By Edward C. Badger, November 2000

This is the beginning of Badger Story. The research to complete this History is on-going. This is a preliminary draft. Old English words were retained even if considered mis-spelt by modern day American English.

The earliest recorded Badger [to date] was Thomas Badger, born 1470 in Barnwood County, Gloucester, England. The possible problem facing tracing back further is that the Badger name may be a derivative of Badgerworth or Badgero

John Badger resided at Wotton, a village in Gloucester County, not far from Painswick. His Will is dated March 33, 1637, Probated 1638/39. He styles himself a yeoman and his Will reads as follows:

Giles Badger, son of John and Anne, was born about 1610 in the City of Gloucester, County Gloucester, England, in the Parish of St. Mary de Lode. He was to receive an inheritance from his father of a dwelling house, but it is presumed that he took a loan on this property in order to book passage to New England

The story begins in France, with Edmund Greenleaf [b. abt 1670/1]. It was reported that his family fled from France to England in the 16^th century. They resided in Ipswich, England. It is believed that the ancestors of Edmund were Huguenots, the name being a translation of the French "Feuillevert." As the name has not been found among the English parishes, other than at Ipswich, County of Suffolk, England, it is believed that the family (Feuillevert) came as French refugees to England with many other Huguenots, who fled from their homes on account of their religious principles, and settled in England some time in the sixteenth century. Edmund Greenleaf was a silk-dyer by trade; a trade that does not appear among the English industries until about the time of the coming of the French refugees.

There were perhaps 30,000 emigrants from England to New England before the English Civil War. These folks were mainly from the English middle-class, self-motivated to find a place where they might live, worship, and raise their families without government harassment. This movement of people is called the Great Migration.

Their motivation was religious, political, and economic. The British church and government was becoming insufferably hieratic, tyrannical, and tax-hungry. Common resentment among the English people led soon to the English Revolution beginning in 1642, and eventually to the beheading of King Charles for treason in 1649, after agents intercepted his secret invitations to foreign kings and armies, that they invade England, crush Parliament and the English Constitution, massacre his English opponents, and restore Charles to his pretended "Dei gratia" royal privileges. Charles Stuart continued incorrigibly to hold his dynastic interest separate and above those of Parliament and the British people, and ultimately Parliament had no alternative but to end his conspiracies, par coup de hache.

The Great Migration ended at the start of the English Civil War. Then for a time in the 1640's was hope rekindled in the people that they might live in liberty in England, and the flow of emigrants ceased, in fact reversed. Many brave New Englishmen and their sons returned to fight in England to uphold Parliament and the Commonwealth. The true history of the British Commonwealth has been a forbidden topic in Britain since the restoration of monarchy, 1661. But that is another story.

Edmund Greenleaf came to Massachusetts from England in 1634 aboard the Mary and John.

It is believed that Giles Badger with his brothers, Richard and Nathaniel, and Nathaniel's wife, Hannah, left Whitehall, England, along with others of the New England Council, on the ship, "Mary and John", which sailed with eight others, including the "Jonathan", the "Beaver" and the "Mary Rose" in the spring of 1639 (?)

The Giles Badger book says he settled in Newbury as early as 1635. Banks Topographical Dictionary says they came on the ship "Blessing" in 1635.

In February, 1633-34 the Council for New England, assembled at Whitehall, England, adopted an order placing certain restrictions on the transportation of passengers and merchandise to the colony of Massachusetts Bay; and before the ship "Mary and John" and eight other vessels, then lying in the river Thames, were allowed to sail, instructions were issued expressly providing that the captains in command of these vessels

"shall cause the Prayers contained in the Book of Common Prayers, established in the Church of England, to be said daily at the usual hours of Morning and Evening Prayers, and that hey cause all persons on board said ships to be present at the same."

In the ship "Mary and John" cam Thomas Parker, James Noyes, John Spencer, Henry Short, Henry Lunt, John Bartlett, and many others, who ultimately settled in Newbury. Upon their arrival in New England most of these passengers went to Agawam, now Ipswich, Mass., where they remained until the spring of 1635.

