Nicholas "the Quaker" Hutchins

The Hutchins Family.

Nicholas Hutchins was the forbear of this Hutchins family. He was a Quaker living in Henrico County, Virginia, and belonging to the Henrico Monthly Meeting Cules, and later to the White Oak Swamp Meeting. There are few items known concerining him..

In the records of the Henrico Meetings 1699 to 1756, page one, we find the first item..

7-8-1699-- Nicholas Hutchins did condemn his marriage by priest to the satisfaction of the friends..

12-9-1699-- Nicholas donated 40 pounds of tobacco for building a church at Curle..

6-8-1701-- Nicholas Hutchins and Mary Watkins, daughter of Henry propose their tentions of marriage. The usuall committee was appointed. Henry Watkins, father of the young woman, consenting therunto, saying he would not be their hindrance..

8-9-1701-- NIcholas Hutchins and Mary Watkins were married at a public meeting of the Friends, in Henrico County, Virginia..

4-2-1702 -- Nicholas received a grant of 230 acres along ye north bank of James River and on ye west side of ye Four Mile Creek. This is near Dut??.

4-17-1710 -- Nicholas was on committee to cinsider a marriage. Nicholas reported that he thought first cousins should not marry..

0ct-1711 -- Nicholas, one of several who were paid for working on the Battery at Jamestown..

11-7-1714 -- Nicholas was chosen representative..

13-3-1718 -- Nicholas was chsen to inquire about a marriage, at White Oak Swamp Meeting..

4-6-1719 -- Meeting held at the home of Nicholas Hutchins..

2-7-1724 -- Nicholas signed the marriage record of William More and Martha Odu??.

2-6-1728 -- James Stanley, son of Thomas of Hanover County, and Catherine Hutchins daughter of Nichlas of Henroco declare their intentions to marry. This announcement said Nicholas, deceased..

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Name: Nicholas Hutchins
Event Type: Marriage Intention (Marriage)
Marriage Date: 8 Aug 1701, [9 Oct 1701]
Marriage Date on Image: 8 1701 Sixth
Residence Date: 8 Aug
Residence Date on Image: 8 Sixth
Residence Place: Charles City, Virginia, [Henrico County, Virginia]
Spouse: Mary Watkins
Monthly Meeting: Henrico Monthly Meeting
Historical Meeting Data:
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Religion Sect: Pre-Separation
Yearly Meeting: Baltimore Yearly Meeting
Meeting State: Virginia
Meeting County: Charles City

U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935

Name: Nicholas Hutchens
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 1645
Birth Place: Henrico, Virginia, USA
Death Date: 14 Oct 1729
Death Place: Henrico, Virginia, USA
Father: John Hutchins
Mother: Mary Polly Strangeman
Spouse: Mary Ann Elizabeth Watkins

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"Hutchins-Hutchens, Descendants of Strangeman Hutchins", born 1707, of the James River in Virginia and Surry (Yadkin) County, NC, (Vol. I, © 1979 Gateway Press, Inc., Baltimore; Vol. II, © 1992 Privately Published by Rita Hineman Townsend); Compiled, edited, and indexed by Rita Hineman Townsend, 1606 N. 3rd St., Garden City, Kansas, 67846; Vol. 1, pg. 1, Nicholas Hutchins... "He was a Quaker living in Henrico County,Virginia in 1699. He belonged to the Henrico Monthly Meeting at Curles (established 1690...and later to the White Oak Swamp Meeting (established 1702). Before the building of the meeting house, services were held at the homes of members, often at the home of William Porter and sometimes at the home of Nicholas Hutchins."

Addenda, Appendix II, pg. 785; Appendix III, pgs. 809-810, pg. 5: 1729-11mo-3 Strangeman Hutchins sold and deeded the land grant made to Nicholas Hutchins, and fortunately in the deed said that Nicholas was his father. This is our only proof that Strangeman was the son of Nicholas.

"Hutchins-Hutchens, Descendants of Strangeman Hutchins":

Addenda, Appendix III, pg. 796:

"In the introduction to the minutes of the Pagan Creek Monthly Meeting (Hinshaw:6:19), also called Nansemond and Levy Neck Monthly Meeting, Douglas Summers Brown has written, 'The lower Virginia counties of Isle of Wight, Nansemond and Norfolk have always attracted dissenters and from early times we find them in this section....Even before the rise of the Society of Friends and its subsequent spreading to America, Puritans were in the Isle of Wight County as well as Nansemond. They came under the leadership of Richard Bennett, whose wealth and influence upheld them, he having transported many across the Atlantic at his own expense. Many of these Puritans occupied positions of highest rank in the Virginia Colony....But Puritanism reached its climax in the south in 1637 with the battle of the Severn, which event was perfectly timed to the arrival of the first Quaker missionaries. Thereafter we find many Puritans and their families being converted to the beliefs of Gorge Fox.

" 'In fact, John B. Boddie, historian of the Isle of Wight County, concludes that a large majority of the first Quakers of that county and Nansemond were originally Puritans, including Bennett (above), Governor of Virginia under Oliver Cromwell. Among these earliest Quaker families, not all of whom had been Puritans, are found the names of ....Hutchins....Johnson, Jones, ...It should, however, be remembered that Quakerism was a new faith and that often only one or two members of a family were converted, while in the established Church all members could be taken for granted as being members, unless shown to be otherwise.

