Asa B. Hutchinson (1823-1884) was born in Milford, New Hampshire, and died in Hutchinson, Minnesota. He was a musician and a singer and was a member of The Hutchinson Family, an American singing group. The original line-up included Asa and three of his siblings: Judson, John, and Abby. The group began giving concerts in New England in about 1841. They began by performing traditional American songs but later on became inspired by the politics of the day and began writing, composing, and performing their own abolitionist and temperance-themed songs. In the fall of 1845, the Hutchinsons, along with their friend, Fredrick Douglass, who was beginning a two-year lecture tour of Europe, left the United States to embark on an 11-month tour of the United Kingdom. The band began to lose popularity in 1849 after Abby left the group. The remaining trio continued performing until 1855, after which they split into their own "tribes." Asa B. Hutchinson formed a group with his wife, Elizabeth B. Hutchinson, and his children, calling themselves the "Tribe of Asa." Mary Baker Eddy attended a July 4th concert given by the "Tribe of Asa" at High Rock in Lynn and wrote an account, "The High Rock Concert," that was published in the Lynn Weekly Reporter on July 9, 1864.

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