The Research of Charles Robbins Hutchinson (1838-1927)
on the Hutchinson Families in Central New Jersey
by Charles Robbins Hutchinson
with additions by Richard S. Hutchinson
Charles Robbins Hutchinson of Hamilton Square, Hightstown and Allentown, New Jersey, was probably the foremost Hutchinson family researcher in New Jersey. Not only did he research the direct lines of Hutchinson, he also researched the various collateral lines of the various Hutchinson families. He used the primary records in New Jersey for his research, interviews, first hand accounts of the various family members, and he then drew the actual plots of land from the deed descriptions and their metes and bounds. All of this research was meticulously recorded in his own hand into various account books, ledgers, etc. All of his original research is at the New Jersey Historical Society in Newark, New Jersey. The LDS have microfilmed these books, writings and drawings.
The following is from his handwritten research:
NEW JERSEY - In New England, as early as 1636, there were at least two or three families by the name of Hutchinson, between none of which is any connection apparent, although all, no doubt, had come of the same Yorkshire stock. In the first attempt of the English to colonize West Jersey, they again appear.
March 18, 1673, John, Lord Berkely conveyed to John Fenwick his undivided moiety of Nova Cesaria or New Jersey for the sum of one thousand pounds, and forty beaver skins annually. The transaction was hardly completed, however, when it developed that the person who was principally interested in the purchase was in fact Edward Byllinge, a London brewer, an intimate friend of Fenwick, who, being himself financially involved, procured the use of Fenwick in order to protect his interests from his creditors. The facts being discovered, probably through a quarrel between Fenwick and Byllinge as to a division of the spoils, they were compelled to join in a conveyance to William Penn, Gawen Lawrie and Nicholas Lucas & for nine tenths of the purchases in trust for Byllinge's creditors; the remaining tenth being awarded to Fenwick for his interest therein.
Among the principal creditors of Byllinge were five Yorkshire Quakers, who, in satisfaction of their claims, accepted one tenth of said province. These were "Thomas Hutchinson of Beverly, in the county of Yorke, yeoman; Thomas Pierson of Bonwicke, in the said county, yeoman; Joseph Helmsley, of Great Kelke, in the said county, yeoman; George Hutchinson of Sheffield, in the said county, distiller; and Mahlon Stacy of Hansworth, in the said county, tanner." The "tenth" which they selected, and which was conveyed to them by William Penn, Gawen Lawrie, Nicholas Lucas and Edward Byllinge by deed bearing date the tenth of the month called March, 1676, was designated as the first or Yorkshire Tenth. It extended from the Assanpink Creek [at Trenton or the falls] on the north to Assiscunk Creek (at Burlington) on the south, and easterly from the Delaware River to the East Jersey Line.
GEORGE HUTCHESON/HUTCHINSON
George Hutchinson, "of Sheffield, in the county of York, distiller," was early settled of West Jersey. He was one of the commissioners appointed by the Proprietors, March 2, 1676, to lay out the town of Burlington, and was a signer of the "Concessions." which bore date the following day. In 1680, he, with William Penn and others, procured the removal of an unjust tax on the settled goods, imposed by the governor of New York. In 1688, at the Proprietors meeting in Burlington, he was chosen one of the trustees for the ensuing year. He was the treasurer of Burlington in 1694. His name constantly appears in the early records of West Jersey. In Book No. 1, of West Jersey Deeds, in the office of the Secretary of State, at Trenton, I think there are more than a hundred conveyances in which he was granted, notwithstanding which, at the time of his death, he was still owner of a large of lands and proprietary rights. He was also a prominent member of the Society of Friends, as appeared by the records of Chesterfield Monthly Meeting, wherein he was appointed on important committees, and in 1687, a "first day meeting" was established at his house.
After disposing of the business which brought him to West Jersey in 1676, he returned to England, settled up his affairs there and sometime between 1677 and 1685, returned here with his family. He settled on a plantation which apparently comprised all of the eastern portion of Springfield Township, Burlington County, including within its limits, the present villages of Juliustown and Jobstown, and the Quaker Meeting House known as "Upper Springfield." The present road from Wrightstownto Jobstown runs through it. It was called Onnianickon; an Indian name, and variously spelled. A letter, written by "Geo. Hutcheson" to Mahlon Stacy, is dated "Onnianickon alias Carmell, ye 19th 2nd[?] month 87."