" 'The Society of Friends was first planted in Virginia on the Eastern Shore and then in the region south of the lower James River, which area is penetrated by the Nansemond and Elizabeth Rivers. All the meetings in the counties there are closely related by both ties of blood and organization. The same families which first settled Isle of Wight County later moved on into Nansemond, and in the period 1660-63 almost every Quaker family sent members to become the first settlers of the state of North Carolina. Wheeler in his "History of North Carolina" says, "the first permanent settlement (i.e. in Perquimans Co, NC) was formed after the expulsion of the Quakers from Virginia in 1662." So one should not be surprised to find the same family names in all these places.' "

"Early Quakers in Virginia lived with much persecution for their beliefs. This and the fact that they were new to their Quaker faith and its organization were probably the reasons that they left so few records."

Vol. 1, pg. 1:

"Nicholas Hutchins is the earliest member of the Hutchins family of whom we have positive proof. He was a Quaker living in Henrico County,Virginia in 1699. He belonged to the Henrico Monthly Meeting at Curles (established 1690...and later to the White Oak Swamp Meeting (established 1702). Before the building of the meeting house, services were held at the homes of members, often at the home of William Porter and sometimes at the home of Nicholas Hutchins."

(We searched the Family Tree Maker, CD192, Genealogical Records: The Encyclopedia of Quaker Genealogy, 1750-1930, © 1998 Genealogy.com) for the White Oak Swamp, and found in Volume VI, pg. 145, titled "Henrico Monthly Meeting" the following: "also called Curles, New Kent, Upper, Upland, White Oak Swamp and Wayanoke Monthly Meeting.")

"There are many genealogies and family records which give the birthplace of Nicholas Hutchins as England or Wales; but there is nothing to substantiate these claims. Similarly, the father of Nicholas has been given as Isaac, Robert, or another Nicholas Hutchins. From the Court Records of Henrico County it is possible to disprove either Isaac or Robert as the father of Nicholas..."

"...Much caution is necessary in suggesting the parentage of Nicholas, because of the lack of records for Virginia in this period. However, from the facts available for each Hutchins (or variant spelling) in Virginia in the 1600s, it is possible to surmise that several generations of this Hutchins family may already have been in Virginia before Nicholas. For example: -- the Cicely mentioned in the Court Records..., wife of Isaac Hutchins, later married Henry Sherman. - Cicely and Henry were the parents of Elizabeth Sherman who married Henry Trent and later married Henry Gee. - Henry Trent and wife Elizabeth were the parents of Mary Trent, who married Richard Cox. - Richard Cox and Mary Trent were the parents of Elizabeth Cox,who married Strangeman Hutchins. (See: Addenda)." (Appendix III, pgs. 797-809).

(See: Vol. 2, pgs. 1-4; by Rita Hineman Townsend. John Hutchins may have been the father of our Nicholas Hutchins. This has not been proved. The evidence is presented by Elmore Hutchins, and this evidence is very convincing. This "John" was the son of Thomas Hutchins, born about 1575 in Towcester, Northamptonshire, England. He had at least three, maybe four sons, William, Nicholas, Thomas and there may have been a "John". Remember this is all pure speculation and has not been proved).

"Because people lived and married within their own small group of neighbors, it does not seem unlikely that Strangeman and Elizabeth came from families who had known each other for a long time; and it is even possible that they were related in one way or another..."

"The birth of Nicholas Hutchins is often given as 1645, but there is no proof for this. It was a supposition on the part of E. C. Crider, as (is) shown in...excerpt from a letter he wrote to Louis Payne (date unknown, but ca 1935-1937)..." (Rita Hineman Townsend).

First mention of Nicholas Hutchins was when he condemned his marriage to an unknown lady; we do not find any mention of his condemnation by the Friends earlier, and this is the 1st mention we have of Nicholas in Quaker records.

"Hutchins-Hutchens, Descendants of Strangeman Hutchins," Vol. I, pg. 1 (con.):

1699-7mo-8 Nicholas Hutchins did condemn his marriage by priest to the satisfaction of the Friends. (Original Henrico MM Records of the Friends: also H:6:184)

pg. 2:

"1699-12mo-9 Nicholas Hutchins contributed 40 lbs. of tobacco towards the building of a new Meeting House at Curles. (Henrico MM, H:6:148)

"1701-6mo-8 Nicholas Hutchins and Mary Watkins, daughter of Henry, proposed intentions of marriage: 'At a meeting held at William Porter's Jr., the 8th day of ye 6th month, 1701, Nicholas Hutchins and Mary Watkins did at this meeting propose their intentions of marriage the first time. Henry Watkins, the father of the young woman consenting thereto and saying he would not be their hindrance. This meeting therefore ordered that William Lead [Ladd] and Benjamin Woodson do inquire into the clearness and conversation of the said Nicholas Hutchins and make return the next month meeting.' (Original Henrico MM Record, 1699-1756, p 11)"

"1701-7mo-12 'At a meeting held at William Porter Jrs., the 12 day of ye 7th month of 1701, the parties appointed to inquire into the clearness and conversation of Nicholas Hutchins, report that they have found nothing to the contrary but that he is clear in each respect. They were therefore suffered to proceed in their intentions and publish themselves the second time, according to the order of Friends.' (Orginal Henrico mm Record, 1699-1756, p 11, and H:6:184)"

"1701-8mo-9 Nicholas Hutchins, Henrico Co.; m. in Friends Meeting House at a public mtg of the Friends, Mary Watkins, dt Henry, Henrico Co. (H:6:184, Henrico MM Record). From the original Henrico MM Record, 1699-1756, p. 12"

"Here followeth a copy of Nicholas Hutchins' marriage Certificate;

"WHEREAS Nicholas Hutchins, of the County of Henrico and Mary Watkins, daughter Henry Watkins, of the Same County, have proposed their intentions of marriage before two several meetings of the people, in scorn called Quakers, which after the due inquiry of their clearness, and it appearing that the relations of the said Mary were consenting to their marriage, did give consent that the said parties might accomplish their said intentions.

