Location: Colony of Virginia

Surnames/tags: Virginia Colonists Hutchins
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History
There were Hutchins early in Massachusetts, in Pennsylvania, in Maryland, in the Bermudas, and the Virginia Colony. Our Hutchins were along the James River. These Hutchins of the various locations, may have had a common ancestry back sometime in the British Isles, but no relationship is known among them in the colonies.
Origin of Hutchins Name:
Early Towcester Records and Hutchins Elmore Hutchins: " 'The English market town of Towcester (pronounced Toaster), in the southern part of Northamptonshire, known early as Laclodurum, was a Roman settlement on the great road, Watling Street, going from London to the northwest of England.' "The earliest records of St. Lawrence, then parish church at Towcester, built in the 13 Century, were either destroyed in the wild rough times which engulfed the village over the centuries or there were no formal records kept which is more than possible. From what early records there are, beginning just before 1600, several interesting, and somewhat important, facts emerge.
" 'The Hutchins of Towcester parish were freeholders, yeomen, which meant that they held their own land with free tenure. Their home was "Wood Burcot". Whether Wood Burcot was a still smaller village in the parish of St. Lawrence of Towcester or whether it was a homestead so named is not entirely clear from the church entries. Whatever the source, reference is made to the family as "Hutchins of Wood Burcot".
" 'The Christian names within the family, as they appear on the church registers, were mostly those which appear over and over, generation after generation, in the MY Lady's Manor Lines.' " "(These names----John, Nicholas, Thomas and William----also appear over and over in the lines of Nicholas and son Strangeman of VA----with the notable addition of the name Strangeman)."
" 'On the flyleaf of the second parchment book for burials, 1678-1725, there was a written note----A mortuary from the Widow Hutchins of Wood Burcot -0-10-0 January 1725. Her husband had been Thomas Hutchins, son of John and Elizabeth Hutchins, christened in February 1636, a cousin of the two brothers, William and John, who came to Virginia.....' "
Source: "Hutchins-Hutchens, Descendants of Strangeman Hutchins", "Born 1707, of the James River in Virginia and Surry (Yadkin) County, North Carolina"; Vol. 2, pgs. 1-4; 3 Vols. by Rita Hineman Townsend; contains the following: Elmore Hutchins of My Lady's Manor, Maryland, compiled a book 1974-1978 named "Nicholas Hutchins of My Lady's Manor"; "the contributor, John L. Gladden, 2605-B Red Sails Drive, El Paso, TX 19936-2116, wrote 5 Feb 1989 that the book was unpublished. In a letter dated 15 Feb. 1989 Mr. Gladden informed me (RHT) that Elmore Hutchins had died before he could publish his book. There is no address in the book for one to write for further information.
About Family Hutchins, of Wood Burcote
Early Towcester Records and Hutchin Elmore Hutchins: " 'The English market town of Towcester (pronounced Toaster), in the southern part of Northamptonshire, known early as Laclodurum, was a Roman settlement on the great road, Watling Street, going from London to the northwest of England.' "The earliest records of St. Lawrence, then parish church at Towcester, built in the 13 Century, were either destroyed in the wild rough times which engulfed the village over the centuries or there were no formal records kept which is more than possible. From what early records there are, beginning just before 1600, several interesting, and somewhat important, facts emerge. " 'The Hutchins of Towcester parish were freeholders, yeomen, which meant that they held their own land with free tenure. Their home was "Wood Burcot". Whether Wood Burcot was a still smaller village in the parish of St. Lawrence of Towcester or whether it was a homestead so named is not entirely clear from the church entries. Whatever the source, reference is made to the family as "Hutchins of Wood Burcot". " 'The Christian names within the family, as they appear on the church registers, were mostly those which appear over and over, generation after generation, in the MY Lady's Manor Lines.' " "(These names John, Nicholas, Thomas and William also appear over and over in the lines of Nicholas and son Strangeman of VA with the notable addition of the name Strangeman)." " 'On the flyleaf of the second parchment book for burials, 1678-1725, there was a written note, A mortuary from the Widow Hutchins of Wood Burcot -0-10-0 January 1725. Her husband had been Thomas Hutchins, son of John and Elizabeth Hutchins, christened in February 1636, a cousin of the two brothers, William and John, who came to Virginia.' "
Hutchins in Towcester, Northampshire England
Thomas Hutchins
Thomas Hutchins, of Wood Burcot was the son of Greg Hutchins and Anna Maria Klepper. He was born about 1575 in Towcester, Northamptonshire, England. He married Ann Andersen in Northamptonshire, Towcester, England, daughter of James Anderson and Heather Dimon. Thomas had a brother, Robert Hutchins who went to Virginia in 1626. Thomas died in 1642 in England and was buried St Martin-In-The-Fields, London, Westminster, England. Ann died about 1645.
