NATHANIEL HUTCHINSON & CLARK BLANDFORD
OF WINDSOR TOWNSHIP, MIDDLESEX COUNTY, NEW JERSEY
AND GEORGIA
The name of Wm. & Ann's 13th child had never been positively
known. Every time something was written by "researchers" interested in the
missing 13th child, one name was always "floated" for this unknown child with
absolutely no backup or reason. The name of "Daniel" was usually mentioned in
notes found or that the child had "died young." In my opinion, the name was
strictly a guess at best. However, I searched for every Daniel and every Daniel
found in the same area can be placed in other Hutchinson families in the area.
Also, the name Daniel was not a name carried on by descendants in this family
line as were other given names.
An LDS submission (Film #946266) shows this family and indicates that the 13th
child was Daniel with a DOB of 1748. However, when I attempted to find the
source document in LDS for this information, it shows that there was nothing to support
the info that was sent in to them.
I am of the opinion from everything that I have seen, and not seen
at this time [2007], on the
research of this family that the "missing" child's name was "Nathaniel" rather
than "Daniel." My research in the records of Windsor Township, Middlesex
County, New Jersey finds the name Nathaniel & Daniel in the same area, but based
on the family info in the Southern states, it appears that Nathaniel as being the probable
thirteenth child. Also, Daniel is found with other Hutchinsons in Windsor
Twp that lived many miles away from Nathaniel's location. One must
remember that in that period covered a vastly larger area than it does today and
there were several Daniels in the other Hutchinson lines. The first clue to the name being Nathaniel came from various
descendant lines but initially from a Janmari Jones Wiliams and Caroline M.
Jones of Birmingham, Alabama. This Alabama Hutchinson family indicated that they
descended from a Nathaniel Hutchinson, who died in 1785, and was the son of a
William Hutchinson in Middlesex County, New Jersey. Therefore, until someone can
prove me wrong, I am looking at Nathaniel Hutchinson, of Windsor Twp, Middlesex
County, New Jersey as the 13th son of William & Ann (Simpson) Hutchinson.
Today, in 2002, Hutchinson family descendants of Nathaniel Hutchinson, found in
Tifton, Georgia and other areas, trace their ancestry to New Jersey. Their
family "oral" and "written" history coincides with the Nathaniel Hutchinson, his
wife and children, of Windsor Twp, Middlesex County, New Jersey. I believe
Nathaniel is in fact the 13th child.
In the June 1778-Feb 1780 Tax Rateables for Windsor Township, Middlesex Co, NJ, show the following - Nathaniel Hutchinson was described as a householder with 2 horned cattle and 1 hog (NJ Genealogical Magazine, Vol 51, Sept 1976) and he stayed on the tax rateables for Windsor until 1785 when he is no longer was listed. Nathaniel Hutchinson can be found on the 1779 NJ Tax Rateables for Windsor Twp listed only as a householder. In 1780, Nathaniel is again listed as a householder but now has 2 cattle and 1 hog. In 1781, Nathaniel has 1 horse, 3 cattle and 1 hog. In February 1782, Nathaniel is taxed for 100 acres of improved land valued at £3,6 shillings, 1 horse, 5 cattle, 1 hog and in July 1782, he was taxed on 182 acres of improved land, valued at 3 shillings more, and had 3 horses and 6 cattle and had 7 white inhabitants listed in his household. In July 1783, Nathaniel had 286 acres with 5 horses, 4 horned cattle. In July 1784, Nathaniel can be found taxed with no land nor animals but with 9 white inhabitants in his household. And, in July 1785, and all subsequent tax rateable returns, show that Nathaniel is no longer listed.
While staying with the NJ Tax Rateables July 1783 list for Windsor Twp., I also find Clark Blandford appearing on the scene and being listed in the Tax Rateables, he had no improved land but had a house on a lot. Blandford was listed as a householder only but with 8 inhabitants - coincidentally one less inhabitant then that Nathaniel's 1784 household!!! In the Feb or July 1784 (difficult to read) NJ Tax Rateables of Windsor Twp, Clark Blandford is shown as a single man with 1 horse, 3 cattle and 4 white inhabitants.
