John Francis Hutchinson UEL (abt. 1761 - 1815)

Born about 1761 in Wensley, Yorkshire, England [uncertain]

Husband of Bathsheba (Ruggles) Hutchinson — married 9 Dec 1789 in St. Luke's Ang. Ch., Annapolis Royal, NS

Husband of Fanny (Lowden) Hutchinson — married 1801 in Kings Co., Nova Scotia

Descendants

Died 16 Dec 1815 at about age 54 in Windsor, Hants, Nova Scotia

Problems/Questions Profile manager: Bob Nichol [send private message]

Frank Hutchinson was a United Empire Loyalist.
UEL Status:Undetermined
Date: Undated

Biography

Came from England and settled in US in 1774; UEL [United Empire Loyalist Oath] in 1788; granted land in Aylesford Township [Nova Scotia] near Morden; built cabin of handmade clay bricks. Had 5 children. --Charlotte Vardy, from a Morristown history booklet [see Sources]

According to Eaton's "The History of King's County," the final boundary between King's and Annapolis counties divided the townships of Wilmot [Annapolis] and Aylesford [King's], but exactly where the boundary fell was not well-established until the first half of the 19th Century. Before then, says Eaton, vital statistics placing an event in Wilmot might be mistaken for Aylesford, or vice-versa.

RBN Notes:

The 1801 marriage bond for Fanny Nixon and Francis Hutchinson [see image in Pictures* file for Fawnia Lowden] states that he was a "Widower of Wilmot" and she a "Widow of Cornwallis." The Township of Cornwallis was in east-central Kings County and is now called Kentville. The Novia Scotia Records Office confirmed that this is not to be mistaken for the village of Cornwallis in modern-day Digby County.

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--from the Acadian Recorder newspaper estate notices, 3 May 1817:

Estate = Francis Hutchinson of Windsor

Administrator = Fawnia Hutchinson; Benja. Dewolf

Died = January 1, 1816

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Pearl Saunders reported via email 12/12/07: "...Doris (Hutchinson) MacArthur told me a few years ago that she and her father Hartley Hutchinson [that's Hartley Lewis H., son of George Elmer H. and Adelia Rainsforth, b. 14 Jan 1905, Morristown, Kings Co., NS; d. 08 Oct 1995, Morristown--RBN] felt he was buried in a small abandoned cemetery in North Kingston (Kings County). How they came to this conclusion I do not know..." --this would place Francis' grave in Aylesford Township, probably not far from his home near Morden. Since this email was sent, we have learned that Francis' death, by drowning, was recorded in Windsor, Hants Co.; but Bathsheba Ruggles' grave has not been found. There is a fair chance that she, and any of their offspring who may have died young, are in this abandoned cemetery. The headstones could be subsoil by now.--RBN

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Email from Lilla Siderius, West Hants Historical Society, 20 Mar 08:

Hello Bob,

Your request for information on Francis and Fanny Hutchinson was handed to me to research.

In the Anglican Church records for burials I found the following :

NO Surname Given Abode Date Age Comment By

181.2 Hutchinson Fawnia Windsor 31 March 1839 73 JS

12 Hutchinson Francis Windsor 16 December 1815 52 Drowned WCK

THe JS and WCK stand for the ministers who buried them. WCK is for William C. King.

Lilla for WHHS Our mailing address: West Hants Historical Society

Box 2335

Windsor NS BON 2T0

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Email from John Wilson of Windsor, NS, a genealogist friend of Pearl Saunders:

Subject: Re: Hutchinson ...

Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2008

From: John Wilson

To: Pearl Saunders

Pearl,

I had an opportunity to go through some files at WHHS. I could not find where Francis and Fawnia Hutchinson are buried, but, as the Old Parish Burying Ground is, to my knowledge, the only Protestant cemetery of the time in Windsor. It could be that they had no headstone or that it has been destroyed. We only have the Headstone Inscriptions and some burial information at our disposal.

However, I did find what I believe to be an important clue.

* Acadian Recorder, 4 January 1817 - Estate of Francis Hutchinson of Windsor for settlement. Fawnia Hutchinson, administrator

* Acadian Recorder, 15 December 1821 - Mrs. Hutchinson published an ad in the Acadian Recorder, "Union Inn, Windsor to be let immediately and posession given very adventageous situation of the inn, its many conveniences and superior stabling renders it will deserve the attention, ...to become Inn Holder. N.B. an acre or two Dyke land within 200 yds of the inn may be rented with it if desired."