"We therefore, whose names are underwritten do certify all whom it may concern, that the said Nicholas Hutchins and the said Mary Watkins did at the meeting house of the aforesaid people in the county aforesaid, the 9th day of the 8th month, 1701, then and there take each other for wife and husband. He, the said Nicholas Hutchins, taking said Mary by the hand and declaring that in the presence of the Lord and before this congregation, 'I take Mary Watkins to be my lawful wife, promising to be to her a true and loving husband till death.'

"And then the said Mary Watkins, then and there declaring 'that I take Nicholas Hutchins to be my husband, promising to be a true and loving husband (meaning wife) till death.'

"And for confirmation thereof the said Nicholas and Mary did set their hands.

"Signed: Nicholas Hutchins and Mary Hutchins..."

(There were 26 signatures of persons who were witnesses to the ceremony. Among the 26 witnesses to the ceremony, we found: Henry Watkins, Jr., Thomas Watkins, and Mary Watkins).

"E. C. Crider noted, 'We have never been able to find proof as to whether Mary who m Nicholas was the dau of Henry Watkins Sr. or of Henry Watkins Jr.' (See Addenda)." (Rita Hineman Townsend).

pg. 3:

"It is also of interest to note that no relative named Hutchins signed the marriage certificate. Was it because Nicholas had no living relatives, or because his relatives were not Quaker? Or perhaps it was even because he had emigrated from New England or England. The most we can do is speculate."

"1702-4mo-25 Nicholas Hutchins received a grant of 230 acres along 'ye north bank of James River and on ye west side of ye Four Mile Creek.' This is about three miles below Dutch Gap." (There follows a description of the land grant, also a description of the Nicholas Hutchins Land Grant copied from a letter written by E. C. Crider 22 Oct 1937 to a person not named. The Criders had traveled there, and he describes the area, and includes two pictures taken of the land as it was at that time in 1937).

"Four Generations of the Family of Strangeman Hutchins and his wife Elizabeth Cox," as known January 10, 1935", pg. 1:

"As far as we have positive proof, Nicholas Hutchins is the forbear of this family, There are several traditions concerning the family, most of them based on the peculiar name, Strangeman. the most pleasing one is that some Hutchins previous to Nicholas married a Polly Strangeman."

"Tradition gives the birth of Nicholas as 1645. Nicholas was married twice. We do not know the name of the first wife, or if there were any children by this marriage. There were Hutchins early in Massachusetts, in Pennsylvaia, in Marilyn, in the Bermudas, in Norfolk County, Virginia. Our Hutchins were along the James River. These Hutchins of the various locations, may havehad a common ancestry back some time in the Hutchins of the various locations, may have had a common ancestry back some time in the British Isles, but no relationship is known among them in the colonies.

"Nicholas Hutchins' land grant was located about twelve miles by paved road down the James from the present site of Richmond. It was about three miles below Dutch Gap. Strangeman Hutchins lived in Goochland County, on Genito Creek about twenty miles up the James from Richmond. A distance of fifty miles along the James, with Richmond as center, would approximately locate the family the first hundred years in the Colony. Nicholas Hutchins had one son and four grandsons. These five moved to Surry County, N.C. This move together with the Quaker records makes it possible to keep our Hutchins line separate from the others."

pg. 3:

"Nicholas Hutchins was the forbear of this Hutchins family. He was a Quaker living in Henrico County, Virginia, and belonging to the Henrico Monthly Meeting at Curles, and later in the White Oak Swamp Meeting." (Mrs. Gussie Waymire Crider).

"The Story of Jacob Hutchins of Athol, Massachusetts," Revolutionary Soldier, (and Accounts of other Hutchins Who Served in the Revolutionary War), "Our Hutchins Heritage", pg. 169:

"In Ohio, however, I've met a whole new group of Hutchins. They are often Quakers and come from Virginia or North Carolina. Their family can be traced back to Nicholas Hutchins who lived in Virginia and to his son, Strangeman Hutchins, who was born there in 1707. These Hutchins moved from Virginia into Surry County, North Carolina and later into other southern states as well as Tennessee, Kentucky, and Ohio. There were many other Hutchins in the south who have not been identified with this family but whose origin is not documented. I've never heard of any relationship between these southern Hutchins and our New England clan. However, as I have become acquainted with these other families it appears we were probably all related in England."

"There are three other Hutchins families that can't be called New England or southern, at least not Virginia southern. Francis Hutchins of Calvert County, Maryland was a justice in 1678 and married Elizabeth Burridge. they lived in Calvert County where many of their descendants still reside. There was another Hutchins family of Maryland that has not been connected with Francis. Nicholas Hutchins was an early settler on the Lord Baltimore estates and is recorded on the lands known as Our Lady's manor. Many of his descendants also still live in the Free State."

Here we have a note, which we wrote: "Related possibly! to our Nicholas."

See: "Hutchins-Hutchens, Descendants of Strangeman Hutchins", "Born 1707, of the James River in Virginia and Surry (Yadkin) County, North Carolina"; Vol. II, pgs. 1-4; 3 Vols. by Rita Hineman Townsend; contains the following: Elmore Hutchins of My Lady's Manor, Maryland, compiled a book 1974-1978 named 'Nicholas Hutchins of My Lady's Manor'; "the contributor, John L. Gladden, 2605-B Red Sails Drive, El Paso, TX 19936-2116, wrote 5 Feb 1989 that the book was unpublished. In a letter dated 15 Feb 1989 Mr. Gladden informed me that Elmore Hutchins had died before he could publish his book. there is no address in the book for one to write for further information.")

