You might try the Essex CO., MA web site MAESSEX@rootsweb.net Batchelders of a variety of spellings came to Salem, MA, Beverly, MA and other North Shore towns and cities in the early waves of immigration here. So you might want to look at that site as well as the Batchelder site you have reached. Donald W. Beattie in Winthrop, ME with some Batchelder ancestors from the Bevelry, MA area. I am at nacelod@aol.com