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Considered one of the earliest American feminists, Anne Hutchinson was a spiritual leader in colonial Massachusetts who challenged male authority—and, indirectly, acceptable gender roles—by preaching to both women and men and by questioning Puritan teachings about salvation.

Anne Marbury Hutchinson was born in England, the daughter of dissident minister Francis Marbury and Bridget Dryden. She grew up in Alford in Lincolnshire, where her father taught her scripture. In 1612, she married William Hutchinson, a merchant and member of a prominent family. From 1614 to 1630, she gave birth to more than a dozen children.

Although, like many women of her era, she had no formal education, Hutchinson was an avid reader and thinker. She was inspired by Reverend John Cotton, vicar at the nearby Lincolnshire parish. After Cotton joined other religious dissidents in North America, Hutchinson’s family migrated to the Massachusetts Bay Colony.

Hutchinson was forty-three years old when she arrived in Boston in 1634. Trained as a midwife, Hutchinson developed strong ties to local women and beg

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Hutchinson, Anne Marbury

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1591

Alford, Lincolnshire, England

c. 1643

Pelham Bay Park, New York

Religious leader

"If God give me a gift of Prophecy, I may use it."

Anne Marbury Hutchinson.

Anne Marbury Hutchinson was a religious rebel whose ideas threatened the rule of the Puritan government in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. (The Puritans were a religious group who believed in strict moral and spiritual codes.) Born in England, she received a strong religious education as a young woman and was later influenced by the Puritan preachings of John Cotton (see entry). She was particularly inspired by Cotton's concept of the Covenant of Grace (see below). After emigrating (moving from one country to another) to Boston in 1634, Hutchinson began to preach her own extreme version of the Covenant of Grace during private meetings with other Puritans. Eventually her following grew, creating a division in the colony that had social as well as religious repercussions. By the time Hutchinson went to trial for heresy (violation of

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Anne Hutchinson

American religious figure and colonist (1591–1643)

For the British lawyer, see Anne-Marie Hutchinson.

Anne Hutchinson
Anne Hutchinson on Trialby Edwin Austin Abbey
Born	Anne Marbury baptised 20 July 1591 Alford, Lincolnshire, England
Died	August 1643(1643-08-00) (aged 52) New Netherland, Middle Colonies
Cause of death	Killed by Siwanoys during Kieft's War
Education	Homeschooled and self-taught
Occupation	Midwife
Known for	Role in the Antinomian Controversy
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Children	15, including Edward, Faith, Bridget and Susanna
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Anne Hutchinson (née Marbury; July 1591 – August 1643) was a Puritan spiritual advisor, religious reformer, and an important participant in the Antinomian Controversy which shook the infant Massachusetts Bay Colony from 1636 to 1638. Her strong religious formal declaration were at odds with the established Puritan clergy in the Boston area and her popularity and charisma helped create a theological schism that threatened the Puritan religio