may, or may not, have seen his namesake as he died the same year. Thirteen years later Dorothy married Abraham Moulton on 10/13/1736. Nathaniel and Dorothy lived in Hampton Falls and Exeter, N.H.. Jethro who was born in 1723 changed the name again to Batchelder. He married Abigail, and they had eight children: Jethro, born 7/7/1761; David, 1773; Libbe; William; Abram, 1762; Nathaniel; Daniel**, 1/1767; Abel, 6/15/1772, four years before the Revolutionary War. Jethro was 56 when the war started. The record keeping during this period seems to be sketchy, possibly due to the rumblings of revolution that were building. Jethro and his brother Abraham built the mills at Loudon, N.H., where they lived. After Jethro died Abigail married Daniel Lane. If the birth cycles were maintained William Batchelder probably was born in 1759, and died then at the age of 40 in 1799. He married Abiah Ingalls in Canterbury, N.H. Abiah was born somewhere around 1769, and would have been approximately 10 years younger than William. She died at Deerfield Parade, N.H.. They had five children: James, born 3/15/1784; John, 7/25/1786; William, 5/28/1791; Hazen K., 4/16/1793; and Ingalls whose birthdate is unknown. They lived in Louden, N.H.. Life during this period was interrupted by the Revolutionary War. That probably explains William's short life span and Abiah's three additional husbands, Green, Sanborn, and Currier in that order. It appears that the war had a heavy toll on the life expectancy of even those who managed to become veterans, which speaks tomes on the hardships that our forefathers endured for our freedoms. -9- *Ebeneezer was the great great grandfather of John Badger Bachelder, artist, lithographer, and Gettysburg Battlefield historian, andCaptain Nathan A. Bachelder See Additional Links page for more on them. ** Daniel was the father of Jethro Bachelder. Daniel and his brother Sias moved to Rougemont, Canada- just across the line from Vermont. Sias was the father of Arthur Bachelder, see the link to the Bachelder's in Canada on the Home page.