Besides his plantation of Onnianickon, George Hutchinson, soon after his settlement, located a tract of land in what a few years later became the township of Nottingham. I have never yet found any conveyance giving the boundaries of this tract or the quantity of land it contained, but it lay to the southeast of the present city of Trenton, near enough to be designated as "at the ffalls," and included what is now Broad Street Park, the residence of George Hutchinson being located where is now the old stone house (built by Isaac Watson in 1708), on the farm owned by Andrew K. Rowan, about half a mile southwest of the White Horse Road. Here, as well as at Onnianickon, George Hutchinson kept up an establishment, his family being sometimes at one place and sometimes at the other.
1 mo. 10, 1692 - "George Hutcheson, of Burlington, ... distiller," conveyed to Richard Stockton, late of fflushing in Long Island, yeoman," for 325 pounds, "All that his plantation called Oneanickon, in the county of Burlington aforesaid, conteyning 1640 acres of land, be it more or less, (excepting 200 acres sold to Robert Hutcheson, and sixty acres sold to John Warren)..." I am unable to map this tract from the description, but it extended more than two and a half miles from east to west, and more than one and a quarter miles from north to south. The 200 acres which he sold to Robert Hutcheson appears to have been in the southeasterly corner of the tract.
December 20, 1694, "George Hutcheson, of Burlington & Province of West Jersey, Distiller," conveyed to "Isaac Watson, of Springfield, in ye county of Burlington & Province aforesd., Planter," for 11.11.0 pounds; 200 acres of land "to be taken up," etc.. Isaac Watson in his will, dated 2 mo. (April) 30, 1726, devised to his wife, Johanna," one half that plantation whereon I now dwell, containing ye land formerly belonging to George Hutcheson." the residence of Isaac Watson was the stone house before mentioned. We have the evidence of Elizabeth, daughter of George Hutchinson, that the distance from her father's house to that of Thomas Lambert was about a mile and a half. Thomas Lambert lived where is now the large brick house on Lalor farm, and the distance between, by a path along the bluff overlooking the lowlands, would be about that far.
In 1696, George Hutchinson removed to Philadelphia, where he died in 1698, leaving a will dated [8 April 1698] 2mo..(April??) of ?? year, in which he is described as "George Hutchison of Philadelphia, merchant" and as "being at present under weakness and indisposition of boy but of sound and disposing mind and memory." He probably died soon afterward and certainly before November 2, 1698, when his executor conveys proprietary rights in West Jersey under said will.
[8 April 1698 - Philadelphia. Hutcheson, Hutchinson, George, of Philadelphia, merchant, copy of will of. Daughters - Rachel (under age), Marie Stanfield of Philadelphia, Elizabeth Peeres of Burlington and her children Marie and Martha, daughter Martha's child Mary, son (in-law?) James Stanfield, children of son Samuel in England. Real and personal property. James Stanfield and Charles Read, both of Philadelphia, executors and guardians of Rachel, who is to be put in charge of Susannah Turner or widow Elizabeth Bacon of West Jersey. Witnesses -Francis Cooke, Joseph Wilcox, Thomas Budd, Mary Brodwell, Mary Pearse. Proved May 11, 1698, in Philadelphia, March 1, 1704-5, at Burlington, [Liber I, page 100, and Burlington Wills]. 1704-5 -March 1. Letters testamentary on the estate, granted to Charles Read of Philadelphia, merchant, surviving executor.]
Writers generally, who have mentioned George and Thomas Hutchinson, have assumed that they were brothers. While they may have been, and probably were, there is no real evidence that this was the case. One always signed his name Thomas Hutchinson and the other, George Hutcheson, and even where both joined in the same deed, this difference occurs. This; however, proves nothing, for the early settlers often made similar alterations in their names, apparently with a view to distinguishing their particular branch from others of the same family or name. An indication that this may have been the case with George Hutchinson is found in the fact that where he was spoken of by others he was very often called George Hutchinson, and immediately after his death, he is thus designated by his son-in-law and executor, James Stanfield. It is also noticeable that the signature of George to his will, and; that of John, son of Thomas, to his, are both written Hutchison.
The wife of George Hutchinson was named Alice. She was living in 1694, but died previous to the date of his will in 1698. They had four [known] daughters: Elizabeth, Mary, Martha and Rachel, and one son, Samuel, who appears to have been the oldest child and who did not come to this country, but remained in England.
[His wife Alice died 25 January 1698 and George died 9 March 1698.]
