MARY BATCHELDER[1,2,11]

(ca. 1630-1700) - Portsmouth & New Castle, Rockingham co., NH

(Second Generation - Batchelder Family)

FATHER
MOTHER
ALEXANDER BATCHELDER
ANN [SURNAME NOT KNOWN]

BIRTH Mary was born circa 1630 in Portsmouth, Rockingham co., NH[4].
DEATH She died in New Castle, Rockingham co., NH before August 1700; she was 70[1,4,12]. This date is deduced by the fact that she is not mentioned in her husband John Amazeen's will written on 13 August 1700. One source says she died "abt 1665@New Castle"[1].
PARENTAGE An early issue of the New England Historical & Genealogical Register states that "she may be the daughter of Alexander Bachelder & Anne"[13]. However her parentage is proven in the 1660 will of Mrs. Ann Batchelder, where Mary & her children are mentioned as beneficiaries[14].
REAL ESTATE The "widow Marie Walford" received a land grant on 13 January 1660/1 in the Portsmouth, Rockingham co., NH area[15].
MARRIAGE #1 Before 1653 when Mary was 23, she first married Jeremiah WALFORD, son of Thomas WALFORD and Jane [surname not known]in Portsmouth, Rockingham co., NH[7,13,9,16,17,18]. Torrey says they were married "by 1653?, by 1661, by 1656". Jeremiah died in 1660/1662 in Portsmouth, Rockingham co., NH[7].

CHILDREN: (surnamed WALFORD) i. Martha WALFORD[2,4,24] Please see her own page.
ii. Mary WALFORD
iii. Jeremiah WALFORD[4,23]
iv. Thomas WALFORD[4,23]
MARRIAGE #2 Probably before 1663 when Mary was 33, she second married John AMAZEEN[1,2], in Portsmouth or New Castle, Rockingham co., NH[13,19,7,9,20]. While they both lived in New Castle, the actual wedding (if it was a church wedding) probably took place in Portsmouth, since there was no meetinghouse yet in New Castle. The actual year of their marriage is an issue of debate: "...most likely between 1661 and 1665..." according to the Genealogical Dictionary of Maine & New Hampshire[3]. Torrey says &aft 5 Nov 1660, by 1666, by 1663, by 26 Jun 1666&[7].

CHILDREN: (surnamed AMAZEEN) i. John AMAZEEN[1,4,26]
ii. Christopher AMAZEEN[1,2,4,27] Please see his own page.
iii. [possible, not probable Ephraim] AMAZEEN[4]




GENERATION Great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great (G10) Grandmother (WALFORD)
Great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great (G8) Grandmother (AMAZEEN)
FAMILY NUMBER 2151 and 1073
SOURCES 1. Research of Charlie Gale [cgale@hartcom.net], received by Carolyn Depp in April 2002. (Much of his early data is based on the research of Dana B. Cobb, a descendant of Ephraim AMAZEEN and Hannah TARLTON.)

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).


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