Famous names

Anne Hutchinson: Mrs. Hutchinson was banished from New England (1642) because of her religious beliefs. After her husband's death she and her children moved to what is now Eastchester. In 1643 a band of marauding Indians massacred Mrs. Hutchinson and all but one child were killed. Anne Hutchinson was one of the first advocates of religious freedom.
Anne Hutchinson was born in England in 1591. She traveled to Boston, Massachusetts with her husband, their children and some of her husband's relatives in 1634 to seek greater religious freedom. She was a strong-willed and charismatic woman with religious beliefs that religious leaders found difficult to accept and with her own following of those who agreed with her beliefs. She found refuge with her family in Rhode Island. In 1642, Anne Hutchinson and her family migrated from Rhode Island and started a small settlement somewhere in the area that later became the Town of Eastchester near the Hutchinson River. On August 20, 1643, she met tragedy. That day Anne Hutchinson and most of her family were massacred during a Native American uprising. Today's Hutchinson River Parkway and Pelham's Hutchinson School, among many other things, are named after Anne Hutchinson.