| Josiah /Batchelder/ BIRTH 25 DEC 1746 BAPTISM 31 DEC 1749 Kingston, New Hampshire Josiah lived in East Kingston until 1788, but the next year was in Chelsea, Mass., and was there, or in Boston, until 1817 or later. He moved to Fryeburg, Maine prior to his death in 1821. He is called "Ensign" in 1775 and 1777. Later in life he was a justice of the peace, so called ":Esq.", and the New Hampshire Gazette of October 16, 1821, reports hes death - "Hon. J. Bachelder, aged 70." He was an extensive dealer or speculator in "wild Lands" in Maine and New Hampshire. He bought of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in 1809, the tract in Oxford County, Maine, known as the township of "Bachelder's Grant." This originally included parts of the towns of Mason and Stoneham. At his death he owned some thirty tracts or lots in Eaton, and Burton, New Hampshire. - from the Corrections of Pierce's Work by Charles Batchelder Ephraim /Batchelder/ BIRTH 4 MAY 1749 Kensington, New Hampshire DEATH 15 JUN 1815 Pigeon Brook District of Baldwin, Cumberland Co., Maine 1802 Co-founded the town of East Baldwin, Maine and was elected its first moderator OCCUPATION Tailor and farmer Ephraim was described as of Kensington, July, 1770 when deeding land in Rockingham County, New Hampshire, but called of Pearsontown, Cumberland County, Maine, July 2, 1770, when he bought land there. Pearstontown is the present day Standish. He sold his place there November 18, 1782, to Silvanus Lowell of Newburyport, Mass., and moved to Flintstown (now Baldwin), Maine, where he bought land November 1, 1783, and settled on a farm in that town which in 1908 was owned by Rishworth A. Burnell of West Baldwin. He served in the Revolution in 1775, from Pearsontown. Information on his family is from his family bible. - from the Corrections of Pierce's Work by Charles Batchelder Josiah /Batchelder/ BIRTH 31 OCT 1753 Kensington, New Hampshire DEATH 19 FEB 1832 Danville, Caledonia, Vermont OCCUPATION Shoemaker and farmer He served in the Revolution for which he was later pensioned. His pension application stated that in December, 1775, he went from Kensington to Cambridge, Mass., to substitute for a soldier whose furlough expired December 31, That after that term expired he enlisted under Captain Winborn Adams in the New Hampshire Line, remaining at Winter Hill until March 27, 1776, then marched to New York City, Albany, Fort George, and Lower Canada, then back to Crown Point, to Mt. Independence, where being one of the invalids and his term nearly expired, he was permitted with others to go home under care of Lieut. Joseph Huntoon, who accompanied them to No. 4 (Charlestown, New Hampshire). He was taxed in Kensington in 1777 and 1778. Josiah lived in Kensington until his marriage, then moved to Deerfield, and settled near his brother John. Shortly after December 15, 1799 he moved to Danville, Vermont. - from the Corrections to Pierce's Work by Charles Batchelder Samuel /Batchelder/ BIRTH 21 APR 1760 Kensington, New Hampshire DEATH 8 OCT 1819 Hartland, New York OCCUPATION Farmer and "taylor" Samuel followed his brother Ephraim to Standish, Maine and served in the Revolution from that town, then called Pearsontown, in 1778 and 1779. He deeded his rights in his father's estate to his brothers Joseph and John in 1781 and 1783 and was then of Pearsontown. He bought land in Baldwin, Maine, then Flintstown, on September 22, 1788, but sold it October 10, 1795, and moved to Danville, Vermont. He lived there until 1813, when he moved to Harland, New York. - from the Corrections to Pierce's Work by Charles Batchelder Timothy /Batchelder/ BIRTH 30 OCT 1762 Kensington, New Hampshire DEATH Coleville, New York OCCUPATION Farmer Nathan Bachelder, Esq. of Loudon was appointed his guardian, February 28, 1780, and Timothy went to Loudon. Possibly he went there before the appointment, to be brought up by Nathan. He served in the Revolution, from July 4 to October 25, 1780, under Captain Henry Butler in Col. Thomas Bartlett's regiment raised to aid in the defense of West Point. He was a private. The Loudon town records name Timothy as a soldier in 1780, to whom the town paid or appropriated a supply of corn. Timothy is on the Loudon tax lists 1784-6. In the latter year he removed to Danville, Vermont and he was chosen a fence viewer at the first town meeting at Danville, March 20, 1787. He lived there until about 1814, when he moved to New York State. He settled in Leroy. He moved from Leroy to Darien, New York with his son Hilliard about 1848. Timothy, "of Loudon," deeded to his brother John, March 14, 1786, his share in his father's Deerfield property. He also sold a lot in "New Andover", Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, March 4, 1793, being part of Danville. - from the Corrections to Pierce's Work by Charles Batchelder |
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