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3. KELSY,' m. Hannah Marsh. "Kelcy Cutter" died in Woodbridge, March 7, 1798, "aged 42 years." Hannah, his widow, died Jan. 8, 1830, æ. 71. Their issue:

i. WILLIAM, b. 6 Oct. 1778; m. Sarah, daughter of Ephraim Har-
riott, Esq., of Woodbridge, b. Dec. 7, 1783, d. March 14, 1840.
He was a successful farmer, and an elder in the Presbyterian
church. He died in Woodbridge, Feb. 8, 1838. His issue:
i. HANNAH,7 b. 12 Sept. 1803; d. Oct. 26, 1803.

ii. EPHRAIM, b. 30 Nov. 1806; m. Feb. 2, 1846, Mary, dau. of Nathan and Hannah (Alston) Stansbury, of Woodbridge. He was a ruling elder in the church, and d. in Woodbridge, Feb. 22, 1851. His piety and worth live in the hearts and fondest recollections of all who knew him. "There was a symmetry of proportion in the elementary principles of his nature peculiarly marked. Every natural affection had its full development; the law of kindness was written in his heart, and shone in the daily beauty of his life. It was light and warmth, a felt reality. Hence in the fondest relations of life—a husband, father, brother, friend, he was truly lovely and greatly beloved. His mind was well balanced. His understanding was clear; his judgment mature, and his will the bias of a conscientiousness that profoundly pervaded his whole character. But the crown of all was his piety. He had the mind which was in Christ.' His purity of motive, devout, meek and quiet spirit, patience, resignation, devotedness; and above all that which underlies the whole superstructure of hope and holiness, his humility, bore the deep impress of the Master-this divine impress was powerfully imaged forth and acknowledged by all who knew him, from the early age of nine, at which he gave decided evidence of piety, until the very latest moment of his life. Though noiseless, his influence was not the less powerful; it was the power of goodness. His illness, though sudden and severe and short, exhibited the triumph of Christian faith. His death was like the quiet beauty of his life-calm, peaceful, trustful, and joyful. Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright, for the end of that man is peace.' His issue:

1. William,8 b. 23 Nov. 1846.

2. Mary Harriott,8 b. 8 Jan. 1849.

3. Sarah, b. 14 Feb. 1851.

4. Ephraim, b. 11 Aug. 1854.

iii. DAVID, b. 16 March, 1809; resides in Woodbridge.

iv. WILLIAM, b. 12 Sept. 1810; d. Sept. 18, 1821.

V. HAMPTON, b. 25 Dec. 1811; m. Jan. 26, 1836, Mary R., dau. of Josiah and Electa (Ross) Crane, of Cranford, N. J. He is a Justice of the Peace, and a prominent man in Woodbridge. Issue:

1. Josiah Crane,8 b. 11 Nov. 1836.

2. William Henry,8 b. 22 June, 1840.

3. Sarah Anna,s b. 6 May, 1845.

4. Emily, b. 31 May, 1852.

vi. MARY ANN, b. 9 Feb. 1814; m. Jan. 21, 1831, John T. Winans, of Elizabeth, N. J., b. Nov. 22, 1812, d. July 21, 1868. Mrs. Winans died April 18, 1867. In sickness she always manifested a resigned spirit. She was at last deprived of speech. No words were needed as a dying testimony of her willingness to depart. Her issue :-Sarah Elizabeth.-Hannah Maria, m. Edward Crane, of New York, 24 Feb. 1864. Issue:John Winans, b. 31 Jan. 1866; d. 2 Feb. 1866.-Mary Ann, b. 31 Mar. 1869.-Harriet Cutter.-Anna Meeker.-John T.

vii. SARAH, b. 2 Nov. 1815; m. John Crane, of Union, N. J., Jan. 14, 1837. Mrs. Crane d. Sept. 4, 1854. Though many years an invalid, her sweet and sunny spirit endeared her to all. Her influence will live ever in the hearts of her children and friends. Her issue :—Mary Harriott, b. 4 Feb.

Oct. 10, 1815, he received a certificate from his teacher, William Creemer, in token of the praise he merited, "for his faithfulness and good behavior in school." Seven times he had been honored with the silver medal."

