William Hutchinson (1586 – 1642) – Born about 1586 in England was the son of Edward and Susanna Hutchinson. William married Anne Marbury the daughter of Francis and Bridget Marbury on August 9, 1612 in London.  They had fifteen children.  In 1634 William and Anne and family sailed for the Plymouth Colony on the ship Griffin arriving September 18. They followed John Cotton who had gone to America a year earlier. William soon was a leader in the Massachusetts Bay Colony being elected a judge in 1635 and deputy in 1636.  In 1637 his wife was banished from Massachusetts and they went to Rhode Island.  He was one of the founders of Portsmouth and signed the following compact under the title The Incorporation of Providence Plantations in the Narragansett Bay in New England along with William Hutchinson, Edward Hutchinson and nine other men:  “We, whose names are underwritten, do swear solemnly, in the presence of Jehovah, to incorporate ourselves into a body politic, and as He shall help us, will submit our persons, lives and estates, unto our Lord Jesus Christ, the King of Kings and Lord of Hosts and to His Holy Word of Truth, to be guided and judged thereby.  Exod. XXIV.3; 2Kings XI, 17.”  William was a leader in the Colony.  He died in 1642.