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Capt. William Hutchings, Sr.

Capt. William Hutchings, Sr.[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]

Male 1764 - 1866  (101 years)


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  • Name William Hutchings 
    Prefix Capt. 
    Suffix Sr. 
    Birth 6 Oct 1764  York, York, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 8, 9, 10] 
    Gender Male 
    Military From 26 Jun 1781 to 1 Dec 1781  [1, 6] 
    officially
    during the Revolutionary War
    • Unoficially, he had worked on the Wescott Battery for eight days during the failed Penobscot Expedition. He was taken prisoner by the British but released because of his age.
    Misc New England, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    the last Revolutionary War pensioner
    • and the last, but one, in the United States
    Occupation farmer  [1, 12, 13, 14]
    Occupation lumberman  [1]
    Occupation master mariner  [1]
    Death 2 May 1866  Penobscot, Hancock, Maine, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 9, 14, 15] 
    Cause: old age
    Burial 7 May 1866  Penobscot, Hancock, Maine, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 16, 17] 
    Cemetery:
    William Hutchings Cemetery
    Person ID I6675  Duane's Ancestors
    Last Modified 27 May 2020 

    Father Charles Hutchings,   b. 10 Oct 1742, York, York, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Jun 1835, Penobscot, Hancock, Maine, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 92 years) 
    Mother Mary Perkins,   b. 3 Apr 1745, York, York, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 May 1797, Penobscot, Hancock, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 52 years) 
    Marriage 8 Feb 1764  York, York, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [15, 18, 19, 20] 
    Family ID F94  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Mercy Wardwell,   b. 15 Oct 1770, York, York, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Jun 1837, Penobscot, Hancock, Maine, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 66 years)  [1, 21] 
    Marriage 1786  Penobscot, Lincoln, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 4, 9, 10] 
    Children 
    +1. Charles Hutchings,   b. 3 Oct 1786, Penobscot, Lincoln, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Aug 1845, Ellsworth, Hancock, Maine, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 58 years)
    +2. Capt. Joseph Hutchings,   b. 26 Jun 1788, Penobscot, Lincoln, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 May 1819 (Age 30 years)
     3. William Hutchings, Jr.,   b. 20 Mar 1790, Penobscot, Lincoln, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location
    +4. Capt. Eliakim Wardwell Hutchings,   b. 11 Jan 1792, Penobscot, Hancock, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Sep 1872, Penobscot, Hancock, Maine, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years)
    +5. Mary Hutchings,   b. 15 Nov 1793, Penobscot, Hancock, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1891 (Age 97 years)
    +6. Tryphena Hutchings,   b. 20 Oct 1795, Penobscot, Hancock, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 May 1868, Penobscot, Hancock, Maine, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years)
     7. Jesse Hutchings,   b. 13 May 1798, Penobscot, Hancock, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location
    +8. Mercy Hutchings,   b. 27 Feb 1800, Penobscot, Hancock, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1892 (Age 91 years)
    +9. Abigail Hutchins,   b. 22 Mar 1802, Penobscot, Hancock, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location
    +10. Alfred M. Hutchings,   b. 12 Apr 1804, Penobscot, Hancock, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Nov 1869, Penobscot, Hancock, Maine, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 65 years)
     11. Sarah Wardwell Hutchings,   b. 6 Apr 1806, Penobscot, Hancock, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Feb 1890, Belfast, Waldo, Maine, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years)
     12. Jeremiah Hutchings,   b. 11 Apr 1808, Penobscot, Hancock, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Nov 1824, Penobscot, Hancock, Maine, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 16 years)
    +13. Lovinia Hutchins,   b. 10 Jul 1810, Penobscot, Hancock, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aug 1882, Penobscot, Hancock, Maine, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years)
     14. Harrison Brown Hutchins,   b. 22 May 1814, Penobscot, Hancock, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Mar 1845, Penobscot, Hancock, Maine, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 30 years)
     15. Charlotte Norris Hutchings,   b. 25 Mar 1817, Penobscot, Hancock, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Sep 1892, Belfast, Waldo, Maine, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years)
    Family ID F2361  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 4 Apr 2020 

