When Colby Batchelder was born on 5 June 1785, in Barre City, Washington, Vermont, United States, his father, Nathaniel Batchelder Jr, was 21 and his mother, Eunice Pheobe Colby, was 17. He married Sarah Bacon in 1806, in Fort Ann, Fort Ann, Washington, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. His occupation is listed as farmer and horse dealer in Fort Ann, Washington, New York, United States. He died on 12 May 1844, in Fort Ann, Fort Ann, Washington, New York, United States, at the age of 58, and was buried in Fort Ann, Fort Ann, Washington, New York, United States.
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English (Norfolk): altered form of Batchelor , showing the folk-etymology influence of the word elder, with which it is not in fact connected.
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