Capt. Edward Hutchinson

Burial record:

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/15705253/edward-hutchinson

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Edward Hutchinson (1613–1675) (sometimes referred to as junior to differentiate him from his uncle) was the oldest child of Massachusetts and Rhode Island magistrate William Hutchinson and his wife, the dissident minister Anne Marbury. He is noted for making peace with the authorities following his mother's banishment from Massachusetts during the Antinomian Controversy, returning to Boston, and ultimately dying in the service of the colony that had treated his family so harshly.

family

Edward Hutchinson married first, on 13 Oct 1636 in Lawford / Ipswich, Suffolk, England, to Katherine Hamby, daughter of Robert Hamby and Elizabeth Arnold. She was christened on 10 Dec 1615 in St. Matthew, Ipswich, Suffolk, England and died in 1650 in Prob Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts.

Edward Hutchinson and Katherine Hamby had 7 children born in Boston:

1. F Elishua HUTCHINSON was born before 5 Nov 1637 in Boston, Suffolk, Mass.. She was christened on 5 Nov 1637 in Boston, Suffolk Co., Ma. She died young.
2. F Elizabeth HUTCHINSON was born on 4 Nov 1639 in Boston, Suffolk, Mass. She was christened on 10 Nov 1639 in First Church, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts. She died on 16 Sep 1728 in Boston, Suffolke Co., Mass.. She was buried in Sep 1728 in Boston, Suffolk Co, Mass. Married Edward Winslow.
3. M Elisha HUTCHINSON was born on 16 Nov 1641. He died on 10 Dec 1717. Married 1) Hannah Hawkins 2) Elizabeth Clarke.
4. F Anne HUTCHINSON was born before 18 Nov 1643 in Boston, Suffolk, Mass.. She was christened on 18 Nov 1643 in First Church, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts. She died on 10 Jan 1716 in Newport, Newport, Rhode Island. She was buried in Newport, Newport, Ri. Married 1) Samuel Dyre 2) William Vernon.
5. M William HUTCHINSON was born on 17 Jan 1645/6 in Boston, Suffolk, Mass.. He was christened on 17 Jan 1645/6 in First Church, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts. He died in Infancy, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts. He was buried in ... Died Young.
6. F Katherine HUTCHINSON was born before 12 May 1648 in Boston, Suffolk, Mass.. She was christened on 14 May 1648 in First Church, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts. She died in Young, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts. She was buried in ... Died Soon.
7. F Susanna HUTCHINSON was born on 10 May 1649 in Boston, Suffolk Co., Ma. She was christened on 10 May 1649 in Boston, Suffolk, Ma. She was buried in ... Prob Ri. Married Nathaniel Coddington.

Edward Hutchinson married second in 1650 at Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts to Abigail Firmage [Vermayes], daughter of the widow Abigail Vermais. She was born circa 1622 in Great Yarmouth, Suffolk, England died 10 August 1689 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts. Her second marriage; Abigail was the widow of Robert Button, with whom she had 5 children.

Edward Hutchinson and Abigail Vermmayes had 4 children born in Boston:

1. M Edward, b. Jan 1651/2, d. 1692 Boston. Died unmarried
2. F Katherine, b. 13 Feb 1652/3. Married 1) Henry Bartholomew 2) Richard Janverin
3. M Benjamin, b. 22 Jun 1656, probably died young
4. F Hannah, b. 16 May 1659, d. 15 Jan 1704/5 Taunton, MA. Married Peter Walker.

Hutchinson is the ancestor of three United States presidents, as well as the loyalist governor of Massachusetts, Thomas Hutchinson.

Wheeler's Surprise

From http://www.newbraintreehistoricalsociety.org/12.html

Wheeler’s Surprise was the ambush of an expedition sent out by the  colony of Massachusetts to gain the neutrality of the Nipmuck Indians during King Philip’s War. The ambush took place August 2, 1675, apparently in the swamp land that is found along Winimusset Brook in New Braintree. The English were under the command of Captain Edward Hutchinson who had an escort of about twenty horsemen led by Captain Thomas Wheeler. Ephraim Curtis and three Indians friendly to the English accompanied Hutchinson as guides and interpreters. Three men from Quaboag Plantation or Brookfield were also with the expedition. The name Wheeler’s Surprise has been attached to the ambush because Captain Thomas Wheeler wrote a detailed account of the attack and the subsequent assault on the town of Brookfield. ...

