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Joseph2 Spaulding (Edward1 ), born - Oct. 25, 1646 ; died Plain- field [Windham Co.], Conn., Apr. 3, 1740, ÆE. 93 years ; married Mary or Mercy, daughter of Thomas Jewell, who died Plainfield at the age of 75 years. The family removed to that Connecticut town not later, probably earlier, than 1714. 12 children, 5 sons ; the 1st son, 2d child, was
Nathaniel8 Spaulding (Joseph,2 Edward1), born Chelmsford, Mass., Feb. 24, 1687. He went with or followed his father to Plainfield, Conn. His wife was Johannah 10 children, 6 sons; the eldest child
Amos4 Spaulding (Nathaniel,8 Joseph,2 Edward1), born Plainfield, Conn., Mar. 12, 1716 ; died Hampton [Windham Co.], Conn., ÆE. 75 years ; married Nov. 14, 1739, Hannah Cary, who died Feb. 5, 1791, Æ. 72 years. 8 children, 7 sons ; the 2d son, 2d child, was
Amos5 Spaulding (Amos,4 Nathaniel,3 Joseph,2 Edward1), born
Conn., Jan. 25, 1744 ; died Grantham [Sullivan Co.], N. H., - -- , 1830 ; married Abigail Herrick, who died Grantham, aged 77 years. " Mr. Spaulding moved from Connecticut to Plainfield, N. H., in 1778, and set- tled on the Connecticut river, near Pulsefer's ferry, thence moved to Gran- tham ; the part where he lived has since been annexed to Plainfield." Children :
i. Daniel6 b. - Mar. - , 1765 ; d. Cornish [Sullivan Co.], N. H. ; married Hannah, daughter of his uncle James Spaulding, b. June 4, 1772; d. Cornish, N. H. Children [two or three died young] :
i. Hannah7 Cary, b. Sept. 25, 1799; d. Cornish ; m. John P. Car- roll ; 2d, Moses Hutchinson.
ii. Daniel, b. Dec. 21, 1801.
iii. Amos, b. June 11, 1804 ; m. Anna Packard.
iv. Mary, b. Jan. 23, 1810; d. East Hanover, N. H .; m. William Merritt.
ii. Joel, b. Sept. - , 1766; d. Grantham, N. H., leaving no children ; m. Nancy Dunbar of Grantham.
iii. Amos, b. Mar. - , 1768 ; m. Abigail Taylor and had Oliver and Abigail.
iv. Polly, b. -- , 1771 ; d. Plainfield, N. H .; m. Josiah Fifield.
v. Zerviah Lindsey Cary, b. Feb. 19, 1777 ; m. Grantham, N. H., Feb. 19, 1807, Jonathan Spaulding, her 2d cousin. They re- sided at Meriden Village, Plainfield. Children :
i. John7 Landon, b. Jan. 15, 1808.
ii. Abel Warren, b. May 6, 1810.
iii. James, b. May 4, 1812.
iv. Andrew, b. July 11, 1815.
vi. John,6 b. Plainfield, N. H., July 29, 1781 ; d. Sept. 8, 1869 ; m. v. Warren Cary, b. Apr. 23, 1820.
Apr. 5, 1807, Betsey, daughter of Herodine Wheeler, b. West-
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moreland [Cheshire Co.], N. H., July 31, 1777; d. Lebanon [Grafton Co.], N. H., Nov. 20, 1863. Children :
i. Eliza7 Dido, b. Orford, N. H., Dec. 6, 1807 ; d. Concord, N. H., 1856 ; m. George Abbott.
ii. George Mandeville, b. Orford, N. H., Feb. 20, 1809 ; m. Ro- sina Tone. Res. Hartford, Vt.
iii. Caroline, b. Grantham, N. H., Dec. 27, 1810; d. Concord, N. H., 1869 ; m. Henry C. Sanborn.
iv. Emeline, b. Grantham, N. H., Dec. 27, 1810; m. Augustus D. Shallies. Res. Concord, N. H.
v. Cynthia Wheeler, b. Grantham, N. H., Apr. 25, 1812; m. Ira W. Thompson. Res. Lebanon, N. H.
vi. Milton Ripley, b. Grantham, N. H., Mar. 5, 1819 ; m. Fanny Low. Res. Burlington, Vt.
vii. Samuel,6 b. Grantham [Sullivan Co.], Mar. 15, 1784; d. 1878; buried at Canterbury [Windham Co.], Conn. ; married Philena Dodge ; 2d, Lucy Carter of Canterbury, Conn. Resided Westminster and Hartford, Conn. 10 children.
