ALEXANDER BATCHELDER^[1,2,3]

Ann's will was dated 5 November 1660 and was proved on 26 June 1661. It names her son John; James Leech, his wife and four children - small sums & clothing; Jane Fursen; Widow Mary Walford and her four children; and servants Richard Pierce & Thomas Paine^[5].

I believe that Jane Fursen is another daughter in the family. Ann refers to her by name, as she does with her other children, and Jane's bequest is a very personal one that mirrors the one given to Mary. Unfortunately, there is no mention of a "Fursen/Furzen" marriage of any kind in Torrey, so further proof will require some digging.

Note too the incredible largesse in her bequest to her servant Richard Pierce, who not only gets his freedom, but money, clothing and tools with which to set about in whatever business he chooses. Her other servant, Thomas Paine, is treated very differently. No freedom & only a small monetary bequest. Makes you wonder...

James Leech is the person I would like to identify. He is clearly not a widower, as the will mentions his wife & four children. I don't believe he is a son-in-law (modern meaning), either, since Ann's language with her own daughter(s) is on a full name basis & involves the bestowing of items which a mother would give to a daughter at the time. Is he a brother? Cousin? Foster child to Ann & Alexander? With luck, he is a blood relative and could provide additional clues to Ann's parentage.

That said, here is her will, verbatim:
"The last Will & Testament of Anne Batchelor widdow of Portsmouth in Pascataq River made y^e 5^th Novembr 1660.

I Ann Bachelor being weake of Body, but in prfect memory doe ordaine this as my last Will & Testament, heereby revokeing all former Wills, Legacyes &bequests w^tever.

Imp^r My debts & funerall charges being paid out of my whole estate I give & bequeath unto my Sonn Jn^o Bachelor y^e true sum'e of thirtye pounds, my son being alive at my death, if hee bee not alive at my Death then I will y^e said Sum'e unto his widdow & theyr joynt Children equally to bee divided among them.

I give unto James Leech twenty shillings, unto his wife twenty shillings, & unto theyr foure children ten shillings a peice

I give unto Jane ffurzen my best hatt & blue pettycoate

I give unto Mary Walford Widdow my best pettycoate & twenty shillings & unto her foure Cheldren ten shillings a peice

If in Case I dye before my Servant Richard Peirce his time bee out w^t time remaines I give him, w^th an Axe, handsaw, Adze, Augre a calking Iron or two togither w^th two suits of Apparell & three shirts

I give more unto my said servant Rich : Peirce forty shillings.

I give unto Tho : Paine wⁿ his time is expired forty shillings & Executours for y^e better performance of this my will I make Joshua Moodey & M^r Elias Stileman & desire M^r James Pendleton to bee my overseer.

In wittnes w^rof I have heere unto set my hand in ye day and yeare above written

	The marke of
Witnesse	Ann X Batchelour

The Marke of
Mary X Walford
The marke of
Ann X Hart.

[Proved June 26, 1661.]

[Inventory, Nov. 27, 1660; amount, £96.1.0; signed by William Seavey, James Leach, and Samuel Haines.]^[28]

2. Direct Descendants of John AMAZEEN, Research collected by Norma Karram [imtuhan@yahoo.com], received by Carolyn Depp in Apr 2002. [alternate address = imtuhan@cox.net].

3. Noyes, Sybil, Charles Thornton Libby and Walter Goodwin David, Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire, (Portland, ME: Anthosensen Press 1928-1939; rpt Baltimore: Gen. Publ. Co., 1972), [GDMNH], 80-81 (Batchelder); 713 (Walford).

4. Amazeen.ged, received from Carolyn Depp in July 2002.

5. [GDMNH], 80-81 (Batchelder); 713 (Walford).

6. Ibid. 80-81 (Batchelder); 713 (Walford).

7. Torrey, Charles, New England Marriages Prior to 1700., (Boston: New England Historic and Genealogical Society). [Torrey].

8. [GDMNH], 80-81 (Batchelder).

9. Pierce, Frederick Clifton, Batchelder, Batcheller Genealogy Descendants of Rev. Stephen Bachiler of England...Who Settled the Town of New Hampton, N.H. and Joseph, Henry, Joshua, and John Batcheller, of Essex Co., Mass., (Chicago: W. B. Conkey Co., 1898), [Batchelder], 41.

10. Leach, Fayette Phelps, Lawrence Leach of Salem, Mass..., 3 vols., (East Highgate, Vt.: F. P. Leach., 1924-26), [Leach], 1:6.

11. [GDMNH], 64 (Amazeen); 80-81 (Batchelder); 713 (Walford).

12. Harrison, Metcalf Henry and Hammond Otis Grant, New Hampshire State Papers: Probate Records of the Province of New Hampshire, [NHStatePapers], I(31):467. 13. New England Historic and Genealogical Register. Vols. 1+, (Boston: New England Historic and Genealogical Register, 1845+), [NEHGR], 9:221.

14. [GDMNH], 80-81 (Batchelder); 713 (Walford).

15. Ibid. 64.

16. Ibid. 64 (Amazeen); 712 (Walford).

17. Chamberlain, George Walter, History of Weymouth, Mass., 4 vols., ([Boston: Wright & Potter Co.], 1923), [Weymouth], 4:732.

18. Stackpole, Everett S., Old Kittery and Her Families, (Lewiston, ME: Lewiston Journal Press, 1903), [Kittery], 34.

19. [GDMNH], 80-81 (Batchelder); 713 (Walford).

20. Anderson, Robert Charles, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633., (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society), [GreatMig.], III:1903.

21. Ibid. III:1905.

22. Provincial Papers, Documents and Records Relating to the Province of New Hampshire from 1686 to 1722., 40 volumes, ed. Nathaniel Boulton, (Manchester, NH: 1867-1943), [NHPP], 31:42.

23. Ibid. 712 (Walford).

24. Ibid. 488 (Moore).

25. Ibid. 64 (Amazeen); 712 (Walford).

26. Savage, James A., A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England, 1860-1862., (Boston 1860-1862; rpt Baltimore 1955), [Savage], 1:47

27. [GDMNH], 64 (Amazeen).

28. Probate Records of the Province of New Hampshire, vol. 1 1635-1717, State Papers Series Vol. 31, eds. Albert Stillman Batchellor, Otis Grant Hammond, Ezra Scollay Stearns, (Concord, NH: Rumford Printing Co., 1907), [NHProbV1], 50-51.

29. Ibid. 46 [Court Record 26 June 1660 in Deeds, Vol. 2, p. 416].