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FAMILY OF JETHRO BACHELDER   (page 285)
JETHRO BACHELDER, b. in Danville, Vt., Dec 20 1784 - m. Betsey Moore of
Stanstead. She d. May 14, 1813. He afterwards m. Esther Smith. She d. June
23, 1844. Oct 17, 1848, he m. Charlotte Bachelder. She d. Aug. 1, 1849. In
1854, he m. Mary Sloane. The family were among the early settlers of Hatley;
are connected with the Methodist Church. He d. in Aug., 1866.
CHILDREN OF FIRST MARRIAGE TO BETSEY MOORE:
JANE, b. Feb. 25 1807 - m. William Henry
NARCISSA, b. Oct. 10, 1810 - Joseph Henry
SILAS, b. May 5, 1813 - d. Feb. 26, 1842
CHILDREN OF SECOND MARRIAGE TO ESTHER SMITH:
SMITH E., b. Feb. 19, 1815 - m. Sally Dressser
HANNAH, b. July 9, 1817 - m. 1st, James Walker; 2nd, Benjamin Heath
MILTON J., b. Sept. 8, 1824 - m. Hannah L. rogers
BETSEY b. Oct 9, 1821 - m. David W. Moulton

SMITH E. BACHELDER (page 285)
SMITH E. BACHELDER, b. Feb 9, 1815 - m. Sally Dresser. They settled in
Hatley.
CHILDREN:
SILAS b. in Feb., 1842 - m. Alvesta Buckland; 2nd, Diana Shongo
FLORINE, b. July, 23, 1851

MILTON J. BACHELDER (page 285)
MILTON J. BACHELDER, b. Sept. 8 1824 - m. Hannah L. Rogers. They reside on
the family homestead in Hatley.
CHILDREN:
ELLA R., b. July 28, 1852 * LOUISA M., b. April 14, 1854 * JULIA A., b.
Feb. 5, 1856 - d. in infancy

ABBA C. BACHELDER
ABBA C. BACHELDER m. Ashley Dodge Cole b. June 14, 1818

I guess you are aware of the fact that Pierce's genealogies are loaded with error. I am going to give you the listing from that same history book on Stanstead County (sent the Bachelder families from) on the family of Hannah Batchelder (daughter of Judith Judkins and Daniel Batchelder) and wife of Hezekiah Sleeper. This is the loyalist family I descend from. Hannah Batchelder is the granddaughter of Jethro Batchelder and Abigail Lovering who lived in Loudon, New Hampshire. Their son Wright Sleeper was my 2 great grandfather. He was a manufacturer and inventor in Coaticook and his son Francis "Frank" Sleeper was my great grandfather. Frank Sleeper was a prolific inventor and had over 500 patents at the time of his death. I have quite a bit on him from books on Massachusetts Industries. He started his own firm in Worcester Massachusetts based upon the first automated spring machine, one of his inventions.

Best regards,
Jacqueline Sleeper Russell
                                THE BACHELDER FAMILIES OF STANSTEAD COUNTY
                           THE SLEEPER/BATCHELDER FAMILY OF STANSTEAD COUNTY
                         From:HISTORY OF STANSTEAD COUNTY PROVINCE OF QUEBEC
                                  With Sketches of More Than Five Hundred Families
                                   Compiled by B. F. HUBBARD
                                   A HERITAGE CLASSIC ISBN 1-55613-123-2

SLEEPER. - A family of this name came from England about the year 1700,
(this is incorrect should be about 1640) and settled in New Hampshire.
The branch of this family described in this sketch remained loyal to the Government of England during the struggle of the Colonies for independence, and H. Sleeper, (Hezekiah) then a child, removed early in life to Vermont, where he married Miss H. (Hannah) Batchelder. Not satisfied with the government and laws they came in 1801, to Canada, and settled on Lot 14 in the 10th Range of Stanstead. Mr. Sleeper was a captain of militia, and took an active part in the war of 1812 in organizing companies to defend the border against invasion.
This couple lived to see their ten children, five girls and five boys, grow up and settled in life.
No one in the community was more esteemed than Mr. Sleeper. He died the 23rd of September, 1849, at the age of 79 years.
His wife lived to see her great great grand-children, and died in August 1871, at the age of 93.
The oldest child, a daughter, (Martha) married H. (Harley) Ives, of Hatley, neither of whom is now living. The second, a daughter, (Mary Ann) married T. Kimball. They removed to Wisconsin, where they both died. The third, a son, married Miss Davis. They moved to Lancaster, N. Y. Both are living. The fourth, a son, married Miss Davis, and settled in Wisconsin, where they now reside. The fifth, a daughter, (Hannah) married A. (Abijah) Pinkham, and lives in Stanstead. The sixth, a son L. (Lewis) Sleeper, has taken a prominent position in the Province. He went early in life to Quebec for the purpose of obtaining a good education. He next commenced his travels in the United States, and, after visiting nearly all the great cities, spent two years in Oglethorpe University, Georgia. He then returned to Quebec and took an active part in organizing the High School of that city. After his connection with that institution ceased he joined the Quebec and Richmond Railway Co., and having contributed much valuable information to the Board he was appointed Treasurer. Operations being temporarily suspended, he left the Co., and commenced an investigation of the mineral resources of the province. The love of geological and mineralogical research had developed itself at a very early age, and he now fond an opportunity to gratify his tastes. He soon decided that the deposits of gold were of comparatively little value, and turned his whole attention to copper. He organized a mining company in Quebec, purchased a large amount of property on Harvey Hill, directed the operations of the mine for a considerable time with most favorable results, and finally induced the stockholders to sell to an English Co. That being advantageously disposed of he at once undertook Without assistance to open and work the Acton Mine. The discovery and development of this extraordinary deposit astonished the world, and none the less than the Director of the Geological Survey of the Province. The triumphant result after years of toil and almost universal opposition to his theory created a widespread excitement.

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