Person:John Bachelor (10)

Estate of John Batcheler of Salem

'I John Batchelor aged 63 being in pfect memory do make this my last Will and Testament in the year of o^r Lord 1673 and the 25 year of the Reigne of o^r Soveraigne Lord Charlse the Second King of England &c Inp^r I Bequeath my Soul to the Lord Jesus my Redeemer and my Body to my ffriends by them decently to be intered and what estate the Lord hath given mee I dispose off as followeth I give unto my loving Wife Elizabeth my dwelling House during her natural life & then to be my Son John Batchelors allso I give her all my movable estate wheresoever it is, (shee paying fifteen pounds in legacyes as here after is willed) & 6 pound p anu. so long as shee remains unmaried and the keeping of two Cowes, & firewood for her necessary use to be paid for at the charge of my Two Sonns as it is here after expressed also I appoynt her to be my Executrix. It. I give my Son John Batchelor ║ my house I dwell in, after my wives decease ║ & twenty Acres of Land which I bought of John Scuder (except six Acres more or less as it is now bounded, which I give to John Cressy as is here after expressed) and takes it begining at Abram Warrens well, so downe to the brooke to the Common the brook being the boune between his Land & his Brother Josephs, and allso a piece of Land that lyes at the upcr end of the sd twenty Acres without the fence, with the hither end of my salt marsh up to a place commonly called the Rocks where they cart downe wood. I Give my Son Joseph Batchelor all my land in the field together with the orchard & Barne & the salt, marsh lying beyond the sd Rocks commonly called Ducks Cove & halfe an Acree of marsh y^t I bought of Joseph Roots & halfe an Acre of Jeoffry Massy. my Will is that my two Sonnes aforesd shall pay their mother the yearly rent of six pound p. anum during her widowood & keep two Cows & prouide firewood for her necessary use and the charges there of to be equally borne by each, and the sd 6 pound to be yearly paid in such specia as she shall desire. Also I give my Daughter Hanah Corning ten pound to be paide by my loving wife before her decease. It. I give my Grandchild John Cressy six Acres of Land lying within my sonne Johns land as a foresd along Royals neck & five pound to be paid by my loving wife before her decease. Allso I intreat m^r Henry Bartholmew & Deacon Prince to see this will truly pformed. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal the year above written may the 17.'

John Bacheler Sen^r (SEAL)

Witness: John Swinnerton, Bethiah Archer.

Proved in Salem court 22: 10 : 1675 by the witnesses. John and Joseph Bachelor, sons of deceased, were appointed administrators.

Inventory of the estate of John Bachelor of Salem, who died Nov. 13, 1675, taken Dec. 4, 1675, by John Raiment and Andrew Eliott: 45 acres of upland, 90li.; two Acres of Salt marsh, 10li.; one dwellinge house and one Barne, 30li.; all his wareinge Clothes, 8li.; all his beddinge, 16li.; whome made Cloth, Lining and woollen, 30 yds., 4li.; 20 pound of wooll and yarne, 1li. 10s.; Three Bibles, 8s.; other houshold stuff, brass and Iron, 2li. 10s.; one Copper quart with other Earthen ware, 5s.; 2 pewter platters and other smale things, 10s.; one Chest and fiue trays with other wooden ware, 15s.; Irons for husbandry for wheels & ploughs, 2li.; pease and Indian Corne, 11li.; fouer bushell of barley, 16s.; one quarter of beafe, 16s. 8d.; one yoke of Oxen, 10li.; two steers, 7li. 10s.; five Cows and one heifer. 18li.; one yearling and two Calves, 2li. 10s.; one horse, 2li.; eleaven swine, 7s.; seaventeen sheep, 4li. 5s.; one Lininge wheel, 5s.; total, 230li. 8d. To be paid out in debts, 12li., in legacies, 15li.

Attested in Salem court 22 : 10 : 1675 by John and Joseph Bachelor.

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1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Putnam, Eben. Two Early Passenger Lists. New England Historical and Genealogical Register. (New England Historic Genealogical Society)
   75:222-23.

   Bachelor, John, of Canterbury, co. Kent, and of Salem, Mass., tailor, whose name appears on the second passenger list … was probably a younger brother of Henry and Joseph Bachelor of the same list. He settled in Salem, deposed in 1668, aged about 47 years, and died 13, 9 mo. 1675.

2. ↑ ^2.0 2.1 Willcox, Doris Schreiber. Massachusetts Descendants of the Rev. Thomas Wilson, Author Of The Pilgrims' Christian Dictionarie: Theophilus Wilson, Martha (Wilson) Bachelor, Mary (Wilson) Treadwell, and Their Nephew Samuel Taylor. New England Historical and Genealogical Register. (New England Historic Genealogical Society, Jan 2009)
   163:13.

   The sons [of Mark and Mary (-----) (Fantinge) Bachelor] Henry and Joseph emigrated to New England with their younger brother John Bachelor, born about 1610.

3. ↑ Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Records to the End of the year 1849. (Salem, Massachusetts: Essex Institute, 1916-1925)
   5:62.

   Bachelor, John, "the elder," (died) 13 : 9 m : 1675 (court record, Essex Co. Quarterly Court).

4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4} Massachusetts, Probate Court (Essex County). The Probate Records of Essex County, Massachusetts. (Salem, Massachusetts: The Essex Institute, 1916, 1917, 1920)
   3:41-42.
5. ↑ Paige, Lucius R. List of Freemen. New England Historical and Genealogical Register. (New England Historic Genealogical Society, Jan, Apr, Jul, Oct 1849)
   3:187.

   As "John Bachilor."