Katherine (Hamby) Hutchinson (bef. 1615 - abt. 1650)

Born before 10 Dec 1615 in Ipswich, Suffolk, England

Ancestors

Wife of Edward Hutchinson — married 19 Oct 1636 in Lawford, Essex, England

Descendants

Died about 1650 after about age 34 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony [uncertain]

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Biography

Katherine Hamby was the daughter of Robert Hamby, Gent., of Ipswich, Suffolk, and Elizabeth Arnold, daughter of John Arnold. (See research note.) She was baptized on 10 December 1615 at St. Matthew's, Ipswich, Suffolk, with her parents named as Robert and Elizabeth.^[1][2][3][4]

Marriage and Children

Katherine and Capt. Edward Hutchinson obtained a marriage license on 19 October 1636 at Lawford, Essex, by which they were married.^[1][2]

"Hutchinson, Edward, of Wanfielt, co. Lincoln, mercer, bachelor, 24, and Katherine Hanbie, spinster, 21 and above, consent of her mother, Katherine Hanbie, of Ipswich, Suffolk, alleged by Richard Hutchinson, of St. Mary Magdalen, Milk Street, ironmonger — at Lawford, Essex. 19 Oct, 1636. B."^[5][6][7]

Edward, of Boston, Massachusetts, was the son and heir of William Hutchinson by Anne Marbury and was baptized at Alford, Lincolnshire 28 May 1613.^[1][2][8] Katherine and Edward had the following children, all born in Boston:

1. Elishua,^[2] baptized 5 November 1637, probably died young (not named in her father's 1675 will)^[9]
2. Elizabeth, wife of Edward Winslow,^[2] was born 4 November 1639, died 16 September 1728^[9]
3. Col. Elisha,^[2] born 16 November 1641, died 10 December 1717, married (1) Hannah Hawkins, (2) Elizabeth (Clark) Freak^[9]
4. Anne, wife of Samuel Dyer,^[2] was born 18 November 1643, died 10 January 1716/7, married second Daniel Vernon in 1679^[9]
5. William,^[2] baptized 18 January 1645/6, probably died young (not named in father's will)^[9]
6. Katherine,^[2] baptized 14 May 1648, died before February 1652/3^[9]
7. Susanna, wife of Nathaniel Coddington,^[2] was baptized 10 June 1649, died after 26 May 1716^[9]

Death

Katherine Hamby was living 10 June 1649^[1][2] (when her last child was born) and 1651.^[9] Katherine's date of death is unknown, but it is thought she died at Boston or Mt. Wollaston, where the family had a farm.^[9] Her husband remarried by 1651 Abigail (Firmage/Fermayes) Burton.^[8] Edward had four more children with his second wife and was killed in King Philips War on 19 August 1675.^[1][2]

Research Note

Mother's Name

Katherine's marriage license calls her mother Katherine. This statement "has been a stumbling block in the identification of Katherine (Hamby) Hutchinson, for all other evidence [this includes her baptism record^[4]] points to her having been the daughter of Robert and Elizabeth (Arnold) Hanbie/Hamby of Ipswich." The use of the mother's name "Katherine", appears to be a clerical error.^[9]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4} Douglas Richardson. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 4 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham. 2nd edition. (Salt Lake City, UT: the author, 2011), vol. II, page 331, HAMBY 17.
2. ↑ ^{2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11} Douglas Richardson. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham. (Salt Lake City, UT: the author, 2013), vol. III, page 195, HAMBY 22.
3. ↑ Walter Metcalfe. The Visitations of Suffolk. (Exeter: 1882). Online at Archive.org, page 194
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J3VP-L2N : 3 February 2023), Cath. Hambye, 1615
5. ↑ Joseph Foster, Joseph Lemuel Chester, and John Ward Dean. London Marriage Licences 1521-1869. (London: B. Quaritch, 1887). Online at Archive.org page 735.
6. ↑ Waldo C. Sprague. Genealogies of the Families of Braintree, Ma. 1640-1850. Online at American Ancestors.org pages 943-944, William Hutchinson
7. ↑ Joseph Lemuel Chester (ed. George J Armytage). Allegations for marriage licences issued by the Bishop of London 1611-1828, Harleian Society, 1887, pp. 228-229, Internet Archive
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1} Robert Charles Anderson. The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England 1634-1635. Vol. III - G-H. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2003). Online at AmericanAncestors.org[$], page 480.
9. ↑ ^{9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 9.5 9.6 9.7 9.8 9.9} Wayne Wilcox. "The Ancestry of Katherine Hamby, Wifeof Captain Edward Hutchinson of Boston, Massachusetts" in the New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. 145 (1991) pages 99-100, 117-121, 258-268. Online w/subscription at AmericanAncestors.org.

See also:

• Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. I, p. 436, CHESELDINE, 15.iii.a.1, Edward Hutchinson.
• Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. II, p. 147, CHESELDINE 20.iii.a.1, Edward Hutchinson.
• Memoir of Governor Hutchinson, The New England Historical & Genealogical Register (New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Mass., 1847) Vol. 1, Page 299

Acknowledgements

Magna Carta Project

This profile was re-reviewed for the Magna Carta project by Michael Cayley on 9 April 2023.

Katherine (Hamby) Hutchinson is listed in Magna Carta Ancestry as a Gateway Ancestor (vol. I, pages xxiii-xxix) in a project-approved/badged trail to Magna Carta Surety Barons Hugh le Bigod and Roger le Bigod that was re-reviewed in April-May 2023. Katherine Hamby is also the Gateway in a Richardson-documented trail to surety baron Saher de Quincy (vol. II, pages 329-331) that has was badged in October 2022. Both trails are outlined in the Magna Carta Trails section of her father's profile.

See Base Camp for more information about identified Magna Carta trails and their status. See the project's glossary for project-specific terms, such as a "badged trail".