William Hutchinson

     William Hutchinson was born circa August 1586 at Alford, Lincolnshire, England.³ He was baptized on 14 August 1586 at Alford, Lincolnshire, England.³ He was the son of Edward Hutchinson and Susanna (?)² William Hutchinson married Anne Marbury, daughter of Francis Marbury and Bridget Dryden, on 9 August 1612 at Church of Saint Mary Woolnoth, London, England; William Hutchinson was a prosperous cloth merchant, and the couple returned to Alford marriage. The Hutchinson family considered themselves to be part of the Puritan movement, and in particular, they followed the teachings of the Reverend John Cotton, their religious mentor.
John Cotton was relocated to the Puritan colonies of Massachusetts Bay in 1634; the Hutchinsons soon followed with their fifteen children, setting sail on the Griffin. They lost a total of four children in early childhood, one of whom was born in America.^4,5 William Hutchinson died after June 1641 at Portsmouth, Newport Co, Rhode Island.³