| Samuel /Batchelder/ BIRTH 4 APR 1756 Kensington, New Hampshire DEATH 1 AUG 1809 Deerfield, New Hampshire Samuel lived in Kensington until 1781, or later but from 1784, he lived in Deerfield, where he bought land October 25, 1780. He lived on South Road, Deefield. He enrolled as a minuteman in 1775. His grave at Deerfield has the G.A.R. marker, placed at graves of Revolutionary soldiers. - from the Corrections to Pierce's Work by Charles Batchelder Reuben /Bachelder/ BIRTH 14 NOV 1744 Hampton, New Hampshire DEATH 1826 OCCUPATION Joiner and farmer Reuben lived at Hudson for several years after his marriage, but between 1771 and 1776 he moved to Lyndeborough, possibly when his father moved there. In or about 1788 he moved again to Warren, NH, where he remained the rest of his life. He was taxes there from 1788 to 1815. He served in the Revolution, being one of the men raised for service in Canada under Captain William Barron, in July, 1776. Little's History of Warren reports "Other revolutionary soldiers who lived in Warren are ---- Reuben Batchelder. Mr. Batchelder never got a pension. He would tell in his old age how he suffered in the war, and then cry about it. He was a prisoner, and came so near starving that he had to eat the very leather breeches which he wore." - from the Corrections to Pierce's Work by Charles Batchelder Joseph /Bachelder/ TITLE Lieutenant BIRTH 28 DEC 1750 Hampton, New Hampshire DEATH 25 MAR 1827 1777 Moved to Lyndeborough, N. H. 1792 One of the first settlers of Plainfield, Vermont BURIED Cheney Batchelder Farm in Plainfield, Vermont "Soldier of Revolutionary War New Hampshire Milita" on a bronze marker at his grave. Joseph served in the Revolution from July 1 to July 12, 1777, in a company which marched from Lyndeborough to Ticonderoga of which his brother-in-law Samuel Houston was Lieutenant. Joseph's title of Lieutenant (1789) was apparently from rank in the militia subsequent to the war. He was selectman of Lyndeborough in 1789, and in May, 1790, was living in Lyndeborough Gore, (later set off as Greenfield). He moved next to Plainfield, Vermont, where he was one of the first settlers. He commenced a clearing in the southwest corner of the town in 1792, but did not move his family there until 1794. He "made a pitch" of 650 acres, which in substance means "squatting" on a selected tract of land before acquiring any legal title to it. This would usually be on land owned by the state, or if granted as yet not subdivided to individual owners. Usually the title could be later obtained without much difficulty, as land was plentiful, and settlers desired by the owners. Joseph sold his farm in Lyndeborought February 24, 1794 and probably soon after moved his family to Plainfield. His was one of the first four families to settle there. - from the Corrections to Pierce's Work by Charles Batchelder Nathaniel /Bachelder/ TITLE Captain BIRTH 11 OCT 1755 Hampton, New Hampshire 1792 One of the first settlers of Plainfield, Vermont Revolutionary War Veteran The Hillsborough County Deeds at Nashua, New Hampshire show Frances Epes conveyed to Nathaniel Batchelder of Lyndeborough, yeoman, on January 1, 1790, forty acres in Lyndeborough, being the northerly end of the lot on which Nathaniel then lived. On October 13, 1792, (after the incorporation of Greenfield), Nathaniel Batchelder of Greenfield, yeoman, sells 150 acres in Greenfield, and his wife Phebe Batchelder signs the deed. Nathaniel served in the Revolution, in February, 1777, under Captain Amos Emerson in Col. Joseph Cilley's regiment. - from the Corrections to Pierce's Work by Charles Batchelder Jonathan Moulton Batchelder BIRTH 26 May 1766 Plainfield, Vermont DEATH 8 Oct 1827 Plainfield, Vermont Revolutionary War Veteran 1792 One of the first settlers in Plainfield, Vermont OCCUPATION Farmer BURIED Cheney Batchelder Farm in Plainfield, Vermont Soon after marriage he located in Plainfield, Vermont, where his three sons always resided. He was early a member of the Congregational church, but in 1802, becoming dissatisfied, joined the Methodists, with a number of his neighbors. The following resolution was passed by the parent church, as they thought he was surely being led astray: "Whereas our brother, Moulton Batchelder, has violated his solemn covenant obligations by neglecting the stated meetings of the church on the Sabbath and at other times, and going after, as we think, false teachers, and embracing dangerous errors and sentiments, derogatory to the character of an infinitely wise and holy God, we now, under the pressing obligation of duty we owe to our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, have undertaken this painful and bitter labor, and we hope in faithfulness and prayer, but without success. Therefore, according to the rule of Christ's family, we are under the painful necessity of saying unto you, and that in this public manner, that for these reasons, the door of our fellowship and communion is closed against you, and you are no longer to be considered of this church and body; but as an unprofitable branch, and therefore are now severed from this body. It is our humble prayer that God will bless this our unpleasant, but plain duty to you, and open your understanding that you may see your error, and give you repentance that you may enjoy this favor at last, and be gathered with all of the redeemed from among men, to inhabit the new Jerusalem, where Jesus Christ is the joy and the light thereof." - from The Batchelder Genealogy by F. C. Pierce, page 162 |
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