Children
- William Hutchins 1597-1660
- Elizabeth Hutchins 1605-1665
- John Hutchins 1611- 1686
- Thomas Hutchins 1613-1714
- Enoch Hutchins 1615-1653
- Richard Hutchins 1618-1714
Sources
- W. Lewis Parsons The Historic Hutchins Family, NEHGS, typescript, 1936.
- Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015/ Name: John Hutchins (Male) Birth Date: 1611- Spouse Polly Strangeman - Children: Nicholas Hutchins
- U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration List Index, 1500s-1900s/ John Hutchins Virginia 1636 HOTTEN, JOHN CAMDEN, editor.
- Cavaliers and Pioneers. Abstracts of Virginia Land Patents and Grants, 1623-1666, Vol. I
- Westminster, London, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1558-1812, Thomas Hutchins: Record Type: Burial, Burial Date 13 Aug 1642. Burial Place St Martin-In-The-Fields, London, Westminster, England
Robert Hutchins
Robert Hutchins of Wood Burcot, was the son of Greg Hutchins and Anna Maria Klepper. He born about 1584 in Towcester, Northamptonshire, England. He married Mary Farley and they had two children that are documented. Isaac Hutchins was born in 1610 and Elizabeth Hutchins was born 1612. Robert Hutchins was listed as living at the Main on the "Lists Of The Livinge & Dead in Virginia - February 16th, 1623 and The List Of Those Massacred - March 22, 1622" that is available fron The Jamestowne Society at http://www.jamestowne.org/
Robert passed away before 14 December 1656, when Peter Lee patented 126 acres in Henrico County adjacent "land belonging to ye orphans of William Cox" (Henrico County, Virginia Patent Book 4, page 44).
The names on these lists were transcribed from “Colonial Records of Virginia”, R.F. Walker, Superintendent Public Printing, Richmond, VA, 1874, Clemmitt & Jones, Printers, pp 38 – 68.
Children
- Isaac Hutchins 1610 -1656
- Elizabeth Hutchins 1612- 1665
Sources
- Cavaliers and Pioneers, Volume 1, 1623-1666, Nell Marion Nugent
- Adventurers of Purse and Person, pages 211-216
- "England, Middlesex Parish Registers, 1539-1988", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:DJHN-D92M : Tue Oct 31 04:24:40 UTC 2023), Entry for Elizabeth Huchins and Robert Huchins, 8 Nov 1612.
- "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVG5-KYP4 : 25 May 2022), Elizabeth Hutchins Cox, ; Burial, , ; citing record ID 132347435, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
Robert Hutchin’s Story
Robert Hutchins was a mariner, ship captain, and has a long but obscure history in the Virginia colony. He is first mentioned in 1611 when George Percy, commander at Jamestown, was indebted to Robert for 25 shillings (VA Hist. Mag., Vol. 57, p. 240). His land patent was dated in May 1625 and in 1628 his land was adjacent to lands then granted to Robert Sweete on Strawberry Bank. Captain John Smith in his 1630 book mentions obtaining from Master Hutchins, in London, the latest information concerning the affairs in Virginia. On July 5, 1656, a land record of Captain Christopher Calthropp mentions as bounds the Strawberry Bank land of Robert Hutchins.
The evidence indicates that Robert, in the earlier years, probably kept his family in England but spent much of his life in Virginia where he probably had tenants on his land. His family has not been identified but land records indicate that he probably had two children who came to Virginia about 1633: a daughter Elizabeth Hutchins, born about 1612, who probably married William Coxe; and a son Isaac Hutchins. The headrights for Isaac's transport, along with those for Robert Craddock, were claimed in 1637 by Captain Thomas Osborne. In the same year Matthew Edlow, Jr. claimed headrights, due his father, for transporting 24 people including William Cox and his wife Elizabeth. These headrights were probably based on the Coxes returning to Virginia after a visit to England. Alice Edlow, the stepmother of Mathew, was probably a sister of William Coxe.