"Hutchins-Hutchens," Vol. II, pg. 1-4, and Elmore Hutchins', "Nicholas Hutchins of My Lady's Manor"

" 'John Hutchins, the younger brother in Virginia, was the father, undoubtedly, of at least three sons

" '...William Hutchins, 1640-1722, eldest of these three sons of John (see below), with his young brother Thomas, left Virginia within a year or two after 1680 and moved northward into Maryland. While no documentary proof has so far been found to definitely establish the move of William and Thomas Hutchins of Lancaster County, Virginia, to Maryland, to certify that the William and Thomas Hutchins of Virginia are the same William and Thomas Hutchins of Baltimore County, Maryland, there is so much circumstantial evidence to support it, to offer as proof, that it surely seems beyond question.

" 'The evidence must go back to the registers of the Parish of St. lawrence in Towcester, England. (See Notes in this genealogy for Nicholas Hutchins, father of Strangeman, or H-H pg. 2). There, on the pages of births and deaths and sometimes marriages, beside the entries of the Hutchins of Wood Burcot were the family names of Collett, Shepperd, Standiford and Stewart. Those names are once again all together in the records of the Colony of Virginia as shown in Nugent's Cavaliers and Pioneers, in abstracts of land grants. Again they are together in land and church records in early Baltimore County, Maryland. . . .' (All from pp 6-11, Nicholas Hutchins of My Lady's Manor, unpublished, by Elmore Hutchins.)

"From the evidence presented by Elmore Hutchins:

"The first generation of ancestors of Nicholas and Strangeman, his son, MAY HAVE BEEN:

THOMAS HUTCHINS b ca 1575 Towcester, Northamptonshire, England; m ANN _____.

Their children:

i. William Hutchins b. ca 1597 Towcester; rem to the Virginia colony

ii. *John Hutchins b ca 1611 Towcester, Northamptonshire, England; m. ___; rem to the Virginia colony

iii. Thomas Hutchins b Towcester; m Phillis Anne ____

iv. Richard Hutchins christened 8 Sep 1618 Towcester

JOHN HUTCHINS (Thomas) b ca 1611 Towester, Northamptonshire, England; m ____ _____.

Their children:

i. William Hutchins b ca 1640; d 1722 Md; m Sarah Doyne; they had children, John, Mary, Ann,

Elizabeth, William and George

ii. *Nicholas Hutchins b. ca 1645; d 1728-1729 Henrico Co, VA; m/2 9 Aug 1701Henrico co,

Mary Watkins; see I:1-6

iii. Thomas Hutchins b ca 1652 Virginia Colony; d 10 Mar 1732 Kingsville, MD;

m/1____ ____ who d 13 Apr 1704; two sons: (1) John b 29 Oct 1698; (2) Thomas b 8 Aug 1702

m/2 21 Jul 1704 ____ ____; children: (1) Elizabeth b 29 Jun 1706; (2) Ann b 13 Jan 1708;

(3) Susannah b 24 May 1713; (4) Nicholas b 25 Jun 1711, d 22 Oct 1713."

John Hutchins may have been the father of our Nicholas Hutchins. This has not been proved. The evidence is presented by Elmore Hutchins and this evidence is very convincing. This "John" was the son of Thomas Hutchins, born about 1575 in Towcester, Northamptonshire, England. He had at least three, maybe four sons, William, Nicholas, Thomas and there may have been a "John". Remember this is all pure speculation and has not been proved.

SOURCES: "Hutchins-Hutchens, Descendants of Strangeman Hutchins", "Born 1707, of the James River in Virginia and Surry (Yadkin) County, North Carolina"; 3 Vols. Compiled, edited, and indexed by Rita Hineman Townsend, 1606 N. 3rd St., Garden City, Kansas, 67846; (Vol. I, © 1979 Gateway Press, Inc., Baltimore; Vol. II, © 1992 Privately Published by Rita Hineman Townsend); Vol. 1, pgs. 1-14; Vol. 2, pgs. 1-6; contains the following: Elmore Hutchins of My Lady's Manor, Maryland, compiled a book 1974-1978 named 'Nicholas Hutchins of My Lady's Manor'; "the contributor, John L. Gladden, 2605-B Red Sails Drive, El Paso, TX 19936-2116, wrote 5 Feb 1989 that the book was unpublished. In a letter dated 15 Feb 1989 Mr. Gladden informed me that Elmore Hutchins had died before he could publish his book. there is no address in the book for one to write for further information."); Addenda, Appendix II, pg. 785; Appendix III, pgs. 809-810, pg. 5: 1729-11mo-3 Strangeman Hutchins sold and deeded the land grant made to Nicholas Hutchins, and fortunately in the deed said that Nicholas was his father. This is our only proof that Strangeman was the son of Nicholas. "Four Generations of the Family of Strangeman Hutchins and his wife Elizabeth Cox," as known January 10, 1935, (An old Virginia Family along the James River, by Marriage joined to other Immigrant Families of the Colony), pg. 1; Edited by Mrs. Gussie Waymire Crider and Edward C. Crider of Buck Creek, Indiana (now deceased). William Wade Hinshaw, Author & Publisher; Thomas Worth Marshall, Editor; Douglas Summers Brown, Collaborator & Historian for Virginia; Vol. 1, NC; Vol. 4 & 5, OH; Vol. 6, VA, "The Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy," 1750-1930, (© 1950, 1973, 1993 Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc.; Family Tree Maker, CD192, Genealogical Records: The Encyclopedia of Quaker Genealogy, 1750-1930, © 1998 Genealogy.com). Jack Randolph Hutchins, Published by the Author, "The Story of Jacob Hutchins of Athol, Massachusetts," Revolutionary Soldier, (and Accounts of other Hutchins Who Served in the Revolutionary War).

