John Hutchinson was a Baptist minister in Jefferson County, West Virginia.
1794 John's son, Isaac Hutchinson, was born on March 15 in Jefferson County, West Virginia. He died on August 7, 1885. Isaac Hutchinson was married to Elizabeth Engle. [1]
1801 John's daughter Jane was born on October 6. She died on October 18, 1876. [2]
A biosketch of John Hutchinson's daughter Jane reports the following [3]:
Jane [spouse of William D. Engle] was also a native of Jefferson Co., West Virginia. She was a daughter of Rev. John Hutchinson, a minister of the old school, Baptist faith. Rev. Hutchinson was a fine Christian man, greatly devoted to his church work. We quote the following from Semple's "Lives of Baptists.": "At the Baptist Church at Ketockton, a dispute arose which caused trouble and disrupted the harmony of the association, which lasted several years. In 1800 the breach having been healed, the pastor moved to Kentucky and Rev. John Hutchinson took charge and lived among them. Since Rev. Hutchinson has resided among them they have moved along in an orderly and peaceful way. It seemed he knew how to rule them as well as he ruled his grandson, John. Rev. Hutchinson is respected as a preacher of gifts, sound in faith, and successful in doing good." Rev. Hutchinson's grandson, John (199), often attended church where his grandfather preached. One time, John, like most boys, became a little restless, and in the middle of the sermon Rev. Hutchinson stopped abruptly, looked straight at John and said, "John, sit still." John said afterwards that he sat still after that but the old gentleman would never know how mortified he felt. Rev. Hutchinson was of Puritan stock. The first four children were born in Jefferson Co., W. Va., and the last three in Frederick Co., Va. James, against the wishes of his family, enlisted in the Confederate army and died while in the service.
1802 John's son, William Hutchinson, was born on December 12 in Jefferson County, West Virginia. [4]
John Hutchinson was a Baptist minister at Kenocton Baptist Church in Loudoun County, Virginia (now in Mill Creek, Berkley County, West Virginia). [5]
MILL CREEK.
This has been shown to be the oldest church in the Ketocton Association. (See General History of the Regular Baptists, page 377.) Mr. Garrard continued to be their pastor until his death. After some years, viz., about 1788, they invited and obtained the services of Rev. David Thomas. The church had become much smaller before Mr. Thomas became their pastor. For a season they rejoiced in his ministry; but some of the members becoming wise in their own conceit, took it into their fancy that Mr. Thomas preached false doctrine. It would be a waste of time and paper to state the ground of dispute. It was, in fact, a dispute almost about nothing. But, behold, "how great a matter a little fire kindleth." Out of this they made out to stir up a contention that lasted several years, caused a schism in the church, and interrupted the harmony of the Association for several ses- sions. The party who objected to Mr. Thomas's doctrine, and who were excommunicated by the majority, formed something like an independent church, offered to join the Philadelphia Association, got themselves a preacher. baptized several persons, and really caused no little dis- turbance. In 1800, however, the breach was healed in a great measure. Most, if not all, that had been exclude were reinstated, and those that had been baptized by unauthorized persons were rebaptized. In the mean time Mr. Thomas, discouraged by these inauspicious circumstances, added to some other cause, moved to Kentucky, where he is now living, but is almost blind. After their unhappy disputes were settled, the church invited Mr. John Hutchinson, their present pastor, to come and live among them and take the pastoral care. Since Mr. Hutchinson has resided among them they have moved on in a more orderly and peaceable way.
Mr. Hutchinson is respected as a preacher of gifts, sound in the faith and successful in doing good.
TIMBER RIDGE.
This is quite a new church, raised by the labors of Mr. Hutchinson.
An obituary for the wife of John Hutchinson and a grand-daughter report [6]:
MORGAN co., Va., March 22, 1845. Amy Hutchinson, relict of Elder John Hutchinson, deceased, and their grand-daughter, Rebecca Hutchinson.
Mother Hutchinson died on the 13th of last month, after a long and afllicting illness, which she endured with great submission and composure, and which reduced her strength and wore away her life by slow degrees, till as a bubble on the stream of time, it fled. She professed faith in Jesus in early life, and if in the course of upwards of fifty years, she walked unbecoming her calling, I never heard of it. God be praised for sanctifying his vessels of mercy to their proper use.
Rebecea Hutchinson died one week after her grand. mother, and about the pame time in the day,-Monday 20th of February. She suffered under bodily affliction for perhaps 12 years. The spoiler advanced with slow but unremitting strides. Many physicians were tried-many remedies applied ; but the art of man failed to avert the impending stroke. How poor the efforts of the creature … [text not visible]
[1] Winfield S. H. Engle, The Melchor Engle Family History and Genealogy, [AncestryImage].
[2] Winfield S. H. Engle, The Melchor Engle Family History and Genealogy, [AncestryImage].
[3] Winfield S. H. Engle, The Melchor Engle Family History and Genealogy, [AncestryImage].
[4] Hardesty's West Virginia Counties, Berkeley County, Mill Creek District, page 202, image 384, [FamilySearchImage].
[5] Robert Baylor Semple and George William Beale, A History of the Rise and Progress of the Baptists in Virginia (1894), 418-419, [GoogleBooks], [InternetArchive], [HathiTrust].
[6] Undocumented obituary posted by a user at Ancestry.com.