1675 On April 30, John Fenwick to Thomas Hutchinson of Beverley, Co. of York, tanner, for 2000 acres in ffenwicks Colony, New Jersey [1]
1677 Thomas Hutchinson came to New Jersey on the ship Kent [according to tradition, no documentation seen] and was one of the early settlers of Burlington [originally called New Beverly]. On several records, Thomas Hutchinson was also reported to be of Talbott, Maryland. George Hutchinson was also named as a commissioner of New Jersey [relationship unknown]. There are many more deeds involving Thomas Hutchinson in the NJ Archives still lto be assembled here.
1676-77 On March 1, Deed. William Penn of Rickmersworth, Co. of Hertford, Esqre, Gawen Lawrie of London, merchant, Nicholas Lucas of Hertford, maulster, and Edward Byllinge of Westminster, gentleman, to Thomas Hutchinson of Beverley, Thomas Peirson of Bonwick, Joseph Helmsley of Great Kelke, George Hutcheson of Sheffield and Mahlon Stacy of Hansworth, Co. of Yorke, tanner, for 7 shares of West Jersey Szme for 3 shares. [2] [3]
1677 On 16 July, Thomas Hutchinson, Thomas Peirson, Joseph Helmsley, George Hutcheson and Mahlon Stacy to Joshua Wright, for 1-6 of a share. [4]
1677 On 4 July, Thomas Hutchinson of Beverley, Thomas Pearson of Bonwick, Joseph Helmsley of Great Kelke, George Hutcheson of Sheffield and Mahlon Stacy of Hansworth Parish, all in Co. Yorke, to George Nicholson of Burton Slather, Co. of Lincolne, yeoman, for 1-24 of a share in the First Tenth of West Jersey [5]
1677 On 29 August, Certificate of Thomas Hutcheson, Thomas Peirson, Joseph Helmsley, George Hutcheson and Mahlon Stacy, that Nicholas Knight of Godmersham, Kent, has paid in full his share of the charges in West Jersey. [6]
1677 On July 4. Do. Do. Thomas Hutchinson of Beverley, Thomas Pearson of Bonwick, Joseph Helmsley of Great Kelke, George Hutcheson of Sheffield and Mahlon Stacy of Hansworth Parish, all in Co. Yorke, to George Nicholson of Burton Slather, Co. of Lincolne, yeoman, for 1-24 of a share in the First Tenth of West Jersey a share in the First Tenth of West Jersey On May 25. Do. Do. Same to Joseph Pope of Burton Slather, Co. of Lincolne, yeoman, for 1-6 of a share of West Jersey [7]
1677 On 5 July, Thomas Hutchinson of Beverley, Thomas Pearson of Bonwick, Joseph Helmsley of Kelk, yeomen, George Hutcheson of Sheffield, distiller, and Mahlon Stacy of Dorehouse, tanner, all of Co. of York, to James Harrison of Stainton Dale, Yorkshire, yeoman, for 1-4 of a share of West Jersey [8]
1679 On Sept. 24. Audit by Tho: Pearson and Joseph Helmsley of the account of Tho: Hutchinson with some of the Proprietors of the Yorkshire Tenth and in laying out "our Town now called Burlington," in 1677. [9]
1681 On September 2, Mem. of Deed. Thomas Hutchinson, late of Beverley, Old England, yeoman, to Daniel Leeds of West Jersey, for one acre in Beverley, West Jersey, late called Burlington, in the Scarborough lot. [10]
1683-84 On January 21, Deed. Robert Hopper of Scarborough, Yorkshire, master and mariner, to Thomas Hutchinson of Talbut County, Maryland, tanner, for 1-4 of his 3-100 share of West Jersey, in the Yorkshire Tenth or Scarborough property. [11]
1686 On May 20, Do. Do. Thomas Hutchinson of Talbut County, Maryland, to Wm. Biddle of Mount Hope, West Jersey, yeoman, for 1-4 of one 3-90 share, bo't of Wm. Penn etc. [12]
1686 On 13 September, Do. Do. Thomas Hutchinson of Talbott County, Maryland, yeoman, to John Skene of Peachfield, West Jersey, for 1-4 of a share of West Jersey and all his right, title &c. in and to the properly of Francis Beswick in the First Tenth, surveyed by Wm. Emley as part of 1-12 share, bo't by said Beswick of Hutchinson. [13]
1687-89 Thomas Hutchinson, and others from Long Island and elsewhere, settled in Ewing Twp, Hopewell [now Mercer] County, New Jersey. Thomas was from England and was Episcopalian. His plantation consisted of five thousand acres, and his manor-house was on the farm on which the lunatic asylum is built. The Hutchinsons were at first Episcopalians, and John Hutchinson, only heir of Thomas, gave a lot in 1703 for a place of burial, and on this lot the first church ever built within the limits of the present county of Mercer was built. [14]