"Hutchins-Hutchens, Descendants of Strangeman Hutchins", born 1707, of the James River in Virginia and Surry (Yadkin) County, NC, (Vol. I, © 1979 Gateway Press, Inc., Baltimore; Vol. II, © 1992 Privately Published by Rita Hineman Townsend); Compiled, edited, and indexed by Rita Hineman Townsend, 1606 N. 3rd St., Garden City, Kansas, 67846; Vol. 1, pg. 1:.

Nicholas Hutchins... "He was a Quaker living in Henrico County,Virginia in 1699. He belonged to the Henrico Monthly Meeting at Curles (established 1690...and later to the White Oak Swamp Meeting (established 1702). Before the building of the meeting house, services were held at the homes of members, often at the home of William Porter and sometimes at the home of Nicholas Hutchins."

Addenda, Appendix II, pg. 785; Appendix III, pgs. 809-810, pg. 5:.

11-3-1729 Strangeman Hutchins sold and deeded the land grant made to Nicholas Hutchins, and fortunately in the deed said that Nicholas was his father. This is our only proof that Strangeman was the son of Nicholas.

"Hutchins-Hutchens, Descendants of Strangeman Hutchins": Addenda, Appendix III, pg. 796:.

"In the introduction to the minutes of the Pagan Creek Monthly Meeting (Hinshaw:6:19), also called Nansemond and Levy Neck Monthly Meeting, Douglas Summers Brown has written, 'The lower Virginia counties of Isle of Wight, Nansemond and Norfolk have always attracted dissenters and from early times we find them in this section....Even before the rise of the Society of Friends and its subsequent spreading to America, Puritans were in the Isle of Wight County as well as Nansemond. They came under the leadership of Richard Bennett, whose wealth and influence upheld them, he having transported many across the Atlantic at his own expense. Many of these Puritans occupied positions of highest rank in the Virginia Colony....But Puritanism reached its climax in the south in 1637 with the battle of the Severn, which event was perfectly timed to the arrival of the first Quaker missionaries. Thereafter we find many Puritans and their families being converted to the beliefs of Gorge Fox.

" 'In fact, John B. Boddie, historian of the Isle of Wight County, concludes that a large majority of the first Quakers of that county and Nansemond were originally Puritans, including Bennett (above), Governor of Virginia under Oliver Cromwell. Among these earliest Quaker families, not all of whom had been Puritans, are found the names of ....Hutchins....Johnson, Jones, ...It should, however, be remembered that Quakerism was a new faith and that often only one or two members of a family were converted, while in the established Church all members could be taken for granted as being members, unless shown to be otherwise.

" 'The Society of Friends was first planted in Virginia on the Eastern Shore and then in the region south of the lower James River, which area is penetrated by the Nansemond and Elizabeth Rivers. All the meetings in the counties there are closely related by both ties of blood and organization. The same families which first settled Isle of Wight County later moved on into Nansemond, and in the period 1660-63 almost every Quaker family sent members to become the first settlers of the state of North Carolina. Wheeler in his "History of North Carolina" says, "the first permanent settlement (i.e. in Perquimans Co, NC) was formed after the expulsion of the Quakers from Virginia in 1662." So one should not be surprised to find the same family names in all these places.' "

"Early Quakers in Virginia lived with much persecution for their beliefs. This and the fact that they were new to their Quaker faith and its organization were probably the reasons that they left so few records."

Vol. 1, pg. 1:.

"Nicholas Hutchins is the earliest member of the Hutchins family of whom we have positive proof. He was a Quaker living in Henrico County,Virginia in 1699. He belonged to the Henrico Monthly Meeting at Curles (established 1690...and later to the White Oak Swamp Meeting (established 1702). Before the building of the meeting house, services were held at the homes of members, often at the home of William Porter and sometimes at the home of Nicholas Hutchins."

We searched the Family Tree Maker, CD192, Genealogical Records: The Encyclopedia of Quaker Genealogy, 1750-1930, © 1998 Genealogy.com) for the White Oak Swamp, and found in Volume VI, pg. 145, titled "Henrico Monthly Meeting" the following: "also called Curles, New Kent, Upper, Upland, White Oak Swamp and Wayanoke Monthly Meeting.")

"There are many genealogies and family records which give the birthplace of Nicholas Hutchins as England or Wales; but there is nothing to substantiate these claims. Similarly, the father of Nicholas has been given as Isaac, Robert, or another Nicholas Hutchins. From the Court Records of Henrico County it is possible to disprove either Isaac or Robert as the father of Nicholas..."

"...Much caution is necessary in suggesting the parentage of Nicholas, because of the lack of records for Virginia in this period. However, from the facts available for each Hutchins (or variant spelling) in Virginia in the 1600s, it is possible to surmise that several generations of this Hutchins family may already have been in Virginia before Nicholas. For example: -- the Cicely mentioned in the Court Records..., wife of Isaac Hutchins, later married Henry Sherman. - Cicely and Henry were the parents of Elizabeth Sherman who married Henry Trent and later married Henry Gee. - Henry Trent and wife Elizabeth were the parents of Mary Trent, who married Richard Cox. - Richard Cox and Mary Trent were the parents of Elizabeth Cox,who married Strangeman Hutchins. (See: Addenda)." (Appendix III, pgs. 797-809).

(See: Vol. 2, pgs. 1-4; by Rita Hineman Townsend: .

John Hutchins may have been the father of our Nicholas Hutchins. This has not been proved. The evidence is presented by Elmore Hutchins, and this evidence is very convincing. This "John" was the son of Thomas Hutchins, born about 1575 in Towcester, Northamptonshire, England. He had at least three, maybe four sons, William, Nicholas, Thomas and there may have been a "John"..