    Family 2 Mary Saunders,   b. Abt 1786   d. 1 Feb 1866, Penobscot, Hancock, Maine, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 80 years)  [1] 
    Marriage 22 Jun 1839  Penobscot, Hancock, Maine, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Census 1850  Penobscot, Hancock, Maine, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Census 1860  Penobscot, Hancock, Maine, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [13] 
    Family ID F2769  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 4 Apr 2020 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 6 Oct 1764 - York, York, Massachusetts Bay, British America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMisc - the last Revolutionary War pensioner - - New England, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 1786 - Penobscot, Lincoln, Massachusetts Bay, British America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 22 Jun 1839 - Penobscot, Hancock, Maine, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1850 - Penobscot, Hancock, Maine, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1860 - Penobscot, Hancock, Maine, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - Cause: old age - 2 May 1866 - Penobscot, Hancock, Maine, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - Cemetery:
    William Hutchings Cemetery - 7 May 1866 - Penobscot, Hancock, Maine, United States    		 Link to Google Earth
     = Link to Google Earth 
    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Photos
    Wm. Hutchings homestead    		Wm. Hutchings homestead

    Illustrations
    William Hutchings    		William Hutchings

  • Notes 

    • THE DOWN EAST ENTERPRISE + + July 1965

      Maine's Last Revolutionary War Soldier

      On the Fourth of July, just a century ago, Maine paid tribute to its last surviving Veteran of the Revolutionary War --William Hutchings of Penobscot, then 100 years old. As a boy of fifteen in 1779, He was present when American forces laid siege to Castine, then called Magabagaduce, and was forced by the British to help build the defenses at Fort George. Following destruction of the American fleet, he fled with his family to Newcastle and there enlisted in a Massachusetts regiment. At the close of the war he returned to Penobscot and engaged in farming and lumbering and the coastal trade. On July 4, 1865, on the anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, William Hutchings was the guest of honor at the special celebration conducted by the city of Bangor. In the History of Castine, Penobscot and Brooksville, historian, George Augustus Wheeler, thus describes the occasion:
      "A revenue cutter was detailed for his conveyance, and as he passed up the Penobscot River, the guns of Fort Knox fired a salute of welcome. The ovation, which was bestowed on the occasion, exceeded that ever before given to any person in the State. "Multitudes rushed to catch a glimpse of the old man, and the sincere and grateful plaudits which constantly greeted him as, surrounded by a guard of honor, he was escorted through the streets, constituted the marked feature of the day. His strength and power of endurance, under the excitement, were remarkable. "At the close of the oration, which was delivered by Senator Hamlin (Hannibal Hamlin, former Vice President of the United States under Abraham Lincoln), he responded at some length to a toast. "'My friends told me,' he said, 'that the effort to be here might cause my death; hut I thought that I could never die any better than by celebrating the glorious Fourth.'"
      Mr. Hutchings died the following May and was buried on the farm which had been his home for most of his life. The house has long since been demolished.

      excerpted from "Hugh Hutchins of Old England" by Jack Randolph Hutchins

  • Sources 
    1.  1.  [S3] Hugh Hutchins of Old England, 707, 00288.

    2.  2.  [S5] Maine Families in 1790, Vol. 1, 158, 00339.

    3.  3.  [S49] History of Castine, Penobscot and Brooksville, ME, 203, 00269.

    4.  4.  [S85] Vital Records of Penobscot, ME, 1700-1890, DEATHS, p. 9, 00601.

    5.  5.  [S568] 1850 ME Census - on line, roll 254, 104, 00009.

    6.  6.  [S1140] Genealogical and Family History of the State of Connecticut, 1112, 00990.

    7.  7.  [S511] US D.A.R. Lineage Books, 17:100, 00115.

    8.  8.  [S85] Vital Records of Penobscot, ME, 1700-1890, BIRTHS, p. 23, 00601.

    9.  9.  [S85] Vital Records of Penobscot, ME, 1700-1890, BIRTHS, p. 15, 00601.

    10.  10.  [S5] Maine Families in 1790, Vol. 1, 280, 00339.

    11.  11.  [S1178] US Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files, 1800-1900, S22320, 00968.

    12.  12.  [S44] Penobscot Town Records, deaths.html, 00423.

    13.  13.  [S499] Census on CD and Online, ME:1860:438:837, 00095.

    14.  14.  [S1010] US ME Death Records, 1617-1922, Hancock:1866:h:24, 00943.

    15.  15.  [S85] Vital Records of Penobscot, ME, 1700-1890, DEATHS, p. 4, 00601.

    16.  16.  [S49] History of Castine, Penobscot and Brooksville, ME, 205, 00269.

    17.  17.  [S1122] Find A Grave, Memorial# 18745567, 00974.

    18.  18.  [S3] Hugh Hutchins of Old England, 698, 00288.

    19.  19.  [S45] Perkins, Formerly of Hillmorton, 151, 00424.

    20.  20.  [S49] History of Castine, Penobscot and Brooksville, ME, 202, 00269.

    21.  21.  [S1010] US ME Death Records, 1617-1922, Waldo:1892:V:1, 00943.