1720 Robert, son of William and Ann Simpson Hutchinson, was born. [1]
1748 Robert Hutchinson married Elizabeth, daughter of Benjamin Lawrence of Upper Freehold, before July 13, 1748. [2]
1762 A Colonial quit claim deed from Henry Chamberlin, of Hunterdon County, New Jersey to Robert Hutchinson, of "township of Upper Freehold, county of Monmouth" was recorded in NJ; dated June 1. The witnesses were examined and the deed was recorded on March 19, 1774, when the land was sold by Robert prior to his removal to Virginia. [3]
1769 A deed of William Hutchinson, husband of Ann, and father of Robert, was dated February 17. William sold land to his son, William Hutchinson, Jr. Both of them were of Windsor Township, NJ. [4]
1771-73 Various subpoenae, docket descriptions, and lawsuits were recorded for debts incurred by Robert's father, William, who was deceased. Robert was the Administrator of William's estate, indicating that various people were after Robert Hutchinson for their claims against him and/or the estate of his father, William. In May 1771, the Attorney General of NJ filed suit in the NJ Supreme Court against "Robert Hutcinson, Admr. Wm Hutchinson". [5]
1771-93 "Robert was the first born son of of his parents and when his father, William, died between March 1769 and January 1771, Robert took possession by English law all of his father's land. As early as the May 1771 Term of the Supreme Court of NJ, there is a case filed by Cortland Skinner Attorney General against Robert Hutchinson, the "Admr. of Wm Hutchinson", which shows that William was deceased by this date. Robert then sold it, failed to give his mother her dower, failed to complete any administration of his father's estate, and left New Jersey. We know that he failed as administrator for his father's estate through a NJ court order, dated 11 May 1793, where the court, after many years of attempting to bring in Robert, finally appointed Peter Smith of Monmouth County and Samuel Neilson, of Middlesex County, as the new administrators to administer upon the "divers Goods, Chattles and Credits of the sd William Hutchinson in divers places within sd State yet unadministered upon by the said Robert Hutchinson, or by any other Person; ..." The document also states "Whereas William Hutchinson, Esqr late of the Township of Windsor, County of Middlesex ... decd. died Intestate, and administration of all and singular the Goods and Chattles, Rights and Credits which were of the sd deceased, at the Time of his Death, was committed unto Robert Hutchinson, which sd Robert has been absent from the State afd. for many Years past, and is not now a Resident in the Same; ..." (Liber 33 of Wills, Folio 231) A NJ Inventory, dated 11 March 1793, for William Hutchinson, Middlesex County, was finally filed by Peter Smyth, the new administrator, of Monmouth County. Of course, by that time, there was no estate left." [6]
1772 Monmouth County, New Jersey, deed, dated 25 May 1772, showed Robert Hutchinson, yeoman, and wife, Elizabeth, to be of Upper Freehold Twp, Monmouth County, and selling land to another NJ resident. Elizabeth was privately examined by the Court on 2 May 1774 and the deed wasn't recorded until 3 Nov 1774. [7]
1772 Monmouth County deed, dated June 25, 1772, Robert [born 11 December 1720] mentions father William was deceased, when he sold his land to John Ely, Junior, which Robert had received from his father.
1774 "Robert was of Upper Freehold, Monmouth County, New Jersey. Much of the data on his family comes from the Bibles and the work of members of the Hutchinson family in Louisiana and Georgia and my work in New Jersey & Prince William County, Virginia. It appears that Robert left the New Jersey area between Apr 1774-Dec 1774 based upon both NJ & Virginia deeds. Robert & Elizabeth, his wife, last sold land of over 355 acres in New Jersey on 20 April 1774 and his 1st recorded purchase of land in Prince William County, Virginia, was dated 13 December 1774, where he was already described as being from Prince William Co in the deed. After the death of his father, he was identified in NJ deeds as "the eldest son and heir." [8]
1774 A series of Monmouth County deeds by Robert Hutchinson is described, and in one instance including his wife, Elizabeth and Benjamin Hutchinson, who was described as their "Eldest son and heir at law to the said Robert and Elizabeth Hutchinson, his wife of the Township of Upper Freehold in the County of Monmouth ..." These deeds were dated 10 Mar 1774 [9]; 11 Mar 1774 [10]; and 11 Mar 1774 [11] and in all instances Robert was of Upper Freehold, Monmouth County, New Jersey.