viii. Abel,6 b. Grantham, N. H., Aug. 1, 1785 ; m. Annie Andrews, who died Feb. 8, 1826 ; 2d, Mrs. Lucinda (Andrews) Cox. Residence Grantham and Weare, N. H. Children :
i. Lucinda A.,7 b. May 17, 1820; m. Moses Dutton. Res. Bar- nard, Vt. Children.
ii. Elisha A., b. Oct. 3, 1823.
iii. Henry H., b. Feb. 1, 1829.
ix. Abigail,6 b. Grantham, N. H., -, 1788 ; d. - , 1826; m. Reuben Stearns of Grantham.
x. Charles,6 b. Grantham, N. H., -, 1790 ; m. Lucy Hubbell ; and had son Charles of New York City.
Daniel6 Spaulding (Amos,5 4 Nathaniel,3 Joseph,2 Edward1), born Mar. -, 1765 ; died Cornish Flats [Sullivan Co.], N. H. ; married Hannah, daughter of James Spaulding. 4 children of record, 3 sons ; the 2d son, 3d child, was
Amos7 Spaulding (Daniel,6 Amos,5 4 Nathaniel,3 Joseph,2 Edward1), born Plainfield [Sullivan Co.], N. H., June 21, 1804 ; died Croyden [Sullivan Co.], N. H., Oct. 16, 1888; married Dec. 16, 1827, Anna Packard of Leb- anon [Grafton Co.], N. H. Residence, Grantham, afterward Croyden. Children :
i. Betsey Ann,8 b. July 7, 1830; d. [Mar. 26, 1901, gravestone]; m. Apr. 28, 1853, Jolın Poole. Res. E. Plainfield.
ii. Edwin, b. Apr. 9, 1832 ; d. [Mar. 11, 1904, gravestone] ; unmar- ried.
iii. Janette, b. Sept. 22, 1836 ; m. Elias Moore. Residence East Plain- field.
iv. Edgar, b. Mar. 4, 1840 ; m. Feb. 11, 1861, Josephine L. Huntley of Newington [ Hartford Co. ], Conn. Residence Croyden, thence Lebanon, N. H. Had son
Fred E.9 Spaulding, b. Dec. 17, 1861.
Emma A., wife of George E. Stearns, born Nov. 4, 1855, died Mar. 21, 1894.
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The Stearns Genealogy, published in 1901, shows the line of progenitors of her husband :
Charles1 Stearns, born England, was admitted a freeman at Watertown [Middlesex Co.], Mass., May 6, 1646; purchased homestead there 1648. His first wife Hannah, died Watertown .June 30, 1651 ; married 2d, June 22, 1654, Rebecca, daughter of John Gibson of Cambridge. He was resi- dent of the town in which he settled till 1681, after that date he is sup- posed to have removed to that part of Lynn now Lynnfield [in Essex Co. ], Mass. 7 children, 5 sons ; the 3d son, 3d child, was
John2 Stearns (Charles1), born Cambridge [Middlesex Co.], Mass., Jan. 24, 1657 ; died Lexington [in that county ], Feb. 22, 1722; married 1681, Judith Lawrence ; 2d, Apr. 2, 1713, Mary Norcross. 13 children, 7 sons ; the 3d son, 6th child, was
John3 Stearns (John,2 Charles1), born -, 1692; baptized May 11, 1701. With his wife he was living in 1762. Two of his children were baptized in Watertown [Middlesex Co.], but he was of Worcester [Wor- cester Co.], Mass., as early as 1722. "In 1748 he was captain of a com- pany of Rangers, raised in Worcester, and sent to repel the Indians." He married Ang. 10, 1713, Deliverence, daughter of Samuel and Mary (Flagg) Bigelow of Watertown, Mass. 9 children of record, 7 sons ; the 3d son, 3d child, was
Samuel4 Stearns ( John,8 2 Charles1), born -, 1720; died Worces- ter, Mass., Mar. 17, 1776; married Jemima Hoyt of Monadnock, who was the mother of four children ; 2d (published Nov. 27, 1762), Sarah Ann Grover of Grafton [Worcester Co.], Mass., who died Apr. 9, 1777. In 1757 he was of Capt. Samuel Warren's Co. 10 children, 7 sons ; the 2d son, 2d child, was
Daniel5 Stearns (Samuel,4 John,3 2 Charles1), born -, 1756 ; died Newport [Sullivan Co. ], N. H., May 4, 1849 ; married , 1776, Je- rusha, daughter of Joseph Clarke, of Saybrook [Middlesex Co. ], Conn., born Oct. 30, 1756 ; died Oct. 31, 1816; 2d, Jan. 1, 1820, Lois, daughter of Hezekiah Rice of Claremont [Sullivan Co.], N. H. She died Mar. 19, 1847. He resided in Claremont and Cornish, N. H., before going to New- port. " He served 3 years in the Revolutionary war. May 6, 1777, with his brother Asa was of Capt. Wm. Scott's Co., Col. Stark's regiment, N. H. Continental Army." 13 children, 8 sons ; the 7th son, the 11th child, was
