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Hussey Family History

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An inspirational Hussey family ancestor:

In 1632, Rev. Stephen Bachiler fell under
"suspicion of having independent ideas,
which he was not ready to yield at the dictation of others."


HUSSEY |

Christopher Hussey was one of the original settlers of Newbury and Hampton. He was born at Darking, in Surry, England in 1598.

The family name, Husey came into England at the time of William the Conquerer.

Hugh Husey, married in 1014 Helen,
a daughter of the third Duke of Normandy, Richard II, and
sister of Robert, father of Duke William, the Conquerer.

Thus, Helen Husey was the aunt of William the Conquerer.

The name Husey changed from a German form to the French and
afterwards anglicized to Hussey.

After the conquest, the family was seated in counties of Kent, Dorset and Lincoln.


Christopher Hussey
He was admitted freeman in 1634 having journeyed to America aboard the William and Francis which arrived 5 June, 1632. In 1635 he was one of the first settlers in Hampton, New Hampshire. In 1639 he served as representative and again in 1658, 1659 and 1660. He was a provincial counsellor of New Hampshire and proprietor of Nantucket Island, Mass. Christopher died in 1685. He was married to Theodate, daughter of Rev. Stephen Batchelor.
Christopher Hussey

A. Arrived in Boston, Massachusetts in July 1630 -- or
B. They came on the ship William and Francis arriving in Boston on 5 June 1632. They settled first in Lynn, Massachusetts (then called Saugus) where their son, Stephen, was the first child baptized by his grandfather, Rev. Stephen Bachiler, who had organized the church there.
Rev. Stephen Bachiler

-- sometimes written as Bachelor
-- Father in Law of Christopher Hussey
-- Father of Christopher Hussey's wife | Theodate (Bachiler) Hussey
-- Thus, maternal grandfather of Christopher Hussey's children
-- They came on the ship William and Francis arriving in Boston on 5 June 1632.

In any case, Stephen Bachiler, at age 71 years, came to America with his wife, Helen, and others of his family in the William and Francis arriving in Boston, MA, 5 June 1632.

June 1632
Stephen Bachiler went directly to Lynn, MA, (then called Saugus) where his daughter, Theodate Hussey, resided and there he, "commenced the exercise of his administration on Sunday, June 8, 1632, without installation, having formed a church of those who desired to join the six or seven persons he brought with him, who are said to have been members of the church with him in England."

Stephen Bachiler
fell under, "Suspicion of having independent ideas,
which he was not ready to yield at the dictation of others."


Passinger Lists 1620 - 1636
William and Francis 1632
-- http://hawkshome.net/passenger_lists.htm |

JOHN HUSSEY
Born:
-- Wife: ____________
-- Father of William G. Hussey
-- Father of Ed Hussey | Fred Hussey | John Hussey | George Hussey
-- Father of Sue Hussey
WILLIAM GILMORE HUSSEY

-- Born:
-- amateur photographer and painter
-- founded Baird-North Company in Salem MA
William G. Hussey
-- had four brothers:
Ed Hussey | Augusta, Maine | farm
-- Wife: Lil
-- Son: Frederick
Fred Hussey | Augusta, Maine
John Hussey | Augusta, Maine
George Hussey | Augusta, Maine
William G. Hussey
-- had one sister:
Sister: Sue Hussey | never married
-- she brought up the two boys after their mother died.
-- sometime after 1908 she lived at the George R. Hussey
family home at 179 Ontario Street, Providence, R.I.
William G. Hussey had two boys:
-- George R. Hussey
-- William Gilmore Hussey, Jr.
William G. Hussey
Son of John Hussey
-- Augusta, Maine
-- Salem, Massachusetts 1892
-- Founder of Baird-North Company, gold and silversmiths
-- 1907 move Baird-North Company to Providence, Rhode Island
-- Father of George R. Hussey
-- William G. Hussey died in 1908

Wife #1: Linda Mae Thurston
-- mother of two boys, died in her twenties,

Two Sons:
#1 GEORGE RICHARD HUSSEY

Children: Robert, Ruth, Betty
#2 WILLIAM GILMORE HUSSEY, JR.
Son of William Gilmore Hussey
Born in Augusta, Maine
Not interested in working at Baird-North Company.
Moved to California and bought an Orange Field.
Later moved to Detroit, Michigan
and worked as an engineer on a Great Lakes boat.

