Person:Henry Bachelor (1)

Estate of Henry Batchelder of Ipswich

"Administration upon the estate of Henry Bachelour, intestate, granted Apr. 1, 1679, to Nath. Tredwell and John Warner, they to bring in an inventory to the next court at Ipswich, providing for the widow and keep an account, that then the court may order the estate.

Ipswich Quarterly Court Records, vol. 5, page 343.

An account of Debts due from the estate of Henery Batchelder, deceased: to Mistris Tredwell, --; to Mistris Mary Tredwell. 6li. 10s.; to Mistris Tredwell. 1li. 19s. 3d.; to mistris Tredwell, 9li. 7s.; to Thomas Tredwell, 1li.; to John Batcheder, 3li. 3s.; to Abraham Foster, 1li. 6s.; to Medcalfe, 6s.; to Cristofer boules, 4s.; Marthy Perey, 2s.; Samuell Perly, 1s. 6d.; Samuell houlet, 2s. 3d.; George hadly, 3s.; Edward Werling, 6s.; John Warner, 12s. 3d.; Nathaniell Tredwell, 5li 17s.; Marchant Waindright, 12s.; William Smith, 7s.; Mister Willsonn, 3s.; total, 42li. 2s. 3d. Signed Nathaniell Tredwell, John Warner, John Batcheler.

To be deducted out of the estate inventoryed: ten sheep that died and was cilled with the woulefes, 2li. 10s.; swine lost, prised, 15s.; lost out of the corn 4 bushels, 12s.; last by meat 12s.; total, 4li. 9s.

An account of what John Warner has done for Henery Batchler: for fouer jagges of hay in the year 73, 2li., of wch I reccaved of him in part of Pay for it, 8s.; for carying bricks & clay for an oven, 4s.; for carying him a load of bords from Maning Neck and helping of him to halfe an hundred, 9s.; on Bushell of Indian corne in 75, 3s.; carying two Jagges of hay in 77 & 78, 6s.; for tending of him in his time of his sicknes from the 23 of Jenuary to the 5 of feburary in wch I made it a great part of my imployment boath night & day to tend him a get such things for him as hee desired, for what I did tack up in cloathing & other thing at decon goodhew, 3li. 1s. 3d.; for blew Linen, 2s.; for on handekercher, thread & macking hir cloath, 7s.; ten pound of suger & too pound of Buter, 6s.; halfe a pound of hony & on quart of wine, 1s. 9d.; three gallons of beere & halfe a bushell of wheat, 4s. 6d.; halfe a bushell of ry, 2s.; total, 4li. 5s. 2d.

What John Bachelour did for Heneri Batceheler and for the securing the estate: too dais while he was seke, 4s.; one dai in preparin for his beurial, 2s. 6d.; one dai spent about the prising the estat, 2s.; makin her waskoat, 2s. 6d.; one dai bringin the shep to John Warners, 2s.; one dai in bringing the corn to John Warner with mi hors, 3s.; one dai myself and son in bringing the shep, 4s. 9d.; from John Warners to mi hous half a dai in caring things to her at Mr. Tredwels 1s. 3d.; 3 dais and a half miself and mi son, 7s.; to bring the catel, 10s. 9d.; too pounds of Hopts, 1s. 6d.; too pound of buter, 1s.; thre pound of seuger, 1s. 3d.: one groat left, 4d.; for keping ten shep, 8 weks, 1li.; for keping a kow 3 weks, 3s.

Essex County Quarterly Court Files, vol. 31, leaves 145, 146.

Whereas administration was formerly granted unto Nath. Tredwell and Jo. Warner upon the estate of Henry Bachelour, the court, Sept. 30, 1679, added John Bachelour of Wenham to administer with them.

Ipswich Quarterly Court Records, vol. 5, page 348.

Inventory of the estate of Henery Batcheler, taken Feb. 6, 1678, by Abraham Foster and Thomas Metcalfe: the Liveing Howse, Barne & orchard wth all the rest of the land both upland and meadow wth all the privileges therunto belonging, 180li.; three cowes. 9li.; to hefers, 4li.; on horse, 5s.; twenty sheepe, 5li.; five Hogs, 35s., Aplls, 8s., 2li. 3s.; wooden weare, 12s.; one fouling Peace, 1li.; a tramell and a croscut saw, 10s.; grinstone, 5s.; Tackling for Husbandry, 1li. 14s.; in other iron things, 18s. 6d.; a sid and a half of Porck. 1li. 5s.; a quarter of Beefe, 10s.; Barly foure Bushell, 16s.; Indian corne, ten Bushells, 1li. 10s.; total, 209li. 8s. 6d. Debts from the estate & los of cattle as appeares in a note, 46li. 11s. 3d.

Attested in Ipswich court Sept. 30, 1679, by Nath. Tredwell, John Warner and John Bacheler.