Meanwhile Sir Richard Saltonstall, Henry Sewall, Richard and Stephen Dummer, with others from Wiltshire, England had organized a company for the purpose of stock-raising at a time when the prices for cattle, horses, and sheep were at

their highest. They added to their own domestic herds some imported Flemish stock, and persuaded John Spencer, Henry Short, Richard Kent, Thomas Parker, and others to join them in the enterprise, and establish a settlement on the river Quascacunquen, now Parker River.

Sept. 3, 1633, the General Court granted "John Winthrop, junior, and his assignes "permission to set up a trading house on the Merrimack River; and under date of May 6, 1635, the House of Deputies passed the following order:-

Quascacunquen is allowed by the court to be a plantation, and it is referred to Mr. (John) Humphrey, Mr. (John) Endicott, Captain (Nathaniel) Turner, and Captain (William) Trask, or any three of them, to set out the bounds of Ipswich and Quascacunquen, or so much thereof as they can; and the name of said plantation shall be changed, and shall hereafter be called Newberry.

Further, it is ordered that it shall be in the power of the court to take order that the said plantation shall receive a sufficient company to make a competent towne.

Previous to this date, undoubtedly, a few venturesome fishermen had built temporary residences on the banks of the Merrimack and Quascacunquen rivers; but they were looked upon as trespassers and intruders, for the General Court had forbidden all persons from settling within their jurisdiction without leave.

Rev. Thomas Parker and those associated with him, having obtained permission to begin a plantation"to be called Newberry", made preparations to remove from Ipswich early in the spring. There were no roads through the trackless forest, and the transportation of women and children and household goods overland was impracticable. Tradition asserts

that they came by the way of Plum Island Sound, in open boats, and landed, in the month of May or June, 1635, on the north shore of what is now the river Parker, in a little cover about one hundred rods below the bridge; Nicholas Noyes, the brother of Rev. James Noyes, being the first to leap ashore.

Near this secluded spot a number of summer cottages have recently been erected, giving to the place a pleasant, home-like look; but two centuries and a half ago the prospect was less agreeable and inviting.

"...Eastward, cold, wide marshes stretched away,

Inland hills rising above hills stood like sentinels over the almost unbroken wilderness. Centuries before this memorable landing Indians had hunted in these forests and fished in the placid stream that ebbs and flows to the falls of Newbury;

but only a few of that race remained to resist the encroachments of the white-faced strangers. Dismal and gloomy must have been the outlook as these brave pioneers gathered together at the close of the first day, and contemplated the prospect before them. They knew that wild beasts were roaming through the forests, and whether the red men would welcome them as friends or foes was as yet uncertain.

"Their descendants can have but a faint idea of the difficulties they encountered, and of the dangers that continually hung over their heads, threatening every moment to overwhelm them like a torrent, and sweep the, with those who they dearly loved, to the silent tomb."

Undismayed by these difficulties and dangers, the new settlers instinctively turned their attention to the cultivation of the soil and the development of the resources of nature. Here and there along the winding river they appropriated the few clear spots where the natives had formerly planted corn, and promptly took possession of the neighboring marshes where the growing crop of salt grass promised an abundant harvest. There was no lack of work; no room for idle dreamers. Houses had to be built, land ploughed and tilled, and sheds erected for the protection of cattle before winter set in. House lots, planting lots, and meadow lots were laid out and granted to individual members of the community, and the original entries, giving names and dates, can still be seen on the old records of the town; but how many houses were erected or how many families settled in Newbury during the first year of its existence it is impossible to state with exactness.

Governor Winthrop, in his History of New England, under date of June 3, 1635, records the arrival of two ships with Dutch cattle; and the same day the ship "James" arrived from Southampton, bringing, among other passengers, John Pike, father of the famous Robert Pike, of Salisbury, and one Thomas Coleman, who had been employed b the projectors of the stock-raising company to provide food for the cattle and take care of them for a specified term of years.

