Family Notes

[Lucy Folger.ged]

According to the History of Nantucket:
"When a young man he spent some time in Holland where he met Theodate, the eldest daughter of Rev. Stephen Bachelor, who he desired to marry. Her father gave his consent contingent on their going to America with him.  They arrived in Boston in 1632 on the ship William and Francis, settling first in Lynn...  Christopher early removed to Newbury, where he was one of the town's selectmen in 1636.  In 1638, with his father-in-law, and others, he settled in Hampton, where he held several town offices."

According to The Great Migrations:
If John was the eldest child, then his parents need not have married earlier than 1635, and Hussey may not have met his wife until both were in New England.  This would remove any evidence that Bachiler and Hussey would have been associated in England, and so any evidence that they might have sailed together in 1632.  Since the earliest record of Hussey in New England is his admission to freemanship on 14 May 1634, we need not assume that he had arrived any earlier than 1633.

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