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Christopher Batt (bef. 1601 - 1661)

Christopher Batt
Born before in Salisbury, Wiltshire, Englandmap [uncertain]
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Christopher Batt migrated to New England during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640).
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Biography

Christopher Batt was baptized at St. Edmund's, Salisbury, Wiltshire 6 July 1601.[1][2] "He came from a family of successful tanners in Wiltshire."[3]

Marriage and Children

He married at St. Edmund's, Salisbury, 12 October 1629 Anne Baynton, daughter of Ferdinando Baynton, Gent., and Jane Weare[4] (by allegation dated that same day).[1] They had seven sons, and three daughters, the first five born in England:
  1. Anne, married Edmund Angier[1] on 12 June 1657 at Cambridge.[5][6][7] Anne was baptized 1 August 1630.[8]
  2. Jane, married Dr. Peter Toppan[1][5] at Newbury on 3 April 1661 and died there in 1710.[9] Jane was baptized 18 December 1631.[10]
  3. Christopher,[1] baptized 22 September 1633;[11] living in Dover New Hampshire in 1662;[5][6] living in March 1678/9, when his mother's will was written.[12]
  4. Thomas,[1] baptized 23 July 1635;[13] died before 20 February 1679 when his estate was administered;[5][6][14] married Lydia Benjamin.[15]
  5. Elizabeth,[1] baptized 1 November 1636; died 6 July 1652.[5][6][9]
  6. Samuel,[1][12] died in England in 1684.[5][6]
  7. John,[1] born 4 March 1641[5][6][16]
  8. Paul,[1] (twin) born 18 February 1643;[16] died by July 1678, when his will was proved;[17] married Sarah[5][6] Wilson.[18]
  9. Barnabas[1] (twin) born 18 February 1643;[16] died in London in 1671;[15] estate administered in 1671.[5][6]
  10. Timothy,[1] died before 29 April 1679;[5][6][19] married Abigail Bayes.[15][20]

New England

"He and his wife Anne, immigrated to New England with their family on the ship Bevis in May 1638."[1] "He embarked at Southampton, 1638, age 37, with his wife Ann, 32, sister Dorothy, 20, and five children under ten years old."[4][21] "They settled at Newbury, Massachusetts, later at Salisbury, Massachusetts, and finally at Boston, Massachusetts."[1]
First of Newbury, Christopher Batt was one of the twelve original grantees of Salisbury, receiving land there in 1640, and 1642.[4] He represented Salisbury in the general Court, in 1640, 1641, 1643, and 1650.[4] He sold a house and lot in Salisbury property in 1650 and remanded to Boston in 1654.[4]
In the will of his grandfather Henry Biley, written 18 October 1633, he names among his heirs, grandson Christopher Batt, son of Thomas, and his great grandchildren, Christopher, Anne and Jane, children of the above Christopher.[5][6]

Will

Christopher died in Boston 10 August 1661.[1] He wrote his will 19 November 1656, naming his wife Anne sole executor. It was proved 19 September 1661.[22][23]
Christopher's widow, Anne, wrote her will 14 March 1678/9. In it she left bequests to several children and grandchildren.[12] See Anne's profile for more information.

Research Note

Children

In the articles by J. Henry Lea, he attributes a daughter Abigail died in 1678/9, daughter Sarah living in 1679 and son Ebenezer, likely from Anne's will. (none included here) I believe this Abigail is actually the wife of her son Timothy and not her daughter, both Timothy and Abigail died about 1678/9, her estate inventory is that of the 'tailor shop' and linked to his probate case. (see noted probate records) Ebenezer may be actually the son of Timothy and Abigail, who had 3 sons, Timothy, Ebenezer and Barnabus, born at Boston. Daughter Sarah, could be their child, but could also be Sarah the wife of son Paul Batt who died in 1678. - Chris Hoyt, 16 February 2021