William G. Hussey
-- Wife #2: ______________


GEORGE R. HUSSEY
Son of William Gilmore Hussey
First Cousin: Frederick Hussey
Ed Hussey's son.
Frederick Hussey took over at Baird-North Company
after George R. Hussey died.

Frederick Hussey
-- Mother: Lil
-- Wife: Dora
-- no children


GEORGE RICHARD HUSSEY
-- Born in Augusta, Maine, May 29, 1884
-- Died on December 27, 1918, in Providence, Rhode Island
-- 1918 flu epidemic: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/influenza/ |
GEORGE R. HUSSEY
When the flags flying at half-mast on the City Hall at Providence announced to the city the death of Alderman George R. Hussey, the expressions of regret heard on every side were most touching and heartfelt. Perhaps the thoughts uppermost in the minds of all were best expressed by Mayor Gainer, the dead alderman's intimate and valued friend:
"His services to the city as a member of the board of aldermen for the past four years were of inestimable value. He was a man of high ideals, of strong character, and of marked ability. In his death the city of Providence loses a public servant and a patriotic citizen of the highest type, and his associates at City Hall a lovable and faithful friend."
GEORGE R. HUSSEY
has been intimately connected with the city government for four years prior to his death, and was to have retired on January 6, 1919, he having refused to accept nomination for another term as alderman that he might devote all his energy to the affairs of the Baird-North Company of which he was president.

It was his connection with this company that brought him to Providence in 1907, a young man of twenty-three. His entire business life had been spent with the Baird-North Company, gold and silversmiths, his father, William G. Hussey, its founder and head until his death in 1908.

As executive head of the company from January, 1908, until his own death, December 27, 1918, George R. Hussey developed the company until it ranked with the largest mail order houses of the country.

As a business man he was held in the highest esteem, and it was his high sense of honor and his ability, as displayed in the conduct of his private business, which gave him his standing in the city and brought him prominently into the public eye. Just how popular he became with the voters of the sixth ward is best attested by the fact that he was the first and the only Democrat ever elected to the Board of Aldermen from that ward. Not only that, but he was reelected, and could have had a third term but for his positive declination of the honor.

GEORGE R. HUSSEY
was a son of William G. Hussey, of Augusta, Maine; Salem, Mass.; and Providence, R.I.; and a descendant of Christopher Hussey, born in England.

GEORGE R. HUSSEY
was born in Augusta, Maine, May 29, 1884, and died at his home, No. 179 Ontario Street, Providence, R.I., December 27, 1918. 

GEORGE R. HUSSEY
attended the public schools of Augusta. Maine until 1892, when his parents moved to Salem, Massachusetts. There he finished high school courses and attended commercial college, also being for a time a student at Waltham Horological School.

He attended Dartmouth College, and upon leaving became associated with his father who had organized the Baird-North Company, gold and silversmiths. He passed in turn through the different departments of the business, becoming familiar with its every detail, then in 1907 father and son removed the business to Providence, Rhode Island.

William G. Hussey,
the father, died in 1908, the year following the removal to Providence, and was succeeded in the management by his son, George R. Hussey.

The removal to Providence had been actuated by a desire to benefit by the prominence of Providence, Rhode Island as a jewelry manufacturing city, the business of Baird-North being largely done through the mails.

Upon succeeding to the presidency George R. Hussey greatly increased the scope of the business, and during the ten years of life remaining him he placed Baird-North in the very front rank of mail order houses.

Providence, Rhode Island
In 1912 George R. Hussey became interested in city politics, and in that year was the Democratic candidate for Common Council from the sixth ward. While the sixth was a strong Republican ward, the exceptional run made by the Democratic candidate focused the eyes of the party leaders upon him, and in 1914 he was made the party candidate for alderman. He also received the endorsement of the Independent organization of the ward, and at the ensuing election he won the verdict of the polls over his opponent, John H. Higgins.

In 1916 he was reelected, but declined a third term, his private business interests demanding his entire time. As alderman he was closely associated with the financing committee and its work, he being a member of that most important committee during his entire four years of aldermanic service. He was a supporter of Mayor Gainer and his policies, there also existing a warm personal friendship between the two men.

