Robert
Sparke
Hutchings
Born about in Dittisham, Devon, England
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Elvira (Phipps) Hutchings
— married
15 May 1818 in Barrackpore, West Bengal, India
Descendants 
Father of
Sarah Hutchings, Eliza Sophia Hutchings, Robert Sparke Hutchings, Elvira Hutchings and Julia Hutchings
Died
at about age 46
in Prince of Wales Island, Malaysia
Profile last modified
| Created 18 Dec 2018
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Biography
Robert Sparke Hutchings was baptised in 1781 in Dittisham, Devon, England. He was the son of John Hutchings and Sarah.[1]
Robert Sparke Hutchings, son of John Hutchings of Dittisham, Devon, cleric, enrolled at St Edmund Hall, Oxford University on 23 Nov Oct 1798, age 17. He was rector of Dittisham in 1815.[2]
He went to India as chaplain, and was listed in the 1826 East India Register and Directory as Rev Robt. Sparke Hutchings, Chaplain.[3]
He married Elvira Phipps on 15 May 1818 in Barrackpore, West Bengal, India.
Their children included:
- Robert Sparke Hutchings, born 18 Dec 1820 in Prince of Wales Island, Bengal, India, son of Robert Sparke Hutchings and Elvira.[4]
He is believed to have died around 20 April 1827 on Prince of Wales Island, East Indies. His will was probated on 19 Sep 1828.[5]
Sources
- ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NBST-V5G : 5 February 2023), Robert Sparke Hutchings, 1781.
- ↑ "Oxford University Alumni, 1500-1886", Foster, Joseph. Alumni Oxonienses: The Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886 and Alumni Oxonienses: The Members of the University of Oxford, 1500-1714. Oxford: Parker and Co., 1888-1892, Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 8942 #117002 (accessed 22 April 2023), Name: Robert Sparke Hutchings.
- ↑ "UK, Registers of Employees of the East India Company and the India Office, 1746-1939", University of London; London, England; The East India Register and Directory for 1826 Mason, A.W. and Brown, G.H.; Reference Number: Rb1696511 1826, Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 61468 #149631 (accessed 22 April 2023), Name: Rev Robt Sparke Hutchings; Record Type: Register; Residence Date: Feb 1825; Residence Place: India.
- ↑ "India, Select Births and Baptisms, 1786-1947", India, Births and Baptisms, 1786-1947. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013; FHL Film Number: 498611, Ancestry Record 9899 #1249569 (accessed 22 April 2023), Robert Sparke Hutchings baptism on 12 Mar 1821 (born 18 Dec 1820), son of Robert Sparke Hutchings & Elvira, in Prince of Wales Island, Bengal, India.
- ↑ "England & Wales, Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills, 1384-1858", The National Archives; Kew, Surrey, England; Records of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, Series PROB 11; Class: PROB 11; Piece: 1745, Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 5111 #323942 (accessed 22 April 2023), Will of The Reverend Robert Sparke Hutchings, granted probate on 19 Sep 1828. Died about 1828.
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