Hutchinson History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

Etymology of Hutchinson

What does the name Hutchinson mean?

The name Hutchinson was first used by Viking settlers in ancient Scotland. It was derived from Huchon, a diminutive form of Hugh. 1 Patronymic surnames arose out of the vernacular and religious given name traditions. This name is the equivalent of Hugh in the vernacular of Scotland. The suffix ‘son’ indicates “son of.”

Early Origins of the Hutchinson family

The surname Hutchinson was first found in Northumberland. The family originated at Castle Cronenberg in Norway about 900 A.D. Hutchin, a Viking noble accompanied Harold Harfager, who settled on the north east coast at Bishop Middleham in Northumberland. Later, some of the family were found in Yorkshire as the Yorkshire Poll Tax Rolls of 1379 list: Mathew Huchonson; Isota Huchonson; Willelmus Hugehonson; and Mathew Huchonson. 2

“In the 17th century the Hutchinsons held property around the city of Durham; at that time they were the most numerous and respectable of the yeomanry of the village of Bishop Middleham, but in the 18th century many of them migrated to Stockton and Whitton in the same county.” 

Hutchinson Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Hutchinson, Hutchenson and others.

Early Notables of the Hutchinson family

• William Hutchinson (1586-1642), born in Lincolnshire who arrived in Boston aboard the Griffin in 1634 became a prominent merchant and judge in the Massachusetts Bay Colony and one of the founders of R…
• Sir Thomas Hutchinson (1587-1643), was an English Member of Parliament for Nottinghamshire
• Colonel John Hutchinson (1615-1664), was an English Puritan leader and politician who signed the death warrant of King Charles I, but was not executed, but in 1663 he was accused of involvement in the…
• Anne Hutchinson (1591-1643), was one of the first settlers in the Boston Bay Colony and a religious rebel whose followers became the first Quakers. She was the daughter of Francis Marbury (d. 1610),