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Anne Marbury Hutchinson of Massachusetts, Rhode Island and New York |
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So
much has been documented about my 9th great-grandmother, Anne Marbury Hutchinson, that I feel I'm being
repetitive in saying more. There are a proliferation of good websites from
which to obtain information on Anne's life, and for those who wish to learn
more, I direct your attention to the links section on
this page. On this page, I've provided a brief summary of Anne's life,
parentage, marriage, children and my line of descent from her. Beyond this,
I hope that those who are interested will investigate the many available
resources which chronicle the life of this remarkable and brave woman.
Anne Marbury was the daughter of Rev. Francis Marbury and Bridget Dryden. She was baptized on July 20, 1591 at Alford, Lincolnshire, England. On 6 August 6 1612, she was married to a textile merchant, William Hutchinson, at St. Mary's Parish at Woolnoth, London, England. In July 1634, Anne, William and their brood of children emigrated to America, where they arrived on September 18 and settled in Boston, part of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Anne led a quiet life as a housewife and a midwife. She held weekly meetings with other woman to discuss the Sunday sermons. Eventually, these meeting attracted a larger following. The historically simple explanation of the problems that eventually befell her was that her belief in the covenant of grace versus the covenant of works led some, particularly the Puritan leadership of Massachusetts Bay, to view her as an antinomian heretic. More than likely, the situation was more multi-faceted than this. Anne was subsequently tried and convicted of heresy, and in 1637, she was banished from the Massachusetts Bay Colony by Governor John Winthrop. In 1638, she established a settlement on the island of Aquidneck (Rhode Island) with some of her followers. After her husband, William Hutchinson, died in 1642, Anne removed with her younger children to an isolated, wooded area on Long Island Sound (now Scarsdale, New York), named New Netherland by the Dutch colonists. The Hutchinsons family's settlement at New Netherland coincided with local unrest between the Dutch colonists and the local Native American people, the Siwanoy. The director of New Netherland aroused the ire of the Siwanoy by ordering attacks on their settlements in an effort to drive them from the region. Ann had a good relationship with the Narragansetts in Rhode Island, and it's believed she felt a false sense of safety among the Siwanoy. The Hutchinsons had been friendly to them, but the relationship between the Siwanoy and the New Netherland colonists became irreversibly damaged due to the Dutch colonists' attacks on the Siwanoy settlements. In 1643, Anne, all of her servants and her younger children, except one, were killed by Siwanoy. Her ten-year-old daughter, Susannah, was the sole survivor of this massacre. Susannah Hutchinson is my 8th great-grandmother, and it is through her that I derive my descent from Anne Marbury and William Hutchinson. | ||||||
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Anne Marbury and William Hutchinson had the following children:
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Early American Literature to 1700 - Anne Marbury Hutchinson (1591-1643) Anne Hutchinson : American Jezebel or Woman of Courage? Hutchinson, Anne - Notable Women Ancestors Hutchinson, Anne - The Puritan Exiles the Separatists Trial and Interrogation of Anne Hutchinson The Examination of Mrs. Anne Hutchinson at the Court at Newton. 1637 The Family of William and Anne Hutchinson; Early Colonial New England Hutchinson, Anne - Christian Leader | ||||||
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The ivy graphic on this page is a scan
I made of the stencil, Ivy Garlands -
Rebecca Carter, The background paper on this page is from Ender Design's Realm Graphics collection. | ||||||
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