Joseph Hutchinson 1740-1804

Our Connection To The Warrior Run Church

Joseph Hutchinson

son of
born 1740
Died 1804

 Married in 1762

 Margaret Hutchison
According to Straub Aunkst's application for the DAR, her maiden name was also Hutchinson

daughter of
Born 1741
 Died 1813

Children:

Mary Hutchison 1763 – 1825 M. Matthew Hart 1761-1825

Joseph Hutchison 1765 – 1846

Jane Hutchison 1767 – 

Elder Hutchison 1773 – 1837 m. Rebecca Beard

Margaret Hutchison 1775 (died young)

Sarah Hutchison 1777 –

Andrew Hutchison 1780 – 

Margaret Hutchison 1782 – 1856 m. Robert Shearer

Florence Hutchison 1785 – 1868 

"Joseph Hutchinson, Mrs. Margaret (Hutchinson) Shearer's father, was born in 1740, and in 1762 married Margaret Hutchinson, who was born in 1741. Their children were born as follows: Mary, Jan. 16, 1763; Joseph, July 10, 1765; Jean, June 15, 1767; John, July 23, 1770; Elder, Feb. 7, 1773; Margaret, Jan. 23, 1775 (died young); Sarah, Nov. 23, 1777; Andrew, April 16, 1780; Margaret (2). Oct. 30, 1782; Florence, April 5, 1785.

 The father of this family died Sept. 21, 1864, the mother Jan. 17, 1813. He gave the land for the burying ground at Warrior Run church, entering in the deed a provision that any of his descendants forever who so desired should be buried there free. "  - Floyd's Northumberland County Genealogy 

1740 - Joseph Hutchinson Was Born

date from Floyds Genealogy, tombstone

1762- Married Margaret Hutchinson

1769 - Land Office

*When the land office was opened for "the new purchase," on the 3d of April, 1769, there were many applications made for this location. In all of them it is called either old Muncy town, Shikellimy's town or Shikellimy's old town. It is referred to as a locality in hundreds of applications for land in the valley. Shikellimy's town was on the "Joseph Hutchinson" and "Michael Weyland " warrantee tracts, from which the title can be readily traced to the present owner. Thousands of Indian darts were plowed up there, and once when blasting at the stone quarry a grave was uncovered in the solid rock, in which was found the skeleton of an Indian. — Linn's Annals of Buffalo Valley, page 3.

1773 - Elder Hutchinson Was Born

History of Athens, Pa.

From: History of Crawford County, Pennsylvania

Published ByWarner, Beers & Co., Chicago 1885

"Among the earliest settlers of Athens were: Abraham Wheeler, Samuel Willis, Joseph King, Elder Hutchinson, John Sbaubarger, Henry Hatch, Jonah Edson and Thomas Delamater....

Elder Hutchinson was one of the earliest pioneers. He settled north of Little Cooley on a tract of waste laud, which is in the Eighth Donation District, but was left unnumbered, and consequently undrawn, on account of its marshiness. The quality of the land has since improved by clearing and drainage. Mr. Hutchinson died here about 1837, and his descendants still occupy the farm. He was a life-long farmer and a Presbyterian.....

SQUIRE HUGH T. HUTCHISON, farmer, P. 0. Little Cooley, was born January 30, 1836, in Athens Township, this county; son of Joseph Hutchison, who came from

Northumberland County, Penn., with his father, Elder Hutchison, in very early times, and married Florence Thompson, of Columbiana County, Ohio, by whom he had seven

children. Joseph Hutchison died in 1854, and our subject being the second child and eldest son of the family. assumed all the cares and responsibility of the same. He was educated at the district schools and married October 5, 1870, Helen M., daughter of Asahel and Rosina Hamilton, of Rockdale Township. They settled on the old family homestead, comprising 140 acres of finely improved land, which for a half century has been held by this family, descending from father to son and then to grandson. Squire Hutchison is a Democrat, politically. He has been very active in public affairs, satisfactorily filling nearly every office in the township, and for ten years acted as Justice of the Peace, with credit to himself and satisfaction to the people. "

1776-1777  - Served in Revolutionary War

He was a private in Capt. James Rodgers Company, Hanover Rifle Battalion, Lancaster County Associators, under Col. Timothy Green, destined for the camp in the Jerseys, 6.6.1776 He took the oath of allegiance and fidelity at Lancaster Pa

1785 - Daughter Florence Hutchinson was born

1789 - Deeded Land for what is now the Warrior Run Church

Joseph and Margaret Hutchison conveyed to the congregation of the Warrior Run Church a tract of land in 1789, and in 1804, in consideration of three pounds, twenty-five shillings, an additional tract was granted, the deed including also that granted in 1789.