George6 Stearns (Daniel,5 Samuel,4 John,8 2 Charles1), born May 30, 1798 ; married -, 1822, Betsey Weed and settled in Illinois. 4 chil- dren, 3 sons ; the 3d son, 3d child, was
Eli B.7 Stearns of Cornish [Sullivan Co. ], N. H., married July 4, 1852, Catherine Elizabeth Lane, born Feb. 2, 1829 ; settled in Meriden Village of Plainfield [Sullivan Co.], N. H. "He was a soldier of the Union Army, during the Civil War." Children :
i. Mary Jane,8 m. Henry B. Howe, who d. Apr. 7, 1878 ; 2d, Oct. 16, 1881, Geo. W. Doyle.
ii. George E., m. Mar. 3, 1890, Emma A. Woodward, who died Mar. 21, 1894.
iii. Orren A., m. Aug. 30, 1878, Etta Robinson ; resided Meriden, Plainfield, N. H.
iv. Edward F., m. Feb. 5, 1880, Lura Spaulding ; he died Mar. 2, 1881 ; had daughter Edna F., born Mar. 6, 1881.
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v. Elmer E., b. Dec. 28, 1861 ; d. Apr. 22, 1863.
vi. Sarah A., m. May 6, 1886, Asher G. Cutting of Chicago, Ill.
Elizabeth H., wife of Moses K. Stickney, died Apr. 4, 1834, age 24 years.
The Stickney Genealogy of this name states that the English emigrant to New England was William1 Stickney, a son of William Stickney of Frampton, a parish in Lincolnshire, England (3} miles south of the an- cient town of Boston), who was baptized in its church of St. Mary Dec. 30, 1558, and married June 16, 1585, Margaret Peirson. William Stick- ney, the junior of the name, was baptized in the parish church Sept. 6, 1592. He came to New England in 1637, landed at Boston, Mass., and with his wife Elizabeth was admitted to membership in the first church of that place Jan. 6, 1638, and in Nov. 1639 was dismissed to the church at Rowley [Essex Co.], Mass., where he died in Jan. 1665. His wife, born about 1608, was living in Sept. 1678. 10 children of record, 5 sons ; the 3d son, 4th child, was
Lieut. John2 Stickney (William1), born Rowley, Mass., Mar. 4. 1640; died there in 1709 ; married June 9, 1680, Hannah, daughter of the Capt. Samuel Brocklebank of Rowley who was killed in the fight with the In- dians at Sudbury, Mass., Apr. 21, 1676. The compiler traced descendants of this name (sometimes spelled Brockelbank) into the state of New Hamp- shire. Ile has no doubt that the Brockelbanks born to that surname, who were buried in this cemetery, are direct descendants of Capt. Samnel and his wife Hannah Brocklebank who were married in Rowley, May 18, 1652, although he could not construct for them an unbroken line of descent. Lient. John Stickney was also of King Philip's war in the action of Dec. 19, 1675, at the capture of the Narraganset fort, and in the fight in which his wife's father was killed. 7 children, 2 sons ; the 1st son, 4th child, was
Samuel3 Stickney (John,2 William1), born Rowley, Mass., Mar. 26 ( bapt. Mar. 30), 1690 ; died Rowley Nov. 3, 1760 ; married Nov. 15. 1715, Su- sannah Perley, who died July 12, 1773, aged 76. 10 children, 6 sons ; the 4th son, 7th child, was
Daniel4 Stickney (Samnel,8 John,2 William1), born Rowley, Mass., Apr. 5 (bapt. Apr. 12), 1730. He was of Newbury [Essex ('o.], Mass., in 1755, Hopkinton [Merrimack Co.], N. H., in 1767, thence to Enfield [Grafton Co.], N. H., where he died. He married Newbury, Mass., Mar. 11, 1755, Sarah Gonld, who died in Enfield Mar. 18, 1813, in her 77th year. A soldier of the Revolution. The compiler of the genealogy says "he was out with Washington in the Jerseys." Children :
i. Duttee,5 b. Newbury, Oct. 15, 1755; d. Crown Point ; soldier French and Indian War; unmarried.
