Edward "the Mercer" Hutchinson

Notes

• He was apprenticed to Edmund Knight for about 8 years beginning May 1577. On 8 Feb 1580, Knight signed him over to Christopher Dobson. (A person would generally be free of an apprenticeship at the age of 21, which suggests that Edward was born about 1563-64.)
• After his apprenticeship, he moved to Alford, a market town of Lincolnshire. He married Susannah and eventually became a follower of the Rev. John Cotton. When Cotton was punished and planned to move to New England, it is possible that Edward intended to move his family as well. He died before that could happen, although many of his children did move to Massachusetts. [1]
  • From the website "Owings Stone Family: A Genealogy of 10,000+ Ancestor and Relatives – Edward Hutchinson (1563-1632) – Genealogy Detail.

Origin

• From: Chester, Joseph Daniel. 1866. “The Hutchinson Family of England and New England, and Its Connection with the Marburys and Drydens.” The New England Historical and Genealogical Register XX (4): 355–67. Available at: Google Books. The entire portion from this book about the family of Edward and "Susan" is posted in Sources. It shows what appears below.
  • Birth: c.1564.
  • Christened: 17 April 1568 {Citation needed} in St Mary Parish, Wigford, Lincolnshire, England.
    • NOTE: FamilySearch says about "Lincoln St Mary le Wigford, Lincolnshire Genealogy" the following:— "Lincoln St. Mary Le Wigford lies within the boundary of Lincoln the Virgin Mary (Ancient Parish). This Parish was functioning by at least the year 1562." (Alford, Lincolnshire center s 34.7 mi or 55.8 km East from Lincoln St. Mary Le Wigford.)
  • Buried 14 February 1641
  • Apparently the baptismal records for this period are lost.
  • Edward was the youngest son of Hutchinson-300|John Hutchinson, andwas the only son of John's second marriage to Anne ______ (her maidenname is unknown).
  • This profile names Clint-13|Ann Clint as the mother of Edward Hutchinson. {Citation needed}

en.Wikipedia: Edward Hutchinson (mercer)

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Family

Edward married and had 11 known children:
1. William Hutchinson, the oldest, baptized 14 August 1586; married to Marbury-2|Anne (Marbury) Hutchinson
2. Theophilus
3. Samuel
4. “Easter” [as spelled in family search christening source] or Hester or Esther
5. John
6. Richard
7. Susanna
8. Susanna
9. Anne
10. Mary
11. Edward
NOTE: More is provided about these children in the book pages posted in Sources and somewhat in the Wikipedia article.

Children Christenings

• Children born to Edward (and Susanna) appear on FamilySearch with only his name: "Eddi. or Edwardi Hutchinson" with "christenings" in "Alford, Lincolnshire, England.
• Note: As of 10 Dec 2023, none of their digital-data sources show original document images.

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Death and Legacy

Edward was buried 14 February 1631/2 in Alford, Lincoln, England,

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