New Jersey's Military records show that Clark Blandford, also used or was mistakenly listed, with the name Clark Blanchard. He was listed as being on the Private Line, Private Militia, Sergeant, and Major Sergeant in the Middlesex Co. Militia. He indicates he was born in 1754 - Hightstown, NJ, which was in Windsor Twp, Middlesex Co., and that he served 9 months in the Line under General Maxwell's Brigade - At the Battle of Monmouth. In 1777 & afterwards to the end of the war served under Captain Combs, Longstreet, Perrine & Stout. At the Battle of Springfield under Capt. Freeman. That he served under Col. John Neilson first as Sergeant & afterwards as Sergeant Major. He was wounded 3 times. And, was in the engagement at Bennett's Island & at Mud Island. This info was taken on Sept 10, 1838, at Early Co., Georgia. In 1784, New Jersey paid him by Certificate #82, dated May 1784, and signed by Thomson Stelle under the name of Clark Blanchard - £1, 13 shillings, which was certified by Chas. G. Mc Chesney, Secretary of State, on Feb 10, 1847. [Hightstown is less than 2 miles from the Hutchinson homestead and Mc Chesney was a resident of Hightstown, Windsor Twp., Middlesex Co, NJ. In 1838, Mercer Co. was formed from this area of Middlesex Co.]
The GA family indicates that Nathaniel's widow, Mary (Neal) Hutchinson, remarried a Clark Blandford, who
was a Revolutionary War soldier. The Blandford family and Nathaniel's children
went into Virginia and Georgia, where other family members of this same
Hutchinson family from New Jersey had previously migrated. Other family
members were in Prince William Co, Virginia and other counties in Georgia.
They can later be found in Warren Co, GA in 1792. [Clark
Blandford's Revolutionary War Pension Affidavit -
Page 1,
Page 2]
(The data for the descendants of the Nathaniel line comes from piecing together
Hutchinson family descendant sources from the South. I took from both Southern
family sources but I believe the most documented and accurate work at the time I
started this search was done by William Merrell Hutchinson, in his work "Some
Members of the Hutchinson, Hall, Monk and Manning Families", who was born 17
June 1871, in Georgia.)
My contact with the Georgia Hutchinson family came about in the year 2000, when
I was put in touch with Will Hutchinson of Tifton, Georgia. Since that time,
Will and I have emailed each other with our various research almost weekly. Will
has done a tremendous amount of work on researching the Georgia descendants of
Nathaniel Hutchinson and through those efforts he has published a book on those
lines.
NATHANIEL HUTCHINSON, JR., SON OF NATHANIEL & MARY (NEAL) HUTCHINSON
Nathaniel Hutchinson, Jr., was born in New Jersey on 14 September 1780 and died in 7 September 1870, and was buried in the Baptist Cemetery at Sardis, in Harris Co., Georgia. [The months and year are not in dispute but the days of both birth and death dates do vary from record to record.]
In 1825, he moved into Warren Co and later into Harris Co, Georgia. He acquired several thousand acres of land. He died aged 90 and was described as being of medium height, blond, with a ruddy complexion. He was known as Uncle Nat and was a prosperous farmer. His death date was in September 1870 and is believed to be 7 September 1870. In the 1850 Census of Harris Co, Georgia, he is listed at age 70, under the name "Hutchings", farmer, born in New Jersey. The "History of Harris Co" puts his birth date as 19th Sept 1780. Several histories indicate his marriage was to Rebecca Harbuck was on 16 Feb 1801. However, the official marriage record is in error. He actually married Rebecca's sister, Mary, which can be clearly shown by their father's will. The Will of Nicholas Harbuck, dated 5 Oct 1822 was proved 3 Jul 1826. Based upon this Will, it conclusively shows that the Warren County Marriage Record is wrong in stating that Nathaniel Hutchinson married "Rebecca" Harbuck, as Nicholas' will clearly states that his daughter's name was "Mary Hutchinson". Now, this could be a middle name or something but that is also dispelled by this will, as Nicholas (her father) also identifies his daughter, Rebecca, as "Rebecca Brantley". And, the Warren County Marriage Records show that Rebecca Harbuck did marry Phillip Brantley. Unfortunately, they also show that Rebecca married Nathaniel Hutchinson but this Will of her father's clearly shows that those records are in error other than the date they were married; 1 Feb 1801. Their gravestones have been moved from Sardis Cemetery to Union Baptist Church Cemetery near Jones Crossroads in Harris Co, GA.