"Because people lived and married within their own small group of neighbors, it does not seem unlikely that Strangeman and Elizabeth came from families who had known each other for a long time; and it is even possible that they were related in one way or another..."

"The birth of Nicholas Hutchins is often given as 1645, but there is no proof for this. .

7-8-1699 Nicholas Hutchins did condemn his marriage by priest to the satisfaction of the Friends. (Original Henrico MM Records of the Friends: also H:6:184)

pg. 2: "1699-12mo-9 Nicholas Hutchins contributed 40 lbs. of tobacco towards the building of a new Meeting House at Curles. (Henrico MM, H:6:148)

"1701-6-8-1701 Nicholas Hutchins and Mary Watkins, daughter of Henry, proposed intentions of marriage: 'At a meeting held at William Porter's Jr., the 8th day of ye 6th month, 1701, Nicholas Hutchins and Mary Watkins did at this meeting propose their intentions of marriage the first time. Henry Watkins, the father of the young woman consenting thereto and saying he would not be their hindrance. This meeting therefore ordered that William Lead [Ladd] and Benjamin Woodson do inquire into the clearness and conversation of the said Nicholas Hutchins and make return the next month meeting. (Original Henrico MM Record, 1699-1756, p 11)"

"1701-7mo-12 'At a meeting held at William Porter Jrs., the 12 day of ye 7th month of 1701, the parties appointed to inquire into the clearness and conversation of Nicholas Hutchins, report that they have found nothing to the contrary but that he is clear in each respect. They were therefore suffered to proceed in their intentions and publish themselves the second time, according to the order of Friends.' (Orginal Henrico mm Record, 1699-1756, p 11, and H:6:184)"

"1701-8mo-9 Nicholas Hutchins, Henrico Co.; m. in Friends Meeting House at a public mtg of the Friends, Mary Watkins, dt Henry, Henrico Co. (H:6:184, Henrico MM Record). From the original Henrico MM Record, 1699-1756, p. 12"

"Here followeth a copy of Nicholas Hutchins' marriage Certificate; "WHEREAS Nicholas Hutchins, of the County of Henrico and Mary Watkins, daughter Henry Watkins, of the Same County, have proposed their intentions of marriage before two several meetings of the people, in scorn called Quakers, which after the due inquiry of their clearness, and it appearing that the relations of the said Mary were consenting to their marriage, did give consent that the said parties might accomplish their said intentions. "We therefore, whose names are underwritten do certify all whom it may concern, that the said Nicholas Hutchins and the said Mary Watkins did at the meeting house of the aforesaid people in the county aforesaid, the 9th day of the 8th month, 1701, then and there take each other for wife and husband. He, the said Nicholas Hutchins, taking said Mary by the hand and declaring that in the presence of the Lord and before this congregation, 'I take Mary Watkins to be my lawful wife, promising to be to her a true and loving husband till death.' "And then the said Mary Watkins, then and there declaring 'that I take Nicholas Hutchins to be my husband, promising to be a true and loving husband (meaning wife) till death.' "And for confirmation thereof the said Nicholas and Mary did set their hands. "Signed: Nicholas Hutchins and Mary Hutchins..."

(There were 26 signatures of persons who were witnesses to the ceremony. Among the 26 witnesses to the ceremony, we found: Henry Watkins, Jr., Thomas Watkins, and Mary Watkins).

"It is also of interest to note that no relative named Hutchins signed the marriage certificate. .

"1702-4mo-25 Nicholas Hutchins received a grant of 230 acres along 'ye north bank of James River and on ye west side of ye Four Mile Creek.' This is about three miles below Dutch Gap." (There follows a description of the land grant, also a description of the Nicholas Hutchins Land Grant copied from a letter written by E. C. Crider 22 Oct 1937 to a person not named. The Criders had traveled there, and he describes the area, and includes two pictures taken of the land as it was at that time in 1937).

"Four Generations of the Family of Strangeman Hutchins and his wife Elizabeth Cox," as known January 10, 1935", pg. 1: "As far as we have positive proof, Nicholas Hutchins is the forbear of this family, There are several traditions concerning the family, most of them based on the peculiar name, Strangeman. the most pleasing one is that some Hutchins previous to Nicholas married a Polly Strangeman."

"Tradition gives the birth of Nicholas as 1645. Nicholas was married twice. We do not know the name of the first wife, or if there were any children by this marriage. There were Hutchins early in Massachusetts, in Pennsylvaia, in Marilyn, in the Bermudas, in Norfolk County, Virginia. Our Hutchins were along the James River. These Hutchins of the various locations, may havehad a common ancestry back some time in the Hutchins of the various locations, may have had a common ancestry back some time in the British Isles, but no relationship is known among them in the colonies.

"Nicholas Hutchins' land grant was located about twelve miles by paved road down the James from the present site of Richmond. It was about three miles below Dutch Gap. Strangeman Hutchins lived in Goochland County, on Genito Creek about twenty miles up the James from Richmond. A distance of fifty miles along the James, with Richmond as center, would approximately locate the family the first hundred years in the Colony. Nicholas Hutchins had one son and four grandsons. These five moved to Surry County, N.C. This move together with the Quaker records makes it possible to keep our Hutchins line separate from the others."

"The Story of Jacob Hutchins of Athol, Massachusetts," Revolutionary Soldier, (and Accounts of other Hutchins Who Served in the Revolutionary War), "Our Hutchins Heritage", pg. 169:.

"In Ohio, however, I've met a whole new group of Hutchins. They are often Quakers and come from Virginia or North Carolina. Their family can be traced back to Nicholas Hutchins who lived in Virginia and to his son, Strangeman Hutchins, who was born there in 1707. These Hutchins moved from Virginia into Surry County, North Carolina and later into other southern states as well as Tennessee, Kentucky, and Ohio..

