"Christopher (Batt), bapt. Sept. 22, 1633, at St. Martin's. He removed from Boston to Dover, New Hampshire, by 1662 (Dover tax list), but soon, probably in 1664, settled on land up the Salmon Falls river beyond Stackpole's farthest limit. There he set out an orchard in the wilderness, his brother Paul joining him at times. On a coroner's jury in 1668. He signed a petition, mostly Kittery names, about 1679, asking for a return to direct government by the crown and complaining that Massachusetts was suppressing freedom of religion. His proprietor's right in Kittery was recognized in 1712. He died s.p., possibly one of the nameless victims of the Indians, and administration was granted to his nephew Rev. Christopher Toppan on Jan. 12, 1712/3."