During his eleven years of residence in Providence, George R. Hussey became a well-known social figure, and in club and fraternal life was very prominent. He held all degrees of lodge, chapter and commandery of the York Rite of the Masonic order, and in the Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite had attained the thirty-second degree. He was a member of Providence Lodge, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks; and the Boston Athletic Association; his Providence clubs, the Central, West Side, and Metacomet Golf. In all these organizations he was active and popular, his genial, kindly nature responding to the fraternal and social spirit they engendered.


Hussey Family in Providence, Rhode Island
George R. Hussey
Julia Agnes Corbett -- born on April 24, 1886 in Beverly, Mass.
Married, November 9, 1907
-- Julia went to secretarial school
-- Worked as the secretary to William Gilmore Hussey in Salem, Massachusetts
-- Met and became the girlfriend of George R. Hussey
-- Her Mother would not allow her to go to Providence.
-- So, George R. Hussey (23) and Julia Agnes Corbett (21) got married.
Three Children:

1. Robert Thurston (Peter) Hussey;
Born:
-- Married: Glory _______ | born on July 4th
Daughter:

Cynthia Hussey (Neenan)
Married: Tom Neenan

Children:

Michael Neenan
Married:
Married: Hillary
Married:

Catherine Neenan (Kogura)
Married: John Kogura
Children:

Daughter: Teryn Kogura
Son: Gregory Kogura


2. Ruth Carol Hussey (Longenecker);
Born: October 30, 1911
Married: C. Robert Longenecker in 1942
Children:

1. George Robert Longenecker | July 9,1944
Married #1: Dawn Blankenship, Houston, Texas
See: ROB LONGENECKER |

Son: Tod Longenecker

Grandson: Corban
Married #2: Beth ___________

2. John William Longenecker Born: February 12, 1947
See: JOHN LONGENECKER |

3. Mary Elizabeth Longenecker Hendrix | June 17, 1954
Married: Robert Hendrix
Children:

Carol Elizabeth
Holly
Daniel
3. Betty Loraine Hussey Randall
Born:
-- Married Arthur Randell
Children:
Betty Ann Randell Coutu
Married: Andrew Coutu
Children:
Daughter: Jennifer
Daughter: Sarah
Son: Justin
Julie Carroll Randell Hemmingway
Married: Robert Hemmingway
Children:
Son: Michael
Daughter: Hillary

Julia Agnes Corbett
-- born on April 24, 1886 in Beverly, Mass.
Parents:
-- Patrick Corbett -- wood carver
-- Clarenda Miria Carroll -- lived in Beverly Hills, Massachusetts

Brothers:
-- John Corbett -- died in his twenties
-- James Corbett, born April 24, 1886 | Twin Brother:

James Corbett
-- Married: Lena _____
-- Lena fell out with Clarenda Miria Carroll, her mother-in-law
-- Lena never visited her mother-in-law
-- James Corbett visited his mother every Wednesday
-- Lunch: hamburger and mashed potatoes -- same thing every week
-- James (Jim) Corbett -- worked as a bookkeeper at a automobile dealership in Salem, Massachusetts.

Two children:

Son: Carroll Corbett | Salem MA
Daughter: Doris Corbett (O'Brien) | Salem MA
Sister:
-- Clarenda Miria Carroll (Clare or Chacha)
-- Married: Tilden Carlton
Four Children
Girls: Francis Carlton | Virginia Carlton
Boys: John (Jack) Carlton | Paul Carlton

See: See: http://www.rootsweb.com/~rigenweb/article140.html |
Christopher Hussey -- more information |

Came to New England on the ship '"William and Francis," to Boston, July, 1630.
Christopher Hussey
-- http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/jtrue/Hussey.htm |
-- http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/jtrue/Hussey.htm#Christopher |
-- http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/jtrue/Batcheld.htm#Theodate |

George R. Hussey was a son of William G. Hussey, of Augusta, Maine; Salem, Mass.; Providence, R.I.; and a descendant of Christopher Hussey, born in England, who

A. came to New England on the ship '"William and Francis," to Boston, July, 1630. 

or

B. came to New England... on the ship '"William and Francis," to Boston, July, 1630. Rev. Stephen Bachiler arriving in 1632.

