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At the age of 93, almost 94, Reginia is still living at this writing with a clear mind and corresponding in a fine and firm hand with her grand niece, Shirley (Burke) Avera. Shirley remarks that Reginia does not welcome simple notes of correspondance; she must be sent lengthy letters, grammatically correct.
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Earl was a Farmer.
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Nellie and her sister Alice married brothers.
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John was apparently the youngest of four brothers. From the Corporation Records [of London] it appears that he was apprenticed on the 23rd of Sep 1529 for seven years to Edward Atkinson, a glover of the city of London, which establishes his birth in about the year 1515. Like his brother William, he also, after his apprenticeship had expired, pursued such a course as to secure the confidence of his fellow citizens, and is frequently mentioned as holding minor offices of trust in connection with the business of the Corporation, and rising to the dignity of Sheriff of the city of Lincoln, in Sep 1547. On the 11th of Apr 1556, he was elected an Alderman and, in the following September, elevated a Justice of the Peace for an unexpired term, and on the 2nd of Oct 1561, that honor was again conferred upo him. In Sep 1564, he was a second time elected Mayor, which office he held until his death on 24 May 1565. He was buried in the church of St. Mary le Wigford, in the city of Lincoln, on the same day, and, as an illustration of the rapidity with which business was sometimes done in those times, it may be mentioned that the Corporation Records reveal the singular facts that he died at four o'clock in the morning, and that his colleagues in office, having attended his funeral, elected his successor within sixteen hours after his decease. His will was made on the previous 21 of Apr and its bequests indicate that he had acquired considerable property. He left lands and houses to each of his sons, all of whom he particularly mentions. To his eldest son William he bequeathed the estate at Whisby, formerly left to him by his own brother William, and also the Rectory and Parsonage of Cherry Willingham (near Lincoln), which he had doubtless acquired by purchase. His son Edward and daughter Mary, he particularly commended to the kindness of his wife, who was probably their own mother. John Hutchinson had two wives. The christian name of the first was Margaret and by her he appears to have had four children. It is possible that she may have been the mother of his other two children, but the probabilities are otherwise. The christian name of his second wife was Anne.
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Christopher, a clergyman, was instituted to the church of South Leasingham on the 6th of Aug 1522, and to that of Scremby (both in Lincolnshire) on the 22d of Oct 1526. He d. probably about June, 1556, as his will as proved on the 8th of July of that year, having been made on the 18th of Nov 1554, when he described himself as still "Parson of Leasingham". He bequeathed legacies to his sister and three brothers, and their children, perfectly identifying them all. His brother John was his Executor and proved the Will.
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Of Thomas, nothing is known except that he is mentioned in his brother Christopher's will as having a daughter Margaret who is also again named in her uncle William's Will as still living.
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William, Mayor of London 1552, and great uncle to William Hutchinson who was husband of Anne Marbury. At the time of his death, William was a "citizen and alderman of the city of London." On a monument to one of his daughters, in a Lincoln church, he is called "Alderman and Tanner". In the ancient records of the Corporation of the city of London he is sometimes designated as "Glover". He appears to have worked himself up from his apprenticeship to a position of some standing as early as 1540, when he was appointed to collect certain moneys on behalf of the Corporation. In Sep 1541, he was elected Sheriff of the city; in Mar 1545, an Alderman; and in Sep 1552, Mayor. His will is dated on the 4 of Jan and proved 6 Mar 1556/7. In it he mentions his brother John (to whom he leaves his official scarlet gown, and also his interest in certain land in Whisby), his sister Remington and her husband, and his brother Thomas's daughter. His wife's Christian name was Dorothy, by whom he had three sons and three daughters.
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Alice survived James and made her own will on the 19 Feb 1559/60 but it was not proved until the 27 Mar 1567. Her brother, John Hutchinson, was named as Supervisor of her will, the contents of which sufficiently indicate that her station in life was very humble.