In the Massachusetts Colony Records, under date of July 8, 1635:-

It is ordered that there shall be a convenient quantity of land set out by Mr. Dumer and Mr. Bartholemewe, within the bounds of Newbury, for the keeping of the sheepe and cattell that came over in the Dutch shipps this yeare, and to belong to the owners of said cattel.

Evidently, those who were engaged in this new enterprise intended to utilize the vacant lands and at the same time establish a safe and profitable business for themselves; but Coleman, becoming dissatisfied, declined to carry out his part of the contract, and the General Court finally ordered a division of the grain that had been imported, and instructed each owner to take care of his own cattle.

Giles, Richard, Nathaniel Badger, and Edmund Greenleaf were listed in the original 91 proprietors of Ould Newbury, in the Massachusetts Bay Colony, 1635. Among others of the 91 were manes including Greenleaf, Clarke, Browne, Merrill, Chandler and Knight, all of whom have since been linked with the Badger Family. Edmund Greenleaf was the first proprietor and the wealthiest, having been granted 122 acres. He became the father-in-law of Giles Badger. Giles received lot #63, Richard lot #4 and Nathaniel and Hannah #58. The original 91 proprietors either by grant or purchase were expanded to "to whom and their heirs, belonged all the unappropriated lands, etc., including Plum Island."3 The group were authorized to settle in that location partly because the authorities of the Massachusetts Bay Colony desired to forestall any attempt by the French in Canada to settle there. When the first group arrived near the mouth of the Merrimac, they held their first town meeting under the trees and elected the town officials, including a school teacher, and a minister, both of whom were to be paid for their services from taxes. The custom of paying the minister from taxes was to persist for more than 100 years. The new settlement was named Newbury from a place of that name in Berkshire where their minister had formerly preached. All of the new settlers were members of the Puritan, later called the Congregational Church. It is worthy of note that in that early day in New England public education was required by law and a few years later the town of Newbury was fined because its school did not yet offer Latin Instruction.

The lot of William Chandler containing four acres joining Fish Street was granted to Giles Badger in 1646. The premises were purchased immediately by Henry Somerby upon Giles death in 1647.

The Will of Giles Badger is quite interesting, as every hat and coat, every pig and calf, every spoon and plate is enumerated, along with piles of flax and pounds of dung. Giles married about 1642 Elizabeth Greenleaf, the daughter of Capt. Edmund Greenleaf and Sarah Moore. The Giles Badger book calls her Sarah Dole. Elizabeth was baptized January 16, 1622 which according to the custom of the time would likely be about eight days after her birth. Giles and Elizabeth were married in 1642, seven years after they came to America. She was twenty years old. They had at least one son, John Badger, our ancestor, born in Newbury on June 3, 1643. 3 The History of Coventry, CT lists two, pg 85.

We cannot say much about Giles and his activities because he did not live long in the New World. He died at Newbury July 10, 1647.5 (LDS says July 17, 1647)

There follows a copy of Giles will and the inventory of his estate for such gives some idea of his occupation and his interests.

Witness; ?Richard Knight, William Ilesley, Henry Somerbe

Upon the petition of John Badger, the town of Newbury, Mar 8, 1680-1 granted him liberty to use "two rods of land over against his house to set up a mill to make oatmeale". The mill was soon after erected, 200 or 300 rods northerly from Little Hill, on the north side of the highway leading from Parker river to the Merrimack, and was operated by horse power. His house lot was at "Badger's Corner", junction of Ordway's Lane and highway along the river.

His will of Mar 20, 1690-1 is in vol. 304, p. 361 Essex Probate Records.

John and his wife, Hannah Swett, died about the same time in 1691, both of small pox.

In the first cemetery at Newbury, a little northerly of the Lower Green, a black slate headstone has been erected by there descendants.