Account of the administration of Nathaniel Treadwell, John Warner and John Batcheldour on the estate of Henry Batcheldor, late of Ipswich: The estate is Cr. as by inventory, the real estate, 180li., the personal, 29li. 8s. 6d. Ye rentt of ye farm from ye widows Death being 9 yr. 1-2. 19li.; total, 228li. 8s. 6d. The following charges and payments have been made: charges on ye widow being distempered, to Nathaniel Tredwell. 35li. 11s.; John Warner for his disbursements on her, 27li. 6s.; Mrs. Tredwell for ditto. 7li. 17s. 8d.; to Joseph Knowlton & Thomas Wilson, 21li.; Joseph Knowlton, 21li.; funerall expences, 1li. 5s.; severall Debts, 28li. 13s. 9d.; total, 135li. 13s. 5d. Debts not yet paid: to ye executors of merchant Jewets, Decd., 2li. 18s.; Mr. Francis Wainwright, 16s. 10d.; John Kimballs wife, 1li.; ye administrators for their trouble & care about ye distempered woman being grt & very troublesome, 14li.; allowing ye accot., 5s.; settling & Deviding ye estatt, 5s.; writing & making ye account & time in taking it, 4s.; Admrs. attendance this day 2s. each. 6s.; total, 19li. 14s. 10d. The estate above is 228li. 8s. 6d.; Dr. 155li. 8s. 3d.; clear estate. 73li. 3d. Since to ye Sup. Court, 12s., Quits, 4s., Recordin settlements, 2s., com. to Comitte & yr return, 2s., 1li.

The deceased left no children but ye nearest of kin are his brother's children viz.: ye children of Joseph Bacheldor who deceased before ye intestate, John, Elizebeth and Hanah Bacheldor, and the children of John Bacheldor that out lived their uncle. John. Joseph and Hanah Bacheldor. Of Joseph's children that are dead since their uncle died, Hanah Bacheldor alias Warner, who left children. Of John Batcheldor's children dead since ye death of their uncle, John and Joseph, who left children.

The appointment by the court at Salem May 25, 1696, of Lt. Simon Stacy, Deacon Nathaniel Knowlton, Sargt. Thomas Hart, Mr. Nathanil Tredwell and Mr. John Warner, all freeholders in Ipswich or any three of them to make a division of the lands of Henry Bachilder late of Ipswich, deceased, first to the administrators Nathaniel Tredwell and John Warner to the value of forty shillings being what remains due to them, the remainder to John, Elizabeth and Hanah Bachilder children of Joseph Bachilder, deceased, and brother of Henry Bachilder, deceased, and to John, Joseph and Hannah Bachilder children of John Bachilder, deceased, and brother of Henry Bachilder aforesaid, eleven pounds, thirteen shillings 4 pence apeice, which is one sixth part to each of them together with the one moiety of the rights of commonage to the children of John Bachilder, equally.

Lt. Stacy, Mr. Nathaniel Tredwell, Dea, Nathaniel Knowlton and John Warner were sworn June 23, 1696, to faithfully perform the above order.

Essex County Probate Files, Docket 2,070.

According to the commission bearing date May 25, 1696, Simon Stacey, Nathaniell Knowlton and John Warner made the following division of the farm of Henry Bachilder, Aug. 11, 1696: first we laid out so much land as was worth forty shillings to the administrator: 'then made a division of that part which is for the children of John Bachilder & bounded their parts by stakes and trees which parts & divisions Run cross the farme & are equally for quantity being thirteen rod & twelve foot on the northwest side of the farm & eight rods & ten foot on the southeast side & the half moiety or Right of comonage we do appoint to the children of John Bachilder & as to that part which we laid out for the children of Joseph Bachilder we made no division it being sold by those children to Joseph Knolton.' Signed and sealed Oct. 1, 1696.

Essex County Probate Records, vol. 305, page 209."^[3]

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} 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)
   163:12-13.

   Henry¹ Bachelor, of St George's, Canterbury, brewer, aged about 35 (in 1637). He was bp. at Margate, Kent, 14 March 1601[/2], son of Mark and Mary (-----) (Fantinge) Bachelor. Henry and Martha (Wilson) Bachelor immigrated to New England later in 1637 and settled at Ipswich, where he d. 2 Feb. 1678/9. They had no children, and their property was distributed to the children of Henry's brothers John¹ and Joseph¹ Bachelor.

2. ↑ Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Records of Ipswich, Massachusetts to End of the Year 1849. (Salem, Massachusetts: Essex Institute, 1910, 1919)
   2:485.

   Bacheler, Henry, (died) Feb. 3, 1678 (court record, Essex Co. Quarterly Court).

3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3} Massachusetts, Probate Court (Essex County). The Probate Records of Essex County, Massachusetts. (Salem, Massachusetts: The Essex Institute, 1916, 1917, 1920)
   3:294-97.
4. ↑ A significant portion of the estate was expended in the care of the widow, who was "distempered." and survived her husband by a little over seven years.