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Thomas Hutchinson was born on 9 September 1711 in the North End of Boston, the fourth of twelve children of Thomas and Sarah Foster Hutchinson. [5] He was descended from early New England settlers, including Anne Hutchinson and her son Edward Hutchinson , and his parents were both from well-to-do merchant families.
The company dispatched John Endecott and a small company of settlers to Massachusetts Bay not long after acquiring the grant. [21] In 1629, the company received a royal charter as a means to guarantee its grant against other claims, and elected Endecott as the first colonial governor, while Cradock continued to govern the company in London. [22]
Gov. Thomas Hutchinson's Ha-ha: Gov. Thomas Hutchinson's Ha-ha: February 13, 1975 : 100 and 122 Randolph Ave. 18: Massachusetts Hornfels-Braintree Slate Quarry: Massachusetts Hornfels-Braintree Slate Quarry: September 25, 1980
The Milton Hill area first became prominent in the 1740s as the estate of Thomas Hutchinson, a prominent politician whose actions as Acting Governor and Governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay heightened tensions leading to the American Revolutionary War. He left the province in 1774, and his estate was eventually confiscated by the state.
Occupied by merchant Thomas Hutchinson (d.1739) (father of Governor Hutchinson, who was born in the house) [8] Detail of 1743 map of Boston, showing North End and Clark's Square (later North Square) Detail of 1814 map of Boston, showing North Square
Gov. Thomas Hutchinson's Ha-ha is a historic ha-ha at 100–122 Randolph Avenue in Milton, Massachusetts, United States.Probably built about 1771, it is the only surviving structure of the once-extensive estate of Thomas Hutchinson, the last civilian colonial governor of the British Province of Massachusetts Bay, and one of the few examples of an early ha-ha in North America.
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Hutchinson was recalled, and the Massachusetts governorship was given to the commander of British forces in North America, Lieutenant General Thomas Gage. Hutchinson left Massachusetts in May 1774, never to return. [31] Andrew Oliver suffered a stroke and died in March 1774. [32] Thomas Pownall, who may have given Franklin the letters