September 5, 1716, "George Hutchinson, of London, Peruke Maker, grandson and heir to George Hutchinson of New Jersey and Pennsylvania, merchant, deceased, and sole heir of Mary and Rachel, two of the daughters of the said George Hutchinson, the said grandfather, both deceased without issue," conveyed to "James Bullen, of the County of Chester in the Province of Pennsylvania, millwright, and Martha his wife, she being another of the daughters of the said George Hutchinson of New Jersey but last of Philadelphia, deceased," all his interest in the estate of his said grandfather in New Jersey. [The name "Bullen" was actually "Bollen."]
Mary, daughter of George Hutchinson, as appears from his will, married, previous to 1698, James Stanfield, of Philadelphia, who was one of her father's executors, the other being Charles Read, also of Philadelphia. She died previous to September 5, 1716, leaving no children.
Rachel, the youngest child of George Hutchinson was still a minor in 1698. She also died previous to September 5, 1716, leaving no children, and probably unmarried.
It appears from the foregoing account that George Hutchinson left no descendants in America bearing the name of Hutchinson, and that such of his descendants as there may be are those of his daughters, Elizabeth and Martha.
Elizabeth, who appears to have been the eldest daughter of George Hutchinson, married, previous to 1696, John Pierce, of Burlington. In 1744, she died, leaving two daughters.
Martha, daughter of George Hutchinson, married, previous to 1698, Thomas Budd (son of Thomas (1) and Susanna), and had then one child named Mary, and later a son, George Budd. She married (second) James Bullen, already mentioned. [The name "Bullen" was actually "Bollen." A Patty B. Myers, in reference to Bollen, indicates that Bollen married "Martha (Hutchinson) Dennis, widow of _____ Dennis, and d/o George Hutchinson of Burlington Co,. West Jersey and Philadelphia.]
Robert Hutchinson
Robert Hutchinson, who is found in connection with George, the "Proprietor," is first met with March 12, 1677/8, in a court held at Upland (Chester, Pa.), when he "assigns to Israel Helm his man servant, William Broomfield, for the term of four years," for 1200 gilders.
5 mo (July) 1688, "George Hutcheson, of Burlington, etc, Merchant, conveyed to "Robert Hutcheson of Onyconickon in West Jersey, cordwayner" for 40 pounds, - 160 acres of land "lying and being at Onyconycon aforesaid and whereon the said Robert Hutcheson now dwells..."
11 mo. 9, 1689 - at the marriage of John Warren and Joan Sykes, George, Robert, Joseph, Alice, Anne and Elizabeth Hutchinson were among the witnesses.
In Burlington Court in 1693, Robert Hutcheson and his wife were indicted for selling rum to the Indians. Although, as it appeared, the act was committed by the wife, her name in not given. George Hutcheson gave bail for their appearance. They did not appear, and were fined five pounds, one half of which remitted, and George Hutcheson guaranteed the payment of the remainder.
2 mo. 15, 1796 - "Robert Hutcheson of Philadelphia, Cordwayner," conveys to "David Curtis of Mount Pleasant, in the county of Burlington, etc. Planter," for twenty pounds, 160 acres "(formerly surveyed by Symon Charles for 200 acres), lying and being at Onyanickon", etc.,; from which it appeared that Robert had accompanied George on his removal to Philadelphia. I have no further knowledge of him.
Joseph Hutchinson
Joseph Hutchinson, who was another early settler at Oneanickon, and who appears to have been of the same family as George, the "Proprietor" and Robert "cordwayner," is first met with 12 mo 14, 1686, at the marriage of Anthony Woodward and Hannah Folkes, being the only person by the name of Hutchinson, who witnessed that ceremony; and this is the first mention I have found of that name in the records of Chesterfield Monthly Meeting.
July 6, 1687 - He was one of the witnesses to a deed from George Hutcheson to Samuel Sykes for 200 acres "neare to a place called Hony Honickon; and 3 mo (May) 18, 1689, he witnessed a deed from George Hutcheson to John Chadwick for 100 acres "att or neare Mount Carmell."
From the fact that the Quakers had a meeting & stables had at his house it would seem that he had some standing among them, but in 1688 he appears to have been guilty of some misconduct which led to the removal of this meeting to the house of Robert Scholey. His last appearance was at the marriage of John Warren and Joan Sykes, 11 mo 9, 1689. What became of him after this I do not know. I have never found the record of any conveyance of land to or from him, or any settlement of his estate. I suspect he removed from the province, probably to Bucks County, Pa.