Rev. JOSEPH BADGER, b. Feb. 28, 1757, in Wilbraham, Mass., son of Henry and Mary Badger. Henry Badger was son of Nathaniel, who was son of John, who was son of Giles, who came from England, and settled in Newbury, Mass., abt. 1635. Joseph Badger for two years was a soldier in the Revolutionary war, and in 1785 graduated at Yale College. Having pursued his theological studies with Rev. Mark Leavenworth of Waterbury, Conn., he was licensed to preach, Oct., 1786; and ordained pastor of the church in Blandford, Mass., Oct. 24, 1787. Having been dismissed from his charge in that place Oct. 24, 1800, after a ministry of thirteen years, he went the same year to the Western Reserve in Ohio, being the first missionary who arrived there. After laboring there for something more than a year, he returned to New England for his family. At that time there were no stagecoaches daily plying between the eastern and now western cities(???) no packets, steamboats, or railroads, to facilitate his progress. He drove his own wagon over roads that were never before made, cutting his own path path from Buffalo, N. Y., to Erie, Penn., and reached the Reserve in safety, in 1801 or 1802. He spent three or four of the following years as a missionary among the whites, preaching and laboring in the settlements, which were then few and far remote from each other.

The next four years he labored among the Wyandotte Indians, who then resided at Sandusky and vicinity. After this he res??ed his missionary work among the whites in the eastern part of the Reserve. In this capacity he continued (except a season in the war of 1812, when he served as chaplain in the army, and two or three years which he spent as stated supply of three or four churches), until Oct. 19, 1825, when he was installed over the church in Gustavus, O. He terminated a long and laborious life, in Perrysburg, [now Peru, Ma]., Apr. 5, 1846.

Nathaniel lived in Newbury until about 1715, when he moved to Norwich Farms, Conn. In the Lunt Family in America we find this: "Nathaniel Badger sold, May 12, 1715 to his brother-in-law Joseph Lunt, the house where he lived, with buildings and utensils belonging to his Oat or Malt Mill, and the land belonging to his honored father." How long after this sale he moved to the then township of Norwich is not known, but Miss Caulkin's Hist. of Windham Co. says p. 223, "Nathaniel Badger, admitted 1721, probably came from Newbury." Hammond's Hist of Union says:"Nathaniel Badger bought land in Union, Ct. in 1734 of Samuel Wells of Hartford. He must have lived in Union, for he conveyed land to his son Henry in a deed dated Apr. 6, 1741 in which he is said to be of Union - This land was a lot of 60 acres on the north side of Bushmeadow Brook. Half of the sawmill on this brook was conveyed by the same deed to his son Henry."

"He was a very remarkable man. His biography is a marvelous story of experience as a soldier in the Revolution, as a student in Yale College, as an ingenious, versatile mechanic, as a teacher, as a minister of Blandfor, Mass, and then as a most useful pioneer missionary in the West. Two of Nathaniel Badger's sons, Samuel and Edmund, settled at Windham. Thomas, son of Edmund of Wndham (according to Weaver), was perhaps, the most talented man ever born in Windham. He settled as a lawyer in North Carolina, and was the father of Hon George Edmund Badger, LL. D.l, of Raleight, NC, Senator in Congress from North Carolina, and Secretary of the Navy.

Hon. Samuel Badger of Philadelphia was the fifth son of Samuel of Windham. Nathaniel Badger of Union was also the ancestor through his son Enoch of Union, and afterward of Coventry, Conn., of Rev Milton Badger, D. D. of New York, ong Secretary of the home Missionary Society; also of Rev Norman Badger. Enoch Badger was for many years town Clerk and his records are made in a beautiful hand.

Nathaniel Badger bought land in Union, in 1734, of Samuel Wells of Hartford. He must have lived in Union for he conveyed land to his son Henry in a deed dated April 6, 1741, in which he is said to be of Union and he speaks of his love and fatherly affection for his son Henry. The land was a lot of sixty acres on thee north side of Bushmeadow. Half of the saw-mill on Busmeadow brook was conveyed by the same deed to his son Henry.

