EIGHTH GENERATION

224. Enoch Hutchings ⁽⁴⁶⁵⁹⁾⁽⁴⁶⁶⁰⁾⁽⁴⁶⁶¹⁾⁽⁴⁶⁶²⁾⁽⁴⁶⁶³⁾ was born about 1630 in Co. Devon, England.⁽⁴⁶⁶⁴⁾ He moved before Jun 1652 to Maryland.⁽⁴⁶⁶⁵⁾ He moved from Maryland on 15 Feb 1655 to Virginia.⁽⁴⁶⁶⁶⁾ He moved from Virginia in 1659 to Portsmouth, Rockingham Co., New Hampshire.⁽⁴⁶⁶⁷⁾ He moved from Portsmouth, Rockingham Co., New Hampshire in 1667 to Kittery, York Co., Maine.⁽⁴⁶⁶⁸⁾ Enoch and his brother, John, were two of the first settlers of Kittery. He signed a will on 7 Jun 1693.⁽⁴⁶⁶⁹⁾⁽⁴⁶⁷⁰⁾⁽⁴⁶⁷¹⁾
Enoch Hutchings's Will

In the Name of god Amen the 7th day of June 1693 and In the 5th year of ye Reign of our Soueraign Lord and Lady King William and Queen Mary Enoch Hutchings Being aged and Weak in Body But of Sound and Perfect Memory Praise be giuen to Almighty God for the same and knowing the uncertainty of this Life on Earth and that all flesh must yeeld to Death When it shall please allmighty god to call thereunto and Being Desierous to settle things in ordr doe make this my Last Will and Testament in maner and form following that is to say first and Principally I comend my soull to almighty god my asuredly Beleuing that I shall Receiue full Pardon and free Remission of all my sins and that I shall be saued By the Pretious Death and merrits of my Blessed Sauiour and Redeemer Christ Jesus and my Body To ye Earth from Whence it was taken to Be buried in Such Decent and Christian maner as to my Executrs hereafter Shall Bee thought meet and conuenient and touching Such Worldly Estate as ye Lord in Mercy hath Lent mee my Will and meaning is that ye same Shall Bee Imployed and Bestoed as hereafter By this my Will is Expressed and first I doe Reuoake Renounce ffrustrate and make voyd all Wills By me formerly made & Declared and and appoint this to Bee my Last Will and Testament. Item: I giue and Bequeath unto Mary my Beloued Wife all my wholl Estate Whatsoeuer During her Widdowhood as howsing Lands Cattle household Stuff and other Implemts Whatsoeuer to haue and to hold During her naturall Life Prouided she Remaine a Widdow and after her Decease or Mariage with any other man my Will is that all my Whole Estate be Diuided amongst my Children in maner and form following.
Item: I giue and Bequeath unto Enoch my Beloued son my house and thirty acres of Land Joyning to it which Lyeth and is Scituate at ye head or ye Estern Creeck in Spruce creek Being thirty Pole wide or in Bredth By the Water side to have and to hold ye said thirty Acres of Land & house to him and his heirs Lawfully Begotten of his Body foreuer.
Item: I giue and Bequeath unto my son Joseph twenty flue Acres of Land at ye head of ye Eastern Creeck Joyning to his Brother Enochs Land and on ye South side thereof in Bredth twenty fiue pole and ye Rest of ye Remaining Bredth containing fiue acres ye s(d) Joseph slowing ye same Bredth and Quantity to his brother John for a way to ye water aide or for other Uses next to his Brother Enochs Land To Haue and to hold ye sd Land as it is specified to him and his heirs Lawfully Begotten foreuer Vnless ye sd Joseph shall 80 good to Dispose of ye Primisses to one of his Brothers.
Item: I giue and Bequeath unto my son John Ten acres of Land Lying at ye head of my aboue said Lands Before giuen to my son Enoch and Joseph Being an additionall Grant to ye former and flue acres out of Josephs for a way and other uses as is Expressed in his Brother Josephs Legacy.
Item: I giue and Bequeath unto my youngest son Jonathan my Garison house Wherein I now Dwell and ye other house By it and all ye Barns end out houses and all ye Land thereto Belonging about Thirty acres more or less fronting the maine Creeck Bounded in Bredth By Rowland Wllliams and Martins Coue end so Back into ye Woods as far as my Land Runs allway Prouided and to be understood that my sons Enoch Joseph and John are enter & possess their Seueral Leagacys imediately after my Decease and that my son John shall haue Liberty to Dispose of his Land to one of his Brothers and to no other prson this Later Claues to be understood according to True meaning though any thing to ye Contrary abouesd.
Item: I giue and Bequeath unto my two sons Benjamin and Samuel all my stock of Cattle of what kind soeuer to Be deuided Between ye accordine to my wifes Discreation.
Item: I giue and Bequeath unto my two daughters Mary end Sarah all my household stuff as Beding Linin and Woollen Peuter and Brass and Iron and Uessels of Wood.

