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Marshall reports that Francis Hutchins was born before 1653. [1] Johnson reports he was born about 1660. [2]
We know that a Francis Hutchins immigrated in 1651 and a Francis Hutchins died in 1698. The Francis Hutchins who died in 1698 left seven minor children, a son and six daughters named in his will. They were therefore all born after 1677, and since there were no children prior to that, one can estimate a marriage in, say, 1676, and a wife born in 1660 or 1655.
Papenfuse's account of Francis Hutchins the Maryland legislator presents an account of one person who immigrated in 1651, thus born about 1630, and died in 1698. This is certainly possible. Such a Francis could have been born in 1630, married for the first time in 1676 at the age of 46 a bride who was 16 or 20, and proceed to have those children.
Alternatively, the Francis who immigrated in 1651 could have been the father of the Francis who died in 1698. The younger Francis could have been born in, say, 1653, and married for the first time in 1676 when he was 23 and his bride was just a little younger.
At the moment, this profile, following Marshall and Johnson, follows the second route, and tracks Francis Hutchins II, born, say, 1653. But the facts which would lead to one conclusion or the other are still being sought.
Francis Hutchins II was the son of Francis Hutchins I. The elder Francis was born before 1633 and died after 1673 in Calvert County, Maryland (Age > 42 years) [1] Papenfuse notes he was probably related to Charles Hutchins (d. 1700) . [3]
This leaves the birthplace of Francis II uncertain. Francis I, his father, was born in England. One author also believes he died there. [4]
About 1683 [1]Francis married Elizabeth Burridge. [5] [3] [5]
Papenfuse reports that Elizabeth Burradge, sister of Margaret Burradge, who married first Nathan Smith and second, Thomas Tench. [6]
Marshall and Johnson report that Elizabeth Burrage was born about 1660 in Calvert County, Maryland [2] Marshall also reports that she died after 1732 in Calvert County, Maryland, aged over 73 years. [1]
They resided in Calvert County.[6]
Stokley, 700 acres, was initially patented by Woodman Stokley in 1658, who held the Certificate (Patent Record Q, p. 219 0 0 MSA S 1583-1497) and Patent (Patent Record Q, p. 219 0 0 MSA S 1583-1498) [7] The record of Stokley's transfer to Francis Hutchins has not been found. However, in 1746, Benjamin Hance became the developer/owner of Stoakley, by now 1346 acres, with a Certificate Pat as Resurvey on Several Tracts (Patent Record TI 1, p. 370 0 0 MSA S 1583-1495 and Patent (Patent Record BT and BY 3, p. 697 0 0 MSA S 1583-1496[7]
Francis was illiterate. [6]. Francis was Protestant; his wife and at least some of his children were Quakers.[6] He entered Maryland as a servant in 1652 and became a planter and merchant. [6]
In 1673, Francis Hutchins, Developer/Owner, acquired Hutchins Chance, 50 Acres; He held the Certificate, (Patent Record 17, p. 311 0 0 MSA S 1583-822) and Patent (Patent Record 17, p. 137 0 0 MSA S 1583-823) [7]
Francis served as a *justice, Calvert County, 1679-1698 (quorum, 1697-1698).
Francis opposed the Protestant Associators' revolution of 1689. He was nominated by Lord Baltimore to the first royal Council in 1690, but he was not appointed. [6]
In 1694, Francis Hutchings, Developer/Owner, acquired Chance, 107 Acres; He held the Certificate (1694 Patent Record B 23, p. 225 0 0 MSA S 1583-329)[7]
In 1695, Francis Hutchings, Developer/Owner, acquired Murtle Point, Murtle Point, 7 Acres. He held the Certificate (Patent Record B 23, p. 255 0 0 MSA S 1583-1106) and Patent (Patent Record B 23, p. 256 0 0 MSA S 1583-1107)[7]
In 1696 Francis was a creditor of Mordica Hunton.
Francis Hutchins died in 1698. [5]
Francis' wife Eliza survived him. The residence plantation was "Stoakly," in Hunting Creek, Calvert County, MD. [2][1]
His will was probated On July 14, 1698. [6] [8] [9]
The TEV -- Total Estimated Value of property at death: £813.17.3 sterling (including 8 slaves, 2 servants, and merchandise worth £209.5.9). LAND: 1,000 acres.[6]
Hutchins, Francis, Hunting Ck., Calvert County, 20th Feb., 1698; 14th July, 1698.
