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DR. Francis Hutcheson was born on the 8th of August, A. D. 1694. His father, Mr. John Hutcheson, was minister of a dissenting congregation in the North of Ireland; a person of good understanding, considerable learning, and reputation for piety, probity, and all virtue. His son Francis, when about eight years of age, was sent to be educated along with his elder brother, under the eye and direction of their grandfather Mr. Alexander Hutcheson, who was also a worthy dissenting clergyman in the same part of the country, but had come from Scotland. He was second son of an ancient and reputable family in the shire of Ayr in that kingdom.

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Doctor Franz Hutcheson war den 8 August 1694. gebohren. Sein Vater, Herr Johann Hut cheson, war Prediger bey einer presbyteriani schen Gemeinde im nördlichen Theile von Jrrland. Er hatte den Ruhm eines vernünftigen, gelehrten, from men und tugendhaften Mannes. Sein Sohn, Franz, wurde im achten Jahr seines Alters, nebst seinem äl tern Bruder, der Aufsicht und Anführung ihres Gros vaters, Herr Alexander Hutchesons, anvertrauet, wel cher ebenfalls ein würdiger presbyterianischer Geistlicher in demselben Theile von Jrrland, aber aus Schottland gebürtig war. Er war der zweyte Sohn einer alten und angesehenen Familie in der Grafschaft Ayr in die sem Königreiche.