Editing Stephen Bachiler (section)

==Hampton, New Hampshire==
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In 1638, Bachiler and others, including his son-in-law Christopher Hussey, successfully petitioned to begin a new plantation at Winnacunnet, to which he gave the name [[Hampton, New Hampshire|Hampton]] when the town was incorporated in 1639.<ref name=Owl/> His ministry there became embroiled in controversy when Timothy Dalton was sent to the town as "teaching assistant" by the Boston church after [[Province of New Hampshire|New Hampshire]] was absorbed by Massachusetts in 1641.  Shortly thereafter, Bachiler was excommunicated by the Hampton church on unfounded charges of "scandal", but protested to [[John Winthrop|Governor Winthrop]] and was later reinstated.  In other respects, Bachiler's reputation was such that in 1642, he was asked by Thomas Gorges, deputy governor of the [[Province of Maine]], to act as arbitration "umpire" (deciding judge) in a [[Saco, Maine|Saco Court]] land dispute between George Cleeve and John Winter.