- America's Christian Leaders: Anne Hutchinson By Jay Rogers In 1636, Anne Hutchinson, the wife of one of Boston's leading citizens, was charged with heresy and banished from Massachusetts Colony. A woman of learning and great religious conviction, Hutchinson challenged the Puritan clergy and asserted her view of the Covenant of Grace - that moral conduct and piety should not be the primary ...www.forerunner.com/forerunner/X0193_Anne_Hutchinson.html