Capt Daniel Badger was an early settler of Union Ct, living first on home lot no 2 which he bought from Wm. Ward, and on which he built a house, dug the well, and cleared the land. He moved to the mill site at the outlet of Mashapaug pond, which he was the first to improve. He was a selectman in 1754. He was buried in the old south cemetry at Union. The tall headstone has this inscription:

At a proprietor's meeting, held Nov. 3d, 1762, it was voted that those proprietors, or their assigns, who should enter on, possess and improve the one hundred acre lots of the second division, the next summer or fall, should have their choice of lots in said division. That this proposition induced emigration to the township as early as the spring of 1763, is shown by the record of a warning calling a meeting of the proprietors to be held in Windham, Conn., at the inn of Samuel Badger, Dec. 21, 1763. One article in said warning is as follows:-- "Likewise to hear and examine the evidences of those men who have been at labor in said town this summer past, or fall, whether they have performed the conditions on which they were to take their choice of those hundred acre lots." At the proprietors' meeting held pursuant to this warning, satisfactory reports were made by said settlers, and their accounts were adjusted accordingly. Further evidence is found in the fact that the proprietors in 1763, built a large skow ferry boat sufficiently strong to carry men and horses and carts, and this was placed in the Connecticut river near where Alonzo Nutt now lives. But I have recently discovered other important evidence on this point, as will be seen by the following copy of a certificate made by one of the few proprietors who came into the town to effect a permanent settlemen

Daniel was the first recorded Badger to move to Vermont.

Jeriah Badger responded as a Minute Man in 1775, answering the Lexington Alarm.

Enoch Badger, Jr., was a minute man at the Lexington Alarm from Coventry, where in 1750 he was born.

Judith Badger, the sister of Gen Joseph, married Nathaniel Cogswell, a merchant of Haverhill, and was the mother of nineteen children, eight of them serving in the Revolutionary war. One son, Hon Thomas Cogswell, married his cousin, the daughter of Gen. Joseph Badger. He first lived in Haverhill; afterwards in Gilmanton, NH, where he served in the Revolutionary army. In 1784 he was appointed Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas, which he held until his decease, in 1810.

Joseph Badger served as sergeant in the 10th company, 8th regiment, Connecticut troops.

Rev. Joseph Badger 1757

Ezra Badger 1743 served as private at Bunker Hill under Capt. Gordon Hutchins, New Hampshire Line

Stephen Badger 1758 served as private in Capt. Stephen Blaisdell's company, Colonel Wigglesworth's Massachusetts regiment.

Joseph Badger, Jr. 1746, entered the militia as lieutenant, and commanded a company in the Burgoyne campaign. After the surrender his company escorted the prisoners to Boston.

Josiah Badger 1751,South Brimfield.Descriptive list of enlisted men; age, 29 yrs.; stature, 5 ft. 10 in.; complexion, fresh; hair, light; occupation, farmer; residence, South Brimfield; enlisted May 15, 1781; enlistment, 3 years.

Samuel Badger 1777, was a Major in the War of 1812

The old Badger homestead was on the Main road leading to Canada. The house used to have a big yard, but when they made the new highway going past it. The house was a station for the Underground Railroad to help the slaves escape to Canada. The room where they used to hide the slaves had a slanted roof. There was a panel that used to slide like a sliding door. There was a room in back of this panel.

The Barnard Vt. Historical society person confirmed that this was a site of an underground railroad. The tunnel went from the house, under the road, to a milk shed. During road reconstruction in 1955, the road caved in at the site of this tunnel. The house has since burnt down.

One of our grandfathers had a hay wagon that he used to hitch oxen to. The wagon had a frame on it and they covered the frame with hay to make it look like a hay wagon. There was another station in Woodstock. One of our Badgers would take his oxen and hay wagon to Woodstock and put the slaves inside the frame. That must have been an awful ride! Oxen are slow and it is about 7 miles from Woodstock to Barnard. The Vermont summers are hot and that hay must have gotten down their necks and itched! In winter with the cold Vermont winters they must have been very cold coming from the warm Southland!) It is unclear where the slaves went from Barnard.

