Richard, the son of Edward and Susanna Hutchinson of Alford, Lincolnshire, was baptised there 3 Jan 1597/8, d. 1670, m. Mary _______, living in 1669. Unlike five of his siblings, Richard remained in England, and he and his wife are mentioned as living in London in the 7 June 1644 will of his brother John. However, four of his sons emigrated, and it is through them that Richard had numerous business ties with the colonies. The sons who came to New England were Edward, Eliakim, Samuel, and William, and they all had land and business interests in the part of the Massachusetts Bay Colony that later became Maine. Richard was an "opulent ironmonger in London" who was a partner in Beex and Company, represented in New England by his sons. In his will, dated 4 Nov 1669, and proved 11 April 1670, Richard called himself "Citizen and ironmonger of London", and left sizeable bequests to his many children, and also left ten pounds to his "brother Edward Hutchinson and his wife"
Richard, the son of Edward and Susanna Hutchinson of Alford, Lincolnshire, was baptised there 3 Jan 1597/8, d. 1670, m. Mary _______, living in 1669. Unlike five of his siblings, Richard remained in England, and he and his wife are mentioned as living in London in the 7 June 1644 will of his brother John. However, four of his sons emigrated, and it is through them that Richard had numerous business ties with the colonies. The sons who came to New England were Edward, Eliakim, Samuel, and William, and they all had land and business interests in the part of the Massachusetts Bay Colony that later became Maine. Richard was an "opulent ironmonger in London" who was a partner in Beex and Company, represented in New England by his sons. In his will, dated 4 Nov 1669, and proved 11 April 1670, Richard called himself "Citizen and ironmonger of London", and left sizeable bequests to his many children, and also left ten pounds to his "brother Edward Hutchinson and his wife"
Family Members
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Judge William Hutchinson
1586–1642
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Theophilus Hutchinson
1588–1589
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Samuel Hutchinson
1590–1667
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Hester Hutchinson Harnesse
1593 – unknown
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John Hutchinson
1595–1644
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Susanna Hutchinson
1599–1601
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Susanna Hutchinson Storre Hough
1601–1651
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Anne Hutchinson
1603 – unknown
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Mary Hutchinson Wheelwright
1605 – unknown
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Edward Hutchinson
1607 – unknown
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