Nathaniel, Jr. married 2nd, Ann Monk, and a tintype of both Nathaniel & his wife, Ann, was brought to Texas in 1874 by a son, James Perry Hutchinson. This tintype was found at a family reunion in Oklahoma. A copy of it was given to me in 1991, Dan Shoffit, of Noble, Oklahoma, a relative who was present at that family reunion.
In the book, "Pine Log and Greek Revival," by William Hutchinson Davidson, can be found some information on Nathaniel Hutchinson, Jr., and other members of the family as well as photos of their homes. The son of Nathaniel Hutchinson, Jr, Nathaniel, III, was born 12 January 1830 and died 8 September 1885. Both Nathaniel, Jr., and later his son, Nathaniel, III, lived in the same house and both raised large families in it. [Photo of their old home from the above book] [Photo of their old barn from the above book] Lorenzo Dow Hutchinson, a.k.a. "Render," and a grandson of Nathaniel Hutchinson, Jr, was born 8 February 1835 and died 10 April 1901. He was a man of means and lived in a plantation home that was built on the site of of a smaller, older structure that was torn down. [Photo of Lorenzo Dow Hutchinson's home] Near the plantation home, is a family burial site of Lorenzo D. Hutchinson, with elaborate marble monuments, etc. Unfortunately, this cemetery has fallen to ruin and is now an overgrown woods. [Photo of the Lorenzo Dow Hutchinson Monument.]
CLARK BLANDFORD
The Georgia family information was that Nathaniel Hutchinson died in 1785 in New Jersey. After his death, his widow, Mary (Neal) Hutchinson, married Clark Blandford and they and Nathaniel's children moved South into Georgia.
Perhaps the most important find re: Blandford/Nathaniel are the following
facts per the Windsor Township, Middlesex Co, New Jersey Tax Rateables:
Nathaniel Hutchinson in 1778, no entry; in 1783, 286 acres, 5 horses and 4
cattle; in 1784, no land, 2 horses, 2 cattle, household of 9 white persons, no
blacks. But here, at the same time, we also find Clark Blandford: 1778, no
entry; 1783 2/10 acre lot valued @ 3 pounds, householder;1784, 2/10 lot, single
man, 4 white persons in household; 1788 & 1793 - no entry.
Therefore, it appears that Clark Blandford left the area of Windsor Township,
NJ, after 1784 and before 1788, based upon the Tax Rateables, which fits
perfectly with the "family tradition" of the Hutchinson family; i.e. that when
Nathaniel Hutchinson died in New Jersey, 7 December 1785, Clark Blandford
subsequently married Nathaniel's widow, Mary (Neal) Hutchinson, and the family
moved South.
In the records of the church at Williams Creek, just a little north of
Warrington, Warren County, but today in Taliferro County, Georgia, Clark
Blandford and Polly (a nickname for Mary) were members of the church at the same
time as was Richard H. Hutchinson, as all had joined the church at the same time
in 1811 "by experience" [16 Aug 1811 minutes]. Clark also served the church in
1822 as Clerk pro-tem. Due to the fact that Mary, wife of Clark Blandford, Sr,
supposedly died in 1810 and these records begin in 1811, I assume that they
relate to Clark, Jr. and his sister, Mary. These records also reinforce the fact
that Rebecca Harbuck, daughter of Nicholas Harbuck, married Phillip Brantley, Jr,
and NOT Nathaniel Hutchinson as is stated in the county marriage records.