1838.-Ann Amelia, b. 17 May, 1839.-Sarah Cutter, b. 4 March, 1842.Esther, b. 29 Aug. 1843.-John Melick, b. 14 Nov. 1845.-Frederic, b. 18 July, 1847.-David Cutter, b. 4 June, 1849.

viii. HARRIET, b. 8 Dec. 1817; m. Feb. 17, 1847, Cornelius Badgeley, of New York, formerly of Elizabeth, N. J. He d. Jan. 29, 1869, s. p.

ix. HANNAH, b. 27 Feb. 1820; m. Aug. 4, 1857, John Crane, the husband of her sister Sarah. Issue:-William Cutter, b. 19 June, 1858.

X. WILLIAM, b. 5 Jan. 1824; m. Elizabeth Claus. They reside in Woodbridge. Issue:

1. Hannah, m. John Allen, of Newark, June 1, 1869.

2. George.8

3. Eugene.

4. David.s

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5. Harriet.8

6. Elizabeth.8
7. Mary Louise.8

ii. ESTHER, b. 12 Oct. 1780; m. Samuel Bird, farmer, of Woodbridge. Raised a large family of children. Both parents dead. iii. MARY, b. 11 April, 1783; m. Gage Inslee. She d. Sept. 5, 1826, "in her 42d year." Issue:

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i. HANNAH, m. Joseph Ayres, of Woodbridge; have issue, Mary, Rhoda, Priscilla, and Caroline.-ii. ISAAC, m. Eliz. Shafee, of Newburg, N. Y.; issue, Mary and Sarah.-iii. JOHN, m. Priscilla Ayres, of Woodbridge; their son Ayres is a large bookseller in Philadelphia.-iv. WILLIAM, m. Margaret Fornote, of Rahway, N. J.; issue, Isaac, Emma, Marietta, John, Augusta, Willie and Albert.-v. MARY, m. Jeremiah Dally, of Woodbridge; issue, Thomas, George and Joseph.-vi. CHARLES T., m. Harriet Jaques, of New York; issue, Charles.—vii. PHEBE, M. Courtlandt Parker Osborn, of Woodbridge; issue, William Albert.-viii. ELIAS B., m. (1st) Euphemia Ross, of Edinburgh, Scotland; (2d) Eugenia Young, of New Orleans; has been a missionary in Han Chow, China, for the last ten years; issue, Dora, Zelia, Exhedron, and Maggie.-is. CAROLINE, m. Archer Van Houghton, of Tarrytown, N. Y.; issue, Georgianna.

iv. MERCY, b. 26 Nov., 1784; d. in Woodbridge, Sept. 3, 1811, shortly before her appointed wedding.

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v. CHARLES b. 10 Nov. 1787; m. Mary, daughter of Stephen Cutter, Feb. 9, 1813. [Vide iv. §1, 1.] He was a farmer of Woodbridge, and died June 7, 1822. His widow lives with her daughter, Mrs. Whitmore, in Illinois. Issue:

i. KELSY,7 b. 7 Feb. 1815; m. Mary Jane Stansbury, April 15, 1838.
ii. JOSEPH, b. 17 Jan. 1817.

iii. MERCY, b. 25 Feb. 1819; m. Daniel T. Whitmore, May 5, 1839.
iv. SARAH ANN, b. 3 April, 1822; d. Dec. 23, 1846.

vi. KELSY, b. 1788; never married. He was a shoemaker in Woodbridge, and died Jan. 25, 1825, æ. 37.

vii. STEPHEN, m. Catherine Noe, daughter of Marsh Noe, of Woodbridge. He was refused as being under size when drafted in the war of 1812; much to the surprise of his friends, as no man that was accepted was more able or willing to make a good soldier. He d. about 1858. His widow resides South with a son. They had several children, some of whom are liv ing South. Their children:

i. MERCY ANN,7 d. in Woodbridge, Aug. 11, 1817, æ. " 11 mos. 8 dys." ii. ANN ELIZABETH,7 d. Jan. 21, 1825, æ. 5.

iii. CHARLES,7 d. Feb. 24, 1830, æ. 6.

iv. HANNAH, d. Feb. 6, 1828, æ.

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4. RICHARD, m. Katy Laing, and d. Aug. 20, 1770, æ. 25. Issue: ANABEL,6 m. Sutwin. Both dead.

