Lot Hutchinson was born on 1 August 1741 in Sutton, Worcester County, Massachusetts, the son of Nathaniel Hutchinson and Joanna Conant.¹ He was baptized in Sutton on 13 September 1741. Raised in a long-established Massachusetts family, Hutchinson came of age during a period of escalating political and military tension that would soon lead to revolution.

On 25 September 1764, he married Hannah Morse in Sutton.² The couple raised six children—Hannah, Joanna, Aaron, Asa, Polly, and Abiathar—whose births are documented in Sutton and Worcester County vital records.³

Revolutionary War Service

Lot Hutchinson’s military service during the American Revolutionary War is documented in multiple contemporary and compiled sources. He served as a sergeant in Captain Abijah Burbank’s company of Colonel Jonathan Holman’s regiment, a Massachusetts militia unit.⁴ His service appears in the Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War, as well as in Worcester County militia rolls, and is memorialized in his Fold3 military profile.

Holman’s regiment—often referred to in records as the Sutton Regiment—was composed largely of men from central Worcester County. The regiment was called into active service in 1776 during the White Plains campaign and again in 1777, when Massachusetts militia units were mobilized to reinforce the northern army during the Saratoga operations.⁵ These militia call-ups were a vital component of the war effort, supplying experienced local men to support Continental forces during critical campaigns.

Hutchinson’s rank of sergeant indicates that he held a position of responsibility within his company, charged with maintaining order, assisting in drill, and overseeing enlisted men—an important leadership role within the militia structure.

Civic and Community Involvement

Hutchinson’s public engagement extended beyond military service. In 1777, he was among residents of northwestern Sutton who petitioned the Massachusetts General Court for the creation of a separate town.⁶ This petition survives among the legislative records of the Revolutionary period and reflects the continuing civic life of Massachusetts communities even amid wartime disruption.

Post-War Legal and Financial Records

Like many veterans of the Revolutionary era, Hutchinson faced financial challenges in the years following the war. In 1789, he was named as a defendant in a trespass action brought by Solomon Bixby in the Worcester County Court of Common Pleas.⁷ The case involved a mortgage Hutchinson had taken on his land and buildings for £69, which he was unable to repay when the note came due. Bixby, a Sutton native born in 1761, appears in local genealogical and cemetery records, providing additional context for the dispute.⁸

Later Years and Death

By 1800, Lot Hutchinson had relocated to Braintree, Orange County, Vermont, where he spent the remainder of his life. Federal census records place him there in 1800 and 1810. His wife, Hannah (Morse) Hutchinson, died in Braintree on 17 January 1815.⁹

Lot Hutchinson died in Braintree, Vermont, on 24 March 1818, at the age of 76.¹⁰ His life spanned the colonial period, the struggle for independence, and the early decades of the United States—marked by military service, civic participation, and the challenges faced by many Revolutionary War veterans in the new nation.

Sources

1. Sutton, Massachusetts, Vital Records to 1850, Births, entry for Lot Hutchinson.
2. Sutton, Massachusetts, Vital Records to 1850, Marriages, entry for Lot Hutchinson and Hannah Morse, 25 September 1764.
3. Sutton and Worcester County vital records; Family Group Sheet, “Lot Hutchinson,” Rivers–Hickmott Collection.
4. Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War, entry for Lot Hutchinson; Worcester County Militia Rolls, Capt. Abijah Burbank’s Company.
5. Massachusetts Archives Collection, Revolutionary Rolls, 1775–1783; Francis B. Heitman, Historical Register of Officers of the Continental Army.
6. Massachusetts General Court, Legislative Petitions, 1777 Session, Sutton Northwest District Petition.
7. Worcester County Court of Common Pleas, 1789 Docket, Bixby v. Hutchinson.
8. Find a Grave, memorial for Solomon Bixby; Bixby Family Association records.
9. Vermont Vital Records, Braintree Town Records, Deaths, entry for Hannah Hutchinson, 1815.
10. Vermont Vital Records, Braintree Town Records, Deaths, entry for Lot Hutchinson, 1818.