Christopher Hussey | Arrived in Boston MA in July 1630
This Christopher Hussey was a suitor for the hand of Theodate Bachiler, and could only gain her father's consent to their marriage by promising to come to New England with his father-in-law.

Christopher Hussey was one of the original grantees of Hampton, N.H., the first deacon of the church there, and a captain of militia, town clerk, representative and a royal commissioner.

Christopher Hussey
In 1659 he was one of the purchasers of Nantucket, and later was a sea captain. He died in Hampton, N.H., March 6, 1686, aged about ninety years.

Branches of his descendants settled in Nantucket and in Maine, George R. Hussey belonging to the Maine family.


Christopher Hussey

When a young man, Christopher Hussey spent a short time in Holland where he met and married his wife, Theodate (Bachiler). Her father consented to the marriage on condition that they go to America with him. They came on the ship William and Francis arriving in Boston on 5 June 1632. They settled first in Lynn, Massachusetts (then called Saugus) where their son, Stephen, was the first child baptized by his grandfather, Rev. Stephen Bachiler, who had organized the church there.

Christopher Hussey and his family early removed to Newbury where, in 1636, he was chosen as one of the "seven men," as they were first called, then "townsmen," then "townsmen select," and finally "selectmen."

Two years later, in 1638, this family settled in Hampton, NH, with his father-in-law -- Rev. Stephen Bachiler -- and others.

Christopher Hussey
was one of the deacons of the church in 1640 and held several town offices as moderator, town clerk, selectman, and many times representative to the General Court.

In 1679, the King ordered the settlers "to erect New Hampshire into a separate government under jurisdiction of a president and council to be appointed by himself." John Cutts was appointed president and Christopher Hussey one of the six councilors.

In 1659, Christopher Hussey joined with others, including Tristram Coffin and Stephen Greenleaf, to form the 10 proprietors who purchased nine-tenths of Nantucket Island from Gov. Thomas Mayhew.

Christopher Hussey
never lived in Nantucket but deeded all his lands and rights there to his sons, Stephen and John Hussey, although Stephen Hussey was the only one to actually make his home there.

Captain Christopher Hussey and his first wife Theodate (Bachiler) Hussey had five children:

1. Stephen Hussey,
bpt. in Lynn, MA about 1630;
m. Martha Bunker, daughter of George Bunker.

2. John Hussey
bpt. in Lynn or Newbury, MA, 31 Dec. 1635;
m. Rebecca Perkins, daughter of Isaac Perkins.

3. Mary Hussey
bpt. in Newbury, MA or Hampton, NH, 2 April 1638;
m. (1) Thomas Page, son of Deacon Robert Page;
m. (2) Henry Green;
m. (3) Henry Dow.

4. Theodate Hussey
bpt. in Hampton, NH, 23 Aug. 1640; died probably in 1649.

5. Huldah Hussey
b. in Hampton, NH, about 1643; lived to age 97;
m. John Smith, son of John Smith.

The Hussey Family Bibliography
Gardner, Benjamin, Genealogy of Gardner Family.
Hichman, Lydia, Early Settlers of Nantucket, 1901.
Savage, Genealogical Dictionary of New England, Vol. II, p. 507.

Sherman, Jeanette Johnson, Johnson-Mitchell Ancestry with Allied Families, published 1967, p. 97, a copy of this book is in the Free Library, Belfast, ME and the Appleton Public Library, Appleton, ME.

The New England Historic Genealogical Society,
in an effort to encourage and foster the development of rigorous genealogical research techniques in computerized or electronic formats, is now accepting nominations for the fourth annual NEHGS Technology Excellence Award. This award is granted annually during the GENTECH Conference for Genealogy and Technology

-- http://www.newenglandancestors.org/rs3/Default.asp |


CHRISTOPHER HUSSEY
Arrived in 1632
Died March 6, 1686 by shipwreck on the Florida coast.
Age: 87 or nearly 90
Wife #1 died: October 1646
Children: Stephen | John | Josseph | Huldah | Mary | Theodata
Wife #2: Ann Mingat

He is thot. but not justly, to be ancest. of all the thousands in our land bear. this name Hussey.