ii. Sarah, b. Newbury, Dec. 14, 1756 ; d. unmarried.
iii. Daniel, b. Sept. 30, 1760 ; m. Sarah Morse ; he died En- field, Nov. 17, 1843, a revolutionary pensioner.
iv. Betty, b. Newbury, Aug. 27, 1763 ; d. Enfield, Apr. 11, 1839 ; m. Jonathan Howe.
v. Hannah, b. Newbury, June 17, 1766 ; m. John Currier.
vi. John, b. Hopkinton, Apr. 19, 1768; d. Sunapee, N. H., Oct. 27, 1856 ; m. Judith Clark.
vii. Susannah, b. Hopkinton, Mar. 15, 1770; d. unmarried.
viii. Nancy, b. 66 1, 1773 ; d. Enfield, Aug. 30, 1845 ; unmarried.
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ix. Duttee, b. Hopkinton, Jan. 19, 1777; d. Oct. 6, 1866; settled in that part of Plainfield [Sullivan Co. ], N. H., known as Meriden ; married Oct. - , 1801, Sally Kimball, who died Apr. 12, 1851. Children :
i. Zebulon Davis,6 b. Plainfield, Oct. 22, 1807 ; m. Hannah Read.
ii. Moses K., b. 66 Feb. 28, 1810 ; m. E. H. Martin, in. 2d P. Kingsbury.
iii. Horace B., b. Plainfield, Jan. 16, 1812 ; residence Meriden 1867; unmarried.
iv. Daniel G., b. Plainfield, Oct. 11, 1814 ; m. Alvira Smith.
v. Nancy M., b. Apr. 30, 1817 ; d. June 28, 1817.
vi. Charles, b. 66 Feb. 16, 1819 ; m. Harriet L. Hazel- ton.
vii. Elias Roberts, b. " Aug. 29, 1821 ; m. Helen M. Daniels. Zebulon Davis6 Stickney (Duttee,5 Daniel,4 Samuel,3 John,2 William1), born Plainfield, N. H., Oct. 22, 1807; married Jan. 7, 1834, Hannah Reed, b. Oct. 11, 1810. Settled in Plainfield and were living there 1869. Children :
i. Lucy Mariah,7 b. Plainfield, Oct. 16, 1834 ; m. Charles H. Hill.
ii. Curtis Roby, b. 66 July 24, 1836.
iii. Duty Clement, b. 66 Apr. 29, 1838.
iv. Francis Williams, b. Apr. 8, 1840.
v. Catherine Matilda, b. " Nov. 28, 1843.
vi. Charles Sidney, b. 66 Dec. 4, 1846.
vii. Joseph Spencer, b. Jan. 27, 1849.
viii. Inez Medora, b. 66 May 13, 1851; d. June 27, 1858.
Moses K.6 Stickney (Duttee,5 Daniel,4 Samuel,8 John,2 William1), born Plainfield, N. H., Feb. 28, 1810; married Dec. 19, 1832, Elizabeth H. Martin, who died Apr. 4, 1834, aged 24 [gravestone] ; married 2d, Jan. 4, 1836, Philenda Kingsbury. They resided 1867 Lowell [Dodge Co.], Wisconsin. Children :
i. Sylvanus M.7 b. Mar. 10, 1834.
ii. Elizabeth, b. Oct. 5, 1836; m. Jacob Breyer.
iii. Kimball, b. May 9, 1838; d. Apr. 4, 1840.
iv. William K., b. Aug. 24, 1840; d. Sept. 7, 1840.
v. Asa K., b. Sept. 24, 1841.
Daniel G.6 Stickney (Duttee,5 Daniel,4 Samuel,8 John,2 William1), born Plainfield, N. H., Oct. 11, 1814; married July 8, 1840, Alvira Smith. They were living in Plainfield in 1869. Children :
i. Mary Elizabeth,7 b. Jan. 30, 1841 ; m. Charles F. Lewis.
ii. James Lewis, b. June 13, 1843.
iii. Elias Smith, b. Sept. 8, 1849.
iv. Frank Kimball, b. Jan. 7, 1851.
v. Fred Smith, b. Nov. 6, 1858.