1687 On December 20, Thomas Hutcheson of Beverly, and others, bought land in West Jersey of John Estell.
1687 On 23 June, Thomas Hutchinson of Maryland, tanner, purchased land from Christopher Wetherill of Burlington. [15]
1688-89 On 23rd day, 11 month (January), Thomas Hutchinson of Hutchinson's Manor, Burlington County, yeoman, to Jonathan Eldridge of Burlington, cordwainer, for 100 acres, upon which said Jonathan's dwelling house now stands, in said County. "Sold to Moses Pettit." [16]
1688 On June 28, Edward Nightingale of York asked Thomas Hutcheson for a deed to the land that Edward's wife had paid Thomas' wife, Dorothy, for. The deed was to delivered by George Hutcheson. [17]
1689 On Nov 9, George and Thomas Hutcheson of Burlington, proprietors, to Christopher Weatherill of said county, yeoman, for 100 acres in the Province, not yet surveyed, and 1 1-2 a. in Burlington, the half acre fronting on High St. and on the South bounded by grantee, the acre running parallel with the East end of the half acre and bounded by Broad St., leading from the Market Place on the South, E. Second St. [18]
1689 On June 17, Do. Thomas Hutchinson of Hutchinson's Manor, West Jersey, to Daniel Leeds of Springfield, West Jersey, cooper, for 100 acres betw. Win. Hunt and John Shinn junior; also 6 a. of meadow betw. Wm. Sallaway, Thomas Shin and Peter Harvey. [19]
1689 On 10 December, Thomas Hutcheson, of Hutcheson Manor, dec'd had inventory of the estate valued at £107.11.4), made by Thomas Lambert,
Joshua Wright, William Emley and John Lambert. [20]
1695-6 On February 21, Account of the estate of Thomas Hutcheson was made by George Hutcheson and Mahlon Stacy, administrators. [21]
1695 John Hutchinson, yeoman of Hope Well, Burlington County (son and heir of Thomas Hutchinson, tanner of Burlington County, deceased) sold a twelfth to Mahlon Stacy for 22.6 pounds. Witnessed by William Wardell. [22]
1695/96 On 21 February, George Hutchinson of Burlington, merchant, Mahlon Stacy of Baylifield, West Jersey, yeoman, and John Hutchinson, of Burlington (son and heir of Thomas Hutchinson, tanner of Burlington County, deceased) sold the house and water lots in Burlington belonging to ½ share, to John Tatham. [23]
1695/96 On 21 Jan, John Hutchinson, of the Falls, Burlington County, tanner, son of Thomas Hutchinson, formerly of Beverly Co, of Yorkshire, England, late of Hutchinson's Manor, Burlington County, sold land in Crosswicks Creek to Robert Wilson. [24]
1695-96 On 21 February, George Hutchinson merchant of Burlington, Mahlon Stacey of Baylifield West Jersey, and John Hutchinson of Burlington County, son and heir of Thomas Hutchinson, tanner, deceased, sold land to John Tatham that they had purchased on Joseph Helmsley and Thomas Pearson. [25]
1695/96 On 22 February, John Hutchinson of Hutchinson's Manor, Burlington County, tanner, sold town and waterlots in Burlington belonging to 1/4 and 1/8, wanting 1/64 of a share, to George Hutchinson, merchant, of Burlington. [26] John was of Hopwell, Burlington County, in a later transaction. [27]
1695/96 On 21 March, John Hutchinson of Hopewell, Burlington County, yeoman, son of Thomas Hutchinson, tanner, deceased, to Mahlon Stacey of Ballifiled, tanner, for 1-12 of a share. [28]