Daugter Huldah married John Smith. She lived to 97.

HUSSEY, or HUZZEY, a *CHRISTOPHER, Newbury, was first of Lynn, to wh. he perhaps came 1632 with Rev. Stephen Batchilor, whose d. Theodata he had m. in Eng. (Holland) wh. d. 20 Oct. 1649. He was, says Coffin, of Dorking, in Co. Surrey, and was prob. a passeng. in the William and Francis, arr. at Boston 5 June 1632; rem. 1639 to Hampton, was rep. 1658, 9, and 60, and couns. of the Prov.; engag. in sett. of Haverhill; and d. 6 Mar. 1686 by shipwr. on the Florida coast, says Lewis, aged 87; nearly 90, says Coffin. His w. d. Oct. 1646, had Stephen, b. in Eng. perhaps 1630; John, bapt. at L. 28 Feb. 1636; Joseph; Huldah; Mary, bapt. at Newbury, 2 Apr. 1637; and Theodata, bapt. 23 Aug. 1640. After 1658 he m. wid. Ann Mingay, wh. d. 24 June 1680, and he d. 1685; He is thot. but not justly, to be ancest. of all the thousands in our land bear. this name. His d. Huldah m. John Smith, and liv. to 97 yrs. says tradit. A Mary H., says Belkn. I. 21, was a wid. at Hampton 1638, and she may have been his mo. JOHN, Hampton, s. of the preced. m. 2 Sept. 1659, Rebecca, d. of Isaac Perkins of the same, had two s. and fourteen ds. after 1688, rem. to Newcastle, Del. and was a preach. to the Quakers. *JOSEPH, Hampton, br. of the preced. was a capt. rep. in 1672.


MINGAY, JEFFREY, Hampton, freem. 13 May 1640, rep. 1650, d. 11 July, 1658. Ann, prob. his wid. m. Christopher, Hussey, and d. 24 June, 1680
TOWSLY, MICHAEL, Salisbury, had been in Philip's war, 1676, a soldier of Hampton m. 4 June 1678, Mary Hussey, perhaps d. of Christopher, had Mary, b. 17 Mar. 1679, d. soon; rem. to Suffield, next yr. had Mary, again, 12 Jan. 1681; Matthew, 18 Nov. 1690; and perhaps others. Mary m. 1699, Benjamin Allen.
See: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usnebook/savage/bk2/hussey-hyatt.htm |
Christopher Hussey

-- February 18, 1598/99 - March 06, 1685/86
Married: Theodate BATCHELDER
1598 - to October 20, 1649 in 1630 in Holland (The Netherlands).
See Hussey Tree: http://stefanovich.com/Hussey/ |

Father: John HUSSEY (1570 - July 24, 1632)
Mother: Marie WOOD (1570 - June 16, 1660)

Children:

Stephen HUSSEY
b 1632 Lynn, Mass., d 1718 Nantucket, Mass., m Martha Bunker;

John HUSSEY
b 1636 Lynn, Mass., m Rebecca Perkins 1659,
migrated to Newcastle, Delaware

Mary HUSSEY
b 1637 m Thomas Page, Henry Green, Cpt Henry Dow;

Hulda HUSSEY
b 1643 m John Smith

Theodate HUSSEY
b 20 Aug 1640 d 20 Oct 1645

Joseph HUSSEY

See Christopher Hussey:
-- http://stefanovich.com/Hussey/Christopher_HUSSEY.html |
Stephen Bachiler

-- Father in Law of Christopher Hussey
-- Father of Christopher Hussey's wife | Theodate (Bachiler) Hussey
-- Thus, maternal grandfather of Christopher Hussey's children
Christopher Hussey: More information |

Rev. Stephen Bachiler
Rev. Stephen Bachiler
was born in England in 1560 and came to America in 1632 (or 1630). He returned to England ca. 1654, and died in Hackney, near London, England, in 1660.

Stephen Bachiler
married (1) in England the mother of his children, whose name is unknown and who died in England.

He married (2) in England, Helen, last name unknown, born in England 1583, died in Hampton, NH 1642.

He married (3) probably in Portsmouth, NH, ca. 1647, Mary, who was a widow.

Stephen Bachiler matriculated 17 November 1581 in the newly established college of St. John at Oxford, England.