Charles6 Stickney (Duttee,5 Daniel,4 Samuel,3 John,2 William1), born Plainfield, N. H., Feb. 16, 1819 ; married Aug. 14, 1851, Harriet Loraine, daughter of Rev. Jonathan and Betsey (Dustin) Hazeltine. Both living Nashua, N. H., in 1869. One child :
George Franklin,7 b. Jan. 1, 1853.
Elias Roberts6 Stickney (Duttee,5 Daniel,4 Samuel,3 John,2 William1),
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born Plainfield, N. H., Aug. 29, 1821 ; married Oct. 15, 1852, Helen M. Daniels. They lived for a while in Wisconsin, but in 1868 were of Plain- field. One child :
Ada Janett.7
Clara E. Talbert, wife of Lucian E. Cobb, died Nov. 1, 1905, ÆE. 47.
John F. Tone, died July 6, 1830 : aged 80 years.
Sarah, wife of John F. Tone, died Feb. 2, 1829 : aged 69 years.
Orlando Wilmot, died Jan. 22, 1864, aged 73 yrs. 5 mos.
His wife Elizabeth Copp, died July 19, 1878 aged 85 yrs. 5 mos.
Sarah S. Wilmot wife of Nathan F. Cressey, Nov. 26, 1822-Jan. 30, 1907.
Frances A. Wilmot, wife of Moses Fifield [inscription on stone without date ].
Edmund Woodward, died May 17, 1889, aged 37 yrs. 11 mos. 13 ds.
In the summer of 1907 Mr. Allen F. Dustin of Hillsboro, N. H., spent part of a vacation revisiting scenes familiar to him for twenty years of his boyhood and young manhood. In his walks he sought to find a burial ground which he remembered was on one of the high hills eastward of the village of East Plainfield and distant about three miles by an air line from its cemetery. The little hamlet with which it was connected was located on the crest of the elevation known in its vicinity as Leavitt's Hill. Some of the larger atlases have its name marked on its site, in the town of Grantham, in Sullivan County. Even in the days of his boyhood families had begun to abandon the hill, but so great a change had taken place in his twenty years absence that it was with difficulty, and only after a long search, that he found the little cemetery and copied the inscriptions on its gravestones. The compiler is indebted to him for a duplicate of his manu- script. Obtaining such information as was available as to the best route to the crest of the hill, in August of 1909, with members of his family and relatives, he visited the place, and verified his work. The road over the hill extends some two or three miles from the Old Boston (now called the Croyden) turnpike to a highway nearly parallel to it, connecting Newport in Sullivan with Enfield in Grafton County. Its condition severely taxed the endurance of three horses and the skill of their driver as the mountain wagon in his charge lumbered over its uneven surface, obstructed with half-grown trees and bushes. Before railroads opened up the interior of New England the "pike " was the great thoroughfare from Boston to White River Junction, and thence across the Connecticut to Vermont. Where the hill road leaves this highway there stood for many years " the old brick tavern," which about twenty-five years ago was destroyed by fire. About a half-mile from this entrance there still lingers a solitary farm house, and a quarter of a mile from the Newport road the ruins of a house yet held an upright position, though deserted some fifteen years since, when the last resident of the hamlet on Leavitt's Hill removed to Newport, where he died in 1907 or '8.
Traditions have begun to attach to the site of the abandoned village. The compiler was informed by one gentleman that he had been told that "at one time there were forty children in its school, all Leavitts." More accurate, doubtless, was the information he received from an old resident of Plainfield, who wrote "there is an old cemetery in Grantham, near the
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northeasterly corner of the Corbin Park, very much neglected, one of the oldest in the town. I can remember when there were seventeen families and a school of forty pupils ; now there is not a house on the road where those people lived." Near a spot on the level top of the hill, where cellar holes and a few decaying timbers gave proof that once several houses were clustered, the little cemetery was found. It has an area of from 2500 to 3000 square feet. Its stone markers indicated that it had been laid out in lots or sections. It is surrounded by a good stone wall about four feet high. Towards the house lots an entrance space had been left wide enough for the passage of a team. It was, however, blocked by a growth of young trees two or three inches in diameter. Within the enclosure were trees two to two and a half feet in circumference, three feet from the ground, and a tangle of young seedlings too numerous to count. Some of the graves evidently were still cared for, but the general aspect of the plot suggested but one thought-neglect. The inscriptions on its gravestones follow.
