Brother John digs deep in search of light, and Brother Asa gets the axe … << BEFORE: Candles from hogs …
Category Archives: Hutchinson Family Singers
Illumination
Whale oil or hog fat? The sustainable energy debate of the 1820s…
Choirmaster Power Play
Brother Joshua makes his move …
Empty Rooms
Yet more neighborly concern for the Hutchinson family’s new home …
Resolved
Early 19th century Baptist activism, hosted at the old district two school house …
The Twin Buglers
Milford’s most unusual marching band …
Heirloom
Brother Joshua discovers his Revolutionary namesake …
Colonel Burnham’s Apple Pockets
Jesse Sr. invites Colonel Burnham to stay on at the old farm …
Joshua’s Job
Brother Joshua helps his siblings across the wide Souhegan valley …
Buying Burnham’s Farm
With ten children (and counting), Jesse and Polly Hutchinson hatch a plan to buy Colonel Burnham’s old inn …
Brother Jesse
The unfortunate tale of the eldest Hutchinson son …
Musical Family
Decades later, townsfolk fondly remembered one voice in the local church choir…