1697 On May 28, John Hutchinson, of Hutchinson's Manor, Burlington County, son and heir of Thomas Hutchinson, deceased, deeded 1000 acres in West Jersey to Mahlon Stacey, yeoman of Ballifield. [29]
1698 On Sept. 3, John Hutchinson sold 200 acres in Burlington County to Henry Scott of Burlington County, yeoman, surveyed as in Liber A, p. 146. Cited in a March 27, 1700 deed of Henry Scott to Thomas Stevenson of Newtown L.I. [30]
1699 On November 14, John Hutchinson of Hutchinson's Manor, Burlington County, above the falls of Delaware, sold 650 acres adjoining the Manor.
1700 On Sept. 17, Discharge. Edward Perrin & Co., Bristol, merchants, by their attorney, Richard Johns of Maryland, to John Hutchinson, son and heir of Thomas Hutchinson, from all claims upon his father. [31]
Research Notes:
There were apparently two different men named John Hutchinson living near Hutchinson's Manor in Hopewell Twp, Burlington County. John Hutchinson, the son of this Thomas Hutchinson lived in Hopewell Twp, Burlington County, and died about 1704. The second John Hutchinson [32], of Bucks County, Pennsylvania, across the Delaware River, married twice, to Sarah Burgess and Phebe Kirkbride, and died about 1745.
We are researching these Hutchinson families as part of our research of Samuel Hutchinson [33].
We do not know the relationships among these Hutchinson lines, if any, and welcome further information about them. Richard Hutchinson [34] has detailed documentation about these, and other, Hutchinson lines.
Thomas Hutchinson was of Beverly, England. Burlington was first named New Beverly. [35]
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[11] William Nelson, Documents relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey. Archives Vol. 21. (Patents and Deeds, 1664-1703) (1899), 410, citing West Jersey Records, Liber B, Part 2, p 91, [HathiTrust], [GoogleBooks], [InternetArchive].
[12] William Nelson, Documents relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey. Archives Vol. 21. (Patents and Deeds, 1664-1703) (1899), 410, citing West Jersey Records, Liber B, Part 2, p 91, [HathiTrust], [GoogleBooks], [InternetArchive].
[13] William Nelson, Documents relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey. Archives Vol. 21. (Patents and Deeds, 1664-1703) (1899), 413, citing West Jersey Records, Liber B, Part 2, p 131 and 107, [HathiTrust], [GoogleBooks], [InternetArchive].
[14] Major E. M. Woodward and John Hageman, History of Burlington and Mercer Counties, New Jersey (Philadelphia: Everts & Peck, 1883), 781, [HathiTrust].
[15] William Nelson, Documents relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey. Archives Vol. 21. (Patents and Deeds, 1664-1703) (1899), 418, [HathiTrust], [GoogleBooks], [InternetArchive].
[16] William Nelson, Documents relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey. Archives Vol. 21. (Patents and Deeds, 1664-1703) (1899), 479, citing West Jersey Records, Liber B, Part 2, p 530, [HathiTrust], [GoogleBooks], [InternetArchive].
[17] William Nelson, Documents relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey. Archives Vol. 21. (Patents and Deeds, 1664-1703) (1899), 451, citing West Jersey Records, Liber B, Part 2, p 405, [HathiTrust], [GoogleBooks], [InternetArchive].