Jonathan Batchelder, died June 19, 18-16, aged 89 years [stone slanting ; half way down].
Saralı, wife of Jonathan Batehelder, died May 4, 1841, aged 80 years [stone lying on the ground].
Daniel Batchelder, died March 27, 1869, aged 77 years.
Julia B. his wife, died March 9, 1869, aged 73 years.
Mary N. daughter of D. and J. Batehelder and wife of George Davis, died Dec. 17, 1846, aged 22 years.
George Davis, died March 8, 1869, aged 55 years.
The genealogy of the name, published in 1898, gives as its earliest immigrant to New England the Rev. Stephen Bachiler, born 1561, died 1660, and states that, beginning with Nathaniel, his grandson, born in 1630, the surname of his descendants of the American branch has been written Batchelder.
Rev. Stephen1 Bachiler, born England 1561, graduate of Oxford Uni- versity 1581, settled as vicar of Wherwell, Co. Hampshire, in 1586. In 1605 he was " deprived of his benefice, presumably for Calvinistie opinions," and soon after settled in Newton Stay, the nearest hamlet cast of Wherwell. There he bought and sold land from 1622 to 1631. He emigrated to New England in the ship William and Francis, landing at Boston June 5, 1632. He resided in Lynn [Essex Co.], Mass., and Hampton [ Rockingham Co.], N. H., but returned to England, and lived at Hackney, now a part of London, where he died in 1660. His 2d son, 3d child, was
Nathaniel2 Bachiler (Stephen1), born - England ; married Hester Mercer of Southampton [Co. Hampshire ], England. [It appears by Vol. 45, page 53, of the N. E. H. and G. Register that a Jonathan Batchelder of Southampton, England, was a legatee by a will dated May 31, 1690.] The 3d son, 4th child, was
Nathaniel3 Batchelder ( Nathaniel,2 Stephen1), born --- 1630; married Dec. 10, 1656, Deborah, daughter of John Smith of Martha's Vineyard ; married 2d, Oct. 31, 1676, Mrs. Mary Wyman, widow of John, daughter of Rev. Thomas Wyman of Woburn [Middlesex Co. ], Mass. The eldest son, 2d child, was
Samuel Batchelder (Nathaniel,32 Stephen1), born Hampton [Rocking- lam Co.], N. H., Jan. 10, 1681 ; married, probably Apr. 1, 1706, Eliza-
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beth Davis of Newbury [Essex Co. ], Mass. He was of Lieut. Sweet's company in the expedition of 1707 against Port Royal, and " as a scout " of Capt. Davis' company in 1712. Resided North Hampton. 12 children, 5 sons ; the 1st son, 2d child, was
Henry5 Batchelder (Samuel,4 Nathaniel,82 Stephen1), born Hampton, N. H., Oct. 30, 1709 ; married Sept. 27, 1733, Mary Marston (probably daughter of John), born Sept. 7, 1710. He resided some time on the old homestead, but removed to Northwood [Rockingham Co.], N. H., where he died. 6 children, 3 sons ; the eldest child was
Davis6 Batchelder (Henry,5 Samuel,4 Nathaniel,82 Stephen1), baptized Hampton, N. H., Sept. 1, 1734; died Oct. 5, 1816; married Mary Taylor (daughter probably of John), born Apr. 15, 1737, died -; married 2d, Ruth Palmer of North Hampton (daughter probably of William), baptized Oct. 20, 1734, died -; married 3d, Mrs. Marston of North Hampton. A farmer, born Hampton, where he resided until 1770, when he located in Northwood, where he ever after resided. 10 children, 8 sons ; the 2d son, 2d child, was
Jonathan7 Batchelder (Davis,6 Henry,5 Samuel,4 Nathaniel,3 2 Stephen1), born about 1757 ; died Grantham [Sullivan Co. ], N. H., June 19, 1846; married Feb. 22, 1783, Sarah Clifford of Candia [ Rockingham Co. ], born about 1761 ; died Grantham, May 4, 1841, aged 80 years.