There are three other Hutchins families that can't be called New England or southern, at least not Virginia southern. Francis Hutchins of Calvert County, Maryland was a justice in 1678 and married Elizabeth Burridge. they lived in Calvert County where many of their descendants still reside. There was another Hutchins family of Maryland that has not been connected with Francis. Nicholas Hutchins was an early settler on the Lord Baltimore estates and is recorded on the lands known as Our Lady's manor. Many of his descendants also still live in the Free State."

"Hutchins-Hutchens," Vol. II, pg. 1-4, and Elmore Hutchins',.

Nicholas Hutchins of My Lady's Manor" John Hutchins, the younger brother in Virginia, was the father, undoubtedly, of at least three sons

" '...William Hutchins, 1640-1722, eldest of these three sons of John (see below), with his young brother Thomas, left Virginia within a year or two after 1680 and moved northward into Maryland. While no documentary proof has so far been found to definitely establish the move of William and Thomas Hutchins of Lancaster County, Virginia, to Maryland, to certify that the William and Thomas Hutchins of Virginia are the same William and Thomas Hutchins of Baltimore County, Maryland, there is so much circumstantial evidence to support it, to offer as proof, that it surely seems beyond question.

The evidence must go back to the registers of the Parish of St. lawrence in Towcester, England. (See Notes in this genealogy for Nicholas Hutchins, father of Strangeman, or H-H pg. 2). There, on the pages of births and deaths and sometimes marriages, beside the entries of the Hutchins of Wood Burcot were the family names of Collett, Shepperd, Standiford and Stewart. Those names are once again all together in the records of the Colony of Virginia as shown in Nugent's Cavaliers and Pioneers, in abstracts of land grants. Again they are together in land and church records in early Baltimore County, Maryland. . . .' (All from pp 6-11, Nicholas Hutchins of My Lady's Manor, unpublished, by Elmore Hutchins.)

"From the evidence presented by Elmore Hutchins: "The first generation of ancestors of Nicholas and Strangeman, his son, MAY HAVE BEEN:

THOMAS HUTCHINS b ca 1575 Towcester, Northamptonshire, England; m ANN _____. Their children: i. William Hutchins b. ca 1597 Towcester; rem to the Virginia colony ii. *John Hutchins b ca 1611 Towcester, Northamptonshire, England; m. ___; rem to the Virginia colony iii. Thomas Hutchins b Towcester; m Phillis Anne ____ iv. Richard Hutchins christened 8 Sep 1618 Towcester

JOHN HUTCHINS (Thomas) b ca 1611 Towester, Northamptonshire, England; m ____ _____. Their children: i. William Hutchins b ca 1640; d 1722 Md; m Sarah Doyne; they had children, John, Mary, Ann, Elizabeth, William and George ii. *Nicholas Hutchins b. ca 1645; d 1728-1729 Henrico Co, VA; m/2 9 Aug 1701Henrico co, Mary Watkins; see I:1-6 iii. Thomas Hutchins b ca 1652 Virginia Colony; d 10 Mar 1732 Kingsville, MD; m/1____ ____ who d 13 Apr 1704; two sons: (1) John b 29 Oct 1698; (2) Thomas b 8 Aug 1702 m/2 21 Jul 1704 ____ ____; children: (1) Elizabeth b 29 Jun 1706; (2) Ann b 13 Jan 1708; (3) Susannah b 24 May 1713; (4) Nicholas b 25 Jun 1711, d 22 Oct 1713."

SOURCES: "Hutchins-Hutchens, Descendants of Strangeman Hutchins", "Born 1707, of the James River in Virginia and Surry (Yadkin) County, North Carolina"; 3 Vols. Compiled, edited, and indexed by Rita Hineman Townsend, 1606 N. 3rd St., Garden City, Kansas, 67846; (Vol. I, © 1979 Gateway Press, Inc., Baltimore; Vol. II, © 1992 Privately Published by Rita Hineman Townsend); Vol. 1, pgs. 1-14; Vol. 2, pgs. 1-6; contains the following: Elmore Hutchins of My Lady's Manor, Maryland, compiled a book 1974-1978 named 'Nicholas Hutchins of My Lady's Manor'; "the contributor, John L. Gladden, 2605-B Red Sails Drive, El Paso, TX 19936-2116, wrote 5 Feb 1989 that the book was unpublished. In a letter dated 15 Feb 1989 Mr. Gladden informed me that Elmore Hutchins had died before he could publish his book. there is no address in the book for one to write for further information."); Addenda, Appendix II, pg. 785; Appendix III, pgs. 809-810, pg. 5: 1729-11mo-3 Strangeman Hutchins sold and deeded the land grant made to Nicholas Hutchins, and fortunately in the deed said that Nicholas was his father. This is our only proof that Strangeman was the son of Nicholas. "Four Generations of the Family of Strangeman Hutchins and his wife Elizabeth Cox," as known January 10, 1935, (An old Virginia Family along the James River, by Marriage joined to other Immigrant Families of the Colony), pg. 1; Edited by Mrs. Gussie Waymire Crider and Edward C. Crider of Buck Creek, Indiana (now deceased). William Wade Hinshaw, Author & Publisher; Thomas Worth Marshall, Editor; Douglas Summers Brown, Collaborator & Historian for Virginia; Vol. 1, NC; Vol. 4 & 5, OH; Vol. 6, VA, "The Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy," 1750-1930, (© 1950, 1973, 1993 Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc.; Family Tree Maker, CD192, Genealogical Records: The Encyclopedia of Quaker Genealogy, 1750-1930, © 1998 Genealogy.com). Jack Randolph Hutchins, Published by the Author, "The Story of Jacob Hutchins of Athol, Massachusetts," Revolutionary Soldier, (and Accounts of other Hutchins Who Served in the Revolutionary War). .

