Joseph Batchelder Sr (1750 - 1827)

Born 28 Dec 1750 in Hampton, Rockingham County, New Hampshire

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah Batchelder — married 24 May 1770 in Hampstead, Rockingham, New Hampshire

Descendants

Died 25 Mar 1827 at age 76 in Plainfield, Washington County, Vermont, USA

Biography

Joseph was born 28 December 1750 in Hampton, Rockingham County, New Hampshire. He was a son of Nathaniel Batchelder Sr. and Hannah Anna Butler. He passed away 25 March 1827 in Plainfield, Washington County, Vermont.

Sources

Source S23

Author: Frederick Clifton PIERCE

Title: BATCHELDER, BATCHELLER Genealogy, Descendants of Rev. Stephen BACHILER, of England

Publication: Name: Name: W.B. CONKEY. Company; Location: Chicago Illinois; Date: 1898;;

Repository: #R1

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

Notes

Lieut. Joseph Batchelder (226) (Nathaniel, Thomas, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, Stephen), b. Hampton, NH, Dec 28, 1750; m. prob. Lyndeboro, Sarah Ferrin. First settlement of Plainfield, VT., was made by three Batchelder brothers, Moulton, Nathaniel and Lieut. Joseph Batchelder, who came from Lyndeborough, NH. in 1792, and settled in the southwest corner of the town of Plainfield, near the boundary line of Barre. Lieut. Joseph Batchelder, was at this time 42 years old, and had gained his military title from service in the Revolutionary war. The tract upon which the Batchelders first settled in Plainfield was one of the finest farming sections in the county of Washington and has always remained in the family name and is now owned by Ambrose E. Batchelder, of Barre, Vt. The wife of Liut. Joseph Batchelder was a Miss Sally Ferrin. They had 2 daughters of 6 sons; their daughters were Mary , who married Henry Parker, of Elmore, Vt. and Abigail, who married Joseph Glidden, of Barre, Vt. Their six sons were Nathaniel, Isaac, Joseph, Alpheus, William and Josiah. Lieut. Joseph was born in Hampton, N.H; moved to Lyndeboro, and served as a soldier in the Revolutionary war. Soon after the war he moved to Plainfield, Vt., and was one of the first settlers there. He began his clearing in the southwest corner of the town in 1792, and moved his family permanently onto it in 1794. He ever after resided there. It was at his house that the Congregational church was organized. In 1792 he made his pitch for land, that is located, on 650 acres, mostly lying in the southwest corner of the town. He d. March 25, 1827; res. Lyndeboro, N.H, Plainfield, Vt (Pierce - p161-62)