Mr. Francis Hutchins 18.9 I £813.17.3 Sep 27 1698
Francis Huchins 11B.50 A CA £813.17.9 Aug 8 1700
Legatees: Samuell Thomas, Mathew Hutchins.
In 1714 Elizabeth Hutchins, Developer/Owner, acquired Gore, 70 Acres. She held the Certificate (Patent Record EE 6, p. 60 0 0 MSA S 1583-630) and Patent (Patent Record EE 6, p. 60 0 0 MSA S 1583-631; Patent Record CE 1, p. 145 0 0 MSA S 1583-632)[7]
The children named in the 1698 will of Francis, are all minors. John, under 21, could not have been born earlier than 1677. The 6 girls, under 16, could not have been born earlier than 1682. [10]
Matthew Hutchins is named in the will, but not as a child in the family. Mathew Hutchins[2] Johnson shows no children for Matthew.
" WILL of Francis Hutchins " February 20,1698, Province of Maryland [10]
In the name of God, Amen. The twentieth day of ffebry in ye Year of Lord God,One Thousand Six Hundred Ninety-Eight,
I, Francis Hutchins of Hunting Creek in the County of Calvert,in the Province of Maryland, Gent'l, being sick and weak of body, but of a sound & proper memory, thanks be to God, do make and declare this my Last Will and Testmt,in manner & for me following, viz.:
First and principally, I commit my Soul into the hands of Allmighty God that gave it,and My body to ye Earth to be Interred in such decent manner as my Exec'rs hereafter named shall think best & convenient, and such mortal Estate, as God of his Mercy hath Lent me, I give & dispose of the same as followeth: I will all such debts, I owe, shall be fully paid within convenient tyme after my decease.
I give & bequeath unto my Son, John Hutchins, four male negros not to be under sixteen Yeares nor to be above Twenty yeares of age apiece & six cows & calves beside those of his own Stock,one good feather bed & furniture to ye same & Six Sowes, all to be delivered to him by my Exec'rs hereafter named, also one Tankard marked F. A. to be delivered to him by my Execu'rs when he shall attain to one & twenty Yeares of age.
Item.--For the rest of all my goods, Chatteles--and debts remaining unbequeathed after my debtspaid, my funerall charges discharged, and this my Last will & Testament in everything performed, I give & bequeath unto my Loving Wife, Elizabeth Hutchins, and my six daughters, that is to say, Margaret Hutchins, Eliz. Hutchins, Sarah Hutchins, Frances Hutchins, Pricilla Hutchins & Mary Hutchins, Equally to be divided amongst them, part & part alike, when my said six children shall attain to their severall and Prospective age or ages of sixteen yeares or day of Marriage, which shall first happen, & if my son or any of my six daughters so decease before ye s'd age of sixteen yeares or before ye marriage, that then ye portion of Every of them so deceased, shall remain & be to ye Survivor or Survivors of them as part & part alike to be Equally divided amongst them, provided allwayes, and I do will & ordain by those present, that if hereafter I shall fortune to have any more Child or Children, than are above named, that then, every such child or children shall have Like Saleable part and portion of and in all my said goods, Chattels, Cattle, debts & all other--with those my Wife and Children, before named as if those--amongst them had been named by name to havebeen equally partakers thereof, anything to the contrary Notwithstanding, and further, I do will and appoint that my said Loving Wife, Elizabeth Hutchins, shall have the use and Custody of the portion of my Sonns and Daughters, until my Sonn arrive to the age of twenty yeares or day of Marriage and my daughters to the age of sixteen or day of marriage which shall first happen, putting in Security to my overseers of this my last Will and testa'mt, thereafter named and appointed for the same, towards their Education and bringing up and--the distributage of my lands, Tenements and Hereditaments I will & dispose them in manner following:
Item.--I give and bequeath unto my Sonn, John Hutchins, above named, all that parcel or Tract of Land together with all the appurtenances thereunto belonging, or in anywise appertaining, which I lately purchased of Benjamin Parrott & his Wife, containing three hundred acres of land, Be it more or less, to Have & to Hold the above parcel of land and ye appurtenances thereunto belonging or in any wise appertaining, to my Said Sonn, John Hutchins, his heirs and Assigns forever, when he shall attain to the age of one & twenty yeares or day of marriage which shall first happen, and further, my will and mind is, that there shall be no more of the s'd parcel or Tract of Land before mentioned & Expressed shared, than what shall be sharedatt my decease, untill my sonn, John Hutchins, attain unto his full age of one & twenty or day of marriage above said, and in case my s'd Sonn, John Hutchins, should decease, then if it should so happen, that if hereafter I shall have any more children, more than is above expressed, I give and bequeath unto my said male child or children the above said parcel or Tract of Land with the appurtenances thereunto belonging, in any wise, & appertaining unto my Said Five daughters, Elizabeth, Sarah, Frances, Priscilla, Mary, to have an equall part & part alike, provided, that if I shall happen to have a female child or children now more than what is above expressed, that then every such child or children shall have equall part or parts of the abovesaid parcels of Land or Tract of Land and appurtenances thereunto belonging.
