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Dr. Hutchison as surgeon to the 2nd Regiment of Northumberland Militia
9 September 1822
Peterborough, Ontario, Canada


Credits:
Hutchison House Museum, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada

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While practicing in Port Hope and the surrounding area Hutchison met his future wife Martha Holland. Martha was born in Ireland July 4, 1806 to Ralph Burton Holland and Rachel Maw. She had one brother, George, and two sisters. After Rachel's death Ralph remarried and transferred to the 19th Light Dragoons and the family moved to Canada, eventually settling in Port Hope.

Martha Holland and John Hutchison were married February 10, 1826 in Port Hope by Rev. John Thompson of Cavan. Shortly after their marriage the Hutchisons moved from Monaghan to Port Hope for two years and then to Cobourg, before finally settling in Peterborough.

Their first child, William, was born March 30, 1827. On November 11, 1828 their first daughter, Elizabeth, was born in Port Hope. She lived only a few hours. A second son, James, was born September 26, 1829 before the family's relocation to Peterborough.