The next morning, August 2, Hutchinson and his party waited in vain for the Indians to arrive. At the urging of the three Brookfield men with them, and against the advice of the friendly Indians with the expedition, the party moved north toward the swamp where the Indians were located. Upon approaching the swamp, the English were forced to move in single file due to swamp land on their left and a steep hill on their right. After proceeding in this way for 300 to 400 yards the expedition was suddenly raked with musket fire from a well-laid ambush.

...Unable to move forward, the English turned to retrace their steps only to find the way they had come blocked by the Indians. With swamp to their left, their only escape was up the steep hill to their right.  Spurring their mounts up the hillside, the troopers managed to escape the deadly fire of the Nipmucks. Behind lay eight dead or dying Englishmen, including the three Brookfield men who had urged the expedition forward. Of those still in the saddle, several were badly wounded, including Thomas Wheeler and the leader of the expedition, Captain  Edward Hutchinson. The survivors made a frantic retreat back to Brookfield, guided by their Indian interpreters. Upon arriving at Brookfield, they warned the inhabitants who gathered together in the Ayres Tavern. The Nipmucks followed and attacked the garrison. The siege lasted until August 4, when the arrival of Major Simon Willard and his mounted troops caused the Nipmucks to withdraw.

events

Edward HUTCHINSON, son of William Hutchinson and Anne Marbury, was born before 28 May 1613 in Alford, Alford Parish, Lincolnshire, England. He was christened on 28 May 1613 in Alford, Lincolnshire, England. He died on 19 Aug 1675 in Marlborough, Middlesex, Mass.. He was buried in Aug 1675 in Killed In King, Phillip's War. .

Reference 2QVT-PB

• Christening* Capt. Edward Hutchinson was christened on 28 May 1613 at Alford, Lincolnshire, England.2,1
• Immigration* He immigrated on 4 September 1633 to Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, on the ship Griffin.4
• Event-Misc* He was made freeman on 3 September 1634 at Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts.4
• Event-Misc He was admitted to full communion on 10 October 1634 at First Church, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts.4
• Marriage License* He and an unknown person obtained a marriage license on 19 October 1636 at St. Mary Magdelen, London, Middlesex, England.4
• Marriage* He married Katherine Hamby on 23 October 1636 at Lawford, Essex, England.4
• Event-Misc Was on the Newport Covenant on 7 March 1638 at Newport, Rhode Island.4
• Marriage* He married Abigail Firmage in 1650 at Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, as his 2nd wife.1
• Will* He left a will on 17 July 1675.4
• Burial* He was buried in August 1675 Killed in King Phillip's War.
• Event-Misc He received a mortal wound in an ambush when marching to a meeting with the Indians in King Philip's War. On 2 August 1675.4
• Death* He died on 19 August 1675 at Marlborough, Massachusetts, at age 62.4
• Probate His estate was probated on 17 September 1675.4
• Baptism He witnessed the baptism of Capt. Edward Hutchinson on 3 December 1936.
• Note* He firmly opposed the persecutions of Quakers in Massachusetts.4

Citations

• [S281] Marston Watson, Reverend Francis Marbury, p. 4.
• [S182] Joseph Lemuel Chester, "Hutchinson Family", p. 363.
• [S284] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p 493.
• [S281] Marston Watson, Reverend Francis Marbury, p. 7.

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supporting data

“EDWARD, Boston, s. of Susanna, a wid. (wh. came in May 1636 with John Wheelwright, and her d. Mary, his w.) but this s. came with w. Sarah, in 1633, prob. in the Griffin, hav. fellow-passeng. John Cotton, the disting. theol. Elder Leverett, Gov. Brenton, Edmund Quincy, Atherton Hough, and other promin. persons, most of wh. were, like hims. from Lincolnsh. The fam. was of Alford, in that Co. a. 25 ms. from Boston. His adm. into the ch. was in Oct. the same mo. with Leverett and Brenton, and a mo. earlier than Quincy and Hough; freem. 4 Mar. 1634, had bapt. here John, 31 Aug. 1634; and Ichabod (it being in the worst of the antinom. controv.) 3 Sept. 1637. He is in the ch. rec. call. senr. was one of the princ. men, whose heresy made it necessary to disarm them in 1637, unless his neph. of the same name be thus honor.; and withdrew from the ‘sanguine cloud’ that overcast the whole sky of Mass. going to Rhode Island with his fam. shortly after the b. of this last ch. and perhaps soon after to Eng. whence he never came back.” --James Savage