1774 On April 26, Robert Hutchinson of the "Township of Upper Freehold in the county of Monmouth", NJ sold land in the "township and Colony aforesaid" to Morris Cox, "of the same place, carpenter", who was Robert's son-in-law, husband of daughter Catherine [who subsequently ended up on Indian Creek, Lincoln County, North Carolina]. Elizabeth was examined on the same date as the deed. [12]
1774 "Robert Hutchinson moved from Monmouth County, New Jersey to Prince William County, Virginia in 1774. His brother John, who also moved into the same area in Virginia, probably left on or about the same time period. John died rather young and left a Will, dated 1779, in which he named four of his sons - Simpson, John, Joseph and James. He left the first three, who were under age, to the care of his brother Robert through his Will. When Robert moved to Virginia with his brother, John, the New Jersey families of Johnson, Dey, Hixon, and others moved into the same area. Robert Hutchinson stayed in that area of Virginia for about ten years or so and then later left Virginia and moved into Georgia, where other members of the William & Ann Hutchinson family had migrated." [13]
1774 Deed for Robert and Elizabeth Hutchinson described of" Prince William County, Virginia", is dated 13 Dec 1774, and said land was sold to him by the executors of Thomas Faulkner. Robert Hutchinson was described as already living on the land being sold and being of "Prince William Co". Robert had purchased 348 acres for 350 pounds having paid a deposit of 20 pounds, and who had to pay off the balance of the purchase price by 20 Oct 1775 or forfeit the deposit. [Now, Faulker's Will, was dated 4 Sept 1774]. The witnesses to the deeds were Daniel Moore, Benjamin Hutchinson, Elizabeth Hutchinson, and Abodnogoe Adams. [14]
1782 Robert Hutchinson was on the Tithe Lists in Virginia with two negroes, Adam 20 & Robin 15, horses, 9 cattle; and Edward, Benjamin, Sarah Hutchinson, and a Daniel McCoy, probably the father of Elizabeth McCoy, wife of his son, Peter Hutchinson. In 1783, he is there with 2 family members over 21, 1 tithable slave, 2 slaves not tithable, 4 horses, 10 cattle. In 1784, he is no longer found on the Tithe lists or those of later years. On 5 April 1784, he settles the estate of John Hutchinson, his brother, as the executor of the estate and moves his family into Georgia, in the area where other members of his Hutchinson family from New Jersey lived; namely his children and those of Nathaniel, his deceased brother.
1784 On 2 April, Robert Hutchinson of the Parrish of Dettingen, Prince William County, Virginia leased a plantation of his for one year for the "rent of a peppercorn on Lady Day..." He then sells the same land on the next day for 116 shillings. On 3 May 1784, Robert Hutchinson makes an exception of 400 square feet of a graveyard of five graves, being 20 feet each way. And, on 10 April 1784 he sells for 190 pounds the land that he first originally purchased in 1774. [15]
1794 On 23 August, "Robert Hutchinson, Sale of Moveable Property, Hancock County, Georgia, 23 August 1794 - I do hereby Bargin, and Sell all my moveable property to Peter Hutchinson and to Rachel Hutchinson for the value of taking good care of me and finding me in good Comfortable vittles and clothes untill my Death and Bury me desently after I am dead on this from [?] under my hand; witnesses - Fredick Rose, Robert Hutchinson, Ben. Hutchinson"; "Fedirick Rose and Benjamin Hutchinson and being duly sworn deposeth and said that they ware present when Robert Hutchinson, Desd, Signed and delivered the above obligation to Peter Hutchinson and Rachel Hutchison for the purposes therein contained and the said Benjamin Hutchison further Saith that he believes it was Robert Hutchisons desire for the property to be given away as before mentioned, and the Rose fursayth that he believes Robert Hutchison had his Senses about him at the time of Signing the above agreement, Sworn to before me this 27th of October 1800" - registered with Hancock Co on 19th Feb 1801. [These are the children, and their wives, of Robert Hutchinson.][16]
1795 On 15 December, the New Jersey State Gazette had a notice that might refer to this Robert Hutchinson: "To be sold by poblic vendue on 6th of January next the plantation of 175 acres late the property of Robert Hutchinson, deceased, situate in Nottingham Township, Burlington County, near the square, within six miles of Allentown and Trenton, and three from the draw-bridge. The land in in good heart, not having been many years cleared. Attendance will be given and conditions made known by Robert Hutchinson and Sylvanus Hutchinson [perhaps nephews of Robert through brother William], Nottingham". [17]