William Badger was born at Gilmanton (NH). Educated at common school and at Gilmanton Academy, Badger worked after his school years to build a cotton cloth factory, a sawmill and a gristmill for his town. In 1804 Badger was made a trustee of Gilmanton Academy; he ultimately became Chairman of the Board for the school. Badger served as an aide to Governor John Langdon (governor 1805 - 1812). In 1810 he was elected to the first of three consecutive terms as a State Representative (served 1810 -1812); then he served three terms in the State Senate (1814 - 1817; President of the Senate, 1816 - 1817). Badger served as Associate Justice, Court of Common Pleas (1816 - 1820), and as High Sheriff of Strafford County (1820 - 1830). He was a Presidential Elector in the national elections of 1824, 1836 and 1844.

In 1834 Badger won the gubernatorial election, and he won the next term as well. As Governor, Badger called for eliminating capital punishment, a new idea for New Hampshire. He had to deal with the breakaway Indian Stream Republic. Badger also encouraged the legislature to support President Andrew Jackson's successful efforts to do away with The Bank of the United States (helping to bring on the Panic of 1837). Badger tried to inject new life into the state militia by statute; he also was interested in bringing Smallpox prevention directly to the state's small farming towns.

Governor Badger took his own sweet time obeying the orders of President Jackson. Commander Mooney seems to have became inflated with power and sense of mission. "Settlers who retained pro-British sentiments were harassed by arrests and searches, and their womenfolk manhandled, until they pulled up stakes and took refuge in Canada."

Gov. and Mrs. Badger for many years were members of the church and warm supporters of the Gospel at home and abroad. Their hospitality was unbounded. Mrs. Badger was a lady of large heart and great executive ability.

The Civil War split families, and this split occurred in the Badger Family, however the split occurred about 200 years of family growth from John Badger

(James¹², James¹¹, Joseph¹⁰, Joseph⁹, Stephen⁸, John⁷, Giles⁶, John⁵, John⁴, Humphrey³, Thomas², Thomas¹)

David Elliott Badger is given honorable mention in John Johnson's Defense of

Charleston Harbor, p. 214. He was also awarded a Cross of Honor by the

Daughters of the Confederacy. He was a member of Co. I, 27th South Carolina Volunteers

(George Edmund¹², Thomas¹¹, Edmund¹⁰, Nathanial⁹, Nathaniel⁸, John⁷, Giles⁶, John⁵, John⁴, Humphrey³, Thomas², Thomas¹)

George Edmund Badger, Jr. was a practicing physician and surgeon in the Confederate Army

(William¹², Joseph¹¹, Joseph¹⁰, Joseph⁹, John⁸, John⁷, Giles⁶, John⁵, John⁴, Humphrey³, Thomas², Thomas¹)

WILLIAM BADGER, youngest son of Hob. William and Hannah P. (Cogswell) Badger, fitted for college at Gilmanton Academy, graduated from Dartmouth College in 1848, commenced business with the Union Manufacturing Company at Badger's Mills. Gilmanton (now Belmont). N. H.; became Superintendent of the same in 1853, and in 1859 became Superintendent of Construction and Repair of the Tihon Manufacturing Company in Tilton, N. H. While at the Gilmanton Mills he read law and prosecuted somewhat literary and scientific studies, for which he had a decided taste. From early life he was identified with the militia, and served in every capacity, from Sergeant to Captain of Artillery. When the war broke out he reported to the Adjutant-General's office in Concord. N. H., and May 9, 1861, was appointed recruiting officer with the rank of Captain commanding Belknap Co. rendezvous. was commissioned Captain Fourth New Hampshire Volunteers, Sept. 18, 1861, and Colonel Fourth New Hampshire Volunteers, Feb. 21, 1804. When the regiment was mustered out of service he was appointed Captain Ninth Regiment United States Volunteers, and honorably discharged April 20, 1866, then commissioned Lieutenant Sixth United States Infantry, May 19, 1866, and Captain, Dec. 15, 1880, was commissioned Brevet Major of Volunteers, March 13, 1865, and Brevet Captain United States Army, March 2, 1867, "for gallant and meritorious conduct during the war." Having served longer with his regiment without detached service than any other officer, he was ordered on recruiting service and stationed in Providence, R. I. He was selected, Oct. 31, 1882, from the captains of the army for the Executive Officer at the United States Military Prison, Fort Leavenworth, Kan. Capt. Badger was a member of the New Hampshire Historical Society, the Masonic Fraternity, and the Grand Army of the Republic. He held the office of Justice of the Peace from 1850 to 1870. Capt. Badger married a daughter of Col. James C. Cilley, a descendant of Gen. Cilley of the war of the Revolution. Capt. and Mrs. Badger had one child: William Cogswell, b. Aug. 10, 1857, in Belmont, N. H.

