Person:Christopher Hussey (4)

Name	Captain Christopher Hussey
Gender	Male
Christening^[4]	18 Feb 1598/99	Dorking, Surrey, England
Marriage	15 Jan 1627/28	Hampshire, Englandto Theodate Batchelder
Other^[6]	14 May 1634	Freeman
Marriage	9 Oct 1658	to Ann Capon
Alt Marriage		Hollandto Theodate Batchelder
Death^[5]^[3]	6 Mar 1685/86	Hampton, Norfolk County, New Hampshire
Burial^[4]	8 Mar 1685/86	Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States
Ancestral File Number		3033-N8
Ancestral File Number		214C-H73

Starbuck's book says he traveled to Holland when he was very young. This is where he met his wife. Most sources say he married Theodate Bachelder in about 1631 in Holland. Theodate's parents were the Reverend Stephen Bachelder and Ann Bates. She was born perhaps in the early 1600s in Wherewell, Hampshire, England. The story goes that his father-in- law only gave permission with the understanding that they would all go to America together. Stephen Bachiler, age 71, his third wife, his daughter and three grandsons sailed in 1632 on the William and Francis. There is, however, no passenger list to record whether Christopher and Theodate sailed with them. Great Migration notes that there is no evidence to indicate they had a child before 1636 (see the family page for more details). Thus they did not necessarily marry before 1635 and could have met and married in the colonies.

They settled just north of Boston at Lynn, Massachusetts. Here the Reverend Bachelder took up duties at a local church. Although the story goes that he baptized Christopher and Theodate's first child, Stephen, there on June 8, 1632, there is no primary evidence of this (and Stephen did not marry until the 1670s, late if he was born in 1632). Stephen did record the baptism of son John in 1636. Shortly afterwards, the whole family moved to Newbury, Massachusetts. Christopher was elected a selectman there in 1636. In 1638, Christopher and his family and the Reverend Bachelder all moved to Hampton, Massachusetts. Hampton is now in New Hampshire, but was part of the Massachusetts Bay Colony at the time, as was all of Maine and New Hampshire. Christopher, Theodate and her father all remained for the rest of their lives in Hampton and died there. Reverend Bachelder died in 1632 or 1633, Christopher Hussey died there on March 6, 1686, and Theodate had died there October 20, 1649.

Another account states Christopher was a seafarer and was cast ashore in Florida where he died. Great Migration notes, however, that in 1686 "Captain Henry Dow wrote in cipher in his diary for Monday, Mar. 8, that he was `at Captain Hussey's burial.' It is therefore certain that he died in Hampton and was not, as stated by Savage, cast away off the coast of Florida" (Great Migration, citing Hampton Hist 760)

The William and Francis (1632)

The William and Francis was one of two ships sent as part of the "Plough Company" to settle a patent in Saco, Maine. They were never able to occupy the patent and soon failed.
Sailed:	March 9, 1632 from London, England under Master Thomas
Arrived:	June 5, 1632 in New England

Passengers:
~60

Stephen Bachiler family and Sanborne grandsons (Stephen, John, William) - Mary Blott - Edward Dillingham family - Robert Gamlin family - Walter Harris - John Hart - Thomas Hayward - William Hills - Christopher Hussey family - Thomas James family - John Leavens family - Joseph Mannering - John Mayo - William Norton* - Thomas Oliver family - Thomas Paine* - Francis Peabody - Capt. William Perkins - John Smalley - Rev. Thomas Weld family - John Whitson - Edward Winslow - Deborah Wing (and sons) - Thomas Woodford

* Found on Gov. Winthrop's list, but some doubt as to actual presence on the William and Francis.

Resources:

William and Francis Passenger List

Stephen Bachiler was the most prominent, and accounts of his life generally touch on the Plough Company and the William and Francis. See, e.g. Stephen Bachiler at Wikipedia - Material at Hampton, NH Library

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