John Hutchinson
John Hutchinson, "of Burlington County," married about the year 1715, Phebe, daughter of Joseph and Phebe (Blackshaw) Kirkbride, of Falls Township, Bucks County, Pa.; to which locality he removed. These were the ancestors of John P. [Palmer] Hutchinson, now of Georgetown, Burlington County, New Jersey.
[Below is my addition to his research]
[This subject John Hutchinson is the progenitor of the Hutchinson family in Falls Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania in 1700s. i am convinced that he is related, in some way not yet fully known, to Thomas Hutchinson, "The Proprietor," of New Jersey. Although some indicate this John is Thomas's son, that is not probable based upon New Jersey documents showing another John Hutchinson to be Thomas' son. Hopefully, DNA analysis of a descendant of John may shed light on the issue.]
Thomas Hutchinson
Thomas Hutchinson, "of Beverly in the county of York, yeoman," who was one of the principal creditors of Edward Byllinge became one of the proprietors of West Jersey in 1676, was also one of the commissioners who laid out the town of Burlington at that time, and it was probably in deference to him that it was at first called Beverly.
September 2, 1681, "Thomas Hutchinson, late of Beverly in old England, yeoman," conveys to Dennis Leeds of West Jersey, for six pounds, one ace of land "lying in Beverly in West Jersey, late called Burlington in a Lott called ye Scarborough Lott, " etc.
After this, he is not again heard of until January 21, 1683, when he is found in Talbot County, Maryland, being then described as "Thomas Hutchinson of Mary Land in the county of Talbot, Tanner, " and is so designated until in 1687 he again appears in New Jersey, when the title of "tanner" again gives place to that of "yeoman," and sometimes thereafter, "merchant", or "proprietor." At this time, he took up and settled upon a tract of land above Trenton, which he called Hutchinson's Manor, the survey of which describes it as follows:
"5 mo 1687 - Surveyed then for Thomas Hutchinson a tract of Land lying upon ye River Delaware, above the ffalls, beginning at a Black oake marked by said River for a corner, and runs thence North east eighty-four chains to a black oak for a second corner, and runs then North west two hundred and fifty seven chains to a maple for a third corner. Then South west to the River aforesaid to a White oak marked for a fourth corner, Thence along by ye River to the first mentioned corner. Surveyed for 2,500 acres by Symon Charles, Surveyr." Some two years later he added to this another tract adjoining, which is thus described:
"The 13th of the 3rd month, 1689, Surveyed then for Thomas Hutchinson a tract of land beginning at a certain White oak marked for a corner by a path side that leads to Missonency (?) and runs thence south east eighty eight chains to a swamp near the River called Assunpinck; Then by the said swamp eighty chains; then croos the swamp south southeast twelve chains to ye said Assunpinck; Then along by Assunpinck to the mouth of a brook, Shabbacunk; Then by the said Shabbaconk to a certain oak markt for a corner by the said brooke abt twenty chains above the road leading towards York; Thence northwest forty seven chains to a Black oak for a corner; Thence south west one hundred and ten chains; Thence south to the corner first mentioned. Surveyed for 1850 (acres) besides allowance for Highwayes; including 150 acres formerly surveyed. Surveyed by Daniel Leeds"
This plantation of Thomas Hutchinson, which came to be generally known as Hutchinson's Manor, began at the northwesterly corner of what was formerly the Dickinson farm, later (in 1870) owned by E.J.C. Attenbury, and extended north on the Delaware between three and four miles, and back from the Delaware so as to include about five thosand acres. The Hutchinson manor house was on the farm on which the State Lunatic Asylum now stands, formerly owned by John Titus.
Thomas Hutchinson died previous to June 4, 1696, leaving no will. His wife was named Dorothy. The only mention I find of her is in a letter written by Edward Nightingale to her husband, dated 28th 4 mo 1688. His children were a son named John, and a daughter, Hannah who is mentioned only in the will of her brother, John, wherein he devises to her 400 acres of unappropriated land.
[He died previous to 10 December 1689, the date of an Inventory of his estate - (Vol 3 - P55). He was described as Thomas Hutchinson, of Hutchinson Manor, late deceased. George Hutcheson/Hutchinson, the other Proprietor, was an administrator and gave an accounting of the estate along with Mahlon Stacy on 21 February 1695/6. According to the Heston Family book, it too describes Thomas as having first settled in Maryland. Thomas was described as being of Beverly, in Holderness, Yorkshire, England, where he was married to Dorothy Storr, daughter of Marmaduke Storr, on 29 March 1668.]