Item.--I give, devise and bequeath unto my Son-in-law, Sam'll Thomas, one negro man or as much money as will buy one. Item.--I give, grant & devise and bequeath unto my five Daughters, Elizabeth, Sarah, Frances, Priscilla, Mary, all that parcell or Tract of Land where I now dwell called, Known by the name of Stoakly? containing Seven hundred Acres of Land (which I purchased of Stoakly?) more or less with a water mill together w'th all ye appurtenances there unto belonging or in any wise appertaining, to the said, Elizabeth, Sarah, Frances, Priscilla, Mary, their heirs and assigns forever to be Equally divided between them, provided, allways that if I should happen to have any more Child or Children hereafter, than what is above expressed, that, then every such Child or Children shall have alike equall part or parts of the aforesaid Tract of Land and appurtenances thereunto belonging and Water Mill or anything thereunto appertaining, to them, their Heirs and Assigns for Ever and further my will and mind is, that there shall be no more of the said parcel or Tract of Land called or known by the name of Stoakly? aforesaid, Cleared, than what shall be shared at my decease, during the naturall Life of my said Loving Wife, Elizabeth Hutchins.
Item.--I give and bequeath unto, Matthew Hutchins, six brooding sows and liberty to raise what Stocks of Hoggs he can on the Plantation he now dwells,and house and ground,for himself to work on during his life.
Item.--I make and ordain my Loving Wife, Elizabeth, to be my whole & sole Exec'r of this my Last Will and Test'mt, and do appoint my good friends and neighbors, Rich'd Jones and John Harned? to be overseers of this my last Will and Test'mt, and do desire them to see that neither my wife nor children be wronged, and I do utterly Revoke all other Will or Wills by me heretofore and do acknowledge this and no other to be my Last Will & test'mt. In Witness whereof, I, the said Francis Hutchins to this my last Will & Test'mt, putt my hand & seal the day & year first above written.
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" WILL of Francis Hutchins "
February 20,1698
Province of Maryland
In the name of God, Amen.
The twentieth day of ffebry in ye Year of Lord God,One Thousand Six Hundred Ninety-Eight,
I, Francis Hutchins of Hunting Creek in the County of Calvert,in the Province of Maryland, Gent'l, being sick and weak of body, but of a sound & proper memory, thanks be to God, do make and declare this my Last Will and Testmt,in manner & for me following, viz.:
First and principally, I commit my Soul into the hands of Allmighty God that gave it,and My body to ye Earth to be Interred in such decent manner as my Exec'rs hereafter named shall think best & convenient, and such mortal Estate, as God of his Mercy hath Lent me, I give & dispose of the same as followeth: I will all such debts, I owe, shall be fully paid within convenient tyme after my decease.
I give & bequeath unto my Son, John Hutchins, four male negros not to be under sixteen Yeares nor to be above Twenty yeares of age apiece & six cows & calves beside those of his own Stock,one good feather bed & furniture to ye same & Six Sowes, all to be delivered to him by my Exec'rs hereafter named, also one Tankard marked F. A. to be delivered to him by my Execu'rs when he shall attain to one & twenty Yeares of age.
