Henry Bachiler (1606 - 1660)

Died 1660 at about age 54 in Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts

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Disputed origins

Per Robert Charles Anderson in Great Migration Begins, (entry for Stephen Bachiler), "Savage includes sons Francis and Henry of whom there is no evidence."^[1]

Anderson found Francis' association based on the "misinterpretation of a 1685 letter from Stephen Bachiler to Nathaniel Bachiler" which refers to "our brother Francis Bachlir."^[2] Anderson goes on to explain that the letter in question is between Stephen Bachiler's grandsons, so that the reference to Francis is most likely about another grandchild--in this case a son of Nathaniel.

Anderson did not elaborate on what may have originally given rise to the Henry association.

The notion in print that Rev. Stephen Bachiler had a son named Henry is also found in Alonzo Lewis and James R. Newhall's 1865, "History of Lynn."^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ See both James Savage, A genealogical dictionary of the first settlers of New England, showing three generations of those who came before May, 1692, on the basis of Farmer's Register, 4 vols. (1860-1862), 1:88-89 (in particular part); digital images, Hathi Trust (accessed 2014); and also Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III, 3 vols. (1995), 1:68 (in particular part); digital images, AmericanAncestors.org (accessed 2013).
2. ↑ Citing "Batchelder Gen 110-11" in Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III, 3 vols. (1995), 1:68 (in particular part); digital images, AmericanAncestors.org (accessed 2013).
3. ↑ Alonzo Lewis and James R. Newhall, History of Lynn, Essex County, Massachusetts, including Lynnfield, Saugus, Swampscott, and Nahant, 2 vols ([?1865]), 1:162-163 (in particular part); digital images, Hathi Trust (accessed 2014).

See also:

• Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III, 3 vols. (1995), 1:68 (in particular part); digital images, AmericanAncestors.org (accessed 2013).
• James Savage, A genealogical dictionary of the first settlers of New England, showing three generations of those who came before May, 1692, on the basis of Farmer's Register, 4 vols. (1860-1862), 1:88-89 (in particular part); digital images, Hathi Trust (accessed 2014)
• Alonzo Lewis and James R. Newhall, History of Lynn, Essex County, Massachusetts, including Lynnfield, Saugus, Swampscott, and Nahant, 2 vols ([?1865]), 1:162-163 (in particular part); digital images, Hathi Trust (accessed 2014). [Note, this work contains any number of well known oversights/omissions. It report Rev. Stephen died Hackney in 1660 (p. 162), that he had sons Francis and Henry (p. 162), suggests Rev. Stephen's son Nathaniel resided Hampton (p. 163), etc.