And Last of all I doe nominate and appoint my three friends vis the Worshipfull Capt ffrancis Hook and mr Richard Cutt and Wm Godsoe To Be Exucutors of this my Last Will and Testamt Witness my hand and seall ye year and day aboue written.

Signed Sealed and Deliuered

In prsence of us
Rowland Williams
The Signe of
Henry x Benson Enoch
Wm Goodsoe

Recorded 20 October 1698. Inventory sworn to and returned 18 July 1698 b366: 11: 03 by the widow, which states that said Hutchings deceased May ye 9th 1698. Debts from Cap Pickrin: Dauid Hutchins: Rowland Williams: John Williams: Wm Hilton Senr, John Martin: Enoch Hutchings: Bartholow Stevenson.
He died on 9 May 1698 in Kittery, York Co., Maine.⁽⁴⁶⁷²⁾⁽⁴⁶⁷³⁾ He was a farmer and surveyor.⁽⁴⁶⁷⁴⁾ He was killed in an Indian attack.⁽⁴⁶⁷⁵⁾⁽⁴⁶⁷⁶⁾
The shire of origin of Enoch Hutchins has not been established, although from all indications he was born in Devon in the West Country of Old England. However, examination of all the available Devon and many other parish registers show no Hutchins-Hutchings-Hutchinson with the name of Enoch recorded in the period 1538-1799. It should be remembered, however, that many parish registers have been lost or destroyed, particularly for the period prior to and during the Civil War in the 1640s.

Associated with Enoch in Kittery were three Hutchins who were undoubtedly from his immediate family. John took Enoch's goods to Portsmouth, NH in 1659, and in 1667 he had land next to Enoch in Kittery. It is assumed that John was Enoch's brother. Later a David was living next to Enoch, and in all probability this David was a son of a David granted a sawmill permit in Newbury in the year 1658. In 1663 David and John jointly had a sawmill in Newbury, MA. Assuming that no permit for a mill would be granted to a minor, and assuming that Enoch's possessions would not be noted in his name if he were not of age, it appears that these Hutchins-Hutchings were all born prior to 1638 and in all probability were brothers born in Devon in the 1630s.

Their origin in Devon is supported by a 1718 deed for five acres of land on Spruce Creek in Kittery which Benjamin Hutchins, son of Enoch, gave to his kinsman Thomas Hutchins, son of Hugh Hutchins of Old England. Records show that Thomas was probably the son of Hugh and Susanna Huchans and was baptized in Northam Parish, Shebbear Hundred, Devon, on January 22, 1701/2. Thomas went from Devon to Kittery about 1718. Later he moved to Damariscotta, ME. To date it has not been possible to document the relationship between Enoch and Hugh, but in all probability Enoch was Hugh's uncle.

The name Enoch was rarely used by Old English Hutchins families. Only one person of that name has been found in English records and that was in the 1800s. Also, in America the name was seldom used outside of the Kittery line. The only other use recorded was an Enoch Hutchins of Loudoun Cty, VA who served in the War of 1812.

The name Hutchins in Kittery is generally spelled Hutchins or Hutchings. However, it is also recorded Huchins, Houchin, etc. Out of areas populated by West Countrymen (from Devon, Cornwall, Somerset, Dorset) the Hutchins name is often erroneously changed to Hutchinson.

The first record of Enoch Hutchins is when he was transported to Maryland prior to June 1652 by William Ayres, a gentleman from Nancemond County, VA. Mr. Ayres came to Maryland in May 1651, and it was probably at that time that Enoch arrived. In addition to Enoch, the following persons were transported in 1651/2 by Mr. Ayres: John Partridge, Nicholas Waterman, Owen Martin, William Sivett, Thomas Ford, Thomas Pool, and John Waller. It is probable that these people settled on Maryland's Eastern Shore.

Next we find Enoch moving from Maryland to Virginia, probably on the Eastern Shore. On February 15, 1655, Enoch Hutchinson was one of 45 people transported to Virginia by William Wright, gent., of Nancemond County, VA. In addition to Enoch, a John Waller (Walker) and a Thomas Poole were in the group transported. These are probably the same individuals who went to Maryland in 1651/2.

Enoch probably completed his seven years service and then left Virginia to go to an area populated by his countrymen. It is recorded in a New England reference book that his possessions were taken to Portsmouth, NH by John Hutchins in 1659. The original reference for this data has not been located.

Enoch, Progenitor of the Hutchins family in York, appears first in Maine records as a signer of the Kittery Petition in 1662. Enoch and John Hutchins settled at Spruce Creek, Kittery, in 1667. They were two of the first settlers of Kittery. Enoch bought land of Thomas Withers at Spruce Creek on July 7, 1675. He built a garrison house and lived there the rest of his life. He was a farmer and a surveyor. At the time of his death Enoch owned three houses and a hundred acre farm at Spruce Creek. He made his will on June 7, 1693, and was on the grand jury in 1694. Historian Niles called him an old man in his report of the Indian attack when Enoch was killed and three of his sons taken captive to Canada, May 9, 1698. Tradition says the widow was also carried to Canada at that time, however, she showed his estate to appraisers on June 7, 1698. Apparently she kept house for the next thirty years for Rowland Williams, for she billed his estate for this care after his death. Benjamin returned from Canada before May 29, 1701. Samuel returned in January 1699, and Jonathan returned in 1705.