Sources

  1. ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 2nd edition, 4 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham, (Salt Lake City, Utah: the author, 2011), Volume I, page 125, BATT 15.
  2. ↑ Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham, (Salt Lake City, Utah: 2013), Vol. I. page 267.
  3. ↑ The American Genealogist. New Haven, CT: D. L. Jacobus, 1937-. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009 - .) A New Royal Ancestry for Christopher Batt, Vol 79, pages 85-99.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 Hoyt, David W. The Old Families of Salisbury and Amesbury Massachusetts (Providence, Rhode Island, 1897) . Online at Archive.org, pages 59-60.
  5. ↑ 5.00 5.01 5.02 5.03 5.04 5.05 5.06 5.07 5.08 5.09 5.10 Lea, J. Henry, The English ancestry of the families of Batt and Biley, D. Clapp & Son, Boston, Massachusetts, 1898, p. 6: 18-19; 22-4 https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_English_Ancestry_of_the_Families_of/rEzv8oknp4cC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=christopher+batt%3BAnn&pg=PA5&printsec=frontcover
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 6.7 6.8 6.9 Lea, J. Henry, The English Ancestry of the Families of Batt and Byley of Salisbury, Mass. in: New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Volume 52, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts, 1898, p. 44-5; 48-9 https://www.americanancestors.org/DB202/i/11727/48/23541331
  7. ↑ Baldwin, Thomas, compiler, Vital Records of Cambridge, Massachusetts to the Year 1850, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts, 1915
  8. ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NDBP-3Y6 : 20 September 2020), Christopher Batt in entry for Anne Batt, 1630.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Vital Records of Newbury, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849, The Essex Institute, Salem, Massachusetts, 1911
  10. ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NBGN-59G : 20 September 2020), Christopher Batt in entry for Jane Batt, 1631.
  11. ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NRPD-6BX : 20 March 2020), Christover Batt, 1633.
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 Case 1089: p. 1-4 : Suffolk County, MA: Probate File Papers.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2017-2019. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives. Digitized mages provided by FamilySearch.org) https://www.americanancestors.org/DB2735/i/48697/1089-co3/69449542
  13. ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N69P-24W : 20 March 2020), Thomas Batt, 1635.
  14. ↑ Case 1059: p. 1-3: Suffolk County, MA: Probate File Papers.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2017-2019. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives. Digitized mages provided by FamilySearch.org) https://www.americanancestors.org/DB2735/i/48697/1059-co1/1416764770
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 Faris, David, Plantagenet ancestry of seventeenth-century colonists : the descent from the later Plantagenet kings of England, Henry III, Edward I, and Edward III, of emigrants from England and Wales to the North American colonies before 1701, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts, 1999, p. 12-3
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 Vital Records of Salisbury, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849, The Topsfield Historical Society, Topsfield, Massachusetts, 1915
  17. ↑ Case 970: p. 1-4 : Suffolk County, MA: Probate File Papers.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2017-2019. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives. Digitized mages provided by FamilySearch.org) https://www.americanancestors.org/DB2735/i/48697/970-co1/1416764246
  18. ↑ Stott, Clifford L., Humphrey Blake (1494?–1558) and His Descendants in New England and South Carolina: Blake, Richards, Selleck, Torrey, and Wolcott in: The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Volume 164, Boston, Massachusetts, p. 66
  19. ↑ Case 1080 : p. 1-6: Suffolk County, MA: Probate File Papers.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2017-2019. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives. Digitized mages provided by FamilySearch.org) https://www.americanancestors.org/DB2735/i/48697/1080-co1/1416764885
  20. ↑ Case 1048: p. 1-5: Suffolk County, MA: Probate File Papers.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2017-2019. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives. Digitized mages provided by FamilySearch.org) https://www.americanancestors.org/DB2735/i/48697/1048-co1/1416764718
  21. ↑ Hotten, John Camden, The original lists of persons of quality; emigrants; religious exiles; political rebels; serving men sold for a term of years; apprentices; children stolen; maidens pressed; and others who went from Great Britain to the American Plantations, 1600-1700 : with their ages and the names of the ships in which they embarked, and other interesting particulars; from mss. preserved in the State Paper Department of Her Majesty's Public Record Office, England, London, England, 1874 p. 299
  22. ↑ Case 274: p. 1-3: Suffolk County, MA: Probate File Papers.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2017-2019. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives. Digitized mages provided by FamilySearch.org) https://www.americanancestors.org/DB2735/i/48697/274-co3/69445023
  23. ↑ Abstracts of Wills" Christopher Batt in: Vital Records from The NEHGS Register, Volume 10, 1852: p. 268 Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (Compiled from articles originally published in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register.) https://www.americanancestors.org/DB522/i/21074/268/1427870308

