William BATCHELDER

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He was a surgeon in Col. Samuel Johnson's reg't., engaged Aug. 21, 1777, discharged Nov. 30, 1777; April 19, 1775, he was lieutenant in Capt. Richard Ayer's Company, in Col.Johnson's Regiment; service eight days. "In Hatborough, Penn., September, Dr. William Bachellor, 75, a hero of the Revolution, died. He assisted in dressing the wound of those who first bled at Lexington in the cause of their country, and was present at the capture of Burgoyne. He was born in Haverhill, Mass., and for thirty years was eminently successful as a practitioner of medicine in the vicinity where he resided."

William married Lydia CHASE on 20 Feb 1771. Lydia (daughter of David CHASE and Sarah EMERY) was born in Massachusetts; was christened on 25 Oct 1741; died in Haverhill, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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He was born in Reading, Mass., educated at the public schools and fitted for college. He was graduated at Harvard in the class of 1731, being the first person born in Reading to graduate at a college. In 1732-4, he was master of the Reading school. He was settled in 1735 as pastor of the church in the West Parish in Haverhill. In 1769 and 1770 he was the representative to the General Court. He removed to Royalston, mass., where he died. Chase, in his history of Haverhill, refers to him as "a man of superior talents and attainments." He owned his father's homestead and also the Cordis farm, both of which were purchased by his father of Timothy Nichols. In 1777 Rev. Samuel Batchelder disposed of the homestead to Nathan Appleton and Oliver Wendall, of Boston, both men of wealth, who purchased it, it is said, as a place of safety and resort in case Boston should be destroyed by the British during the Revolutionary War. They sold the property to Thomas Evans in 1784 for $2000. He d. intestate. The inventory of his estate was filed May 18, 1797; his son John was administrator of the estate. He d. in Royalston, March 19, 1776.

Samuel married Hannah ? on 29 Jan 1734 in Reading, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]