5. SARAH, m. John Brown, of Rahway Neck, farmer. He died April 23, 1797, æ. 63. Their issue:

i. SAMUEL, m. Sarah Marsh.-ii. ISAAC, m. Hannah Trembly.iii. Lewis.—iv. THOMAS CUTTER, m. Abigail Moores, in Woodbridge, 1812. Issue: Sarah Ann, b. 1814; m. Wm. Vanderpoel, and d. about a year after her marriage.-John T., m. Mary A. Hughes; r. in New York.-James M., m. Jane D. Child; have five children living.-William H., m. Susan Edgar; r. in Woodbridge; have four children living.-Aaron J., m. Genlia E. Valentine, Woodbridge; have four children living. Frances M., d. æ. 19.

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6. KETURAH, m. Joshua Reckhow.

Reckhow "deccased Febru

ary 14, 1801, in the 41st year of his age."

"Affliction for three years he bore,
Physicians were in vain,

Till God alone did hear his groan
And eased him of his pain."

Keturah, his wife, " dyed" Sept. 13, 1794, aged 29. Their issue:

i. ISAAC.-ii. MARY, m. Hatfield.-iii. SARAH, m. Richard Bird; lived and died in New York City.-iv. ELIZA, m. Le Clerc.

7. MARY,' never married; lived to be quite aged. 8. HANNAH, m. William Bloodgood. No issue.

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DESCENDANTS OF RICHARD CUTTER, ESQ.*

RICHARD and ELIZABETH (Ford) CUTTER had issue:

1. EBENEZER, m. Katy McGlochlin. Their daughter

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i. LOUISA, m.

River.

Moffat, and resides somewhere on the North

2. FORD, born about 1757; m. Elizabeth Smith, of Pennsylvania, and died near 1817. Ford Cutter was a farmer in Woodbridge. He was in the battle of Monmouth, and so injured his health on that terribly hot day that he never fully recovered

from it.

In the Revolutionary War the British often made raids from Amboy up through Woodbridge, to supply their wants. At one time they herded a large number of cattle in the square around the Strawberry-Hill Schoolhouse. A yoke of oxen belonging to Ford Cutter was among the captives. Mr. C. was reluctant to lose them. Being old acquaintance he knew they would readily follow his footsteps, should he make his appearance. At night, when all was quiet, he stealthily entered the enclosure and found his steers, who willingly

* Communicated by Stephen Cutter, Esq., New York.

followed him, and the rest followed them until they were out of the reach of the soldiers.

In 1797, Ford Cutter, then of Elizabeth Town, N. J., in connection with Col. Ward, of Newark, ran a line of stages from Elizabeth Town to New Brunswick, being a link in the great passenger line from New York to Philadelphia. His issue:

i. SMITH, b. 9 Feb. 1781; m. (1st) Nancy Gantley, Feb. 2, 1802she d. with cholera in 1832; (2d) April 9, 1833, Maria Grenzaback-she died in 1854.

Dr. Smith Cutter, now of Red Bank, N. J., commenced practising medicine in the city of New York, in 1803. He had the yellow fever in 1805. He was employed as surgeon for the government during the war of 1812, and part of the time was located on Bedloe's Island. One day having business to transact in the city, he took a boat with some soldiers to row him ashore. The soldiers were to remain at the Battery until the doctor returned, which occurred towards night and as darkness approached. During the doctor's absence, the soldiers strayed away from the boat and imbibed freely of intoxicating liquor. This the doctor did not discover until his crew had pushed off into the stream. They were unmanageable, and very soon with the strong current and rough weather the boat was capsized. All the soldiers but one were drowned, and that one would have been had not the doctor, being a good swimmer, managed to lash the soldier to the side of the boat, and then fastened himself to the other side. They floated all that night, not being able to make any body hear them. In the morning they were down to Sandy Hook, and no vessel appearing to rescue them, they floated on until towards the night of that day they brought up on Fire Island, where they were kindly cared for. The next day they returned to the city, to everybody's surprise.

