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Anne Hutchinson

“ Anne Hutchinson’s religious beliefs started as a religious point of difference and grew in to a
schism the threatened the political stability of the colony” (Behling, 2). Anne Hutchinson was
born in England in 1591 (Crawford, 11-15). Hutchinsons maiden name was, Anne Marbury. In
1634 she married and became Anne Hutchinson (Garman, 5). Anne was also the mother of 15
children (Garmen, 5). In Anne’s early life she greatly looked up to her father and was greatly
influenced by his beliefs. “Much of Anne’s later independence and willingness to speak out was
due to her father’s example. Anne admired her father for his defiance of traditional church
principles (Buckingham, 3). Anne’s father was a very loyal minister of the Anglican Church
(Garmen, 5). A man by the name of John Cotton also had great influence over Anne during this
time. Cotton was a minister that Anne worshipped and looked up to for years (Buckingham, 3).
Cotton got in trouble and was as...

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