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Paternal
Lineage: Ann4, Edward3, William2, Edward1
  HUTCHINSON, c.1555-1717
Related Families: Marbury | Dryden | Walker | Sands | Cole | Hamby | Arnold | Dyer

Triple paternal descent
Migration:  Lincolnshire, ENG>Boston, MA>Newport, RI>Pelham Bay, Long Island, NY

 
 
        (1)  Edward Hutchinson was born about 1555 and lived in Alford, Lincolnshire, England. He died 14 Feb 1631 in Alford. He married about 1585, Susanna. His widow traveled to New England with her daughter Mary and her husband Reverend John Wheelwright. She died in Wells, York County, Maine in 1645/46.
Children (all born and christened in Alford, Lincolnshire, England)
  1. William, mentioned below
  2. Theophilus, christened 8 September 1588.
  3. Samuel, christened 1 November 1590; unmarried; emigrated to New England, removed to Rhode Island; died 14 July 1667
  4. Esther (possibly Hester), christened 22 July 1593; married Rev. Thomas Rishworth, 7 October 1613, Alford; married secondly, ___ Harneis; died December 1669, New England.
  5. John, christened 18 May 1595; married Bridget Bury; died 20 June 1644; his wife died 1671.
  6. Richard, christened 3 January 1598
  7. Susanna, christened 25 November 1601; died 5 August 1601.
  8. Anne, christened 12 June 1603; married possibly Ralph Levitt.
  9. Maria (Mary), christened 22 December 1605; married Rev. John Wheelwright; emigrated to New England.
  10. Edward, christened 20 December 1607; married Sarah, in England; came to Mass. in 1633 and removed to Rhode Island with his brother, then back to England where he died.

 
 
 
         (2) William Hutchinson, was christened 14 August 1586 in Alford, Lincolnshire, England. He married in London on 9 August 1612 Anne Marbury, the daughter of Rev. Francis Marbury and Bridgett Dryden, a descendant of King Edward I of England. They resided in Alford until 1634 when they emigrated to New England, residing first in Boston, Massachusetts. After 1637, when his wife was excommunicated and banished they removed to Newport, Rhode Island. Anne was the "leader" of the Antimonian Controversy and much is written of her in contemporary, as well as colonial history. William died about 1642. His widow moved to Pelham Bay, Long Island, New York and along with other family members was massacred by the Indians in September, 1643.  Today, Anne's statue (at right) is one of four guarding the Massachusetts State House in Boston.
Children:
  1. Edward, mentioned below
  2. Susanna, christened 4 September 1614, Alford, Lincolnshire, England; died September 1630, Alford, Lincolnshire, England.
  3. Richard, christened 8 December 1615, Alford, England; married Mary Waters; died about 1670 in London, England.
  4. Faith, christened 14 August 1617, Alford, England; married Thomas Savage 1637 in Boston, Mass.
  5. Bridget, christened 15 January 1618; married John Sanford 1635/36 in Boston, Mass; died about 1698 Saco, Maine.
  6. Francis, christened 24 December 1620, Alford, England; died September 1643, Pelham Bay, Long Island, New York.
  7. Elizabeth, christened 15 February 1621, Alford, England; died October 1630, Alford, England.
  8. William, christened 22 June 1623, Alford, England; died young.
  9. Samuel, christened 17 December 1624, Alford, England; died September 1643, Pelham Bay, Long Island, New York.
  10. Anne, christened 5 May 1626, Alford, England; married William Collins (of Barbados) about 1641; died September 1643, Pelham Bay, Long Island, New York.
  11. Mary, christened 22 February 1627/28, Alford, England; died September 1643, Pelham Bay, Long Island, New York.
  12. Katherine, christened 7 February 1629, Alford, Lincolnshire, England; married John Walker 1638, Roxbury, Essex Co., Massachusetts; killed September 1643 Pelham Bay, Long Island, New York.  Parents of:
    1. Sarah Walker; married John Sands.
  13. William, christened 28 September 1631, Alford, Lincolnshire, England; died September 1643 Pelham Bay, Long Island, New York.
  14. Susanna, christened 15 November 1633, Alford, Lincolnshire, England; held captive by Mohegan Indians, released and married on 30 December 1651 in Boston, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts, John Cole.
  15. Zuriel, christened 13 March 1636, Boston, Suffolk County, Mass.; died young.
 

 

 
 
 

        (3)  Edward Hutchinson was christened on 28 May 1613 in Alford, Lincolnshire, England. He emigrated to New England before his parents and was received into membership of the First Church at Boston on 10 August 1634. He returned to England and married Catherine Hamby, the daughter of Robert Hamby and Elizabeth Arnold, 13 October 1636 at Ipswich, Suffolk, England. Edward and Katherine returned to Boston where he sided with his mother during the Antinomian Controversy. He removed to Rhode Island with his mother's banishment but later returned to Boston. He strongly opposed the persecution of the Quakers. Katherine died about 1650 in Boston and he married secondly, Abigail Vermais, the widow of Robert Button. Edward was a captain in the colonial militia, he died 2 August 1675 during King Phillip's War in an ambush near Marlborough, Massachusetts. Abigail died 10 August 1689.
Children of Edward Hutchinson and Catherine Hamby:
  1. Elishua, christened 5 November 1637 Newport, Rhode Island; died young.
  2. Elizabeth, born 4 November 1639 Boston, Suffolk Co., Mass; christened First church of Boston 10 September 1728; married Edward Winslow, 8 February 1688 in Boston; died 16 Sep 1718, Boston, Suffolk, Mass.
  3. Elisha, born 16 November 1641 Boston, Suffolk Co., Mass; christened First Church of Boston 28 September 1641; made freeman 1666; married Hannah Hawkins who died 10 December 1717; married secondly, at Boston 12 September 1677, Elizabeth (Clark) Freak; he died 10 December 1717.
  4. Ann, born 17 November 1643, Boston, Suffolk Co., Mass; christened First Church of Boston 19 November 1643; married Samuel Dyer, 17 November 1663; married second, Daniel Vernon; died 10 January 1716, Newport, Rhode Island.
  5. William, christened 18 November 1645, First Church of Boston; died in infancy.
  6. William, born 17 January 1646, Boston, Suffolk Co., Mass.; died young.
  7. Katherine, born 12 March 1648; christened First Church of Boston, 14 May 1648; died young.
  8. Susanna, christened 10 June 1649, First Church of Boston, Suffolk Co. Mass.; married Nathaniel Coddington; died Newport, R.I., after 26 May 1716 when her name appears on an indenture with that of her husband.
Children born to Edward and Abigail (Vermais) Hutchinson in Boston, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts were:
  1. Edward, christened 11 November 1651, First Church of Boston, Suffolk Co., Mass; died 1692, Boston, Suffolk, Mass.
  2. Katherine, christened 19 December 1653, First Church of Boston, Suffolk Co., Mass; married Henry Bartholomew.
  3. Benjamin, christened 8 April 1656 First Church of Boston, Suffolk Co., Mass; died before 1675.
  4. Edward, christened 11 November 1651, First Church of Boston, Suffolk, Mass; died 1692, Boston, Suffolk, Mass.

 
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