| Josiah /Bachelder/ TITLE Deacon BIRTH 22 APR 1790 Homestead at East Andover, NH DEATH 15 APR 1866 Josiah remained on the homestead and succeeded his father in the ownership of the farm, which he continually improved. He was an industrious, prudent and liberal man. He was for many years a deacon of the Free Baptist Church, and contributed liberally of his means to the support of the ministry and in aid of the missionary educational and benevolent institutions. He was generously hospitable and his house was always open to the ministers of all denominations. In politics he was a Whig, then a Republican, on the formation of that party. - from New Hampshire, pg. 1531 William Adams /Bachelder/ BIRTH 4 JUL 1823 East Andover, New Hampshire DEATH 30 DEC 1902 William was educated in the common schools and New London Academy at New London, New Hampshire. He assisted his father on the old homestead farm, and in time succeeded to the ownership and successfully conducted farming during his active life. He was a man who took active part in every measure to benefit his town and state, and served as superintendent of schools. He was a member of the Free Baptist Chruch. In politics he was a Republican from the formation of that party. He was a member of King Solomon Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, at Andover and of the local lodge of Odd Fellows. On his farm near East Andover, N.H. stood a wall 16 feet wide and 8 feet high which he built of stones all taken from land within 25 rods. - from New Hampshire, pg. 1531 Phineas /Batchelder/ BIRTH 1 DEC 1763 Hawke, New Hampshire Phineas served in the Revolution for the town of Hampton Falls, from September 17 to November 24, 1781, under Captain Joseph Parsons, which is not long enough to entitle him to a pension under the act requiring six months service, and he does not appear on the Pension Bureau records. He deeded land in Danville to his stepfather, Joseph Clifford Sanborn, March 24, 1785, then being "of Hawke" (Danville). - from the Corrections to Pierce's Work by Charles Batchelder Abraham /Batchelder/, Esq. BIRTH 4 SEP 1721 Exeter, New Hampshire 1763 Settled in Loudon, New Hampshire 1765 Chosen Constable of Loudon OCCUPATION Surveor of Land BAPTISM 19 JUL 1724 Abraham lived first at Kensington. His grandfather, Deacon Nathaniel, deeded him land in Chester in October, 1743, and between that date and March, 1749, he is described in deeds sometimes as of Kensington and sometimes as of Chester. He probably maintained affiliations in both towns. In January, 1749, and up to September, 1755, he is called of Contoocook (now Boscawen). He was of Canterbury, which then included Loudon, in January, 1759. It is commonly known that he and his brother Jethro settled in Loudon in 1760. In Contoocook, in 1755, Abraham owned fifty acres with a sawmill and grist mill. He was called weaver in 1746 and 1749, but probably gave this up for surveying and the various public and private activities of a country Squire. - from the Corrections to Pierce's Work by Charles Batchelder Abraham was engaged in laying out the town of Loudon. He served as one of the town selectmen, and laid out and made the return of a large number of the highways. Abraham settled on land near the White Schoolhouse, having while traveling in the locality and looking for meadowland with his son, Abraham, Jr., found the swell of land bordering upon the pond, covered with a most beautiful growth of birch, oak and white ash, and at the request of his son, decided to settle there. They built a log house just north of Ura Osgood's farm, and land in the southeasterly direction towards the school house was the first cleared. Afterwards, Abraham Jr. built the northeasterly half of the old red Bachelder Mansion, as it now stands. This was called a pitched lot and contained 100 acres. It was afterwards divided by the highway to Gilmanton. . .During the first years of clearing the land many privations had to be endured. The first year they were short of food for bread and Mr. Bachelder was obliged to cut some of his rye before it was ripe, dry it as much as possible, and carry it on his shoulder to Canterbury (now called Loudon) for grinding, a distance of several miles. The corn raised and used for bread was pounded in a wooden mortar into meal. - from Hurd's History of Merrimack County (1885) p. 500 Jethro /Batchelder/ BIRTH 1723 DEATH 17 OCT 1803 Loudon, New Hampshire BURIED Loudon Cemetery behind Fire Station on Cooper St., Loudon, New Hampshire BAPTISM 19 JUL 1724 Jethro lived at Kensington early in life. Called of Chester at various dates from 1744 to 1757, and also once in March, 1763. He lived in the part of Chester which is now Raymond. He was taxed in Canterbury (which then included Loudon) in 1762. Apparently he moved to Loudon between 1757 and 1762, perhaps at the same time as his brother Abrahm. He was taxes at Loudon from 1774 to 1790, and lived there the rest of his life. In 1764 Canterbury sold him a one hundred acre lot on condition that he "build a saw mill on said lot immediately and a grist mill in fourteen months and that he sell boards plank and joist and saw to and for the inhabitants of this town forever at a reasonable rate and keep the mills in good repair forever. The selectmen of Canterbury approved him as a tavern keeper in 1770. At the first town meeting in Loudon, in 1773, he was moderator, and elected selectman. - from the Corrections to Pierce's Work by |
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