Family of Nathaniel * BATCHELDER and Hester * MERCER

Husband:	Nathaniel * BATCHELDER (1590-1645)
Wife:	Hester * MERCER (1594- )
Children:	Stephen BATCHELDER (1616- )
	Anna BATCHELDER (1620- )
	Stephen BATCHELDER (1622- )
	Francis BATCHELDER (1624- )
	Anna BATCHELDER (1625- )
	Benjamin BATCHELDER (1627- )
	Nathaniel * BATCHELDER (1630-1709)
Marriage	1613	Southampton, Hampshire, England1

Husband: Nathaniel * BATCHELDER

Name:	Nathaniel * BATCHELDER
Sex:	Male
Father:	Stephen * + BACHILER (1561-1656)
Mother:	Anne + * BATES (1561-1624)
Birth	1590	Wherwell, Hampshire, England
Immigration
Occupation		Merchant
Death	9 Apr 1645 (age 54-55)	Southampton, Hampshire, England

Wife: Hester * MERCER

Name:	Hester * MERCER
Sex:	Female
Father:	Jean * MERCER (1554-1620)
Mother:	Jeanne * LECLERC (1559-1620)
Birth	1594	Southampton, Hampshire, England

Child 1: Stephen BATCHELDER

Name:	Stephen BATCHELDER
Sex:	Male
Birth	1616

Child 2: Anna BATCHELDER

Name:	Anna BATCHELDER
Sex:	Female
Birth	1620

Child 3: Stephen BATCHELDER

Name:	Stephen BATCHELDER
Sex:	Male
Spouse:	Mary * BAILEY (1621-1685)
Birth	1622

Child 4: Francis BATCHELDER

Name:	Francis BATCHELDER
Sex:	Male
Birth	1624

Child 5: Anna BATCHELDER

Name:	Anna BATCHELDER
Sex:	Female
Birth	1625

Child 6: Benjamin BATCHELDER

Name:	Benjamin BATCHELDER
Sex:	Male
Spouse:	Elizabeth DAVIS (1690- )
Birth	1627	Hampton, Rockingham, NH, US

Child 7: Nathaniel * BATCHELDER

Note on Wife: Hester * MERCER

He married first Hester Merce, daughter of Jean and Jeanne (leClerc) Mercer, or Mercier. She was baptized in the French or Walloon church at Southampton 1 Aug 1602. Her family belonged to the Wallon refugees driven from the Spanish Netherlands by the persecutions of the Duke of Alba. (See the records of this church published by the London Huguenot Society).

Sources

1	"US and International Marriage Records, 1550-1900" (on-line, Yates Publishing, Provo, UT).

2	"NH Census, 1790-1890".

3	"NH Death and Burial Records Index, 1654-1949".