(Albert Gallatin¹², Edmund Jr¹¹, Edmund¹⁰, Nathanial⁹, Nathaniel⁸, John⁷, Giles⁶, John⁵, John⁴, Humphrey³, Thomas², Thomas¹)

Oscar Charles Badger naval officer, was born at Windham, Conn., Aug. 12, 1823. He was appointed to the U. S. navy from Pennsylvania as a midshipman, Sept. 9, 1841. As a midshipman on board the Saratoga, in 1843, he was attached to a landing party from that ship, and took part in the attack upon the Bereby villages on the west coast of Africa. He served on board the Mississippi with the Gulf squadron during the Mexican war, and participated in the attack upon Alvarado in 1846. Subsequently, in 1855, as lieutenant he commanded a party from the U. S. sloop John Adams, which attacked and destroyed the town of Vutia, Fiji Islands. His services during the civil war were particularly meritorious. While in command of the steamer Anacostia, in 1861-'62, he was engaged in a number of attacks upon Confederate batteries on the Potomac river and Aquia creek, and in the bombardment of Yorktown, Va., and the defences at Gloucester Point. He was promoted lieutenant-commander July 16, 1862, and commanded the ironclads Patapsco and Montauk in the attacks on the batteries and forts on Morris Island and on Forts Wagner, Gregg and Sumter, in Charleston harbor. While performing the duties of fleet-captain on board the ironclad Weehawken in a night engagement with Forts Moultrie and Sumter, he was severely wounded, his right leg being shattered by a metallic splinter, caused by a round shot striking the turret of the Weehawken. His efficient and faithful services were recognized in an official report made to the navy department by Admiral Dahlgren, under date of Sept. 2, 1863, and by the navy department in communication addressed to Commodore Badger, under date of Jan. 7, 1864. After the close of the war he was on shore duty until July, 1866, when he was promoted commander. During cruise on the Peoria he received a vote of thanks from the legislatures of St. Kitts and Antigua for services rendered to the authorities of those islands. In 1872 he was promoted captain, and on Nov. 15,1881, commodore, and was placed on the retired list in 1885.

He was also commander of the USS Constitution 1878-1879, although listed as Oscar F. Badger.

He was buried in Arlington National Cemetery

George W Badger, Jr Enlisted 18 September 1862 in the Vermont Enlisted H Co. 16th Inf Reg. VT. He was discharged with disability on 31 January 1863

Charles Henry Badger joined Co.b 8th reg USM in 1862.

Oscar Badger was an Ensign, U.S. Navy. Accredited to: District of Columbia. G.O. On December 1915 he received the Navy Award: Navy Cross. Citation: For distinguished conduct in battle, engagements of Vera Cruz, 21 and 22 April 1914. Ens. Badger was in both days' fighting at the head of his company, and was eminent and conspicuous in his conduct, leading his men with skill and courage.

Edward Badger was a WWII veteran in Pacific Theater, serving as a Medic.