On 17 July 1587, Edward Parrett, Vicar of Wherwell in Hants, died and Stephen Bachiler was, "presented by Lord de la Warr to the living of Wherwell" where Stephen Bachiler became Vicar of the Church of Holy Cross and St. Peter.

In 1605, Stephen Bachiler was, "deprived of his benefice presumably for Calvinistic opinions" as indicated by the fact that on 9 Aug. 1605, John Bate was appointed vicar of Wherwell, a vacancy existing because of, "the ejection of Stephen Bachiler."

It is believed Stephen Bachiler then settled in Newton-Stacey where records show he bought and sold land between 1622 and 1631 and where the sheriff of Hants petitioned the Council that,

"some of the parishioners, petitioner's tenants, having been formerly misled by Stephen Bachiler, a notorious inconformist, had demolished a consecrated chapel at Newton-Stacey, neglected the repair of their parish church, maliciously opposed petitioner's intent (to repair the church at his own charge), and executed many things in comtempt of the canons and the bishop."
-- Pierce, Batchelder Genealogy, p. 27.
"Rev. Bachiler 'had a real genius for opposing the majority,' and in consequence his character has been much maligned.

The truth is Stephen Bachiler was a reformer, with the strength and weakness of his kind. He was among the first to refuse conformity to the English church and 'suffered much at the hands of the Bishops.'

AMERICA
He came to America in his old age, hoping to find here that liberty which was denied at home; he rebelled at the union of church and state, which the strong Puritan covenant enforced, and in consequence found himself opposed to the party in power, the Massachusetts authorities." Pierce, Batchelder Genealogy, p. 95.

In any case, Stephen Bachiler, at age 71 years, came to America with his wife, Helen, and others of his family in the William and Francis arriving in Boston, MA, 5 June 1632.

Rev. Stephen Bachiler went directly to Lynn, MA, (then called Saugus) where his daughter, Theodate Hussey, resided and there he, "commenced the exercise of his administration on Sunday, June 8, 1632, without installation, having formed a church of those who desired to join the six or seven persons he brought with him, who are said to have been members of the church with him in England."

In October 1632, after four months at Lynn, MA, Stephen Bachiler,

fell under "suspicion of having independent ideas,
which he was not ready to yield at the dictation of others."
Stephen Bachiler was made "freeman" in Lynn, MA, on 6 May 1635.

In 1636, Stephen Bachiler left Lynn, MA, and went to Ipswich, MA, where he received a grant of fifty acres.

While a resident of Ipswich, MA, Stephen Bachiler undertook a plan for founding a plantation at Mattakeese (now Yarmouth) some 100 miles away on Cape Cod.

According to Winthrop's book on New England, "Mr. Bachiler, late pastor at Saugus (since called Lynn), being about 76 years of age walked thither on foot in a very hard season."

Stephen Bachiler's next move was to Newbury, MA, where land had been granted to him on 6 July 1638. In October of that year, based on his petition, the General Court of Massachusetts granted, "Stephen Bachiler and his company" liberty to begin a plantation at Winnicunnet.

On 16 October 1638, settlement was begun, the journey from Newbury, MA, having been made on a shallop (a small boat). On 7 June 1639, the plantation was made a town and, upon Rev. Stephen Bachiler's request, was named Hampton, NH.

Here Stephen Bachiler organized a church and was pastor of that church, probably the oldest church in New Hampshire. In 1644, he was called to Exeter, NH, but was prohibited from preaching there by the General Court.

In 1644, after the death of his second wife, Stephen Bachiler sold his farm in Hampton, NH.

Before 1647, Stephen Bachiler moved from Hampton, NH, to Strawberry Banke (now Portsmouth), NH.

On 16 April 1647, Stephen Bachiler deeded all his remaining estate in Hampton, NH, to his three grandsons:
1. John Sanborne
2. William Sanborne; and
3. Nathaniel Batchelder.

About 1647, Stephen Bachiler married his third wife (Mary ) and this marriage proved to be a disaster. "At a General Court held at Gorgeanna, 15 October 1650, George Rogers and Mrs. Batcheller were accused of living in one house and in one room and were ordered separated before the next court or to pay 40s.

