Simeon Batchelder and Eliza Colby of Hooksett, New Hampshire - Tombstone Tuesday

This tombstone was photographed at the Davis-Cate Cemetery in Hooksett, New Hampshire

SIMEON BATCHELDER

SEPT. 10, 1820 - APR. 3, 1907

ELIZA H. BATCHELDER

FEB. 8, 1831 - FEB. 19, 1914

Simeon Batchelder, son of Benjamin Batchelder and Mary Spaulding, was born 8 September, 1820 in Bridgewater, New Hampshire and died 3 April 1907 in Hooksett, New Hampshire.  He married twice, first to Adeline Brown in 1834, and second to Eliza. H. Colby, buried here with him.  His only child was from his first wife, Samuel Batchelder, born 1 January 1839, a Civil War Veteran of Company B of the 5th NH Regiment,  who died 8 February 1896 in Hampton Fall, New Hampshire and buried at the West View Cemetery.

Eliza Colby was the daughter of Alvah Colby and Lucinda Hackett, born 8 February 1831 in Hooksett, and died 19 February 1914.  The Davis-Cate Cemetery in Hooksett is located on Hackett Hill Road, so Eliza probably grew up nearby.  Her parents are buried in the same cemetery.   Lucinda was born 22 November 1809 in Hooksett,

Simeon's father, Benjamin Batchelder, was born 2 June 1787 and married Mary Spaulding in 1815.  She was born in Merrimack on 24 January 1790.  They lived in Bridgewater where they had seven children.

Simeon's grandfather, also named Simeon Batchelder, was born in 1765 and married twice, first to Mary (Polly) Marston and second to a Miss Powell.  He had ten children.  His great grandfather was Benjamin Batchelder, born about 1744, who settled in Deerfield, and then Meredith. He had ten children also, with his wife Martha (maiden name unknown). His 2nd great grandfather was John Batchelder, born 9 November 1729 in Hampton, who married Apphia Philbrick on 7 October 1753.  His 3rd great grandparents were John Batchelder and Elizabeth Moulton, who were married on 18 March 1724/5.  This John Batchelder was my 8th great uncle, son of Stephen Batchelder (1675- 1748) and Mary Dearborn.  I descend from John's brother, Stephen Batchelder (1701 - 1748/49) who married Jane Lamprey.

This would make Simeon Batchelder, buried above, my 5th cousin, 4 generations removed.


For the truly curious:

History of the Town of Bristol, Grafton County, New Hampshire, by Richard Watson Musgrove, 1904

Batchelder, Bachellor Genealogy, by Frederick Clifton Pierce, 1898

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Heather Wilkinson Rojo, "Simeon Batchelder and Eliza Colby of Hooksett, New Hampshire - Tombstone Tuesday", Nutfield Genealogy, posted December 3, 2019, ( https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2019/11/simeon-batchelder-and-eliza-colby-of.html: accessed [access date]).