November 8: Anne Hutchinson Banished

On 8 November 1638, Anne Hutchinson was banished from Massachusetts for various charges including that she “troubled the peace of the commonwealth and churches” and also that she slandered the ministers.

Anne Hutchinson was not the typical colonial woman. Some even proclaim that she could be America’s first feminist. She was very ahead of her time in her beliefs. She followed the views, which at the time could be seen as radical, of John Cotton.

Hutchinson’s beliefs can be greatly connected to the common beliefs of Quakers. Like Hutchinson, Quakers believed that every single person had their own connection to God, rather than the only way to speak to Him was through religion leaders in the church. Ironically, her persecution was also much like their persecution. Both were seen as heretics and banished from the Massachusetts colony’s society.

Quakers, however, unlike Anne, were also hung as “witches.” Although Hutchinson was never blatantly called upon as a witch, it would not have been incredibly surprising because of her “radical” views and power as a woman in such a stifling, patriarchal era.

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Meet the Author: Breana Damron

I am an eighteen year old freshman at Schoolcraft College. I plan to either go to Eastern Michigan University after my second year at Schoolcraft or go out of state to Southwestern Georgia. I plan on becoming an elementary teacher after I graduate. When I’m not in school, I’m usually working. On the occasions that I have free time, I’m often reading, writing, or hanging out with my boyfriend, friends, and family.

Posted on November 8, 2013 by Schoolcraft College Student
Categories: American History: Early
Tags: Quakers, religion, United States

7 Responses

lauren badalamente says:

14 November 2012 at 11:04 am

Anna Hutchinson was born Anne Marbury (1591–1643) in Alford, Lincolnshire, England. Anne was the third of 15 children born to this marriage,between Marbury(Anna father),Bridget Dryden,after is first wife died, 12 of whom survived early childhood. Anna father and John Cotton tought her everything she knew about her belives and what they stand for. This is what cased her to immigrat to New England and start a new life for the people, with the poeple and the belief of there own why of life.

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muna dakka says:

15 November 2012 at 9:40 pm

In 1992, a statue of Anne Hutchinson was built in Massachusetts. And in 1945, the legislature decided to annul her banishment because she was a brave woman who spoke her mind in a society where women were expected to be silent in public meetings and stood up for what she believed in.

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Mustafa Raychouni says:

25 November 2012 at 2:41 pm

Hutchinson may have been persecuted because of preaching, she was stepping beyond the gender role then considered appropriate for a woman. Hutchinson spoke her mind freely within the context of a male hierarchy unaccustomed to outspoken women. John Winthrop described her as “a woman of ready wit and bold spirit”. The extent to which she was persecuted was perhaps proportional to the threat the Puritan clergy saw in her, considering that many people were willing to listen to and follow her. The close relationship between church and state in Massachusetts Bay meant that a challenge to the ministers was quickly interpreted as challenge to established authority of all kinds.

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Christina Sammut says:

30 November 2012 at 1:50 pm

It was known in the sixteenth and seventeenth century that men held the rights in terms of the law. Males that were property owners had power over their families including their wife and children. If a woman were to speak of things that were not allowed, they would then be prosecuted and sometimes even executed for witchcraft. Anne Hutchinson was a well known Boston woman who had no problem stating her religious views to others. Anne was later banished from the community along with many other woman. There were many different test that were performed to determine if someone was a witch or not. The tests were all very inaccurate, and some tests considered you a witch if you had a birthmark or something simple like that on your body. Once there was rumor that you were a witch, there was almost no way that you could convince people that you weren’t. Anne was a woman who stood up to what she believed in and got punished for doing so.

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Shelby Mann says:

2 December 2012 at 9:11 pm

Anne Hutchinson was a strong willed Puritan woman. She was a mother of 15, and never gave up even while on trial for her religious views. She’s very much a key figure in history when it comes to religious freedoms. She carried on her religious views even after being tried, convicted, and then banished from the colony in which she lived.

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Shelby Mann says:

3 December 2012 at 3:02 pm

Anne Hutchinson was a Puritan and moved to the colony in 1634 where she held religious meetings in her home. As many as 60-80 men and women would come on a weekly basis. Soon, Hutchinson was put on trial for her views. Her Civil Trial was November 7-8, 1637. Her religious trial was March 22, 1638, where she there after was banished from the colony for her religious views. Anne Hutchinson then moved on to Providence, Rhode Island.

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Brooke Bode says:

3 December 2012 at 5:18 pm

Quakers, also known as friends are a group of religious. This groups is known as the Friends Church or the Religious Society of Friends. Quakers view themselves as Christians, although sometimes they question Christian beliefs. The first quakers were during the mid-17th century and known as the Valiant Sixty. Valiant Sixty started in England, but spread out to Britain and oversees to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ. Now days, about 89% of quakers practice in a church that has programmed church sessions that include songs that praise the lord and a prepared message from the bible that is taught from the pastor of the church.

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