1763 Sarah Ely, daughter of Richard and Jemima Ely, was born on February 13 and later married Robert Hutchinson. [1] [2]
1774 The New Jersey Assembly passed "An act to relieve Sarah Ely, Isaac De Cow, and David Brearly Jr. with respect to the loss of their title deeds by fire." [3] This could be Sarah's mother or grandmother, perhaps.
1777 At age 16, Robert Hutchinson reportedly entered the Revolutionary army (records not found) and after the termination of the war, became a Methodist minister.
1786 Robert Hutchinson heard Mr. McClosky preach for the Methodist Epsicopal Church and encouraged his uncle, Joseph Hutchinson, to invite McClosky to preach at Joseph's house. [4]
1791 Robert Hutchinson was appointed as clergyman at the Trenton-Greene Street Methodist Episcopal Church. [5]
1792-93 Robert Hutchinson and William Dougherty were preachers on the Methodist Episcopal Burlington Circuit. [6]
"In 1790, Simon Pile and Aaron Hutchinson were appointed by [Methodist] Conference. In 1791, Robert Carin and Robert Hutchinson." [7]
1791 Robert Hutchinson and wife Sarah Ely Hutchinson were named in the will of Sarah's father, Richard Ely, of Freehold Twp, Monmouth County, New Jersey on August 18. [8]
1791 Robert Hutchinson and wife Sarah Ely Hutchinson were named in the will of Sarah's grandmother Sarah Lee, of Upper Freehold Twp, Monmouth County, New Jersey on September 8. [9]
1794 Robert Hutcheson [Hutchinson] was in charge of the Long Island, New York circuit of Methodist preachers. [10]
1795 Robert Hutchinson was appointed as a Methodist Circuit preacher for the E Town Circuit, which included Elizabeth, NJ. [11]
1797 Robert Hutchinson rode the Bethel Circuit in Old Gloucester County in New Jersey as a Methodist minister. [12]
1802-3 Robert Hutchinson, of Middlesex County, New Jersey, bought lands in Clermont County, Ohio from William Lytle and John Stall. [13] [14]
1806 RobertHutcheson was taxed in Clermont County, Ohio. [15]
1808 Robert Hutchinson moved to Ohio and purchased 200 acres of land of Gen. William Lytle in Lawson's survey, No 957, on which his son Aaron settled in that year (Aaron's wife was Elizabeth Ivins, a native of New Jersey, by whom he had 6 children).
1809 Robert Hutcheson was taxed in Clermont County, Ohio. [16]
1826 Robert Hutchinson and wife Sarah, of Middlesex County, New Jersey, granted land to Aaron Hutchinson in Clermont County, Ohio. [17]
1830 Robert Hutchinson lived in East Windsor Twp, Middlesex County, New Jersey in a household with males: 1 (10 thru 14), 1 (30 thru 39), and 1 (60 thru 69); and females: 2 (20 thru 29) and 1 (60 thru 69). [18]
1839 Sarah Hutchinson died, at age 76?, on Aug. 26, 1839 and was buried at Etra-Milford Cemetery, Etra, Mercer County, New Jersey. [19]
1840 Robert Hutchinson lived in East Windsor Twp, Mercer County, New Jersey in a household with males: 1 (5 thru 9) and 1 (60 thru 69); and females: 1 (5 thru 9), 1 (30 thru 39), and 1 (60 thru 69). [20]
c 1840 Robert Hutchinson married Mary Ritchie.
1850 Robert Hutchinson (age 86, born in New Jersey) lived in East Windsor Twp, Mercer County, New Jersey, in a household with Wm R Hutchinson (age 45), Caroline Hutchinson (age 33), James Holmen (age 6), Wm H Davis (age 12), and Paulina Hutchinson (age 40). [21]
1852 Rev Robert Hutchinson died, at age 89, on Aug. 23, 1852 and was buried at Etra-Milford Cemetery, Etra, Mercer County, New Jersey. [22]
Biosketches of Robert Hutchinson's brother, Sylvester Hutchinson, report the following:
There were three brothers in the itinerant ministry, Sylvester, Robert, and Aaron. An old preacher whom time has shaken by the hand, who was well acquainted with the Hutchinson family, says they were born in Burlington County, New Jersey... Robert was sometimes pathetic, then he was terrific. Sinai was introduced to his auditors, and you could hear the deep-toned thunder and see the vivid lightning flashing around you. In preaching at a certain place, some ugly fellows of the baser sort were determined to stay in class-meeting and break up the meeting. Some of the members were alarmed. Mr. Hutchinson said, "Let them be." He then turned upon them, as Jesus did, when he said: "Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell " His manner was awful, describing hell; and he dealt in death and destruction in such a manner that the rowdies were alarmed. He was very affectionate in families; he took particular notice of the children. [23]