- Cavaliers and Pioneers, Volume 1, 1623-1666, Nell Marion Nugent
- Adventurers of Purse and Person, pages 211-216
Hutchins move to America
" 'When the Hutchins brothers, William and John, came into Virginia they left behind them, in Northamptonshire, according to the St. Lawrence records, their father and mother, Thomas and Ann Hutchins, a brother Richard, who was christened September 8, 1618, and a brother Thomas whose wife was Phillis Anne. There were uncles, too. Their uncle Robert Hutchins was buried January 16, 1661; their uncle William Hutchins was buried December 6, 1688."
John Hutchins may have been the father of our Nicholas Hutchins. The evidence is presented by Elmore Hutchins and this evidence is very convincing. This "John" was the son of Thomas Hutchins, born about 1575 in Towcester, Northamptonshire, England. He had at least three, maybe four sons, William, Nicholas, Thomas, Enoch and there may have been a "John". Also it's possible he had a Daughter Elizabeth.
Doug Beezley gives the name of John Hutchins' wife as Polly Strangeman, born 1615 in England, whom he married 1650 in Virginia. It makes it easier to understand where Strangeman Hutchins got his given name; she would have been his grandmother.
Hutchins in Virginia
As far as we have positive proof, Nicholas Hutchins is the forbear of this family. There are several traditions concerning the family, most of them based on the pecu¬ liar name, Strangeman. The most pleasing one is that some Hutchins previous to Nicholas married a Polly Strangeman
Could John Hutchins (Hutchins-65) who married Polly Strangeman (Strangeman-1) be Nicholas's parents?
William and John were the first of the four brothers to come to Va. John came to Va. in 1634 on the ship BONAVENTURE settled in what is now Lancaster County, VA with passage paid by Lieutenant Colonel Giles Brent. It is assumed that William Hutchins, who arrived in theVirginia Colony on the ship DIANA in 1618 at the age of twenty-one, was a brother of John. William was in Elizabeth Citie in 1624 and in the Census of Living in Virginia in 1623, as given in Hotten's Lists of Emigrants to America, 1600-1700.
It is assumed that William Hutchins, who arrived in the Virginia Colony on the ship DIANA in 1618 at the age of twenty-one, was a brother of John. William was in Elizabeth City in 1624 and in the Census of Living in Virginia in 1623, as given in Hotten's Lists of Emigrants to America, 1600-1700. The movement of these Hutchins to Virginia is documented by the records of the granting of land by "headrights".
The movement of these Hutchins to Virginia is documented by the records of the granting of land by "headrights". In the early days of the colony ofVirginia anyone paying transportation for persons going to the colony "at his owne cost" was awarded for each person whose passage he paid a "headright" of fifty acres of land.
John Hutchins
John Hutchins, son of Thomas Hutchins and Ann Anderson was born 1611 in Towester, Northamptonshire, England. He traveled to Virgina in 1636. He married Mary Strangeman, daughter of Hugh Strangeman and Norma Gossett soon after his arrival in Virginia. They had three sons. John passed away about 1686 at My Lady of the Manor, Maryland.