1801 Robert's "mother (who died in 1801 and lived to be over 101 years old) had to sue Robert in an attempt to try to obtain her rightful dower in the NJ Supreme Court. In the Supreme Court of NJ, a Writ of Dower, dated Nov 3, 1772, was given to the Sheriff of Monmouth County to bring Robert into court. In the writ it stated that Robert was to rendor unto "Anne Hutchinson who was the Wife of William Hutchinson her reasonable Dower of the Lands & Tenements in Monmouth County ... which were of the sd William Hutchinson formerly her Husband..." Being Robert sold some of his father's land to other members of the family, his mother also had to sue some of her other children in an attempt to right her oldest son's wrong to her. Apparently, this was never resolved being there were numerous suits filed by his mother, Anne, against the buyers of the land into the 1773 term of the court. [18], Ivins - "In 1773, Isaac Ivins, Jr, of Chesterfield, Burlington county, bought a plantation in Upper Freehold of Robert and Elizabeth Hutchinson." Because of Robert's actions against his aged mother, a present day Georgia descendant and I while researching the family have given him that name of "Robert, the Scoundrel." [19]
Research Notes:
The children of Robert come from Margaret McClellen's, Louisiana research, the Bible records of Nancy Day Pearson Hutchinson (b 1839), which lists additional children of Catherine, Mary, Ann, Elizabeth, & Wilson. Also, the children names were also found Robert's family "Bible," [actually a prayer book] found in the year 2000. [20]
"Robert Hutchinson, born 11 Dec. 1720 about sunrise on the first day of the week, died 31 August 1794 at 74, married 20 February 1747 by Robert Montgomery, Esq., to Elizabeth Lawrence, born 18 July 1729 at eight o'clock in the morning of the sixth day of the week. They had 11 children." [21]
On the 24th of August 1988, the Bible of Robert Hutchinson [father of Peter Hutchinson, who later possessed the Bible record] was in the possession of a descendant named Bettye Grissom, 134 Morningside Drive, San Antonio Texas 78209. In 2000, I actually received a copy of the above Bible and an abstraction of the Bible's record of the family. [22]
The names and dates of birth of the children listed here are speculative and are pieced together from the research of others.
There is a folder of surveys in Washington County, Georgia for James Hutchinson, but not for Robert. [23]
[1] Joseph R. Mosher, The Hutchinson Family: New Jersey to Clermont County, Ohio (1994), 13, [GoogleBooks].
[2] Joseph R. Mosher, The Hutchinson Family: New Jersey to Clermont County, Ohio (1994), 13, [GoogleBooks].
[3] New Jersey State Archives Colonial Deed G-3, page 412, [NJ_State_Archives].
[4] New Jersey State Archives Colonial Deed I-2, page 139, [NJ_State_Archives].
[5] New Jersey State Archives, Supreme Court (online database), Search for Robert Hutchinson, 1771 thru 1795, [NJ_State_Archives].
[6] Richard Hutchinson's website for Hutchinson Genealogy. (No longer available online. http://www.richardshutchinson.com/RobertHutchinsonVAGA.htm).
[7] New Jersey State Archives Colonial Deed G-3, Page 527, [NJ_State_Archives].
[8] Richard Hutchinson's website for Hutchinson Genealogy. (No longer available online. http://www.richardshutchinson.com/RobertHutchinsonVAGA.htm).
[9] New Jersey State Archives Colonial Deed G-3, page 415, [NJ_State_Archives].
[10] New Jersey State Archives Colonial Deed G-3, page 417, [NJ_State_Archives].
[11] New Jersey State Archives Colonial Deed G-3, page 413, [NJ_State_Archives].
[12] New Jersey State Archives Colonial Deed A-G, page 339, [NJ_State_Archives].
[13] Richard Hutchinson's website for Hutchinson Genealogy. (No longer available online. http://www.richardshutchinson.com/RobertHutchinsonVAGA.htm).
[14] Prince William County, Virginia Deed T-174.
[15] Richard Hutchinson's website for Hutchinson Genealogy. (No longer available online. http://www.richardshutchinson.com/RobertHutchinsonVAGA.htm).
[16] Helen Crawford Marsh, Timothy Richard Marsh, Land deed genealogy of Davidson County, Tennessee, [GoogleBooks].
[17] Thomas B. Wilson, Notices from New Jersey Newspapers, 1791-1795, Vol. 3 (2002), 419.
[18] Edwin Salter, A History of Monmouth and Ocean Counties (1890), 73, [GoogleBooks].
[19] Richard Hutchinson's website for Hutchinson Genealogy. (No longer available online. http://www.richardshutchinson.com/RobertHutchinsonVAGA.htm).
[20] Richard Hutchinson's website for Hutchinson Genealogy. (No longer available online. http://www.richardshutchinson.com/RobertHutchinsonVAGA.htm).
[21] Richard Hutchinson's website for Hutchinson Genealogy. (No longer available online. http://www.richardshutchinson.com/RobertHutchinsonVAGA.htm).
[22] Richard Hutchinson's website for Hutchinson Genealogy. (No longer available online. http://www.richardshutchinson.com/RobertHutchinsonVAGA.htm).
[23] Washington Co, Georgia Surveys, [URL].