Anne Hutchinson
Deceased Person
1591 – 1643
Who was Anne Hutchinson?
Anne Hutchinson, born Anne Marbury, was a Puritan spiritual adviser, mother of 15, and important participant in the Antinomian Controversy that shook the infant Massachusetts Bay Colony from 1636 to 1638. Her strong religious convictions were at odds with the established Puritan clergy in the Boston area, and her popularity and charisma helped create a theological schism that threatened to destroy the Puritans' religious experiment in New England. She was eventually tried and convicted, then banished from the colony with many of her supporters.
Born in Alford, Lincolnshire, England, Anne was the daughter of Francis Marbury, an Anglican minister and school teacher who gave her a far better education than most other girls received. She lived in London as a young adult, and married there an old friend from home, William Hutchinson. The couple moved back to Alford, where they began following the dynamic preacher named John Cotton in the nearby major port of Boston, Lincolnshire. After Cotton was compelled to emigrate in 1633, the Hutchinsons followed a year later with their 11 children, and soon became well established in the growing settlement of Boston in New England. Anne was a midwife, and very helpful to those needing her assistance, as well as forthcoming with her personal religious understandings. Soon she was hosting women at her house weekly, providing commentary on recent sermons. These meetings became so popular that she began offering meetings for men as well, including the young governor of the colony, Henry Vane.
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- Born
- Jul 1, 1591
Alford - Also known as
- Anne Marbury
- Parents
- Spouses
- William Hutchinson
(1612/08/09 - ) - William Coddington
- William Hutchinson
- Children
- Religion
- Puritan
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Lived in
- Massachusetts
- Rhode Island
- The Bronx
- Died
- Aug 1, 1643
New Netherland
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on July 23, 2013
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