- From Genealogy of the HUTCHINSON FAMILY OF YORKSHIRE (1868), p. 19:
"VIII. Thomas Hutchinson was their second son [of Lawrence and Isabel Hutchinson]. He resided at he city of Newark, in the county of Nottingham. The Parish Registers of Newark now in existence do not commence until the year 1600, so that no information can be derived from that source; but, from the fact that in his will he directs to be buried in the church, and leaves what was then a considerable legacy to the poor of the parish, it may be taken for granted that he was a person in good circumstances. He died in the year 1598, his will being proved an the 11th of May in that year, and dated the preceding 1st of March. He appointed as supervisors of his will, his "cousin,” Mr. Thomas Hutchinson, of Owthorpe, “Gentleman,” and his cousin "Mr. Thomas Ellis, of Gray’s Inn, London,” thus establishing his connection with the elder branch of the family. The name of his wife I have not been able to ascertain, but she evidently died before him. Their issue were-
1. William, who died during his i'ather’s life-time. He had been married, and had children, but, from his father's will, it is doubtful if any of them were living‘at its date.
2. Thomas (of whom hereafter).
3. Joan. "
CAUTION. GRANDFATHER of RICHARD HUTCHINSON who went to SALEM, MASS. PLEASE READ AND DO NOT GIVE THiS THOMAS A FANCY TITLE THAT DOES NOT BELONG: This person has been merged and confused in the past with several different persons. This Thomas was NOT the famous Sir Thomas Hutchinson of Ratcliffe, who was a MP in Parliament, born about 30 years later who has a very different history, md. different people, had different children. Birth dates for all these people are estimated and the only firm dates are when their wills were written and proved. This Thomas was the father of Richard Hutchinson, the immigrant to New England. These others were distant relatives but not the same person and each deserves to have their own family represented accurately on Family Tree. Gedcoms and online erroneous trees have much fiction apparently mixing them up. At least 4 different Thomases have had to have their information separated, including their children accurately represented. iThese families are well researched and can be easiliy differentiated by a careful reading of "A Genealogy of the Hutchinson family of Yorkshire, and of the American branch of the family descended from Richard Hutchinson, of Salem Mass. by Joseph Lemuel Chester, (Boston, USA: David Clapp & Son, 1868). This Thomas's father was Lawrence treated on pages 9, 18-20; and Thomas's own provable history with wife Alice UNKNOWN on pages 20-21. Please do not confuse this Alice unknown with his son Richard's wife Alice Bosworth or with any other Alice's invented on erroneous trees.
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