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(VI) Betsey, fourth child and eldest daughter of Captain John and Elizabeth ( Batchelder) Batch- elder, was born in Mont Vernon, January 19, 1785, and died April 20, 1842, aged fifty-seven. She mar- ried John Haseltine (sce Haseltine, I).
(IV) John (3), second son and child of John (2) and Mary ( Herrick) Batchelder, was born April 26, 1075, in Salem, Massachusetts, and died 1747, in Beverly. His will disposes of lands and a large amount of property. It is presumable that he was a farmer. Among other items disposed of were a gun and rapier, a weaver's loom, weaving gear, flax combs and stillyards. He was married April 22, 1696, to Bethiah Woodbury, daughter of Ilumphrey and Ann ( Window) Woodbury, and granddaughter of John Woodbury (see Woodbury ). She was born 1072, but the date of her death can- not be discovered. Jolin Batchelder married (sec- ond) Sarah Rea someimes written Ray. His chil- dren were: John, Zachariah, Nathaniel, Daniel, Joshua, Joseph, Sarah, Bethiah, William and Samuel.
(V) Daniel, fourth son of John (3) Batch- elder, was baptized March 16, 1707, in Beverly, Mas- sachusetts, and resided in that town where he died in August, 1751. He was married (intentions pub- lished January 19, 1729,) to Abigail Putnam, who died about 1746. He was married (second) in the following year, the name of his second wife being Hannah. His children were: Abigail, Hannah ( died young ), Zachariah, Mehitabel, Hannah and Frank.
(VI) Zachariah, eldest son and third child of Daniel and Abigail (Putnam) Batchelder, was born May 18, 1730, in Beverly, Massachusetts, and re- sided in that town. He was married, April 27, 1755. to Mehitabel Meacham, of Beverly, and their children were: Mehitabel and Zachariah.
(VII) Zachariah (2), only son of Zachariah (I) and Mehitabel ( Meacham) Batchelder, was born August 12, 1762. in Beverly, Massachusetts, and settled in Sunapee, New Hampshire, about 1795. and died there October 1, 1850. He first settled in the cast part of the town and the spot is still marked by rose bushes which have been growing over ifinety years. In a small house built by John Trask both Trask and Batchelder lived while clearing their farms. Their places were about one mile apart and were located in the dense wilderness. Zachariah Batchelder had a farm of one hundred and thirty- eight acres north of what is known as the Sunapee road. In Beverly he had followed shoemaking, but
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after coming to Sunapee his attention was given to farming and he was successful. The homestead is now owned by his granddaughter, Mrs. B. R. Sleeper. The buildings were burned down in 1894, and all the relics were destroyed. It is one of the most sightly farms in Sunapee and is now supplied with entirely new buildings. Zachariah Batchelder was an old-line Whig, and he and his wife were members of the Congregational Church. He was an active and influential man in the town and served as selectman. He was married (first), February 23, 1785. to Mary Trow, daughter of Josiah and Eliza- beth (Batchelder) Trow, who were married Febru- ary 25. 1758. Mary (Trow) Batchelder died in 1790, without issue, and Zachariah was married ( second), October 16, 1791, at Beverly, to Polly Knowlton, who was born in 1770, and died April 25, 1847, in Sunapee. His children were: Zacha- riah, Ebenezer, Daniel, Mehitabel. Mary, John, Nancy, Sarah, Calvin, David, Ruth, Hepzibah, Free- man and Nathaniel.
(VIII) Nathaniel, youngest child of Zachariah (2) and Polly (Knowlton) Batchelder, was born December 11, 1804, in Sunapee. He was a carpenter and builder by trade and also engaged in farming. His entire life was passed in Sunapee, where he died December 19, 1891. His education was sup- plied by the common schools and he remained on the parental homestead. Both he and his wife were members of the Congregational Church at New- port. They are buried in the family lot in Maple street cemetery in that town. Mr. Batchelder was a man of quiet taste and did not care to participate in public life. though he was well settled in his po- litical principles and like his father was a Whig. He was married, February 13, 1829, to Sarah Trask, who was born October 28, 1803, and died May I, 1895. Their children were: Ellen, Nathaniel, Mary Redington. Henry. Alfred and Zachariah.
