BiographyJoseph Battell was born in Milford, Connecticut on 21 July 1774, the son of William and Sarah (Buckingham) Battell. At age eighteen he moved to Norfolk, Connecticut where he became a successful merchant. In 1805, he married Sarah Robbins (1779-1855), daughter of the Reverand Ammi Ruhamah Robbins. He died on 30 November 1841.