Person:Richard Hutchinson (2)

The Will of Richard Hutchinson

"Although Richard evidently deeded land to all his children, he left a long will:

'Richard Hutchenson, (proved) 28 Nov. 1682.'

'In the name of God Amen, I Richard Hutchinson of the towne of Salem being of pfect memorye & understanding & though weake in body by Reason of age, doe make this my last will & testament … 1: In relation to my deare & loveing wife, my will is that she shall be & remaine, at my son Joseph Hutchensons house, during her naturall life if she sees cause there to be provided for, with convention fouse roome, meat drink & lodging & all other things whatsoever that may be comfortable & sutable for one of her age, duering her life, and ten shillings yearly to be at her dispose, … or if she sees cause to remove, … & to live in any other place, then shee shal have all that estate, which was in her hands, when I marryed her, excepting that pcell of land which Samuel Leach of Manchester had, which was for the payment of her debts, the sd estate to be at her dispose, to whome soe ever she pleaseth. But if she remaine at my son Hutchensons house during her life, then the said estate shalbe in the hands of my executor … only her wearing apparel shalbe at her librty to dispose of at her decease.

2ly In respect of my lands my will is

1 That my Sonn in law Anthony Ashby & my daughter Abigail his wife Shall have twenty Acres of land. …

2 I give to my Sonn in law Daniell Bordman & my daughter Hanah his wife their heires or assignes, twenty acres of land, …

3:-I give to my Grandchildren Bethiah Hutchenson & Sarah Hadlock to each of them ten acres, …

4-I give unto black peeter my servant, five acres of land, lying by & adjoining to the land above expressed, … if he have noe heires then it shall return to my executor, …

5-I give unto my Son in law, Nathaniel Putnam & my Son in law Thomas Hale, & my Son in law James Hadlock, each of them forty shillings …

6 Also I give to my Son in law Daniell Bordman, & Anthony Ashby each of them, forty Shillings …

7 lastly I make my Son Joseph Hutchinson, Sole executor to this my last will & testament, enjoyning him his heires & assignes to pay all my debts & legacies, & I do freely give unto him, his heires or assignes, peeter my Servant, & all the rest of my estate both moveable & Imoveables. This is my last will & testament made by me this 19:January in ye yeare of our Lord One thousand six hundred Seaventy nine.' Signed my mark. Wit: James Baily, Joseph mazary. (Essex Co., Probate, 14429.)'^[1]

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5} Holman, Mary Lovering. Ancestry of Charles Stinson Pillsbury and John Sargent Pillsbury. (Concord, New Hampshire: Privately Printed at The Rumford Press, 1938)
   II:819-822.

   Richard(1) Hutchinson, born in England in 1601, deposed aged 58 in 1660, possibly son of Thomas and Alice Hutchinson [A English pedigree of the ancestry of Richard Hutchinson is in print but it is greatly to be doubted], died in Salem, Mass., 1662, aged eighty-one years. … Richard Hutchinson may have resided at North Muskham, England just before his emigration. He appears in Salem in 1634 and was granted land there in 1637. His wife was admitted to the Salem Church in 1636 and Richard became a member in 1647. The town gave him more land in 1654 and 1660. … The land that was later given him was at Hathorne's Hill. He applied to be made a Freeman, 4 Mar. 1634-35. He served on a land committee in 1636-37.

2. ↑ Essex Institute Historical Collections. (Salem, Massachusetts: Essex Institute Press)
   10:2:99-100.
3. ↑ Roberts, Gary Boyd. English origins of New England families: from The New England historical and genealogical register, first series. (Baltimore [Maryland]: Genealogical Pub. Co., 1984)
   2:475.
4. ↑ Robert Charles Anderson did not include this Richard Hutchinson in his Great Migration immigrants for 1634-35. The basis for Mrs. Holman's statement that he appears in Salem in 1634 is not evident. The Richard Hutchinson who was admitted freeman 4 March 1634/35, according to Savage (and evidently to Anderson), was the son of William and Ann (Marbury) Hutchinson of Alford, Lincolnshire and Boston.