Notes for Elisha HUTCHINSON

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Notes for Elisha HUTCHINSON

!Birth: Sources: _The Hutchinson Family: or the Descendants of Barnard
Hutchinson, of Cowlam, England_, compiled by Perley Derby, Essex
Institute Press, 1870, Salem, Massachusetts, pp. 28, 29; Middleton, Mass.
VRs, (Search & Research CD), p. 29; _History of the Town of Mont Vernon,
New Hampshire_, by Charles James Smith, Blanchard Printing Co.,
Boston, Mass., 1907, p. 80.

!Marriage: Sources: _The Hutchinson Family: or the Descendants of
Barnard Hutchinson, of Cowlam, England_, compiled by Perley Derby,
Essex Institute Press, 1870, Salem, Massachusetts, p. 29; _The History
of Milford_, by George A. Ramsdell, Concord, N. H.: The Rumford Press,
1901, p. 782; Danvers, Mass. VRs, (Search & ReSearch CD), p. 2:49;
_History of the Town of Mont Vernon, New Hampshire_, by Charles James
Smith, Blanchard Printing Co., Boston, Mass., 1907, p. 80.

!Death: Source: _The Hutchinson Family: or the Descendants of Barnard
Hutchinson, of Cowlam, England_, compiled by Perley Derby, Essex
Institute Press, 1870, Salem, Massachusetts, pp. 28, 29; _History of the
Town of Mont Vernon, New Hampshire_, by Charles James Smith,
Blanchard Printing Co., Boston, Mass., 1907, p. 80.

Marriage: Intention published Apr. 17, 1773. (Danvers, Mass. VRs, (Search
& ReSearch CD), p. 2:49)

Occupation: Farmer. (Derby, p. 28)

He was a farmer, and as he ceased to be taxed in 1779, it is supposed
that he rem'd, about that period, to Amherst, N. H., and settled on the
banks of the Souhegan River, in the N. W. part of the present town of
Milford, which was set off from Amherst, and incorporated Jan. 11,
1794. He was one of the first settlers, the place then being but a
howling wilderness, and the cry of wolves were frequently heard as they
passed in close proximity to the rude settlement. Once a moose made his
appearance, and Mr. Hutchinson giving the alarm to his neighbors, they
grasped their guns, and with a merry shout, gave chase to the huge
animal as he bounded away through the woods at lightning speed. It was
a long and tiresome chase, and bouyed up by their elated spirits and the
novelty of the affair, the animal was at last surrounded, and driven to
narrow quarters, when he was quickly dispatched, carried home and
equally divided among his pursuers. (Derby, p. 29)

Came to Milford in 1779 from Middleton, Mass., and settled on the farm
now owned by Frank Ober, lying a little west of the old road to Mont
Vermon and near the line of said town, where he died. (_The History of
Milford_, by George A. Ramsdell, Concord, N. H.: The Rumford Press, 1901,
p. 782.)

He and his family settled in that part of Amherst now Milford in 1779.
(Smith, p. 80)

In addition to his own estate, he rec'd from his father by Will, already
referred to [see notes for his father], 74 acres joining westerly on his
own bounds, being the same piece of upland bought of Richard Goldsmith,
Jan. 26, 1742-3, and lying in Township, No. 3. He was one of the first to
answer his country's call in the Revolution, and enrolled himself as a
private in Capt. Jeremiah Page's Co. of militia, at Danvers, which
engaged the British at Lexington, on the 19th of April. He was chosen
Surveyor of Amherst, Mch. 12, 1787. (Derby, p. 29)

Notes made by Elizabeth Hutchinson Patterson in 1938:

Elisha represents the sixth generation in this country.
He was born December 6, 1751 in Middelton (or Salem), married
November 10, 1772 to Sarah Buxton, moved to the valley of the Souhegan
River near the present Milford, New Hampshire (town then called
Amherst) in 1779. One of 19 original members of the Congregational
Church in Milford, organized November 17, 1788, and first Clerk of the
Church.

Volunteered as a Private in Captain Jeremiah Page's Militia Company, at
Danvers, and fought the British at Lexington 19th of April 1775.
Moved to Milford and built the large house in which fourteen of the TRIBE
OF JESSE, SONS OF MARY, were born.

Died October 12, 1800 (aged 49).

[Occasion of visit to homestead in 1938:] "Home of Elisha
Hutchinson---my great, great grandfather--through David. Elisha was
one of the 'Minute Men of Lexington. He was granted by his father's will
74 acres of wild land located in the northwest part of Amherst (now
Milford) New Hampshire. He moved thither in 1779, one of the first
settlers.

"For a time he lived in a rude structure until he could build this larger
house (see picture in scrapbook)--a 12 room house with two attics. He
was a carpenter and master builder. The house still stands in good
condition. The rooms are built around a central chimney. All rooms have
large fireplaces. The only hall is a short hallway across the front of
the house, only large enough to permit of stairway to the second floor.
The original barn still shelters a dairy herd. There are fine apple
orchards on this farm, and from the orchard at the back of the house a
wide, sweeping view of the White Mountains is seen. Later Jesse, son of
Elisha, lived in this house. (The farm was divided between Elisha's sons
Andrew and Jesse upon his death, Jesse receiving the house.) Here were
born 14 of the 16 children of Jesse and Mary (Polly) Leavitt Hutchinson.
When the house became too small for the growing family, Jesse bought
another home and he, his wife, and younger children moved into the new
home in 1822, leaving the older children to keep house in the first home."

From the History of Milford:

"Elisha, a nephew of Abner, who had previously come to Amherst
(Milford). 'Elisha, who being granted by his father's will a lot of 74
acres of wild lands in the northeast part of Amherst. (Now Milford NH)
moved thither in 1779, one of the first settlers (History of Hillsboro
County).

'For a time he lived in a rude structure in northeasterly part of what is
now the territory of Milford, about three miles from what is usually
called the Hutchinson homestead, on the northerly bank of the Souhegan
River. He afterwards built a large house, still standing, in which
fourteen of the tribe of Jesse, sons of Mary, were Born (See Map in
History of Milford.) "

'He was a carpenter and master builder. A visit to this house "is well
worth a visit from the descendents of Elisha, one of our Revolutionary
ancestors."

No children recorded in Danvers, Mass. VRs; Middleton, Mass. VRs, (Search
& ReSearch CD).
Record of LDS Church ordinance (living or proxy).
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Record of LDS Church ordinance (living or proxy).
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