June 4, 1696 - "Mahlon Stacy of Ballyfield, in the Township of Nottingham, ...Tanner, and John Hutchinson of Hutchinsons's Manor, in the Township of Nottingham," convey to "John Arney of Chesterfield in the County of Burlington, Planter," for six pounds 1000 acres "to be taken up..."
February 10, 1697 - (eight months afte the above [deed] date), John Hutchinson of Hutchinson's Manor in ye County of Burlington & Province of West Jersey, yeoman, Son and Heir unto Thomas Hutchinson of the same, late deceased, yeoman, conveys to Robert Pearson of Crosswicks Creek in ye sd. County of Burlington & yeoman, " for "twenty pounds current silver money, five hundred acres of land in any place to be taken up within ye Yorkshire Tenth belonging to ye said John Hutchinson as a Proprietor, not before surveyed & taken up by any other person..."
This last mentioned tract was located by Robert Pearson at the mouth of his other lands in Nottingham Township, and extended northwardly from the brook known as Pond Run to what is now the village of Hamilton Square. It afterwards became the homestead of our own line of Hutchinson's, as will elsewhere appear.
April 20, 1703, John Hutchinson of Hopewell, in the county of Burlington, etc, conveys to Andrew Heath, Richard Ayre, Abiel Davis and Zebulon Heston, of the same county, etc, a piece of land on the easterly side of the highway leading between the house of the said John Hutchinson and Andrew Heath.... containing two acres, in trust for the inhabitants of the said township of Hopewell and their successors inhabiting and dwelling within the said township, forever, for the public and common use and benefit of the whole township, for erecting and building a public meeting house thereon, and also for a place of burial, and for no other use intent or purpose whatsoever..." The following is a copy of a warrant which was granted for the erection of a church on this lot, the original of which was formerly in the possession of the late Miss Mary E. Gill. [The exact language is omitted here but the date of the warrant was 3 April 1705.]
John O. Raum, in his History of Trenton, (1871), says: "This lot included the spot where Thomas Hutchinson and other members of his family had been previously buried, and upon it an Episcopal Church was erected which they occupied until the erection of Saint Michael's Church in Trenton, in 1751/2. In 1838, the church authorities sold the lot to Ralph Lanning, the building itself having already long since disappeared. When that conveyance was made by which the old plot was added to a surrounding farm, reservation was made of an enclosure measuring thirty two feet by twenty seven, occupied by graves.... It is located about fifteen or twenty rods east of the road and at the brow of the hill, nearly in front of the old manor house, north of the State Lunatic Asylum, and about thirty rods northeast of the dwelling of Ralph Lanning..." When I visited this spot about 1876, I found this enclosure still surrounded by a stone wall which was falling into ruins. There were a few gravestones and fragments of gravestones, but none relating to the Hutchinsons, and none of an earlier date than 1729.
John Hutchinson died in 1704, leaving a will which was dated April 10, and proved June 6 of that year. It mentions his wife, whose name was Joyce, his eldest son, Marmaduke, his second son, Isaac, his daughter Elizabeth, his sister Hannah, and there is also a bequest often pounds to "Zebulon Heston my brother in law and Dorothy his wife." His executors were "my beloved wife Joyce, and Thomas Lambert of Nottingham, etc, yeoman." The will was witnessed by Roger Parke, Andrew Heath,and William Emley Senr.
Joyce, widow of John Hutchinson, married before 12 mo 20, 1706, Peter Lester, and they removed to Richland Township, Bucks County, Pa., of which township he is thought to have been the first actual settler. They settled below Quakertown, became members of the Gwynned Monthly Meeting, and six or seven generations of the family have lived and died in the township.
Elizabeth, daughter of John and Joyce Hutchinson, is found only in her father's will, at which time she was under twenty five years of age. I suspect that she married (at least as early as 1706) William Wardle, also of Hopewell, "yeoman."
In what way Zebulon Heston was the brother in law of John Hutchinson, I do not know, only that he so designated him in his will. He lived on the place formerly Amos Reeder's, which he sold to Isaac Reeder in 1707, and removed to Falls Township, Bucks County, Pa. in1711, he again removed to Wrightstown, in the same county. At this time, his family consisted of his wife, Dorothy, and six children. One of these also named, Zebulon, became a noted Quaker preacher. [Zebulon Heston, Sr married Dorothy, daughter of John & Joyce (Veneables) Hutchinson.]
Marmaduke Hutchinson, the eldest son of John and Joyce was still a minor in 1706. He died without issue and apparently unmarried previous to August 30, 1733.