[18] William Nelson, Documents relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey. Archives Vol. 21. (Patents and Deeds, 1664-1703) (1899), 451, citing West Jersey Records, Liber B, Part 2, p 401, [HathiTrust], [GoogleBooks], [InternetArchive].
[19] William Nelson, Documents relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey. Archives Vol. 21. (Patents and Deeds, 1664-1703) (1899), 440, citing West Jersey Records, Liber B, Part 2, p 323, [HathiTrust], [GoogleBooks], [InternetArchive].
[20] William Nelson, Documents relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey. Archives Vol. 23. (Wills and Administrations 1, 1670-1730) (1901), 251, citing Burlington Wills, [HathiTrust], [GoogleBooks], [InternetArchive].
[21] William Nelson, Documents relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey. Archives Vol. 23. (Wills and Administrations 1, 1670-1730) (1901), 251, citing Burlington Wills, [HathiTrust], [GoogleBooks], [InternetArchive].
[22] John David Davis, West Jersey New Jersey Deed records 1676-1721 (2005), 103, [FHLBook].
[23] William Nelson, Documents relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey. Archives Vol. 21. (Patents and Deeds, 1664-1703) (1899), 477, citing West Jersey Records, Liber B, part 2, p 525, [HathiTrust], [GoogleBooks], [InternetArchive].
[24] William Nelson, Documents relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey. Archives Vol. 21. (Patents and Deeds, 1664-1703) (1899), 494, citing West Jersey Records, Part 2, page 494, Liber B, p 582, [HathiTrust], [GoogleBooks], [InternetArchive].
[25] William Nelson, Documents relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey. Archives Vol. 21. (Patents and Deeds, 1664-1703) (1899), 477, of 477-78, citing West Jersey Records, Part 2, Liber B, p 525, [HathiTrust], [GoogleBooks], [InternetArchive].
[26] William Nelson, Documents relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey. Archives Vol. 21. (Patents and Deeds, 1664-1703) (1899), 482, citing West Jersey Records, Part 2, Liber B, p 541, [HathiTrust], [GoogleBooks], [InternetArchive].
[27] William Nelson, Documents relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey. Archives Vol. 21. (Patents and Deeds, 1664-1703) (1899), 483, of 483 and 486, [HathiTrust], [GoogleBooks], [InternetArchive].
[28] William Nelson, Documents relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey. Archives Vol. 21. (Patents and Deeds, 1664-1703) (1899), 486, citing West Jersey Records, Part 2, Liber B, p 554, [HathiTrust], [GoogleBooks], [InternetArchive].
[29] William Nelson, Documents relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey. Archives Vol. 21. (Patents and Deeds, 1664-1703) (1899), 496, citing West Jersey Records, Part 2, Liber B, p 590, [HathiTrust], [GoogleBooks], [InternetArchive].
[30] William Nelson, Documents relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey. Archives Vol. 21. (Patents and Deeds, 1664-1703) (1899), 496, citing West Jersey Records, Part 2, Liber B, p 660, [HathiTrust], [GoogleBooks], [InternetArchive].
[31] William Nelson, Documents relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey. Archives Vol. 21. (Patents and Deeds, 1664-1703) (1899), 527, citing West Jersey Records, Liber B, Part 2, p 687, [HathiTrust], [GoogleBooks], [InternetArchive].
[32] Janet and Robert Wolfe, Genealogy Page for John Hutchinson, born 1680, [JRWolfeGenealogy].
[33] Janet and Robert Wolfe, Genealogy Page for Samuel Hutchinson, [JRWolfeGenealogy].
[34] Richard Hutchinson's website for Hutchinson Genealogy. (No longer available online. http://www.richardshutchinson.com/ThomasHutchinson.htm).
[35] Thomas Francis Gordon, The History of New Jersey from its Discovery by Europeans (1834), 39, 69 (footnote), 334 (Note E), [HathiTrust], [GoogleBooks].