M'Claskey preached there once or twice ... Robert Hutchinson, a young man of about twenty-one years of age, was present; and, being pleased with the preacher, was unwilling to be deprived of the privilege of hearing him. He, therefore, persuaded his uncle, Joseph Hutchinson, to go and hear M'Claskey, and invite him to preach at his house. The invitation was given and accepted, and thus, early in the year 1786, the preaching was transferred from Hightstown to Milford, about two and a half miles from the former place. Joseph Hutchinson's was quite a rendezvous for the weary itinerants, and being near the line between 'East' and 'West Jersey,' the preachers on the two charges would sometimes meet here. Robert Hutchinson, with three brothers, Ezekiel, Sylvester, and Aaron, all four of whom afterward became preachers, went over to uncle Joseph's to 'have the small-pox,' as they were accustomed to call it in ' olden time.' While there they met with a number of traveling preachers. On one occasion there were several together. Ezekiel Cooper, J. M'Claskey from 'East Jersey,' and Robert Sparks from 'West Jersey,' among the number. They became wonderfully attached to them; and their preaching and conversation made impressions which resulted in their conversion. [24]
In 1808, Robert [Hutchinson], a brother of Ezekiel, came to Ohio and purchased 200 acres of land of Gen. William Lytle in Lawsou's survey, No. 957, on which his son Aaron settled in that year. His wife was Elizabeth Ivins, a native of New Jersey, by whom he had six children, — Robert, Azariah, Mary, Paulina, Rachel, and Maria. His wife dying in 1840, he married Mary Ritchie. He died Sept. 21, 1878, at an advanced age. [25]
[1] Major E. M. Woodward and John Hageman, History of Burlington and Mercer Counties, New Jersey (Philadelphia: Everts & Peck, 1883), 757, [HathiTrust].
[2] Reuben Pownall Ely, Warren Smedley Ely, and Daniel Brittain Ely, An Historical Narrative of the Ely, Revell and Stacye Families who were among the founders of Trenton and Burlington in the Province of West Jersey 1678-1683 with the genealogy of the Ely descendants in America (New York, Fleming H. Revell Co., 1910), 206, [InternetArchive].
[3] Francis Bazley Lee, ed., Genealogical and Personal Memorial of Mercer County, New Jersey, Vol. 1 (1907), 12, [HathiTrust], [GoogleBooks].
[4] Major E. M. Woodward and John Hageman, History of Burlington and Mercer Counties, New Jersey (Philadelphia: Everts & Peck, 1883), 772, [HathiTrust].
[5] Major E. M. Woodward and John Hageman, History of Burlington and Mercer Counties, New Jersey (Philadelphia: Everts & Peck, 1883), 728, [HathiTrust].
[6] Major E. M. Woodward and John Hageman, History of Burlington and Mercer Counties, New Jersey (Philadelphia: Everts & Peck, 1883), 189, [HathiTrust].
[7] John O. Raum, History of the City of Trenton, New Jersey, embracing a period of nearly two hundred years (1871), 119, [HathiTrust].
[8] Elmer T. Hutchinson, Documents relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey. Archives Vol. 37. (Wills and Administrations 8, 1791-1795) (1942), 125, [InternetArchive].
[9] Elmer T. Hutchinson, Documents relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey. Archives Vol. 37. (Wills and Administrations 8, 1791-1795) (1942), 225, [InternetArchive].
[10] Edwin Warriner, Old Sands Street Methodist Episcopal Church of Brooklyn NY (NY: Phillips & Hunt, 1885), 42, [GoogleBooks].
[11] Edwin Francis Hatfield, History of Elizabeth, New Jersey: including the early history of Union county, (New York: Carlton & Lanaham, 1868), 620, [GoogleBooks].
[12] George A. Raybold, Reminiscences of Methodism in West Jersey (New York: Lane & Scott, 1849), 30, [GoogleBooks].
[13] Recorder of deeds, Clermont County, Ohio Deeds, C2-50, Stall, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[14] Recorder of deeds, Clermont County, Ohio Deeds, C2-61, from Lytle, for lots 221, 227, 228 in Williamsburgh, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[15] Rootsweb, Clermont County, Ohio Tax List 1800-1810, [Rootsweb].
[16] Rootsweb, Clermont County, Ohio Tax List 1800-1810, [Rootsweb].
[17] Recorder of deeds, Clermont County, Ohio Deeds, Y23-269, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[18] United States Federal Census, 1830, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[19] Find A Grave Memorial 11644111, [FindAGrave].
[20] United States Federal Census, 1840, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[21] United States Federal Census, 1850, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[22] Find A Grave Memorial 11644104, [FindAGrave].
[23] Joseph Beaumont Wakeley. Lost chapters recovered from the early history of American Methodism (1858), 527, [GoogleBooks], [InternetArchive].
[24] John Atkinson, Memorials of Methodism in New Jersey, Second Edition, (Philadelphia: Perkinpine & Higgins, 1860), 363, [HathiTrust], [GoogleBooks].
[25] J. L. Rockey and R. J. Bancroft, 1795 History of Clermont County, Ohio, with illustrations and biographical sketches of its prominent men and pioneers (Philadelphia: Louis H. Everts & Co, 1880), 548, [HathiTrust].