Acknowledgements

Magna Carta Project

Christopher Batt is listed in Magna Carta Ancestry as a Gateway Ancestor (vol. I, pages xxiii-xxix) in a Richardson-documented trail to Magna Carta Surety Baron Saher de Quincy (vol. I, pages 124-125 BATT). This trail has not yet been developed by the Magna Carta project. The full trail can be seen in the Magna Carta Trails section of his father's profile.
Christopher's wife, Anne Bainton, is also a Richardson-documented Gateway Ancestor and descendant of Roger Bigod.
  • Needs Development: This profile needs development against the project's checklist to bring it up to current project standards. ~ Thiessen-117 23:44, 12 July 2020 (UTC)
See Base Camp for more information about identified Magna Carta trails and their status. See the project's glossary for project-specific terms, such as a "badged trail".




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Chris Hoyt
Added son Thomas baptized in England, 23 Jul 1635, added PGM to Thomas' profile

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Batt-837

posted by Chris Hoyt
Chris Hoyt
Added daughter Elizabeth, baptized in England, added PGM to her profile.
posted by Chris Hoyt
Chris Hoyt
Added probates, children and their vital records etc.
posted by Chris Hoyt
Walter Harris
If anyone is trying to connect their Batt ancestors to Christopher, The Old Families of Salisbury and Amesbury Massachusetts (sourced above) offers a list of 14 children including the 4 mentioned at the top of this profile.
posted by Walter Harris
Noland-165 Liz (Noland) Shifflett
Not that it applies here, but if anyone is interested, see Magna Carta Policy and Procedures, which says, in part:

Changing a relationship is considered a major change, which requires collaboration and communication according to WikiTree's guidelines:

posted by Liz (Noland) Shifflett
Cayley-55 Michael Cayley
Thanks, Cheryl :-)
posted by Michael Cayley
Aldrich-908 Cheryl (Aldrich) Skordahl
You’re probably right. As I explained to Liz in a pvt msg, I was helping out by doing activity checking for the first time and was being overly conscientious. Sorry to have caused a stir.
posted by Cheryl (Aldrich) Skordahl
Cayley-55 Michael Cayley
I would see no need for prior discussion or co-ordination when all that is involved is putting sourced info already in the bio into a data field. I doubt any Project would take a different view.
posted by Michael Cayley
Aldrich-908 Cheryl (Aldrich) Skordahl
Not sure if that’s “official” policy, Liz. Just coordinating our efforts, probably.
posted by Cheryl (Aldrich) Skordahl
Noland-165 Liz (Noland) Shifflett
Thanks Cheryl - I didn't think of that. To me, it was just filling in the blanks (marriage date/location) with the sourced information that was already in the biography. If the datafields for marriage date/location had been entered with different information, then that would have been cause for discussion. I'll have to keep in mind that PGM wants any addition to the datafields discussed, whether it's a change from something or nothing.
posted by Liz (Noland) Shifflett
Aldrich-908 Cheryl (Aldrich) Skordahl
Thanks Liz. I’m only familiar with PGM, and we usually discuss changes to data prior to changing, on PPPd profiles.

Have a nice day.

posted by Cheryl (Aldrich) Skordahl
Noland-165 Liz (Noland) Shifflett
marriage date/source is in the text (sourced to Richardson's Magna Carta Ancestry, volume I, page 125).
posted by Liz (Noland) Shifflett
Aldrich-908 Cheryl (Aldrich) Skordahl
Steven, I see you added a marriage date and place (certain) to this profile. What is the source for this addition? That's a significant change, and a source needs to be indicated. Thank you.
posted by Cheryl (Aldrich) Skordahl
B-404 Anne B
Added source to list
posted by Anne B

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