In 1822 the yellow fever prevailed again in New York. Hon. Stephen Allen was Mayor, and could get no one to go into the infected districts but Dr. Cutter. Dr. Cutter says that at that distressing period he could stand in Wall Street, in the day time, look up Nassau, down Broad and Wall Street, and not see a person moving. He was health officer part of the time from 1820 to 1830. In 1832 he had the first case of cholera. It was on board a sloop from Albany. At first he was doubtful what it was, but when he pronounced it cholera, the people near his apothecary shop, at 189 Greenwich Street, were much incensed at him for so deciding it. Dr. Cutter has had the yellow fever three times, and is now living in his ninetieth year, enjoying a green old age. His issue:

i. FORD M.,7 b. 31 May, 1803; unmarried; d. June 3, 1833.

ii. SEARS GANTLEY,7 b. 4 April, 1805; d. June 28, 1835.

iii. SMITH, b. 21 July, 1807; m. Sarah J. Swan. Is living in New York. Issue:

1. Mary Gantley, b. 1832; m. Evan Morris; reside in Philadelphia. Have two daughters.

2. Joseph Philip Le Clerc,8 b. 1846.

iv. RICHARD, b. 8 Dec. 1809; d. Aug. 21, 1814.

V. JOHN LE MARC,7 b. 17 Feb. 1812; m. Charlotte Card. He d. at Puebla, in the Mexican War.

vi. SARAH ANN, b. 25 Feb. 1814.

vii. MARGARET GANTLEY, b. 17 Feb. 1817; m. Daniel T. Youngs, July 26,

1837. Issue :- Clarence, b. 1838; d. in 1862.-Augusta Elizabeth, b. 1839.-Louisa.-Henry-Kate.-George.-Smith.-Ferdinand, d. in infancy.-Florence, d. in infancy.-Edward, b. 1855.—Elbert, b. 1856.— Margaret, b. 1860.

viii. ANN LOUISA, b. 23 June, 1819; m. Benjamin S. Lippencott, March 5,
1867; reside in Red Bank, N. J.

ix. ELIZABETH, b. 19 Aug. 1822; m. Edmund T. Allen, of Long Branch,
N. J.; reside at Red Bank. Issue :-Jannette Louise, b. Aug. 1855.-
George Cutter, b. 5 Oct. 1857.-Margaret Gantley, b. 3 Feb. 1860.—
Sallie Throckmorton, b. 9 May, 1863.

X. CHARLOTTE MARIA, b. 5 Jan. 1834; m. Charles A. Lippencott, Jan.
1864; reside in Switzerland. Issue:-Maria Louise.-Susan A.

xi. GEORGE NICHOLAS,7 b. 29 June, 1836; was on board the ill-fated Steamer "Pacific," Capt. Eldridge, of the Collins Line, in 1856-7, and was never heard from.

ii. ELIZABETH,6 m. Benjamin Tucker. Issue:

i. HARRIET, m. Watson.-ii. BENJAMIN.-iii. CHARLES.-iv. ELIZABETH, m. Vought.

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iii. MARTHA, m. Mather. Issue:

i. Daughter, m. Rhoades. Issue:-Henry, d. from a wound in the late war.-Charles, is also dead.--Thomas, is a physician, and quite prominent in Allegany City, Pa. The papers of that city speak in high praise of him.

iv. EUNICE.6

V. RACHEL, m. Joseph Philip Le Clerc. He died at Burlington, N. J., in 1868. His family probably reside there. Issue:

i. ELIZABETH.-ii. ADELIA.iii. ADELAIDE. — iv. JOSEPH PHILIP. — V. CHARLES. VI. EDWARD, went to the Mexican War, returned with impaired health, and died soon after.

vi. FORD, started in a vessel bound for China, and the vessel was never heard from.

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DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH CUTTER.

JOSEPH and ANN (Campyon) CUTTER had issue:

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1. CAMPYON, b. in Woodbridge in 1752; m. Frances Moores in 1782. She was the daughter of Daniel Moores, of Woodbridge, whose name is often mentioned in the old town records as filling places of trust, and who was also an elder in the church, the leader of the singing, and altogether a very prominent man. Campyon Cutter inherited his mother's good health and active, cheerful temperament, industry and thrift. For fifty years he was a devoted and faithful elder and trustee in the Presbyterian church. Although he lived three miles distant, he was never absent from church, except when sickness confined him to his bed, which did not often occur. The prayer meeting he always attended. Night and morning prayers held the first place in his household. Every mem

Communicated by Mrs. Harriet Paton, Brooklyn, N. Y.

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