William Hutchinson (bef. 1586 - abt. 1641)

Born before 14 Aug 1586 in Alford, Lincolnshire, England

Ancestors

Husband of Ann (Marbury) Hutchinson — married 9 Aug 1612 in St Mary Woolnoth, City of London, England

Descendants

Died about Jun 1641 after about age 54 in Portsmouth, Rhode Island [uncertain]

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William Hutchinson migrated to New England during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640). (See The Great Migration (Series 2), by R. C. Anderson, vol. 3, p. 477) Join: Puritan Great Migration Project Discuss: pgm

Biography

William Hutchinson is Notable.

Birth

William Hutchinson was baptized on 14 Aug 1586, the son of Edward Hutchinson and Susanna ( ) in Lincolnshire, England ^[1]

Marriage

On 9 Aug 1612, he married Anne Marbury at St Mary Woolnoth in London, London, England. ^[1][2][3]

Early Life

Little is known of his early life in Alford, Lincolnshire, England. He was warden of his church in 1620 and 1621, became a merchant in the cloth trade (mercer), and moved to London prior to emigration. ^[4]

Immigration

He was 48 years old when he arrived in Boston, Massachusetts Bay Colony on 18 Sep 1634. His wife and at least eight children accompanied him on board the Griffin. ^[1][5][6]

Boston, Massachusetts Bay Colony

He became a merchant in Boston and also selectman and Deputy to the General Court. Wikipedia and numerous books and journals set forth his life in greater detail, but notably, “he was described by Governor John Winthrop as being mild tempered, somewhat weak, and living within the shadow of his prominent and outspoken wife.”

Antinomian Controversy

He was 52 years old in 1638, the peak of his wife’s public opposition to powerful Governor John Winthrop and other Puritan leaders.

Banishment and Death in Rhode Island

Upon the banishment of his family from the Massachusetts Bay Colony, he followed his wife along with her acolytes to form Pocasset (later Portsmouth) on Narragansett Bay. He signed the Portsmouth Compact, along with his son, Edward Hutchinson, Jr., and brother, Edward Hutchinson, Sr.. Although, he was named treasurer and chief magistrate of the re-named Colony of Portsmouth on Aquidneck (Rhode Island), only three years later (“soon after June 1641”), he died at age 55.^[1]

Murders of His Wife and Children

Thus, he was dead two years before the deadly attack upon his wife’s household by warriors of the Siwanoy Indians. Anne was slaughtered and mutilated along with15 members of her household, including 6 of her children. Only her nine-year old daughter, Susanna Hutchinson, survived and was held captive before ransomed years later. ^[8]

Children of Edward Hutchinson & Anne Marbury

(from profile of his wife, Anne Marbury)

All were baptized at Alford, Lincolnshire, England except for their last son:

1. Capt. Edward, ^[9] bap. 28 May 1613, married 1st 19 Oct 1636 Katherine Hamby, married 2nd by 1651 to Abigail (Fermayes) Button;^[1] arrived in Boston in 1633 with his uncle, Edward Hutchinson ^[10]
2. Susanna,^[9] bap. 4 Sep 1614, buried 8 Sep 1630^[1]
3. Richard,^[9] bap. 8 Dec 1615, admitted to Boston church 9 Nov 1634^[1]
4. Faith, wife of Thomas Savage^[9] by 1638, bap. 14 Aug 1617^[1]
5. Bridget, wife of Gov. John Sanford and William Phillips,^[9] bap. 15 Jan 1618/9, married first by 1637 and second by 1656^[1]
6. Francis,^[9] bap. 24 Dec 1620, admitted to Boston church 9 Nov 1634, killed with mother in 1643^[1]
7. Elizabeth,^[9] bap. 17 Feb 1621/2, buried 4 Oct 1630^[1]
8. William,^[9] bap. 22 Jun 1623, died soon after^[1]
9. Samuel,^[9] bap. 17 Dec 1624, married _____, had at least one child, Richard, who was named in the will of Edward Hutchinson^[1]
10. Anne, wife of William Collins,^[9] bap. 5 May 1626, married by 1641, she and her husband were killed with her mother in 1643^[1]
11. Mary,^[9] bap 22 Feb 1627/8, killed with mother in 1643^[1]
12. Katherine,^[9] bap. 7 Feb 1629/30, killed with mother in 1643^[1]
13. William (again),^[9] bap. 28 Sep 1631, killed with mother in 1643^[1]
14. Susanna (again), wife of John Cole,^[9] bap. 15 Nov 1633, married 30 Dec 1651^[1]
15. Zuriel,^[9] bap. 13 Mar 1635/6 in Boston, killed with mother in 1643^[1]
16. stillborn, born June 1638^[11]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18} Robert Charles Anderson, “The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635,” Volume III, G-H (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2003.), 477-484. AmericanAncestors.org
2. ↑ England: Marriages, 1538-1973. Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (Original index: England Marriages, 1538-1973. FamilySearch, 2014.) https://www.americanancestors.org/DB544/rd/32019490
3. ↑ Church of England Parish Registers, 1538-1812. London, England: London Metropolitan Archives. ancestry.com
4. ↑ Gary Boyd Roberts, “The Hutchinson Family of England and New England, and Its Connection with the Marburys and Drydens,” The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1847-. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2018.) https://www.americanancestors.org/DB202/i/11731/363/23493698
5. ↑ Anne Stevens of packrat-pro.com (work, research and compilation), “Griffin 1634.” Accessed April 10, 2021. https://www.packrat-pro.com/ships/griffin.htm.
6. ↑ Charles Edward Banks, “The Planters of the Commonwealth: a Study of the Emigrants and Emigration in Colonial Times: to Which Are Added Lists of Passengers to Boston and to the Bay Colony; the Ships Which Brought Them; Their English Homes and the Places of Their Settlement in Massachusetts, 1620-1640,” (Internet Archive. Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co.,1961.), Planters of the Commonwealth
7. ↑ Sir Andrew Macphail, “Essays in Puritanism,” (Internet Archive. Boston, New York: Houghton, Mifflin, 1905.), 124-125, Archive.org.
8. ↑ Piccolo, Anthony. “Anne Hutchinson: Puritan Rebel and Westchester Pioneer.” The New York Times. The New York Times, October 7, 1990. https://www.nytimes.com/1990/10/07/nyregion/anne-hutchinson-puritan-rebel-and-westchester-pioneer.html.
9. ↑ ^{9.00 9.01 9.02 9.03 9.04 9.05 9.06 9.07 9.08 9.09 9.10 9.11 9.12 9.13 9.14} Richardson, Douglas. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 4 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham, 2nd edition (Salt Lake City: the author, 2011), Volume I, page 436, CHESELDINE 15.iii.a. See also WikiTree's source page for Magna Carta Ancestry.'(from profile of his wife, Anne Marbury)
10. ↑ Michael P. Winship, "Hutchinson , Anne (bap. 1591, d. 1643)" in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, (Oxford University Press, 2004). Online at OxfordDNB.com, accessed 16 Oct 2017 with subscription. (from profile of his wife, Anne Marbury)
11. ↑ An Abridgement Of Mr. Baxter's History Of Young Sir Henry Vane, His Life And Times, by Richard Baxter, Edmund Calamy (editor) —1713, cited in Mary Dyer’s “monster” Christy K. Robinson , 2011 (from profile of his wife, Anne Marbury)

See also:

• Find A Grave: Memorial #22328205

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