Anne Hutchinson was not a co-founder of Portsmouth, Rhode Island, but she was a significant figure in the early history of the Rhode Island colony. After being expelled from the Massachusetts Bay Colony for her religious views, she and her followers settled in the area that would become Portsmouth in 1638. Hutchinson's beliefs and actions contributed to the development of religious tolerance in the region, but she was not officially recognized as a founder of the town itself.
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