Individual Details

John Batchelder

(23 Feb 1666 - 2 Nov 1732)

Batchelder Genealogy
Published 1898, p. 379

He was selectman 1729-30. Jan. 3, 1720, John Batchelder and wife and mother were in full communion in the first church in Reading. His grave stone in the ancient South Reading Cemetery reads as follows: "Here lyes what was mortal of Mr. John Bacheler, who died Nov. 2, 1732, in the 67th year of his age.

N. B.--His character--a pious, secret and most faithful friend. The blessing of them that were ready to perish came upon him. In 1720 William Batchelder belonged to the Reading church but attended at Lynnfield. He was cousin of John, who m. Sarah Poore, and was probably unmarried, for the town of Reading paid John Batchelder in 1730 thirty shillings "for keeping his cousin William." He d. Nov. 2, 1732; res. Reading, Mass.

Events

Birth23 Feb 1666Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts
Marriage10 Nov 1696Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts - Sarah Poore
Death2 Nov 1732Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts

Families

SpouseSarah Poore ( - )
FatherJohn BATCHELDER ( - 1705)
MotherSarah LUNT ( - 1685)
SiblingRebecca BATCHELDER (1663 - 1742)
SiblingHenry Batchelder (1668 - 1688)
SiblingSarah Batchelder (1670 - 1751)
SiblingSamuel Batchelder (1671 - 1705)
SiblingNathaniel Batchelder (1675 - 1763)
SiblingMary Batchelder (1688 - )
SiblingElizabeth Batchelder (1691 - )

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