Hello. I have been looking at the "History of Carlisle, MA" which I borrowed from the Library, and one page mentions Nathaniel and Thankful HUTCHINSON who were buried in the Green Cemetery in Carlisle, MA. It says that Nathaniel died in 1841 at Age 77, which makes him born around 1764. In an old query from the www.genforum.com message board, I found someone asking about a Nathaniel HUTCHINSON, b. ca 1745, who married Rebecca CENTER, and they reportedly had almost 10 children in Carlisle, MA, including a Nathaniel, b1766. This posting said that the son, Nathaniel, married Thankful SNOW, so this is probably the couple buried in the GREEN cemetery ! (Birth years are just 2 years off.) My ancestors, Thomas and Mary (IRELAND) HUTCHINSON, had a son, Nathaniel, born in 1742. But, I don't remember if I ever found the information on him. I seem to remember from my past research that a Nathaniel HUTCHINSON of Bedford and Billerica never married and thus had no descendants, and died as a young adult. To further confuse things, the "History of Billerica, MA" states .. Nathan HUTCHINSON "of Bedford" married in 1741 to Rachel STEARNS, daughter of Samuel. His name disappears from the tax-list about 1750, but his farm was within the bounds of the area which became Carlisle, MA, in 1754. Nathan and Rachel had children: Nathan, b1741, then Rachel, Benjamin, and Samuel. .. There are several references to a Nathaniel HUTCHINSON in the "History of Carlisle" from 1750 to 1850 etc. Just so I won't confuse myself, these are the couples I've just mentioned: 1741 birth of Nathan or Nathaniel HUTCHINSON, son of Nathan or Nathaniel and Rachel (STEARNS) HUTCHINSON whose home became part of Carlisle in 1754. 1742 birth of Nathaniel HUTCHINSON, son of Thomas and Mary (IRELAND) HUTCHINSON 1742-1744 birth of Nathaniel HUTCHINSON who later married Rebecca CENTER and had children in Carlisle. 1764 birth of Nathaniel HUTCHINSON who grew up to marry Thankful SNOW, and they lived in Carlisle and are buried in Carlisle. 1766 birth of Nathaniel HUTCHINSON, son of Nathaniel and Rebecca (CENTER) HUTCHINSON I'd love to see someone figure this mystery out ! Where there 2 HUTCHINSON families in early Carlisle? :o) Betty (near Lowell, MA) P.S. I'm descended from Thomas and Mary (IRELAND) HUTCHINSON's other son, John HUTCHINSON, who married Sarah FROST. John and Sarah HUTCHINSON had a son, Thomas M. HUTCHINSON who married Betsey HOMER. Just to clear up other postings on that family, I have discovered that Mrs. Betsey (HOMER) HUTCHINSON probably lived into the 1850's. So, she would have been the only wife of Thomas M. HUTCHINSON. It was another Thomas HUTCHINSON (of NH) who married Betsey BLACKINGTON. So, people who are researching this couple should correct or re-research them !