NICHOLAS HUTCHINS Nicholas Hutchins is believed to have been born abt 1645 in England Died Nov 1729 Henrico Co Va. Married Aug 9 1701 Mary Watkins daughter of Henry Watkins and Katherine Pride. Mary was born 1642 Curles Henrico Co Va Died abt 1703 Henrico MM Virginia Also called Curles, New Kent, Upper, White Oak Swamp and Weyanoke MM. Est. prior to 1699. Discontinued: 1840 and members joined Cedar Creek MM with counties within bounds - Henrico, New Kent, Hanover, Caro, Louisa, Goochland, Prince George, Dinwiddie, Amelia, Chesterfield, York, James City, Charles City, Mecklenburg. Encyclopedia of Quaker Genealogy, Vol VI, Henrico Monthly Meeting, Page 148 7- 8-1699--Nicholas Hutchins did condemn his marriage by priest to the satisfaction of the Friends. 12- 9-1699--Nicholas donated 40 pounds of tobacco for building a church at Curles Encyclopedia of Quaker Genealogy, Vol VI, Henrico Monthly Meeting, Page 184 6- 8-1701--Nicholas Hutchins and Mary Watkins, daughter of Henry, propose tentions of marriage. The usual committee was appointed. Henry Watkins, father of the young woman, consenting thereunto, saying he would not be their hindrance. 8- 9-1701--Nicholas Hutchins and Mary Watkins were married at a public meeting of the Friends, in Henrico County, Va. 4-17-1710--Nicholas was on committee to consider a marriage. Nicholas reported that he thought first cousins should not marry. Oct. 1711--Nicholas, one of several who were paid for working on the Battery Jamestown. 11- 7-1714--Nicholas was chosen representative. 3- 3-1718--Nicholas was chosen to inquire about a marriage, at White Oak Swam Meeting. 4- 6-1719--Meeting held at the home of Nicholas Hutchins. 2- 7-1724--Nicholas signed the marriage record of William More and Martha Odu?? 2- 6-1728--James Stanley, son of Thomas of Hanover County, and Catherine Hutchins daughters of Nicholas of Henrico County, declare their intentions to marry. 3- 5-1728--James Stanley and Catherine Hutchins married. 10-14-1729--Daniel Harris, son of John of Hanover County, and Mary Hutchin daughter of Nicholas, declare their intentions to marry. This announcement said Nicholas, deceased. 11- 3-1729--Strangeman Hutchins sold and deeded the above grant made to Nicholas 4- 5-1730--Daniel Harris and Mary Hutchins married. 10-11-1743--Martha Hutchins, married John Stanley, son of Thomas. 8- 2-1736--There is mention of Mary Holmes, mother-in-law of James Stanley. Indicating a second marriage for Mary Watkins Hutchins. James aided he being at great charge in Keeping his w's mother Mary Holme whohas been helpless for sometime The Valentine Papers, Vol 1-4, 1864-1908 Pleasants Family Record Book, 1699-1756 Joseph Pleasants & Nicholas Hutchins are chosen as representatives from Curles to the Weekly Meeting composed of Curles , New Kent & Wainoak . 7th 11 mo. 1714 CHILDREN - Strangeman Hutchins - Catherine Hutchins - Mary Hutchins - Martha Hutchins

Notes from http://genforum.genealogy.com/hutchins/messages/1269.html Re: Connecting VA , MA, ME Hutchins. Debate Posted by: Donald Kelmers Date: August 13, 2001 at 09:32:51 In Reply to: Re: Connecting VA , MA, ME Hutchins. Debate by Jean L. Hutchins 1269 of 1982 Nicholas Hutchins of Henrico County, Virginia Colony, married Mary Watkins in 1701. That information is from the Friends Meeting records as researched by the Criders in the 1930s and published in their pamphlet in 1935. (I don't think anyone has ever re-researched those records.) This was a second marriage for Nicholas because when he joined the Friends Meeting in Henrico County in 1699 he condemned his first marriage by Priest; i.e., a marriage in the Church of England, the official religion of the Virginia Colony. The Friends records do not give any information as to Nicholas' birth date or place, name of first wife, or if there were issue. It was ASSUMED by the Criders that Nicholas was born in Henrico County about 1645 because people seldom traveled far in those days (yet conversely many left England for the American Colonies or Barbados and removed more than once before finding good land and settling down) and they ASSUMED that Nicholas should be middle-aged when he remarried; i.e., born about 1645. However, Nicholas could have been born any place and as late as perhaps 1680 or so. Nicholas and Mary are believed to have had four children. The first, Strangeman (or Strangman) born 1707, inherited Nicholas' plantation on the James River, became the patriarch of the Hutchins who moved from Virginia to North Carolina after the Revolutionary War, and subsequently established Hutchins lines in Ohio and Indiana after the western frontier was opened in the 1830s. Nicholas and Mary also had three daughters, Catherine, Mary, and Martha. The evidence for Strangeman as their son comes from the deed Strangeman signed when he sold the property in Henrico County, wherein he stated that he had inherited it from his father, Nicholas. Evidence for the three daughters is, I think, more circumstantial in that marriages of these three Hutchins women were recorded in the Henrico County Friends Meeting records and the Criders ascribed the women to Nicholas and Mary because they knew of no other Hutchins family in Henrico County. The above is the standard or generally accepted genealogy of the Hutchins of Henrico County, Virginia Colony, as developed by the Criders in the 1930s.

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