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Rev. Stephen Bachiler Cbt fiard fast or tbt Joundtr or Old t;ampton ·· f. m. Sanborn FH<Hl THE llOOK~ I'.\ THE wntE~TE.\D OF Sarah Orne Je,rett AT :--Ol TH .ULH\\ !CK, :\f.\I:\J·: BEIJt·1-: \TllED BY l e,.,~., 1 F B. s~.NBORN. 1900 THE H ..-\RD CASE OF THE FOlTNDER OF OLD HAMPTON". \\.ROXGS OF RE\•• STF.PHEX B.-\CHII..ER. Read by his dcsd11da11t, /··. R. Sanborn, <'f CoJtt"ord • .1/ass., at t/1t,• reunion of the Racheldtr family, Seabrook, iV. H .. August 9, 1900. [The immediate occasion of the following address ,vas a desire to make available to the people of the five towns originally founded by Rev. Stephen Bachiler,-Hampton, Hampton Falls, North Hampton, Seabrook, and Kensington, all once included in his original colony,-the facts of his life before his foes brought his name into scandal. Few persons are aware of them, and the recent historian of Hampton Falls, l\lr. \Varren Brown (my cousin), was misled by inadequate papers in his possession to revive the scandal in a manner very disagreeable to the many descendants of Mr. Bachiler. \Vith this exception, however, and certain errors almost inseparable from a work so comprehensive as a town history being also excepted, Mr. Brown's history (printed by the John B. Clarke Company, Manchester) is a very useful and commendable volume. It contains much of the material of history, in the form of old records, antiquated doc­ uments, etc., and it gives a very satisfactory topography of the town in the account of the home­ steads from one side of the boundaries to the other. Much more might haYe been written to elucidate some of the matters touched upon, but that would have required another volume,-and this one runs to 640 pages. The long list of marriages contains several interesting entries. When Massachusetts lovers were married in Hampton Falls ( 1725-'28), they got a license from Lieut. Gov. John Wentworth; two of these were Emer~ons-Daniel of Cambridge in 1726, and Stephen of Ipswich in 1728. Daniel \Vebster's grandfather, Ebenezer, was married to Susanna Bachelder, great-great-granddaughter of Rev. Stephen, at Hampton Falls in 1738; Dr. John Goddard of Portsmouth was married to Mary Langdon by her father, Rev. Dr. Langdon, at Hampton Falls in 1791; and Rev. Dr. Thayer of Lancaster, l\'Iass., to Sarah Toppan (parents of the wealthy Thayers of Boston) by Dr. Langdon in 1795. "His Excellency, John Taylor Gilman, and Mrs. Charlotte Hamilton, both of Exeter," were married in Hampton Falls by Parson Abbot, Dec. 29, 1814. )fr. Bro,vn adds a few facts to what was otherwise known of the insurrec­ tion headed by Edward Gove in 168:;, and prints at much length the documents relating to • Meshech Weare and Rev. Paine Wingate in the long dispute of 1762-1776 over ministers and meeting-houses in Hampton Falls.-F. B. s.] Seldom has a better illustration of this unhandso111e trait of human nature been seen than in the case of our ancestor, the venerable and and get a bad nan1e for maligned Founder of this and the it 1s a Ruler's prh·ilege.'' .A.. nd the neighbor-towns of Han1pton, Hamp­ good Bishop Fenelon notified bis ton Falls, North Hampton, and Ken­ princely pupil, the Dauphin of France, sington,-Stephen Bachiler of Eng­ to the sa1ne effect, thus: '' Should it lish Hampshire, ,vho was one of the be your fortune to rule over n1en, you n1ost learned and distinguished plant­ must love them for the love of God, ers of New Han1pshire,-yet n~t without expecting to please them; allo,ved to lay his aged bones here, nay, sacrifice yourself to benefit any more than was the patriarch then1,-but be ,vell assured that they Moses permitted to be buried in will speak ill of ,vhoever governs Canaan. then1 with moderation and kindness.'' Stephen Bachiler ·was a boy of xs.ix-15 2 REV. STEPHEN B.ACHll~ER. four "·hen Shakespeare ,vas born at and from 1622 to 1630 o,vned land Stratford. and he outlived the poet and probably resided at N e,vton by forty.three years, dying at Hack­ Stacey, a han1let near \Vherwell. ney, no·w a part of London, in 1660, In 1630 he joined ,vith a cotnpany of in his hundredth year. He belonged husbandmen and n1ercha11ts, ,vho had to a social class much above Shakes­ obtained a patent for a tract of n1any peare's in the fanciful scale of Eng­ square n1iles in ~Iaiue. and he put lish rank,-of a mercantile fatnily, in a sun1 of n1oney, large for those perhaps, but turning. to scholarship, tin1es, to aid its colonization. His educated at Oxford in St. John's kinsn1an, Richard Dutnmer, \\·as also college. of ,vhich