* 31 March 1839, ae.78, Fawina Hutchinson.

I do not know where this hotel was located, but it was probably near the waterfront. This was before the railroad and the road bridge across the Avon river. Because of the tides it was often necessary for travelers to stop over at Windsor to wait for a ferry to take them round the Minas Basin, down the Bay of Fundy, or to Saint John or Boston. There were a lot of hotels and inns in Windsor during this period.

If the Hutchinsons owned the Union Inn, as suggested, there must be a record at the Registry of Deeds. I will see what I can find.

Cheers,

John

Found by Pearl Saunders in files of Nova Scotia Records Management: Petition of Mrs. Fawnia Hutchinson for ferry and tavern license. She has a gondola and two boats at Cornwallis, ca. 1816. Chipman Family NSARM MG 1 Vol. 186 No. 36 To The Honorable Justices of the Sessions in and for the County of Kings. The Petition of Fawnia Hutchinson of Windsor in the County of Hants, widow. Humbly Sheweth That your Petitioner has for many years held a license for the keeping a Ferry at Cornwallis and since the period of her having relinguished attending to the same herself has invariably exerted herself to obtain such a tenant as would give satisfaction to the Public. That understanding the Public were dissatisfied with the person last holding it, your Petitioner lost no time in getting him removed thereupon, and with full assurance of the future enjoyment of the profits arising from such Ferriage, and of a continuation of the License, your Petitioner expended heavy sums of money in putting the Public House in repair, and in the procurement of the boats requisite for the accommodation of the said Ferry. That your Petitioner now has a Gondola and two boats, which are fully adequate to the calls upon such Ferry and had agreed with Mr. John Starr to become her tenant, who was to have opened Public House, and attended to the duties of the said Ferry some time back, but that your Petitioner is sorry to learn that a Mr. William Starr has obtained a license for the same upon the ground that the Ferriage was not attended to in a manner satisfactory or necessary to the calls of the Public. Your Petitioner, therefore Humbly prays that your Honor will be pleased to continue the license to her tenant Mr. John Starr in the same simple ? (writing unclear) and beneficial manner that your Petitioner has hitherto enjoyed it with full assurance that nothing shall be wanting on the part of your Petitioner to provide every accommodation suitable to render such Ferry convenient and satisfactory to the Public. And your Petitioner as in Duty bound With ? (writing unclear) ever pray (wonder if this should read "With every prayer" ??) Fawnia Hutchinson (PEARL'S NOTE: The William Starr mentioned above might have been the son-in-law of Fawnia's late husband Francis Hutchinson as a William Starr married Harriet, the daughter of Francis and his first wife).

Birth

C. 1761; christened in Wensley, N. Riding, Yorkshire.

Yorkshire, England^[1][2]

Baptism

7 FEB 1762

Wensley, N. Riding, Yorks., England^[3]

Alternate Baptism

29 JUN 1756

Wensley, N. Riding, Yorks., England^[4]

Marriage

9 DEC 1789

St. Luke's Ang. Ch., Annapolis Royal, NS^[5][6][7][8]

Bond:

5 NOV 1801

Kings Co., Nova Scotia^[9][10]

1801

Kings Co., Nova Scotia^[11]

Event

3 MAY 1817

Estate Notice-Windsor, Hants Co., NS^[12]

Death

16 DEC 1815

Drowned at age 52^[13]

Burial

Windsor, Hants Co., NS^[14]

Sources

1. ↑ Source: #S46
2. ↑ Source: #S269
3. ↑ Source: #S399
4. ↑ Source: #S399
5. ↑ Source: #S55
6. ↑ Source: #S272
7. ↑ Source: #S275
8. ↑ Source: #S269
9. ↑ Source: #S55
10. ↑ Source: #S285
11. ↑ Source: #S55
12. ↑ Source: #S185
13. ↑ Source: #S537
14. ↑ Source: #S537

• Source: S185 Author: The Acadian Recorder Title: Estate Settlement Notices, The Acadian Recorder, 3 May 1817 Abbreviation: The Acadian Recorder Publication: RootsWeb Text: Estate = Francis Hutchinson of Windsor Administrator = Fawnia Hutchinson; Benja. Dewolf Died = January 1, 1816 Repository: #R74 Media: Newspaper Italicized: Y Paranthetical: Y
• Repository: R74 Name: RootsWeb