(IX) Mary Redington, second daughter and third child of Nathaniel and Sarah (Trask) Batch- elder. was born November 17, 1839, and was mar- ried May 10, 1863, to B. R. Sleeper, and resides in Newport, New Hampshire. Sarah (Trask) Batchelder is descended from an cld Beverly family. The Trask homestead is still standing in North Beverly. John Trask, above referred to as a pioneer of Sunapee, lived and died upon the farm which he cleared, and it was subsequently occupied by his son John and grandson Augustus K. Trask. His father was a Revolutionary soldier and went from Beverly to participate in the battle of Ben- nington. John Trask was offered thirty thousand dollars for his Sunapee farm but refused it, and never permitted the trees in front of his residence to be cut down. He and his wife were the parents of nine children, the fifth of these, Sarah, becoming the wife of Nathaniel Batchelder as above noted. (IX) Henry, deceased, second son and fourth child of Nathaniel and Sarah (Trask) Batchelder, was born January 17, 1842. in Sunapee, where he resided until his death, May 23, 1907. He remained with his father on the farm several years, and entered the services of the Boston and Lowell railroad about 1873 and continued with its suc- cessors, the Boston & Maine. For thirty-three years he was station agent at Wendell, and postmaster five or six years, and during this time had only four vacations. This station handles a large amount of freight, and Mr. Batchelder was one of the most popular men in town. He saw the development of the section from a lonely, rural district to a busy and thrifty village. He continued with his family to reside on the old homestead until the buildings
were destroyed by fire as previously noted. He then purchased a farm of one hundred and fifty acres, located a quarter of a mile south of the station on a direct road between Sunapee, Newbury and Bradford. He resided on this farm which is now cultivated by his son-in-law, and gave his time and attention to his duties as station agent. His sister above mentioned is the only survivor of his father's family. Mlr. Batchelder was a member of Garnet Lodge, Knights of Pythias of Sunapee. He was married December 25, 1878, to Fanny T. Angell. daughter of Mervin A. and Lomira A. (Gunnison) Angell. The last named was a daughter of Samuel Gunnison (see Gunnison). Mrs. Batchelder was a granddaughter of Welcome Angell, an carly resident of Sunapee. Her children were: Nathaniel A., died young. Alice M., born May 10, 1882, a graduate of the Newport high school, and wife of W. E. Dow, of Sunapee, and their children are: Marion L., Mervin and Dexter. Ethel, married John Paul, and resides on homestead. Lizzie, a graduate of Newport high school, is now teaching in public school at Sunapee. Alfred. attends the Newport high school. Leland Henry, attends the Newport high school. Mrs. Batchelder died March 3, 1905-
This name is of Scotch origin, and
MALEHAM is undoubtedly a corruption of Malcolm. The present form is
very unusual, and seems to be confined to Wake- field, New Hampshire, where the family has held an honored position for several generations, and has sent offshoots to different parts of the coun- try.
(I) Joseph Maleham, the first American an- cestor, came to this country from England or Scot- alnd during the latter half of the eighteenth century. He brought with him two sisters, one of whom married a Wentworth and the other a Lang. It is possible that one of these sisters may have been the Mary Malcomb, or Malcham, of Exeter, who, ac- cording to the Wentworth Genealogy, married Stephen Wentworth. September 2, 1761. These Wentworths lived at Rochester, New Hampshire, where they kept an inn, at which Governor John Wentworth invariably stopped on his journeys be- tween Portsmouth and Wolfborough. The first knowledge we have of Joseph Maleham is in con- nection with the early settlement of Wakefield, New Hampshire, just before the revolution. . \s most of the pioneers of this town came from Dover, Exeter, Hampton or Portsmouth, it is probable that he lived in that region for a short time, but no record of him has been found in any of the sea- coast towns. He was evidently a man of promi- nence and standing in the new settlement, for at the first town-meeting in Wakefield in 1775 he was chosen first selectman, and he was also first lieu- tenant of the militia during the same year. He served in the revolution, and at the battle of Ben- nington his scalp was ploughed by a shot, Unt he continued fighting. When told that if the bullet had gone half an inch lower it would have killed him. he replied with cheerful optimism that if it liad struck half an inch higher it would not have hit him at all. On September 22, 1785, Joseph Male- ham married Frederica Lang. The ceremony was performed by Rev. Asa Piper, the first and only minister settled by the town, and the Malchams were the first couple that he married. It was a great day for old Wakefield, for on that date the first church was organized, the first minister (Mr. Piper) was ordained, and he began the duties of his pastorate, which continued without interruption
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until his death, forty-nine years later. It is said that Frederica Lang was the second wife of Jo- seph Maleham, but if that is true his first wife may have died before he came to Wakefield, as no record of her or of her children, if such existed, can be found. Joseph and Frederica (Lang) Maleham had five children: William, Judith, Joseph (2) whose sketch follows, Olive and Ann. William, the eldest son, married Meribah Tibbetts, and they had three children : John. Joseph and Susan. Judith Male- ham, the eldest daughter, died unmarried. Olive and Ann Maleham married brothers. Olive married Joseph Triggs, and they had two children: Joseph and George, neither of whom married. Ann Male- ham married William Triggs, and they had three children : John, Mercy and Ann.
