Josiah Batchelder Sr (1695 - 1759)

Born 1 Jul 1695 in Hampton Falls, Rockingham, New Hampshire

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah (Page) Batchelder — married 1722 in Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire

Descendants

Died 9 Oct 1759 at age 64 in Charlestown, Sullivan, New Hampshire

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Biography

The following is from Greene:

JOSIAH BATCHELDER, third son of Nathaniel and Elizabeth Batchelder, was born July 1, 1695. Married in 1722, Sarah, daughter of Francis and Hannah (Nudd) Page of North Hampton; inherited the homestead, and died Oct. 9, 1759. His wife was born Oct. 18, 1698, died in 1781. The cottage house built for and occupied by them in their early married life is still standing. They had six children. The youngest son, David, inherited the homestead.

Children :

1. Josiah, b. Nov. 25, 1725 ; d. Aug. 1748. He had a fever, and died begging for water. The use of cold water in fevers was strictly forbidden by doctors of that period.

2. Elisha, b. Feb. 10, 1727 ; m. Theodate Smith ; settled in Hawke (now Danville), N. H. ; d. Feb. 26, 1813. He had nine children. The eldest son, Josiah, settled in Andover, N. H. Nahum J. Bachelder, Master of N. H. State Grange, Lecturer of National Grange, and candidate for gubernatorial honors, is a grandson of Josiah.

3. Sarah, b. April 26, 1728 ; m. Stephen Healey ; d. Sept. 13, 1821.

4. Nathaniel, b. Oct. 28, 1730; died, unmarried, Dec. 14, 1805. Lived on the homestead.

5. Reuben, b. July 30, 1732 ; m. Miriam Fifield ; settled in Hawke (now Danville), N. H.; d. Feb. 5, 1776. Six children.

6. David, b. Jan. 13, 1736; m. 1st, Elizabeth Swett; 2d, Mary Emery; d. Mar. 11, 1811

Sources

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1. ↑ Greene, Mary Jessie, "Ancestry and Descendants of Deacon David Batchelder of Hampton Falls, N.H., Born Jan. 13, 1736, Died Mar. 11, 1811", Batchelder Reunion Assoc., 1902, page 10 Google Books

Source S165

Author: Charles Hull Batchelder

Title: Genealogy of the Batchelder Family of Hampton, New Hampshire

Publication: Name: Edited and prepared by Carl W. Brage; Date: 1985;

NOTEwww.hamptonlibrary.com

Source S39

Author: Joseph Dow

Title: History of the Town of Hampton, New Hampshire: From its Settlement in 1638, to the Autumn of 1892

Publication: Name: L. E. Dow; Date: 1893;

Repository: #R2

NOTEPaged continuously.

Vol. 2 (581-1104): genealogical and biographical

Source S81

Author: Yates Publishing

Title: U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900

Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2004;

Repository: #R5

Notes

Note N1373Josiah (11), b. 1695; m. Sarah Page; d. Oct 9, 1759 (Dow - p591)

XI. Josiah Batchelder, Deacon, son of Nathaniel (4), married Sarah, daughter of Francis Page (5); lived on the homestead (Dow - p592)

Josiah b. abt 1694 - Pierce's Batchelder-Batcheller Genealogy gives his birth as Jul 1, 1695, but no such date is on record. Nor is there any evidence that Nathaniel (1713) had a daughter Elizabeth who m. Richard Sanborn, or otherwise. (C.H. Batchelder - p8)