Batchelder Hussey

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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 fullcomplete twenty-fifth of the island of Nantucket."

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GEDCOM Note

Biography ==He died intestate. File No. 9969, in the office of York County Register of Probate, Alfred, Maine reads: “At a Court of Probate held at York for ye County of York the Ninth Day of July A.D. 1761. The annexed Report of a Division of ye real Estate of Batchelor Hufseylate of Biddeford in Said County deceased Intestate being presented to me the Subscriber Judge of the Probates under Bath for my Approbacion. I do hereby approve and allow of this Same So far as it relates to theEstate of Said Deceased lying within the County of York aforesaid anddo also take into the Said Division on the apprized Value of a certain piece of Land formerly be+longing to Said Deceased lying in Sherborne in the County of Nantucket which the Said Batchelor gave by Deed of Gift to his Daughter Huldah, and sons apprized by a Committee under Oath at the Sum of Sixteen pounds lawful money as appears by a Certificate of the Same under ye hand of Abishai Folger Esq. a Justice of ye peace of Said County. And I do hereby order and Decree that ye Several Tracts of Land and Buildings thereon together with the Salt marsh and Thatch beds lying in the County of York and being the estate of the Said Batchelor as mentioned in the said report be Set off afsigned to Stephen Hufsey Ebenezer Hufsey Paul Hufsey and Sylvanus Hufsey Surviving Sons of ye Said Intestate to them their Heirs Afsigns in equal Shares and in Severalty forever Provided that the Said Stephen Ebenezer Paul Sylvanus their Heirs Executors or administrators pay or cause to be paid unto ye other Heirs ofthe Said Deceased or to their legal Representation the Several Sums of Money to them respectively by this my

Decree ordered and afsigned thussly To the Heirs or legal Representatives of John Hufsey Deceased eldest Son of the Said Intestate one hundred pounds twelve shillings lawful money. To the heirs or legal Representatives of Mary Swain deceased one of yedaughters of Said Intestate Fifty pounds six Shillings. To the heirs or legal Representatives of Jedidah Coffin deceased who was a daughter of Said Intestate Fifty pounds Six Shillings. and to Huldah Barney the wife of Benjamin Barney a Daughter of Said Intestate the Sum of Thirty four pounds Six Shillings which being added to ye apprifed value of ye Land given to her by Said Intestate as aforesaid makes the Shares of all the said Heirs to be equal except the Heirs of the Eldest Son who have two shares or a double Portion afsignedto them and I so further order that the Said Stephen Ebenezer Paul and Sylvanus give Bonds with Sufficient Securities to pay the Several Sums above mentioned to the respective Heirs or their Representatives to whom theSame is due as aforesaid within Six Months with the Lawful Interest for the Same commencing the twenty ninth Day of December last being theDate of the Said Report. Jeremiah Moulton, Judge Recorded Lib. 11, Fol[i]o 150 Simon Frost, Registrar” About a year and a half later the estate was partititioned among the heirs: Warrant to Divide “By Virtue of a Commifsion of presept from the Honorable Jeremiah Moulton Esq. Judge of the Probate of Wills and for granting Letters of Administration on the Estates of Perfons Deceased having Goods Chattels Notes or Credits In the Said County Appointing Authorizing and Impowring us the Subfscribers to make a Just and Equal Devifion of the Real Estate of Batchelor Hufsey late of Biddeford De+ceafed to amongst the children and Heirs of the Said Intestate or Such as Shall Legally represent them. In Purfuance Whereof We have maturely Confidered the Circumftances of the Said Estate and we Proceed as Follows Imprimis: We sett off to Stephen Hufsey Ebenezer Hufsey Paul Hufsey Sylvanus Hufsey Eighty Acres of Land and the Dwelling Houfes together with the one half of the Island Commonly Called Wood Island and Ten Acres of Thatch Beds lying in the Town of Biddeford Purchafed of Pendleton Fletcher Gentleman Deceafed and Twelve acres of Salt Marsh Lying in Arundel being the whole of the Real Estate of Said Batchelor Hufsey Deceafed to be Eqully Divided between them their Heirs or Afigns in Quantity andQuality they Paying the Several Sums Due to the respective Heirs Hereafter mentioned. 2. We Order and appoint the aforesaid Stephen Hufsey Ebenezer Hufsey Paul Hufsey and Sylvanus Hufsey to pay to the Heirs of John Hufsey Deceafed who was Eldest Son of the Said Deceafed the Sum of Ninety Seven Pounds and Nine pence. 3. We Order the Said Stephen Hufsey Ebenezer Hufsey Paul Hufsey and Sylvanus Hufsey to Pay to the Heirs of Mary Swain Deceafed one of the Daughters of the Said Batchelor Hufsey Deceafed the Sum of Forty Eight Pounds Six Shillings and foure pence half penny. 4. We Order the Said Stephen Hufsey Ebenezer Hufsey Paul Hufsey and Sylvanus Hufsey to Pay to the Heirs of Jedidah Coffin Deceafed one of the Daughters of the Said Batchelor Hufsey Deceafed the Sum of Forty Eight Pounds Ten Shillings and foure pence half penny. 5. We Order the Said Stephen Hufsey Ebenezer Hufsey Paul Hufsey and Sylvanus Hufsey to pay to Huldah Barney the wife of Benjamin Barney one of the Daughters of the Said Batchelor Hufsey as aforesaid the Sum of Forty Eight Pounds Ten Shillings and foure pence half penny. The Several Portions as they are by these presents ordered and allotedby Virtue of the Authority Given to us we order the Respective parties as their Just and Equal portions of the Real Estate of The Said Batchelor Hufsey Deceafed. In Witness whereof we have hereunto set our Hands and Seals at Biddeford this Twenty Ninth Day of December being the fourth Year of his Majesty’s Reign Anno Domini 1763. Dishw[or]th Jordan Jere[mia]h Hill E. Co— Hill Recorded Lib. 11, Fol[i]o 150 Simon Frost, Reg[istra]r”...

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See also (check):* A Record of Births, Deaths Marriages on Nantucket Beginning in 1662.* Hussey Manuscript Page

Biography

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<references />* Barney Genealogical Record, Nantucket Historical Association Research Library. Personal page - 163.