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About Edward "the Baker" Hutchinson, Sr.
Biography
Edward Hutchinson, Sr.
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Hutchinson_(mercer)_
Edward was baptised in Alford on 20 December 1607, was educated, and like his brother Samuel, published religious treatises that showed his fluency with Latin.[20] Though his father was Edward, he is called Edward, Sr. in New England to distinguish him from his nephew, called Edward Jr. In the summer of 1633, at the age of 25, he sailed to New England aboard the ship Griffin, accompanied by this nephew, Edward, the oldest son of his oldest brother, William.[2] On the same ship was the future minister of the Boston church, John Cotton.[39]
Memorial plaque at Founder's Brook Park, Portsmouth, Rhode Island, commemorating those who signed the Portsmouth Compact, including "Edward Hutchinson Sen'r"
Edward was admitted to the Boston church in October 1633, and was made a freeman the following March.[40] In November 1634 he was on a committee to assess various rates for Boston, and he carried the title of Sergeant by 1637.[41] As a young adult, Edward became caught up in the events of the Antinomian Controversy from 1636 to 1638, in which his sister-in-law, Anne Hutchinson, and his brother-in-law, John Wheelwright, were centrally involved. On 2 November 1637, following Anne's sentence of banishment, and while she was awaiting her church trial, Edward was "convented for having his hand to the seditious libel, justifying the same, & using contemptuous speeches, the Court did disfranchise him, fine him in £40, put him from office, & commit him during the pleasure of the Court."[42] On 20 November he was on a list of those who were disarmed as a result of the controversy, and the following March he and William Baulston were given license to depart out of the jurisdiction. During this time he was among a group of 23 men who signed a compact, dated 7 March 1638, establishing a new government. He signed the compact as "Edward Hutchinson, Sr." because his nephew Edward, the son of William and Anne Hutchinson, also signed the document, as "Edward Hutchinson, Jr."[43] The signatories were not sure where to go, but were convinced by Roger Williams to buy land of the natives and settle near the Narragansett Bay. This is what most of the signers of the compact did, establishing the settlement of Pocasset on Aquidneck Island, soon to become Portsmouth in the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations.[44]
Edward was a baker, and in November 1638 he was ordered to bake bread "for the use of the plantation" in Portsmouth. He was also one of three men appointed to administer the venison trade with the natives.[40] His stay in Rhode Island was short, and he had returned to England sometime before 1644 when he was a witness to the will of his brother John. Once back in England he became a member of the "Ironmonger's Company," and was in business in London.[11]
Edward's wife was named Sarah, and since she was admitted to the Boston church in December 1633, she almost certainly sailed to New England with him. The couple had two children baptised in Boston, John and Ichabod, but there is no further record of either of them.[42] Edward and his wife were both still alive in 1669 when mentioned in the will of his brother Richard.[11] Online accounts that give his death date as 1675 are confusing him with his nephew Edward, who died that year from wounds received during King Philips War.[12]
GEDCOM Note
Category:Puritan_Great_Migration
Category: Antinomian Controversy Category: Portsmouth, Rhode Island Category:Questionable_Gateway_Ancestors== Biography<ref>Robert Charles Anderson, Great Migration Begins, Boston, MA: NEHGS 1995, pp 1052-1054. Sources Anderson used are in [brackets].
Biography
Edward Hutchinson was baptized 20 DEC 1607 in Alford, Lincoln, England, son of Edward and Susanna (_____) Hutchinson. [NEHGR 20:363] He emigrated in 1633 to Boston, removed to Portsmouth, RI in 1638, returned to England permanently by 1644 and perhaps earlier. He was a baker. [RICR 1:61] He married by 1633 Sarah _____ who was admitted to Boston church on 15Dec 1633 [BChR 17]. She died in England after 1669. [NEHGR 20:363]:He was the brother of Samuel Hutchinson and William Hutchinson, brother-in-law of Rev. John Wheelwright and Augustin Storre, and uncle of Edward Rishworth, all of whom came to New England later in the 1630s [NEHGR 20:355-67; GDMNH 367, 588, 666, 743-44]. On 2 Nov 1638 he was convicted and fined by the Massachusetts Bay Colony Court for sedition, libel and contemptuous speeches. [MBCR 1:207] He was disarmed 20 Nov 1637. [MBCR 1:212]. In Feb 1638, he along with William Baulston were given permission to leave the colony. [WP 4:15; MBCR 1:223]
Disambiguation
He died probably in England, after 1669. [NEHGR 20:363] One of the duplicate profiles offered the following death information, without citation:
:: Date: 19 AUG 1675 :: Place: Alford, Lincolnshire, England It was Edward the son of William Hutchinson and Anne Marbury who died on on 19 August 1675. He was killed by Indians in King Philip's war atMarlborough, Massachusetts, and buried at Springhill cemetery, Marlborough, Massachusetts.
Great Migration 1634-1635, G-H
Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families In some histories and genealogies, he has been confused with his nephew, Edward Hutchinson, son of William Hutchinson. "The younger Edward came to New England about 1635, resided briefly at Portsmouth, Rhode Island, in 1638 [RICR 1:52, 55, 56], and was back in Boston by 18 February 1638/9 [BTR 1:38]
Children
- John, bp Boston 31 August 1634 [BChR 279]; no further record
- Ichabod, bp Boston 3 Sep 1637; no further record
Sources
- Great Migration 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, by Robert Charles Anderson. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2003, profile for Edward Hutchinson, page 479-480.
- 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].
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Edward "the Baker" Hutchinson, Sr.'s Timeline
| 1607 |
December 20, 1607
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Alford, Lincolnshire, England
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| 1634 |
1634
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Alford, Lincolnshire, England
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| 1637 |
1637
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Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
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| 1699 |
1699
Age 91
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Alford, Lincolnshire, England
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