Batchelor Hussey

  General Notes:

Bachelor Hussey, son of Sylvanus Hussey and Hepzibah
Starbuck Hussey, was born 29th, 11th month, 1728-29,
according to Nantucket Quaker records. He was married 29th,
10th month, "called December," 1748 in Sherburne,
Massachusetts to Anna Coffin, daughter of Daniel Coffin and
Mary Blake Coffin. Bachelor Hussey received a house on
Nantucket Island under the terms of his father's will
probated March 6, 1767.

Bachelor Hussey "loaned money to the colonies" during the
Revolution, according to "History of Nantucket." He was
cited in "DAR Patriot Index" for rendering patriotic service
during the Revolutionary War. He was a selectman in
Nantucket November 20, 1775. He signed a petition for
welfare relief of the poor May 23, 1780

He appeared as the head of a household in the 1790 census of
Sherburne, according to "Heads of Households, Massachusetts,
1790," page 163. The family was rendered as:

"Hussey, Bachelor white male over 16
white female
white male under 16
white male under 16
white female
white female"

He reappeared in the 1800 census of Nantucket, page 16, as
the head of a household composed of:

"Hussey, Bachelor white male over 45
white female over 45
white female 16-26

Bachelor Hussey died April 12, 1805, according to Nantucket
Quaker records. Louis Coffin in "The Coffin Family" states
that Anna Coffin Hussey died January 2, 1807.

  Research Notes:

Birth, marriage, first four children, and death: History of the Town of
Hampton by Joseph Dow, 1893.

Bachelor, b. Feb 18, 1685; m. Oct. 11, 1704, Abigail Halle; lived at
Nantucket.
Ch.: Christopher, b. 1706. Mary, b. 1708. Jedidah (a dau.). John, b.
1710.

The Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire, 1988,
indicates Batchelder, b. 18 Feb 1685, m. 11 Oct, 1704 Abigail Hall; lived
in Nantucket and Biddeford. 11 childeren, a number married in Dover.

Genealigical and Family History of the State of New Hampshire, Vol IV,
1908. indicates the following:

(III) Bachelor, second son of Stephen and Martha (Bunker) Hussey, was
born February 18, 1685, in Nantucket, where he lived many years, settling
later in Biddeford, Maine. He was probably engaged in the coasting or
West India trade.
He was married, October 11, 1704, to Abigail Halle, the record appearing
in Hamption with the births of four children, namely: Christopher, Mary,
Jedidah (daughter) and John. Others were born to them in Nantucket of
Biddeford.

Ancestries of John Moran Foy and Samuel Calvert Foy and Their Wives
Louisa Macy and Lucinda Macy, Compiled by Ella Foy O'Gorman in 1935,
indicates that 1715, 9, 10, Stephen Hussey deed to son Batchelder for
love and affection, etc., "one full complete quarter of that share of
land which I bought of my father, Christopher, containing one full
complete twenty-fifth of the island of Nantucket."

Batchelor married Anna Coffin, daughter of Daniel Coffin and Mary Blake, on 29 Dec 1748 in Sherborn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. (Anna Coffin was born on 2 Sep 1729 in Nantucket, Nantucket, Massachusetts, USA and died on 2 Feb 1807 in Nantucket, Nantucket, Massachusetts, USA.)