Hutchinson, Abigail (1829–1892)

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Hutchinson, Abigail (1829–1892)

American singer and reformer. Name variations: Abby Hutchinson; Abigail Patton. Born Abigail Jemima Hutchinson, Aug 29, 1829, near Milford, New Hampshire; died Nov 24, 1892, in New York, NY; dau. of Jesse Hutchinson and Mary (Leavitt) Hutchinson; m. Ludlow Patton (stockbroker), Feb 28, 1849; children: raised grandniece Marian Loveridge.

At 10, 1st performed in public; began singing professionally with brothers John, Judson, and Asa as Hutchinson Family singers (1841), performing for such causes as abolition, temperance rallies and woman's rights; retired from public singing career after marriage, but continued to perform in support of favored causes; temporarily rejoined brothers to support Abraham Lincoln's presidential campaign (1860); sang at National Woman's Rights conventions in Rochester, NY (1855) and NY (1857), and at NY convention for American Equal Rights Association (1868).

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