Anne Hutchinson (1591-1643)

Anne Hutchinson believed that inner faith was more important than outward piety and works.  Hutchinson's knowledge o9f church doctrine and her natural charisma earned her quite a following of women and men in the Massachusetts Bay Colony.  The clergy viewed this as a threat to their Puritan faith and a challenge to their authority.  They brought her to trial before the colony's court, banishing her in 1637 and excommunicating her in 1638.  She moved with her family to Rhode Island and then to New Netherlands colony after her husband's death in 1642.  She and most of her children were killed by Algonquians in 1643.

Trial and Interrogation of Anne Hutchinson (1637)

Anne Hutchinson's Role Debated

Anne Hutchinson: American Jezebel or Woman of Courage?

Anne Hutchinson

Hutchinson, Anne - Encarta Online Deluxe

Hutchinson, Anne

Anne Hutchinson - Notable Women Ancestors

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