'The genealogy has the following in relation to this Jonathan : " Jona- than7 Batchelder ( Davis,6 Henry,5 Samuel,4 Nathaniel,8 2 Stephen1), born near Deerfield [Rockingham Co.], N. II. [Deerfield is the adjoining town to Northwood ]; married in Deerfield Feb. 22, 1783, Sarah Clifford, both of Candia [a town adjoining Deerfield], N. H. She died North Gran- tham, N. H. He was in the Revolutionary war for eight years, was at
Bunker Hill, Lexington and other battles. Ile drew a pension of $96 a year. He died 1846, residence North Grantham, N. II." Both by the gravestone and pension record, it is evident that of his father's 10 children, Henry, born June 5, 1755, was older, and Simon, born Mar. 5, 1758, was younger, than their brother Jonathan. The battle of Lexington was fought by men from the immediate vicinity of Concord and the other towns in Middlesex County in Mass., between Lexington and Charlestown Neck, which is within a mile of Boston. There was no time for men from a dis- tance to get upon the ground before the battle was over. There were troops from New Hampshire at Bunker Hill, June 17, 1775, and as a drum- mer boy it is possible that Jonathan Batchelder was among them ; but it is not probable that as a drummer he began his service at eight years of age. The pension list of 1820 shows him enrolled in N. II. for service as a pri- vate in a Mass. regiment; by that of 1830 he is of Grafton Co., N. 11., and his rank is given as a drummer in the " Mass. Continental line ; " the list of 1840 has this record : "State of New Hamp. Sullivan Co., town of Grantham, Jonathan Batchelder, 83."
The Batchelder genealogy mentions but one child of Jonatlian and Sarah (Clifford) Batchelder, Benjamin,8 born Apr. 24, 1786 ; died Feb. 27, 1857. Residence Grantham, N. II., and Fairlee, Vt. ; married Jan. 11, 1815, Me- hitable Cilley, born Jun1 3, 1793 ; died Bradford, Vt., Oct. 5, 1860.
Daniel Batchelder, born about 1792, died Grantham, N. H .. Mar. 27, 1869, aged 77 years (gravestone). Hle was doubtless also of the eighth generation and a son of Jonathan and Sarah ( Clifford ) Batehelder ; but the compiler has no other knowledge of his family than that his wife Julia B.
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was born about 1796 and died in Grantham, Mar. 9, 1869, aged 73 years (gravestone), and also that a daughter Mary N. was born about 1824, who died in Grantham, Dec. 17, 1846, aged 22 years (gravestone), the wife of George Davis, born about 1814, and died in Grantham, Mar. 8, 1869, aged 55 years (gravestone).
Jolın Leavitt, died Oct. 30, 1854, aged 84 years.
Susan B., wife of John Leavitt, died May 11, 1839, aged 61 years [stone down and broken ].
Rachel B., wife of John Leavitt, died Feb. 16, 1853, aged 72 years. Mehitable, daughter of John and Susan Leavitt, died Oct. 12, 1842, aged 33 years [stone down and broken ].
John, son of John Jr. and Minervia Leavitt, died June 1, 1835, aged 1 yr. 6 mos. Also one infant, died April 3, 1832.
Lucinda, daughter of Josiah and Alice Leavitt, died Dec. 20, 1848, aged 26 years 4 mos. [stone half way down].
Alice M., daughter of Josiah and Alice Leavitt, died Mar. 9, 1844, aged 19 years 8 mos. [stone down ].
Sophronia M., daughter of Josiah and Alice Leavitt, died July 15, 1851, aged 22 years 10 mos. [stone down].
Martin V., son of J. and H. Leavitt, died June 26, 1853, aged 12 years. Julia M., daughter of J. and H. Leavitt, died May 11, 1850, aged 3 years.
Lovina C., wife of G. B. Eaton, died Aug. 3, 1867, aged 30 years [stone down ].
Marinda P., wife of William H. Leavitt, died July 17, 1865, aged 26 yrs. 2 mos.
Hattie P., daughter of William and Marinda P. Leavitt, died Mar. 18, 1864, aged 6 mos.
The compiler has been unable to determine the parentage of John Leavitt, whose ownership and occupancy, doubtless, gave his surname to the hill where he lived and died. There is ample evidence that the families of Batchelder and Leavitt were related and to indicate a probable line of Leavitt ancestry.