• Source: S269 Author: Hutchinson, Gordon Title: Hutchinson/Ruggles Genealogy Abbreviation: Hutchinson, Gordon Publication: Unpublished Database/Oct 2006 Note: Data based on published and unpublished sources, all represented as scanned documents in BK6 photo database under "Gordon Hutchinson." Repository: #R115 Media: Electronic Italicized: Y Paranthetical: Y
• Repository: R115 Name: R.B. Nichol's BK6 Photo Database

• Source: S272 Author: Vardy, Charlotte Title: Descendants of John Hutchinson Abbreviation: Charlotte Vardy Publication: Charlotte Vardy/rtf provided 10/24/2006 Note: Digital copy of manuscript in R.B. Nichol genealogical files. Charlotte Vardy gleaned most of this data during 3 years' work at the Admiral Digby Museum, Digby, Nova Scotia. Italicized: Y Paranthetical: Y

• Source: S275 Author: Warack, Chris Title: Some Warack Relations Abbreviation: Warack, Chris Publication: RootsWeb/1 Jun 2000 Note: RootsWeb data dated, but very detailed. Author is still active elsewhere in online genealogy sites, with same email as of 2006. Repository: #R120 Media: Electronic Italicized: Y Paranthetical: Y
• Repository: R120 Name: Web Address: http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=w

• Source: S285 Author: Saunders, Pearl Abbreviation: Saunders, Pearl Publication: Unpublished/Nov 2006-Apr 2010 Note: Author is a Nova Scotia genealogist and descendant of Rebecca Ogilvie's brother, with access to local vital statistics. Data emailed to Robert B. Nichol saved in digital genealogical files. Paranthetical: Y
• Source: S399 Author: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Title: International Genealogical Index Abbreviation: International Genealogical Index Publication: Common Index of International Genealogical Information (Salt Lake City:UT, Family History Center, July 1996 © data as of Text: Repository:Family History Library35 N West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, UT 84150 USA Italicized: Y Paranthetical: Y

• Source: S46 Author: Frank G. Hutchinson Title: Family Tree Abbreviation: Hutchinson Family Tree Publication: Handwritten, 1961 Note: F.G. Hutchinson drew up this document at the request of grandson Robert B. Nichol, age 14. He could not recall dates or places well, but the names have proven correct in cases where other sources were available. Repository: #R17 Media: Manuscript Italicized: Y Paranthetical: Y
• Repository: R17 Name: Robert B. Nichol Genealogy Files

• Source: S537 Author: West Hants Historical Society: Lilla Siderius, Researcher Title: Windsor Area Cemetery Records Abbreviation: Windsor Area Cemetery Records Publication: Email/20 Mar 2008 Text: Hello Bob, Your request for information on Francis and Fanny Hutchinson was handed to me to research. In the Anglican Church records for burials I found the following : NO Surname Given Abode Date Age Comment By 181.2 Hutchinson Fawnia Windsor 31 March 1839 73 JS 12 Hutchinson Francis Windsor 16 December 1815 52 Drowned WCK THe JS and WCK stand for the mimister who buried them. WCK is for William C. King This all I have found so far. If you wish to continue here at WHHS our research fee is .00 per hr and photo copies .30 each. We usually recomend 2hrs to start. Lilla for WHHS Our mailing address: West Hants Historical Society Box 2335 Windsor NS BON 2T0 Note: West Hants Historical Society Box 2335 Windsor NS BON 2T0 Italicized: Y Paranthetical: Y

• Source: S55 Author: Charlotte Vardy, Kentville, Nova Scotia Museum Title: Nichols of Nova Scotia Abbreviation: Kentville Marriage Bond Publication: Rootsweb/28 April 2005 Text: Francis was a widow from Wilmot and Fanny was a widow from Cornwallis. See image of Marriage Bond in file on this person. Note: See Charlotte Vardy's notes in RootsWeb database entitled "Nichols of Nova Scotia" Repository: #R29 Media: Electronic Italicized: Y Paranthetical: Y
• Repository: R29 Name: RootsWeb Web Address: http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=c

• Source: Wiswall, John, Journal and "Letter Book" kept by the owner until his death, 274 pp. Original held by U. of Acadia University; The letters are valuable in their description of early settlement life in western Nova Scotia, and journal entries on pages 265 and 268 are pertinent to the Hutchinson family.

Acknowledgments

• Thank you to Bob Nichol for creating WikiTree profile Hutchinson-1534 through the import of Nichol Ancestry.GED on Feb 14, 2013.