Joseph Hutchinson, Sr. once occupied pew No. 5 in the Old Warrior Run Church, for which he paid two pounds 0 shillings 0 pence rent.

1790 Census

Name: Joseph Hutchison Senior

Home in 1790 (City, County, State): Northumberland, Pennsylvania

Free White Persons - Males - Under 16: 2

Free White Persons - Males - 16 and over: 3

Free White Persons - Females: 8

Number of Household Members: 13

1800 Census

Name: Joseph Huchison

[Joseph Hucheson]

Home in 1800 (City, County, State): Turbet, Northumberland, Pennsylvania

Free White Persons - Males - 16 thru 25: 1

Free White Persons - Males - 45 and over: 1

Free White Persons - Females - Under 10: 2

Free White Persons - Females - 16 thru 25: 3

Free White Persons - Females - 45 and over: 1

Number of Household Members Under 16: 2

Number of Household Members Over 25: 2

Number of Household Members: 8

1804- Joseph Hutchinson Died

" The father of this family died Sept. 21, 1804, the mother Jan. 17, 1813."

Tombstone for Joseph Hutchinson 

located at the Warrior Run Church Cemetery

Inscription:

In memory of

Joseph Hutchison, Senr

who departed this life

September 27th, 1804

Aged 64 years.

Blessed are the dead

who die in the Lord.

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Florence Hutchison

Born April 5, 1785;

Died Feb. 19, 1868;

The Will Of Joseph Hutchinson, 1804

1813  - Margaret Hutchinson Died

 "The father of this family died Sept. 21, 1864, the mother Jan. 17, 1813.

In Memory of 
Margaret Hutcheson 
wife of 
Joseph Hutcheson Senr Dec' 
who Departed this Life 
Jan 17th 1813 
Aged 72 Years

Blessed are the dead who 
Die in the Lord

 

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Robert Shearer, son of Michael, was born in Ireland, and was fifteen years old when he came to America with the family. He also accompanied them on their removal to near Warrior Run in Northumberland county, and one of his granddaughters, a Miss Shearer of Milton, has his church certificate for transfer of membership from the Derry Church in Dauphin, county, dated March 26, 1793. He married Margaret Hutchinson, who was born Oct. 30, 1782, and upon his marriage purchased a farm of 160 acres in what was then Turbut township, Northumberland county (now Limestone township, Montour county). Here he and his beloved wife spent their entire married life, his death occurring March 31, 1839, hers Sept. 15, 1856. They were the parents of the following children: Esther, Eleonore, Margaret, John, Jane and Mary, all but John dying unmarried.

 Joseph Hutchinson, Mrs. Margaret (Hutchinson) Shearer's father, was born in 1740, and in 1762 married Margaret Hutchinson, who was born in 1741. Their children were born as follows: Mary, Jan. 16, 1763; Joseph, July 10, 1765; Jean, June 15, 1767; John, July 23, 1770; Elder, Feb. 7, 1773; Margaret, Jan. 23, 1775 (died young); Sarah, Nov. 23, 1777; Andrew, April 16, 1780; Margaret (2). Oct. 30, 1782; Florence, April 5, 1785. The father of this family died Sept. 21, 1864, the mother Jan. 17, 1813. He gave the land for the burying ground at Warrior Run church, entering in the deed a provision that any of his descendants forever who so desired should be buried there free. 

Reference: Genealogical and biographical annals of Northumberland County, Pennsylvania (1911)

Source: http://files.usgwarchives.org/pa/northumberland/bios2/f023047.txt

About Joseph's parents - When JOSEPH HUTCHISON was born in 1685, his father, DAVID, was 35 and his mother, AGNES, was 33. He had one son with Mary in 1740. He died in 1747 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, at the age of 62.

David Hutchison 1650–1699 Agnes Kelsey 1652–1699 = From Scotland