Blandford is found in Leon Co, Florida in the 1830 Census as "Clark". While a
"Clarke" Blandford, probably his son, is found in the 1830 Census of Harris
County, Georgia.
I then found a report entitled, "Names of those who registered as Revolutionary
Soldiers and drew land in various Lotteries while residing in Washington Co.,"
in "Records of Washington County, Georgia", by Marie De Lamar & Elisabeth
Rothstein, which states that: "Clark Blandford drew land in 1827, being Lot
98-5D, Muscogee, and the land was taken up 21 November 1837."
I have also searched for and found a Pension file,#R927,in the National
Archives, Rev. War service by Clark Blandford, at age 84, then located in Early
Co, Georgia, on 10 Sep 1838. He indicated that he fought in both the Connecticut
and New Jersey Lines. He then left New Jersey and moved to Virginia, then on to
Georgia, and then to the Territory of Florida, finally returning to Georgia.
With his age at 84 as of the date of the application, he would have been born
ca. 1754.
Will Hutchinson, of Tifton, GA, surmises that Clark settled in Muscogee County,
GA, for awhile and then went down the Chattahoochee River into Florida and then
made is way back up as far as Early County, GA, where he filed for his pension.
In Georgia's first land lottery in 1805, Daniel, William, and Richard and Parr Hutchinson, all Nathaniel's "orphans" found in Warren Co, Georgia, registered for the lottery but only Richard drew land. In 1807, Nathaniel and Daniel Hutchinson, both of Neal's district in Warren Co, drew land.
Clark Blandford and Daniel Hutchinson were witnesses to a deed for land in
Golden Creek, Warren Co, Georgia, on 6 Apr 1796 (Warren Co Deed Book, A-Page
151-152.) He also purchased 200 acres on Rocky Comfort Creek, with William
Burkhalter and wife, Rebekah, of Edgefield Co, South Carolina (Warren Co Deed
Book B-P441), dated 27 December 1804.
Champ Blandford is found in the 1810 Census (Tax) records of Neal's District,
Warren County, North Carolina [but more likely GA]. In the 1818 Census, both
Clark Blandford, Sr. and Jr. are in Neal's District, Warren Co, North Carolina
[but more likely GA]. Clark, either Sr. or Jr., is found in Georgia in the 1830
Census and a Clark is also found in Florida.
TIFTON, TIFT COUNTY, GEORGIA
Today, the descendants of Nathaniel Hutchinson, Sr, can be found in the area of Tifton, Georgia.
Click on the links below to see some photos of those early days of the Hutchinson family and their homestead in Tifton.
1. The family homestead of Bailous Champion Hutchinson with members of his family posed for a photo.
5. Bailous Champion Hutchinson and wife, Nancy Glennie McKinney, is their older years.
6. "Mammy" Hutchinson (Nancy G. McKinney) and daughter, Jewell Nanette Hutchinson, b. 14 May 1897.
9. Henry G. Hutchinson, (1805-1887) father of the five brothers mentioned in item #8.
10. Richard N. Hutchinson (CSA) (1830-17 July 1864) in item #8.
11. David T. P. Hutchinson (CSA) (1835-16 Sept 1862) in item #8.
![[Photo of their old home from the above book]](Images2/Nathaniel'sHome.jpg){kind=link}
![[Photo of their old barn from the above book]](Images2/Hutchinson%20Barn.jpg){kind=link}
![[Photo of Lorenzo Dow Hutchinson's home]](Images2/HutchinsonPlantationGA%20-Lorenzo%20Dow%20Hutchinson.jpg){kind=link}
![[Photo of the Lorenzo Dow Hutchinson Monument.]](Images2/LorenzoDHutchinsonGravesite.JPG){kind=link}