CAPTIN EDWARD HUTCHINSOn AGED 67 YEARES WAS SHOT BY TREACHEROVS INDIANS AVGVST 2 1675 DYED 19 AVGVST 1675

Parents:

• William Hutchinson (1586 - 1642)
• Anne Marbury Hutchinson (1595 - 1643)

Spouse:

• Katherine Hamby Hutchinson (1615 - 1651)

Children:

• Elisha Hutchinson (1641 - 1717)
• Hannah Huchinson Walker (1658 - 1704)*

Burial: Spring Hill Cemetery Marlborough Middlesex County Massachusetts, USA Created by: SherryG Record added: Sep 11, 2006

Find A Grave Memorial# 15705253 -tcd

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Hutchinson_(captain)_
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Hutchinson_(Rhode_Island)#Fam...
  • 3. Anderson, Robert Charles (2003). The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England 1634–1635. Vol. III G-H. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society. ISBN 0-88082-158-2.
  • 10.  Bicknell, Thomas Williams (1920). The History of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. Vol.3. New York: The Americanh Historical Society. pp. 989–994.
• Royal Families: Reverend Francis Marbury and five generations of his descendants through Anne (Marbury) Hutchinson and Katherine (Marbury) Scott by Marston Watson Genealogical Pub. Co. - Families of royal descent

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Helped to found Newport RI

Killed by Indians in King Phillip's War

GEDCOM Note

Category: Antinomian Controversy Category: Portsmouth, Rhode Island Category: Signers of the Portsmouth Compact Category:Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts Category: Founders and Settlers of Rhode Island

Biography

war = King Philip's War Captain Edward Hutchinson, eldest son of William Hutchinson and his wife Anne Marbury, was called "Junior" to distinguish him from his uncle, <ref name=great>Unless otherwise cited, information is from 'Anderson, Robert Charles. The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, G-H. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009.) Originally published as: The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume III, G-H, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2003, page 479-480.</ref> was born before 28 May 1613, the date of his baptism in Alford,Alford Parish, Lincolnshire, England.<ref name=Royal>Richardson, Royal Ancestry (2013) Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 Vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham, (Salt Lake City, Utah: the author, 2013), Vol III, page 195, Capt Edward Hutchinson].</ref>

Edward emigrated to America about 1633 (before his parents) as a single man on the Griffin with John Cotton; he was admitted to the Boston Church 10 August 1634.

It appears from his place and date of marriage that he returned to England to marry Katherine.

He opposed the persecution of the Quakers and moved to Newport, Rhode Island in 1638. He was, with his uncle and father, among the first settlers at Newport, forming their covenant 7 March 1638, but in a few years he preferred Boston for his residence. He is honored for his firmness in opposition of cruelty to the Quakers.

Service

Freeman. 3 Sept, 1634, artillery co. 1638, a Captain in 1657, rep. 1658, and served an important rank in King Philips's war in 1675, during which he was killed.

Marriage & Family

Edward Hutchinson married twice.

He married first at the age of 24, on 19 October 1636, at which time he was referred to as "of Wanflet, Lincoln, mercer." His first wife was Katherine Hanbie, age 21, with the consent of her mother Katherine Hanbie of Ipswich, Suffolk. They were married at Lawford, Essex.<ref> London marriage licenses by Bishop of London, Essex, Coll. Vol. 28, cited in Genealogies of the Families of Braintree, Ma. 1640-1850, by Waldo. C. Sprague, p ?? </ref> His wife was daughter of Robert Hamby and his wife Elizabeth Arnold, at Lawford, Essex, England, by license dated 19 October 1636. <ref name=Royal/> : Research Note: The name of her mother needs resolving. Her marriage license calls her mother Katherine; Royal Ancestry names her Elizabeth Arnold.

