NameElizabeth HUTCHINSON
, F
Spouses
Birthabt 1619
Death23 Jul 1700, Salem, Essex, MA
ChildrenJohn , M (1657-~1722)
Notes for Nathaniel (Spouse 1)
• He immigrated with his parents to the colonies in about 1634.
• He married Elizabeth and the two would have seven children.
• Before 1673, he and his brother John invested in an ironworks on lands they owned in nearby Rowley. When the financially-troubled enterprise burned in 1674, they sued the managers for negligence.
• In 1681, Nathaniel was second in wealth only to his brother Thomas, and lived on a 75 acre spread he had acquired from his father-in-law Richard Hutchinson.
• In 1686, after his brother, Thomas, died, he became head of the prominent Putnam family.
• During the witchcraft hysteria of 1692, he signed complaints against Elizabeth Fosdick and Elizabeth Paine, and would also serve as a witness against John Willard and Sarah Buckley.