Edward Hutchinson (captain)


Edward Hutchinson was the oldest child of Massachusetts and Rhode Island magistrate William Hutchinson and his wife, the dissident minister Anne Hutchinson. He is noted for making peace with the authorities following his mothers 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.

Katherine died sometime afterJune 1649 when her last child was born, but by 1650 when Hutchinson was married to his second wife. His second wife was Abigail Button, the daughter of Alice Fermayes , and widow of Robert Button. The oldest child of this marriage was Edward, who was bornJanuary 1651 and died unmarried in 1692. Katherine, born in 1653, married Henry Bartholomew and was still living about 1730 and Benjamin, born at BostonJune 1656 probably died young. The youngest child of this marriage was Hannah, born at BostonMay 1658, who married Peter Walker, probably at Taunton the couple had six children.

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