Children of Edward and Katherine:<ref name=Royal/>

1. Elisha, bapt 5 Nov 1637; no further record; died young?# Elizabeth, bapt. 10 Nov. 1639; married as his second wife, Edward Winslow; Savage reports she had a subsequent marriage# Elisha (again), bapt 28 Nov. 1641, "being about 13 days old"<ref>The baptism of Elisha as reported in Drake's History of Boston is on a wrong day (29 Nov. 1641, which was a Monday), when the record shows the true date 28. </ref>
2. Elishua, bapt. 5 Nov. 1637; no further records; probably died young
3. William,# Ann(e), bapt 19 Nov. 1643, about 2 days old; married first Samuel Dyer of Newport; married second Daniel Vernon.# Catherine, bapt. 14 May 1648; "d soon" (see list below of children with second wife; they had another Catherine)
4. Susanna, bapt. 10 June 1649; married Nathaniel Coddington Savage reports an additional daughter Hannah who married Peter Walker of Taunton.<ref>James Savage, A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England, Before 1692 (Boston, Little, Brown and Company, 1862) Volume #2, p ?? </ref>

Edward's first wife Katherine was alive as late as 1649.

He married second, Abigail, the widow of Robert Button and her last name at birth was Firmage<ref name=Royal/> , Fermayes<ref name=great/> ,or Vermais. She was the daughter of the widow Alice Vermaies of Salem.

Children with Abigail:<ref name=Royal/>

1. Edward, perhaps Jan. 1652# Catharine, again, b. 13 Feb. 1653 (married Henry Bartholomew)<ref name=Royal/>
2. Benjamin, 22 June 1656, died before his father
3. Hannah, 16 May 1658 (married Peter Walker)<ref name=Royal/> Abigail survived her husband and died 10 August 1689 at Boston, Massachusetts.

Research note: The pedigree in Drake's valuable History of Boston, pg.227, tho. it avoids the error of the less careful family Memoir as to date of marriage, yet follows that author in giving only three children to the second wife where he is wrong, and disagrees with him where he is right, in parentage of the son Edward.

King Philip's War

During King Philip's War, Capt Edward Hutchinson, on Aug 2, was wounded by Nipmunk Indians at Marlborough, Massachusetts. The Indians attacked when he was marching to a peaceful meeting with them. He died of his wounds on August 19th, 1675, at Marlborough, aged 62, (carved on his gravestone). Edward's body was buried at Springhill cemetery, Marlborough, Massachusetts.<ref name=Royal/>

King Philip was the chief of the Wampanoag Indians and the son of Massasoit, the chief who had befriended the Pilgrims and celebrated the first Thanksgiving in 1620. King Philip resented the intrusion and domination of the colonists and led an uprising of several tribes, including the Narragansetts, in 1675-76, terrorizing New England in what would become known as the bloodiest Indian War ever to take place there. By the time the war ended 52 out of 90 New England settlements had been attacked, 12 completely destroyed. King Philip himself was trapped and killed in Aug. 1676. <ref>KING PHILIP'S WAR, 1675-76, by Larry Overmire (Edited for readability by Robin Craig, 19 Feb 2013)</ref>

Death and Burial ===Edward died 19 August 1675, in Marlborough, Massachusetts.<ref>Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988</ref>

He was buried shortly thereafter at Springhill cemetery, Marlborough, Massachusetts. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and poet Robert Lowell are descendants.

Sources

• Marston Watson, Royal Families: Americans of Royal and Noble Ancestry; Volume Two: Reverend Francis Marbury and Five Generations of His Descendants through Anne Marbury Hutchinson and Katherine Marbury Scott,, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, MD. 2004. ISBN 0-8063-1746-9; pages 7-8.
• Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook) Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988
• Susan Phillips, Phelps/Phillips tree (WorldConnectGEDCOM); last updated 25 Aug 2001
• D.B. (David) Robinson, D.B. Robinson Database, (WorldConnect GEDCOM), last updated 22 Jan 2011
• Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America before 1700, (publisher? place? date?), p. 187
• Lyman Paine, My Ancestors: In Memory of John Paine & Mary Ann May of E. Woodstock, Conn., Private Publisher, 1914. Call Number: CS71.P146
• Memoir of Governor Hutchinson, The New England Historical & Genealogical Register (New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Mass., 1847) Vol. 1, Pages 299-300
• Michael P. Winship, "Hutchinson , Anne (bap. 1591, d. 1643)," in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/14280, accessed 16 Oct 2017]
• Peirce, Ebenezer Weaver. Indian History, Biography and Genealogy: Pertaining to the Good Sachem Massasoit of the Wampanoag Tribe (Z.G. Mitchell, North Abington, Mass., 1878) Page 71
• https://nativenortheastportal.com/bio/bibliography/hutchinson-edwar...
• This line of the Vernon family was directly descended from one of Rhode Island's first pioneers, Anne Hutchinson.
• https://military-history.fandom.com/wiki/Edward_Hutchinson_(captain)