Item.--For the rest of all my goods, Chatteles--and debts remaining unbequeathed after my debtspaid, my funerall charges discharged, and this my Last will & Testament in everything performed, I give & bequeath unto my Loving Wife, Elizabeth Hutchins, and my six daughters, that is to say, Margaret Hutchins, Eliz. Hutchins, Sarah Hutchins, Frances Hutchins, Pricilla Hutchins & Mary Hutchins, Equally to be divided amongst them, part & part alike, when my said six children shall attain to their severall and Prospective age or ages of sixteen yeares or day of Marriage, which shall first happen, & if my son or any of my six daughters so decease before ye s'd age of sixteen yeares or before ye marriage, that then ye portion of Every of them so deceased, shall remain & be to ye Survivor or Survivors of them as part & part alike to be Equally divided amongst them, provided allwayes, and I do will & ordain by those present, that if hereafter I shall fortune to have any more Child or Children, than are above named, that then, every such child or children shall have Like Saleable part and portion of and in all my said goods, Chattels, Cattle, debts & all other--with those my Wife and Children, before named as if those--amongst them had been named by name to havebeen equally partakers thereof, anything to the contrary Notwithstanding, and further, I do will and appoint that my said Loving Wife, Elizabeth Hutchins, shall have the use and Custody of the portion of my Sonns and Daughters, until my Sonn arrive to the age of twenty yeares or day of Marriage and my daughters to the age of sixteen or day of marriage which shall first happen, putting in Security to my overseers of this my last Will and testa'mt, thereafter named and appointed for the same, towards their Education and bringing up and--the distributage of my lands, Tenements and Hereditaments I will & dispose them in manner following:
Item.--I give and bequeath unto my Sonn, John Hutchins, above named, all that parcel or Tract of Land together with all the appurtenances thereunto belonging, or in anywise appertaining, which I lately purchased of Benjamin Parrott & his Wife, containing three hundred acres of land, Be it more or less, to Have & to Hold the above parcel of land and ye appurtenances thereunto belonging or in any wise appertaining, to my Said Sonn, John Hutchins, his heirs and Assigns forever, when he shall attain to the age of one & twenty yeares or day of marriage which shall first happen, and further, my will and mind is, that there shall be no more of the s'd parcel or Tract of Land before mentioned & Expressed shared, than what shall be sharedatt my decease, untill my sonn, John Hutchins, attain unto his full age of one & twenty or day of marriage above said, and in case my s'd Sonn, John Hutchins, should decease, then if it should so happen, that if hereafter I shall have any more children, more than is above expressed, I give and bequeath unto my said male child or children the abovesaid parcel or Tract of Land with the appurtenances thereunto belonging, in any wise, & appertaining unto my Said Five daughters, Elizabeth, Sarah, Frances, Priscilla, Mary, to have an equall part & part alike, provided, that if I shall happen to have a female child or children now more than what is above expressed, that then every such child or children shall have equall part or parts of the abovesaid parcels of Land or Tract of Land and appurtenances thereunto belonging.
Item.--I give, devise and bequeath unto my Son-in-law, Sam'll Thomas, one negro man or as much money as will buy one. Item.--I give, grant & devise and bequeath unto my five Daughters, Elizabeth, Sarah, Frances, Priscilla, Mary, all that parcell or Tract of Land where I now dwell called, Known by the name of Stoakly? containing Seven hundred Acres of Land (which I purchased of Stoakly?) more or less with a water mill together w'th all ye appurtenances there unto belonging or in any wise appertaining, to the said, Elizabeth, Sarah, Frances, Priscilla, Mary, their heirs and assigns forever to be Equally divided between them, provided, allways that if I should happen to have any more Child or Children hereafter, than what is above expressed, that, then every such Child or Children shall have alike equall part or parts of the aforesaid Tract of Land and appurtenances thereunto belonging and Water Mill or anything thereunto appertaining, to them, their Heirs and Assigns for Ever and further my will and mind is, that there shall be no more of the said parcel or Tract of Land called or known by the name of Stoakly? aforesaid, Cleared, than what shall be shared at my decease, during the naturall Life of my said Loving Wife, Elizabeth Hutchins.
Item.--I give and bequeath unto, Matthew Hutchins, six brooding sows and liberty to raise what Stocks of Hoggs he can on the Plantation he now dwells,and house and ground,for himself to work on during his life.
Item.--I make and ordain my Loving Wife, Elizabeth, to be my whole & sole Exec'r of this my Last Will and Test'mt, and do appoint my good friends and neighbors, Rich'd Jones and John Harned? to be overseers of this my last Will and Test'mt, and do desire them to see that neither my wife nor children be wronged, and I do utterly Revoke all other Will or Wills by me heretofore and do acknowledge this and no other to be my Last Will & test'mt. In Witness whereof, I, the said Francis Hutchins to this my last Will & Test'mt, putt my hand & seal the day & year first above written.
Witnesses his Jno Taney FRANCIS F. HUTCHINS.(*) S. Bourne mark. James Elliker Probate, July 14, 1698
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