Children
- William Hutchins 1640-1729
- Nicholas Hutchins 1645-1729
- Thomas Hutchins 1650-1732
Sources
- U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900/ Name: Hutchins, Gender Male, Spouse Name: Polly Strangeman Number Pages 1
- Cavaliers and Pioneers. Abstracts of Virginia Land Patents and Grants, 1623-1666, Vol. I
- U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s/ 1636: HOTTEN, JOHN CAMDEN, editor. The Original Lists of Persons of Quality; Emigrants; Religious Exiles; Political Rebels; Serving Men Sold for a Term of Years; Apprentices; Children Stolen; Maidens Pressed; and Others Who Went from Great Britain to the American Plantations, 1600-1700. With Their Ages, the Localities Where They Formerly Lived in the Mother Country, the Names of the Ships in Which They Embarked, and Other Interesting Particulars. From MSS. Preserved in the State
- Jack Randolph Hutchins: ROBERT HUTCHINS OF COLONIAL AMERICA (1992) and other charts
- "Hutchins-Hutchens, Descendants of Strangeman Hutchins", "Born 1707, of the James River in Virginia and Surry (Yadkin) County, North Carolina"; Vol. 2, pgs. 1-4; 3 Vols. by Rita Hineman Townsend; contains the following: Elmore Hutchins of My Lady's Manor, Maryland, compiled a book 1974-1978 named 'Nicholas Hutchins of My Lady's Manor'; "the contributor, John L. Gladden, 2605-B Red Sails Drive, El Paso, TX 19936-2116, wrote 5 Feb 1989 that the book was unpublished. In a letter dated 15 Feb 1989 Mr. Gladden informed me that Elmore Hutchins had died before he could publish his book; there is no address in the book for one to write for further information."
John Hutchins Story
John Hutchins was born 1611, in Towcester, and married, in VA, to Polly Strangeman about 1650. William and John were the first of the four brothers to come to VA. John came to VA in 1634 on the ship BONAVENTURE settled in what is now Lancaster County, VA with passage paid by Lieutenant Colonel Giles Brent. It is assumed that William Hutchins, who arrived in the Virginia Colony on the ship DIANA in 1618 at the age of twenty-one, was a brother of John. William was in Elizabeth Cities in 1624 and in the Census of Living in Virginia in 1623, as given in Hotten's Lists of Emigrants to America, 1600-1700. Colonel Brent seemingly took some interest in the welfare of John and must have given him advice in settling for in the next generation John's son William and Hugh Brent, presumably the Colonel's son, were settled not far apart in Lancaster County on a branch of the Corrotoman River (Nugetts CAVALIERS & PIONEERS, p. 224, 435-436). 1600-1700. The movement of these Hutchins to Virginia is documented by the records of the granting of land by "headrights". In the early days of the colony of Virginia anyone paying transportation for persons going to the colony "at his own cost" was awarded for each person whose passage he paid a "headright" of fifty acres of land. Since passage costs were usually between five and six pounds it was quite a bargain for the one who advanced the money. Colonists with the financial means listed for transportation themselves, members of their family, friends and servants. Among the headrights claimed are found persons of all social classes — nobility and gentry, yeomanry, indentured servants, and negroes. But the act of accepting transportation did not, apparently, in any way seem to burden the one transported with indenture unless it already existed or was entered voluntarily. Some, with inadequate or limited funds to maintain themselves in the new country, entered into a state of indenture willingly to help get established. It was, in a way, a most convenient method of putting down roots in a new land. About 70% of migrants from England who came between 1630-1660 were indentured servants. The claim for land by those paying passage across the Atlantic for others was not always made at once and the person transported may have arrived quite some years before so the records of land grants cannot be used with any surety to date the coming from England. John and William were not the only Hutchins in the Virginia Colony when they arrived for by 1618 Robert Hutchins was in James Town and soon after his assumed brother Isaac Hutchins came to Virginia. It is possible that Robert and Isaac were cousins of John and William
John Hutchins father of Nicholas Hutchins
- John Hutchins was the father,undoubtedly, of at least three sons: William, Nicholas and Thomas. There was, in all probability an older sonnamed John but it has not been possible to trace him. Of the daughters of John Hutchins nothing is known. (Keith Hutchins document from 2011).
- Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015; / Name John Hutchens Gender: (Male) Birth Date: 1611/ Spouse:Polly Strangman/ Children: Nicholas Hutchens
- On Strangeman Hutchins "Find A Grave" Father's Name: Nicholas Hutchens or Hutchins Gender: M (Male) Birth Date: 1645 Birthplace: Henrico County, Virginia, USA Death Date: 14 Oct 1729 Death Place: Henrico County, Virginia, USA Paternal Grandfather: John Hutchins Paternal Grandmother: Mary Polly Strangeman Mother: Mary Ann Elizabeth Watkins
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Thank you for creating this space! I am also working to uncover convincing evidence that proves the link between Nicholas and John Hutchins, and will post my findings here.