William Hutchinson (abt. 1604 - bef. 1637)

Born about 1604 in England

Died before 26 Jun 1637 before about age 33 in Warrosquyoake, Colony of Virginia

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Biography

William Hutchinson was a Jamestown colonist.

William Hutchinson is a Qualifying Ancestor of the Jamestowne Society

William Hutchinson, son of Henry Hutchinson of London, England, was born c. 1604.^[1] In 1618, he boarded the ship Diana^[2] and sailed to Jamestown.

He settled in Elizabeth City, where he served as one of Capt. William Tucker's men. He is listed as a surviver of the Indian attacks that began in 1622.^[3][4]

In 1624/25, when a census was taken, he is recorded as still living in Capt. Tucker's muster in Elizabeth City.^[1][5][6] He was one of more than a dozen men who worked for Capt. Tucker and may have followed him into battle with the Indians, who continued to harrass the colonists.

Meanwhile, William's father, Henry Hutchinson of London, was successful in securing 2 shares of Virginia Company stock from Capt. Ralph Hamor on 13 Mar 1622.^[7] This stock was probably tendered in the form of land in Warresqueak (later to become Isle of Wight County), where Capt. Hamor had been developing land.^[8]

When William had fulfilled his obligations to Capt. Tucker, he moved to Warresqueak and established himself there. In Feb 1632, he became a commissioner and later a burgess, representing Warresqueak.^[9][10][11]

William died before 26 Jun 1637, when his father, Henry Hutchinson, filed a law suit and came to Virginia to settle his son's estate. Henry died suddenly less than a year after William's death, and the governor of Virginia appointed Thomas Burbage to inventory the estate and sell it. William Hutchinson was thought to be a wealthy man, and indeed the estate was settled at 30,000 or 40,000 lbs. of tobacco.^[12]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Jester, Annie Lash., Hiden, Martha Woodruff. 1883. Musters of the Inhabitants in Virginia 1624/1625, Adventurers of Purse and Person Virginia 1607-1625: FamilySearch International, Title No. 2058494., p. 49.
2. ↑ Passenger List of the Diana Research and compilation by Anne Stevens, packrat-pro.com.
3. ↑ List of the Living and Dead in Virginia
4. ↑ Coldham, Peter Wilson. The Complete Book of Emigrants, 1607-1660, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, MD, p. 43.
5. ↑ Coldham, page 63.
6. ↑ Hotten, John Camden. The Original Lists of Persons of Quality, 1600-1700, London, 1874., p. 244.
7. ↑ [Kingsbury, Susan Myra. The records of the Virginia Company of London, Vol. 3 Government Printing Office, 1906-1935, p. 64.
8. ↑ McCartney, Martha W. Virginia Immigrants and Adventurers 1607-1635: A Biographical Dictionary; Genealogical Publishing Company, Baltimore, MD, 2007, pp. 358, 410.
9. ↑ Hening, William W., ed. The Statutes at Large: Being a Collection of All the Laws of Virginia. Vol. 1. Richmond: Samuel Pleasants, 1809-1823; repr. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1969. pp. 169, 179, 187.
10. ↑ Jamestowne Society: Hutchyson, William - A4201; Warrascoyack: 1632 (Burgess). accessed 4 September 2021] (accessed 25 Sep 2021)
11. ↑ McIlwaine, H.R. Journal of the House of Burgesses of Virginia Richmond, Virginia, MCMXV, p. 20.
12. ↑ Boddie, John B. High Court of Admiralty Examinations 16 Jun 1637 Seventeenth Century Isle of Wight County, Virginia. 2 vols. Chicago: Chicago Law Printing Company, 1938; repr. Baltimore: Genealogical Publiching Company, 1980. pp. 93-95.