Isaac Hutchinson, second and youngest so of John and Joyce, after the death of his brother Marmaduke, became the only living representation of the name and estate of his grandfather, Thomas Hutchinson "the Proprietor." In 1727, he is described as "Isaac Hutchinson of Trenton, in the county of Hunterdon, Gent."
August 30, 1733 - "Isaac Hutchinson, of the Township of Trenton in the county of Hunterdon, Yeoman, by and with the consent, good liking, free will and approbation of Mary his wife," conveyed to William Mott, of the township of Middleton [Middletown] in the county of Monmouth, Gent., for 400 pounds - 311 acres in the township of Trenton & "reserving one rod square of land in the graveyard and on the hill, and two acres belonging to the church: part of which said tract was given and devised unto to said Isaac Hutchinson by will of his father, John Hutchinson, deceased, and the other part descended unto him as brother and heir of Marmaduke Hutchinson, deceased..."
This was evidently that part of the manor upon which the homestead house and buildings were located, and from then on till 1749, Isaac was gradually disposing of his manor lands, the last of which appears to have been the following:
March 7, 1749 - "Isaac Hutchinson of Trenton, in the county of Hunterdon, yeoman," conveys to Joseph Warrell, of the same place, Esqr., for 60 pounds; land in Trenton, "now in possession of him the said Joseph Warrell, fronting on the Delaware River, lying and being within the bounds of and at the lower end of a certain tract of land formerly surveyed to Thomas Hutchinson and known by the name of the Mannor: bounded on the south east side by the lower line, and on the north side by a piece or tract of fifty acres, late belonging to William Spencer, deceased, and since purchased by the said John Warrell, and on the north west side by fifty acres sold by Thomas Hutchinson to Matthew Clayton, and on the other end by Delaware River." This property, which Joseph Warrell named Bellville, after his death in 1758, was owned successively by Sir John St. Clair, "Lord Sterling, Robert Lettis Hooper and John Rutherford, the last of whom advertised it for sale in 1806, "having 336 acres on both sides of the river and one of the lots between the new street and Calhoun's lane, including Prospect Hill."
I give these particulars for the reason that this appears to have been the extreme southern part of Thomas Hutchinson's Manor. The mansion stood a short distance west of the State House, on the river, and the green house remained long after the dwelling itself had been demolished.
Isaac Hutchinson is not again met with after 1749, and I know nothing further of him and nothing of any descendants of his. I am of the opinion that he also removed to Pennsylvania. Isaac Hutchinson (of Trenton), who may have been the same person, married Phebe Ward (also of Trenton), in Chesterfield Meeting, in 1740.
[Below is my addition to his research]
31 October 1778 - A proclamation by the Supreme Executive Council of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania..."Isaac Hutchinson, Thomas Hutchinson and Marmaduke Hutchinson, yeoman; all now or late of the township of New Britain...have severally adherred to, and knowingly and willingly aided and assisted the enemies of the State, and the United States of America, by having joined their enemies within this State. AND WHEREAS, the following named persons, inhabitants of others of the United States of America, who have real estates within this Common Wealth, that is to say...Isaac Hutchinson, Thomas Hutchinson, Marmaduke Hutchinson...to render themselves respectively to some or one of the Justices of the Supreme Court, or of the Justices of the Peace of on of the counties within this State, on or before Tuesday the fifteenth day of December next ensuing, and also abide their legal trial for such treasons, on pain that every of them the said ... Isaac Hutchinson, Thomas Hutchinson, Marmaduke Hutchinson...nor rendering himself as aforesaid, and abiding the trial aforesaid, shall from and after the said fifteenth day of December next, stand, and be attainted of High Treason, to all intents and purposes, and shall suffer such pains and penalties, and undergo all such forfeitures, as persons attainted of High Treason ought to do. And all the faithful subjects of this State, are to take notice of this Proclamation, and govern themselves accordingly. Given by order of the Council, under the hand of the Honorable GEORGE BRYAN, Esquire, Vice President, and the seal of the State , at Philadelphia, this thirtieth day of October, in the year of our Lore, one thousand, seven hundred, and seventy eight. Attested to by TIMOTHY MATLACK, Sec. [New Britain Township was in Bucks County, where other members of this Hutchinson family lived; AND with these names common to the Hutchinson family on the NEW JERSEY side; specifically Isaac Hutchinson, son of John and grandson of Thomas Hutchinson the "Proprietor," I feel these three subjects so named are related to the NJ Family and MOST probably the children of Isaac Hutchinson's family, who had moved to Bucks Co., from New Jersey.]