The progenitors of Jonathan Batchelder, the revolutionary pensioner of Grantham, were of Hampton, Rockingham Co., N. H., for six generations from the time before 1640, when the Rev. Stephen Bachiler settled there, till 1770, when Jonathan's father removed to Northwood, in the same county, some thirty miles distant from the spot where the name was first established in New England. It appears by Dow's history of Hampton that the emigrant Thomas1 Leavitt was of Exeter, N. H., in 1639, but had removed to Hampton as early as 1644, where he died Nov. 28, 1696, aged "above 80," that his son
Aretus2 Leavitt, born about 1646, married, Aug. 1, 1717, Ruth Sleeper, and died Jan. 14, 1739. They had not less than seven children. Their 2d son, 4th child, was
James8 Leavitt, born about 1683 ; married Feb. 20, 1717, Ann Brackett, and 2d, Ilannah 5 children of record ; his only son, 3d child, was James+ Leavitt, born Jan. 12, 1722 ; died July 29, 1761; married Dec. 4, 1751, Sarah, daughter of Shubael Sanborn. His youngest child of record was
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James5 Leavitt, born June 22, 1760; married May 31, 1781, Betsey, or Betty, daughter of Nathaniel Batchelder. They had 14 children, 2 sons ; the eldest child was
Sarah6 Leavitt, born June 7, 1782; died, as recorded in town records, Nov. 12, 1835, but by Dow's record, Sept. 11, 1833, married Samuel Batchelder, born Hampton Oct. 15, 1780, died June 12, 1857.
The Betsey, or Betty, who married James5 Leavitt was of the Hampton Batchelders, and the Samuel Batchelder who married Sarah6 Leavitt was consin to Jonathan Batchelder, who died on Leavitt's Hill in Grantham. N. H., June 19, 1846, the son of Jonathan's uncle, Samuel6 Batchelder. The gravestones of the two wives of John Leavitt (who was born about 1770) show that Susan B. was born about 1778, and Rachel B. about 1781. The initial B. in connection with both names, at a time when "middle names " were very uncommon, would seem to indicate that they were sisters, born to the name of Batchelder, and Benjamin's birth in 1786, and that of his brother Daniel in 1792 (gravestone), suggests the probability that at least four of the children of Jonathan (born about 1757) and Sarah (Clifford) Batchelder came with, or followed, their parents to Leavitt's Hill in Grantham.
Without the aid of a genealogy of the name, the inscriptions on the gravestones and information gained from a grandson of John and Susan B. Leavitt enables the compiler to make such a first sketch genealogical state- ment as follows :
John Leavitt, born about 1770; died Grantham, Sullivan Co., N. H., Oct. 30, 1854; married Susan B - -, born about 1778, died Grantham, Sullivan Co., N. H., May 11, 1839; married 2d, Rachel B , born about 1781, died Grantham, Sullivan Co., N. H., Feb. 16, 1853. Children :
i. John, b. about 1798; d. -; m. Minervia
ii. Josiah, b. about 1800; d. ; m. Alice
iii. Jonathan, b. about 1804 ; d. ; m.
iv. Moses, b. Aug. 6, 1806 ; m. Phebe Pettingill.
V. Mehitable, b. about 1809; d. Grantham, N. H., Oct. 12, 1842.
vi. Nathaniel, b. . ; d.
vii. William B., b. -; d.
viii. Isaac, b. - -; went "out West " about 1850; d. there.
Jolın Leavitt, son of John, born about 1798; married Minervia (Fox ?). Children :
Infant, b. Grantham, N. II., -- , 1829; d. Grantham Apr. 3. 1832.
John, b. Grantham, N. H., --. 1834; d. Grantham June 1, 1835. Josiah Leavitt, son of John, born about 1800; married Alice Children :
Josiah L,, b. about 1820; d. Newport, Sullivan Co., N. H., about 1908.
Lucinda, b. about 1822; d. Grantham, Sullivan Co., N. II., Dec. 20. 1848.
Alice M., b. about 1824; d. Grantham, Sullivan Co., N. H., Mar. 9, 1844.
Sophronia, b. about 1828; d. Grantham, Sullivan Co., N. H., July 15, 1851.
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Jonathan Leavitt, son of John, born about 1804; married Children :
Lovina C., b. about 1837; d. Grantham Ang. 3, 1867; m. G. B. Eaton.
Mirinda P., b. May -, 1840: d. Grantham July 17, 1865 ; m. Wil- liam H. Leavitt.
Martin V., b. about 1841 : d. Grantham June 26, 1853.
Julia M., b. about 1847 ; d. Grantham May 11, 1850.
Moses Leavitt, son of John, born Aug. 6, 1806; died Grafton, Grafton Co., N. H., Oct. - , 1894; married Phebe Pettingill, born Enfield, Grafton Co., N. H., 1806. died Grafton about 1879. Son of this marriage :
William H., b. Grafton about 1840; m. Miranda P. Leavitt. Child of this marriage :
Hattie P., b. - 1863: d. Mar. 18, 1864.
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