# William Hutchinson

> William Hutchinson (1586–1641) was a judge at Portsmouth in the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. He sailed from England to New England in 1634 with his large family. He became a merchant in Boston and served as both Deputy to the General Court and selectman. His wife was Anne Hutchinson who became embroiled in a theological controversy with the Puritan leaders of the Massachusetts Bay Colony which resulted in her banishment in 1638. The Hutchinsons and 18 others departed to form the new settlement of Pocasset on the Narragansett Bay, which was renamed Portsmouth and became one of the original towns in the Rhode Island colony.

*Judge (chief magistrate) of the Colony of Portsmouth on the island of Aquidneck (Rhode Island)*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Politician
- **Category:** Politicians
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1586-08-14
- **Died:** 1641
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Imported from discovery source: wikidata-relations

## Fame
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## Sources
- [William Hutchinson (Rhode Island judge)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Hutchinson_(Rhode_Island_judge))
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8012733)

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