( II) Joseph (2), second son and third child of Joseph (1) and Frederica (Lang) Maleham, was born in 1790, probably in Wakefield, New Hampshire, where he spent his life. He was a prosperous farmer, and was noted for his independence and sturdy character. Joseph (2) Maleham married Rachel Horne, daughter of Daniel Horne, who was born in 1794. They had eight children: Daniel. William Ayers, mentioned below ; Charity P., Har- riet A., Charlotte A., Emily Eveline, Elizabeth Ann and Joseph H. Daniel Maleham, the eldest son, married Elizabeth Fenton, and had four children : Joseph. Fanny, Charles and William. Charity Place Maleham married Alfred Barlow Sanborn, and had one child, Joseph Harrison, killed in the Civil war. Harriet Adeline Maleham married George Nute. Charlotte Ann Maleham married Albert L. Dow and had two children: Helen Augusta and John Albert. Emily Eveline Maleham married George WV. Chamberlin and had seven children: Celia Augusta, Lucy Harriet, George Edwin. Ralph O., George Delbert, Henry Eugene and Lucy Eveline. Elizabeth Ann Maleham married Alonzo Roberts and had two children: Nellie and Charles A. Jo- seph (2) Maleham, the father, lived to the advanced age of ninety-four, dying in 1884.
(III) William Ayers, second son and child of
Joseplı (2) and Rachel (Horne) Maleham, was born at Wakefield, New Hampshire, January 2, 1818. He attended the public schools and became noted as an expert mathematician. He was a man of rare moral attainments and an exceptional father. He was a Republican in politics, and served as selectman for several years, and also as deputy sheriff. He attended the Congregational Church, and like his ancestors, held a respectful place in the community. and always promoted the interests of the common weal. On February 20, 1884, William Ayers Maleham married at Brookfield, New Hamp- shire, Nancy Warner Pike, daughter of Robert and Rosanna (Hanson) Pike, who was born Oc- tober 25, 1821. They had eight children: 1 .. Sarah Charity, whose sketch follows. 2. Nancy Adrian, horn December 25, 1846, deceased; married John F. Cook: children: Frances Maleham, Edgar W., and Frederick H. 3. Charlotte J., born May 24, 1849; married James W. Garvin. of Sanbornville ; children : Bertha M., Clara M., James Philip,
Samuel Francis, Mary A., Charlotte R.
liam Herbert, born June 10, 1852: married Sarah Farnham; children: Mary, married William Boyd, one child, Alice; Charles. 5. Clara Hazeltine, born May 4, 1854: died 1874; unmarried. 6. Lucy Pike, born March, 1857; married Fred Tibbetts : two sons : Willis and Benjamin. 7. Harriet McCrillis, born July 5. 1859; married Alonzo Remick; children : Rachel, Helen and Mark. 8. Alice Haven, born February 4, 1862; married, 1885, Rev. James .C. Flanders, a Protestant Episcopal clergyman: chil- dren: Annie L., Philip, Mildred, Dorothy and Robert. William Ayers Maleham died October 14, 1896, and his wife died April 25, 1891.
( IV) Sarah Charity, eldest child of William Ayers and Nancy W. (Pike) Maleham, was born at Wakefield, New Hampshire, April 21, 1845. and is now living at Sanbornville, the railroad village of her native town. She is a woman of culture and refinement, and is admired by all who know her for her amiable disposition and her zeal in the work of the Episcopal Church.
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