Richard Battiscombe is my 8th great grandfather.
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Battiscombe-32
In 1635, Richard Battiscombe, his wife Mary (Strong) Battiscombe, and his daughters Mary and Martha Battiscombe, sailed from England to the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Presumably they emigrated to escape religious restrictions. In September, 1635, he was described as a haberdasher, and was granted 5 acres in Hingham MA, at the first drawing of house lots. He was made a freeman in 1636-1637. They had 5 children, Mary, and Martha (both born in England before departure, and given legacies by their maternal grandfather), John (1637), Anna (1639) and Experience (1641). His wife, Mary died in 1646.
In 1650 he returned to Dorset with his children, perhaps encouraged by the Puritan victory in the English civil war. He may also have been influenced by the annual stipend left by his parent's wills, and the prospect of eventually inheriting the family lands from his elder brother, John.
He married his second wife, Hannah Wood, in Bridport , 29 September, 1653, and had 4 more children, Israel, Paul, Grace and Abigail.