Stephen Bachiler charged his wife with adultery and prayed for a divorce and, it seems, Mary moved for a divorce also.

The court in October of the same year ordered, "That Mr. Bachiler and his wife (Mary ) shall lyve toeagther as man and wife, as in this court they have publiquely professed to doe; and if either desert one another, then hereby the Court doth order that the marshal shall apprehend both the said Mr. Batchelor and Mary his wife, and bring them forth to Boston, there to be kept till the next Quarter Court of Assistants, that further consideration thereby may be had, both of them moving for a divorce; and this order shall be sufficient order soe to doe; provided notwithstanding, that if they put in 50 pounds each of them for their appearance...." Pierce, Batchelder Genealogy, p. 36.

This seems a strange order to us today and as far as we know, a divorce was not granted. According to York court records of 15 October 1651, Mary Bachiler was accused and found guilty of adultery with her punishment, "... shall receive forty stripes save one, at the first town meeting held at Kittery, 6 weeks after her delivery, and be branded with the letter A."

This with the other problems he had constantly with the authorities wherever he lived, his power of attorney, given to his son-in-law, Christopher Hussey, approved by Hampton (NH) Court in November of 1654, apparently prompted Stephen Bachiler to leave the country and return to England where the state of political affairs had eased.

Stephen Bachiler in England in 1660.

Mary Bachiler's claim, in her petition for divorce, that Stephen Bachiler married again after returning to England seems to be without foundation.

Reverend Stephen Bachiler and his first wife (name unknown) had six children, all born in England:

1. Nathaniel, b. 1590; d. 1645; m. Hester Mercer.

2. Deborah, b. 1592; m. Rev. John Wing.
They and their three sons, Daniel, John, and Stephen, came to America with her father in 1632.

3. Stephen, b. 1594;
lived with his father at Wherwell in England in 1614, having been expelled from Magdalen College as the author of libelous verses.

4. Theodate Bachiler (Hussey), b. 1596;
m. Christopher Hussey in Holland.
Arrived in Boston, Massachusetts in July 1630.
They lived in Lynn and Newbury, MA, and Hampton, NH.

5. Samuel, b. 1597; was a minister in Holland in 1640.

6. Ann, b. 1600; m. (1) about 1619 John Sanborne who was baptized in 1600 and was one of the Sanbornes of Hampshire, England. Their three sons, John, William, and Stephen, came to America in 1632 with their grandfather and they were the founders of the Sanborn family in America. Ann m. (2) before 1640 Henry Atkinson of London, England.


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Hussey: http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/HUSSEY.htm | Christopher |
Hussey: http://www.stefanovich.com/Hussey/Christopher_HUSSEY.html |
Hussey: http://www.tollway.com/ses/smith/d0001/g0000076.htm |
Hussey Family History |
Hussey House in MA
Hussey House in MA | Bed & Breakfast in MA | Another House |


July 2004 email


Hello DeJean Miller Melton:

Great!

Nice to meet you!

I am the son of Ruth Hussey.
I live in Beverly Hills, California.

My mom, Ruth Hussey, is doing fine at 92
and lives near Thousand Oaks, California.

My sister Mary and her family live in Augura Hills CA.
My brother Rob and his family live in Houston TX.

My mother has 2 nieces, my cousins who live in
Massachusetts and Rhode Island with their families.
-- Her sister Betty's children Betty Ann and Julie Carol

My mother has another niece, my cousin Cynthia
who lives in Northern California with her husband Tom.
-- Her brother Robert's daughter

Then there is another generation of kids and grandkids
but uncle Robert Hussey had no son,
so the Hussey family name
has not carried on through my mother's family.

A fine family name, Hussey.

JOHN LONGENECKER
| http://RuthHussey.com/ |
| http://JohnLongenecker.com/ |

Hussey Family information
-- http://JL-Site.com/Hussey.html |


You wrote:
Mercy me! When I found that I was descended from Rev. Stephen Bachiler

through his daughter Theodate and her husband Christopher Hussey, I did
briefly wonder whether I was related to the Ruth Hussey whose performance
I had so greatly enjoyed in Philadelphia Story.

How nice to have confirmation! Thank you for sharing via your website,
which I found while researching late into the night for a children's story
about Theodate.

DeJean Miller Melton



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