Anne Marbury Hutchinson
of
Massachusetts, Rhode Island and New York

So much has been documented about Anne Marbury Hutchinson that I feel I'm being superfluous 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 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). In 1643, Anne, all of her servants and her younger children, except one, were massacred by Indians. Her ten-year-old daughter, Susannah, was the sole survivor of this massacre. It is through Susannah Hutchinson that I derive my descent from Anne Marbury and William Hutchinson.

Anne Marbury and William Hutchinson had the following children:

Edward Hutchinson, chr. 28 May 1613, Alford, Lincolnshire, England; d. 19 August 1675, Marlborough, Essex County, Massachusetts; m. Catherine Hamby, 13 October 1636, Lawford, Essex County, England.
Susannah Hutchinson, chr. 4 September 1614, Alford, Lincolnshire, England; died 1630, buried 08 September 1630, Alford, Lincolnshire, England.
Richard Hutchinson, chr. 8 December 1615, Alford, Lincolnshire, England; d. 1682, Salem, Massachusetts, m. Alice Bosworth.
Faith Hutchinson, chr.14 August 1617, Alford, Lincolnshire, England; d. 1652, Charlestown, Massachusetts; m. Thomas Savage, 1636-1637, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts.
Bridget Hutchinson, chr. 15 January 1618/1619, Alford, Lincolnshire, England; d. 1696; m. John Sanford, 1637-1638, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts.
Francis Hutchinson, chr.24 December 1620, Alford, Lincolnshire, England.
Elizabeth Hutchinson, chr. 17 February 1620/1621, Alford, Lincolnshire, England; d. 1630, buried 4 October 1630, Alford, Lincolnshire, England.
William Hutchinson, chr.22 June 1623, Alford, Lincolnshire, England; d. Bef. September 1631.
Samuel Hutchinson, chr.17 December 1624, Alford, Lincolnshire, England; d. Aft. 1675, Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
Ann Hutchinson, chr. 5 May 1626, Alford, Lincolnshire, England.
Mary Hutchinson, chr.22 February 1627/1628, Alford, Lincolnshire, England.
Katherine Hutchinson, chr. 7 February 1629/1630, Alford, Lincolnshire, England.
William Hutchinson, chr. 28 September 1631, Alford, Lincolnshire, England.
Susannah Hutchinson, b. 15 November 1633, Alford, Lincolnshire, England; d. 1713, North Kingstown, Washington County, Rhode; m. John Cole, 30 December 1651, Boston, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts
Zuryell Hutchinson, chr. 13 March 1635/1636, Boston, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts

My line of descent, from Ann Marbury and William Hutchinson down to my maternal grandmother is as follows:

Direct Descendants of Anne Marbury

1 Anne Marbury + William Hutchinson
2 Susannah Hutchinson + John Cole
3 Susannah Cole + Thomas Eldred
4 Sarah Eldred + Enoch Kenyon
5 Alice Kenyon + Benjamin Crandall
6 Sarah Crandall + Joel Burdick
7 Rowland Burdick + Lydia Geer
8 Abel Burdick + Susan M. Phillips
9 Frank R. Burdick + Sarah H. Clark
10 Bertha Melissa Burdick

Sources

American Kenyons by Captain Howard N. Kenyon, 1935, pp. 59-60
The Descendants of Robert Burdick of Rhode Island by Nellie Willard Johnson, 1937, pp. 92, 212, 534-535.
Elder John Crandall of Rhode Island and His Descendants by John Cortland Crandall, 1949, pp. 26-27, 73.
The Marbury Ancestry by Meredith B. Colket, Jr., 1936.
Notes Upon The Ancestry Of William Hutchinson & Anne Marbury by Joseph Lemuel Chester, 1866.
Samuel Cole And His Descendants (1630-1975) by Lyle S. Cole, 1975.