his persecutor, interested in this " Plough Patent," .Archbishop Laud, ,vas aftenvards ,vhich ran in the nan1e of John Dye, graduate and Head,-and in I 5Si, John Roach, Grace Hard\vin, and when Shakespeare ,vas beginning to Thomas Jupe. l\'.!r. Bachiler ,vas.to "·rite plays, after acting plays for be their n1inister, ,vhen they should son1e years, l\fr. Bachiler ,vas settled once be settled near Portland (then as Yicar of the sn1all parish of \Vher­ called Casco) ; and how he \Vas well ("Horrell'~) on the '' troutful regarded by his associates in this Test·, ri Yer in Hampshire,-his venture ,vill appear by their letter of patron being a powerful nobleman, l\iarch 8, 1631-2, preseryed among Lord Delaware, fron1 ,vhon1 our the \Vinthrop Papers. They said,- American state and ri\·er take their " First let us not forget to remember you of name. Bachiler remained there, in your and our duty,-that we return humble and pleasant surroundings, for sixteen hearty thanks unto Almighty God, that hath filled the heart of our reverend pastor so full years, and there his children "~ere of zeal, of love and extraordinary affection 111ostly born,-his son Stephen hay­ towards our poor Society. ~otwithstanding ing entered at Oxford in 1610, and all the opposition, all the subtle persuasions of abundance of opposers that haye been stirred another son, Sa111uel, having been a up against us, yet he remaineth constant,-per­ chaplain in Sir Charles l\:Iorgan's suading and exhorting,-yea, and as much as English regiment in Holland so early in him lietb, constraining all that love him to join together with this Society. And seeing ( 1620) that he n1ust have been born the Company is not able to bear his charges before 1605. over, he hath strained himself to provide pro­ In that year, the \\·retched James, vision for himself and his family; and hath done his utmost endeavor to help over as many son of the infan1ous 1'.!ary of Scot­ as he possibly can, for your further strength land, having con1e to the throne, and and encouragement. And although it may be, renewing the persecutions by the if he had stayed one year longer, you might ha-ve been better provided to have received bishops, ,vhich had been for a time him, yet through his great care of all your good, suspended, 1':Ir. Bachiler ,vas ejected he will by no means stay longer from you. fron1 his vicarage, and became one 0 let us never forget this unspeakable mercy of God towards us! \Ve hope the I.,ord will among hundreds of "·andering minis­ make him an especial instrument to unite you ters, ,v ho from 1604- on ward were all in true lo\·e to God and unto one another ' harassed for their opinions, and often which will be our strongest walls and bulwarks of defense against all our enemies. And we severely punished. He was some­ hope you will not forget to show your love times in England, son1etimes perhaps unto him, and to take notice of the charges he in Holland, ,vhere his religion ,vas is now at, and to appoint for him or his, as be shall desire, such shares or parts of shares as tolerated; sometimes he preached, shall belong unto him for the charges; and REV. STEPHEN BACHILER. 3 that bis man-servant and bis maid-servant may we have shown our good wills, and ha,·e pro­ be received as members of the Company, and cured his love, and many promises that we have such shares or parts as in that case pro­ shall have no wrong: we bestowed a sugar-loaf vided for every member. As for his neighbors upon him of some 16 shillings price, and he that now come with him, they promise all to hath promised to do us all the good he can. join with you; but because they do desire first \Ve can procure nothing under his hand; but to see how you agree together in love, they are in our hearing he gave order unto :\Ir Ayres: to not joined to our body; and the Lord of his write ttnto Captain Xeal of Pascatoway. that mercy grant that there may be no occasion on Bradshaw and we might be bounded, that we your parts but that they may join with you. may not trouble tach other; and hath given l\lr. Dummer's promise is also to join with you, the captain command to search your patent,­ if there be any reason for it. The Lord unite what it is you have under my Lord's hand and you all together! then shall you put to shame his. This contron~rsy must he ended between and silence many that do now shamefu11y rise yourselves and such Go,·ernors of Pemaquid as up against us." they have appointed.'' What do ,ve infer fron1 this state­ This letter ,vas brought by :\Ir.
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