In addition to the descendants of Enoch recorded in this genealogy it is certain that many of the other Hutchins of Kittery and York were of the Enoch line. Enoch's son John was born in 1676 and was in Enoch's will in 1693, at the age of 17. However, his marriage is not noted nor are any children attributed to him. The Jonathan Hutchins of York and Boothbay, born about 1700 could be his son. Also, Noah Hutchins was baptized in 1737 in the Spruce Creek Meeting House, but his parents are not known. These and many other unidentified Hutchins are probably from the Enoch or David lines of Kittery.

excerpted from "Hugh Hutchins of Old England" by Jack Randolph Hutchins He was married to Mary B. Stevenson on 5 Apr 1667 in Dover, Strafford Co., New Hampshire.⁽⁴⁶⁷⁷⁾⁽⁴⁶⁷⁸⁾⁽⁴⁶⁷⁹⁾⁽⁴⁶⁸⁰⁾⁽⁴⁶⁸¹⁾⁽⁴⁶⁸²⁾

225. Mary B. Stevenson⁽⁴⁶⁸³⁾⁽⁴⁶⁸⁴⁾⁽⁴⁶⁸⁵⁾⁽⁴⁶⁸⁶⁾⁽⁴⁶⁸⁷⁾ was born in 1651 in Oyster River, Strafford Co., New Hampshire.⁽⁴⁶⁸⁸⁾⁽⁴⁶⁸⁹⁾ She died after 1734.⁽⁴⁶⁹⁰⁾ Children were:

i. Enoch Hutchings⁽⁴⁶⁹¹⁾⁽⁴⁶⁹²⁾⁽⁴⁶⁹³⁾⁽⁴⁶⁹⁴⁾ was born in 1671 in Kittery, York Co., Maine.⁽⁴⁶⁹⁵⁾⁽⁴⁶⁹⁶⁾ He died on 3 Apr 1706 in Kittery, York Co., Maine.⁽⁴⁶⁹⁷⁾⁽⁴⁶⁹⁸⁾⁽⁴⁶⁹⁹⁾ He was a farmer.⁽⁴⁷⁰⁰⁾
ii. Joseph Hutchings⁽⁴⁷⁰¹⁾⁽⁴⁷⁰²⁾⁽⁴⁷⁰³⁾ was born in 1673.⁽⁴⁷⁰⁴⁾ He died on 4 May 1705.⁽⁴⁷⁰⁵⁾ He was killed by Indians.⁽⁴⁷⁰⁶⁾⁽⁴⁷⁰⁷⁾
iii. John Hutchings⁽⁴⁷⁰⁸⁾⁽⁴⁷⁰⁹⁾ was born in 1676.⁽⁴⁷¹⁰⁾
iv. Capt. Benjamin Hutchings⁽⁴⁷¹¹⁾ ⁽⁴⁷¹²⁾⁽⁴⁷¹³⁾⁽⁴⁷¹⁴⁾ was born about 1683 in Kittery, York Co., Maine.⁽⁴⁷¹⁵⁾ He died in 1721 in Kittery, York Co., Maine.⁽⁴⁷¹⁶⁾ He was a sea captain.⁽⁴⁷¹⁷⁾
76 v. Jonathan Hutchings.
vi. Samuel Hutchings⁽⁴⁷¹⁸⁾⁽⁴⁷¹⁹⁾⁽⁴⁷²⁰⁾ was born about 1685 in Kittery, York Co., Maine.⁽⁴⁷²¹⁾ He died on 28 Dec 1742 in Arundel, York Co., Maine.⁽⁴⁷²²⁾ He was a field officer in Kittery, York Co., Maine.⁽⁴⁷²³⁾ Notes for Samuel Hutchins:

Samuel Hutchins was captured by Indians on May 9, 1698 and taken to Canada. He returned in January, 1699. In 1720 he was a Field officer in Kittery. Samuel sold his dwelling in Kittery and was living in Arundel before June 30, 1729.
vii. Mary Hutchins⁽⁴⁷²⁴⁾⁽⁴⁷²⁵⁾⁽⁴⁷²⁶⁾ was born about 1686 in Kittery, York Co., Maine.⁽⁴⁷²⁷⁾ She died in 1760.⁽⁴⁷²⁸⁾
viii. Sarah Hutchins⁽⁴⁷²⁹⁾⁽⁴⁷³⁰⁾⁽⁴⁷³¹⁾⁽⁴⁷³²⁾ was born about 1687 in Kittery, York Co., Maine.⁽⁴⁷³³⁾ She died after 1739.⁽⁴⁷³⁴⁾