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ber of the family was expected to be present. His wife was an excellent manager, and remarkably so when the large family she reared is considered, with all the company she entertained, added to the fact that all the clothing was raised, wove and made up on the premises, and the support of a colored family-for in those days slavery was tolerated, and at one time her husband owned seven or eight negroes-whose help was required to do all the work before machinery was invented.

Mr. Cutter died in Woodbridge after a few hours' illness, April 28, 1832, in his seventy-ninth year. Mrs. Cutter's illness was not much longer. She died Feb. 13, 1842, aged seventy-nine. They lie buried beside their parents and eight of their children, in the old burying-ground at Woodbridge. Both were conscious to the last, and ready for the Lord.

Campyon and Frances (Moores) Cutter had issue:

i. JOHN MOORES," accidentally killed by the upsetting of a cart, July 31, 1793, " aged 10 years and 6 mos."

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ii. ANN CAMPYON, m. Dr. Isaac Ludlow. Had issue:

i. CORNELIUS, m. a daughter of Capt. Boole, in New York. She survived but a short time after marriage, and he went South and died in Mobile, Ala., æ. 30.-ii. FANNY MOORES, m. Crowell Haddon, of New York (b. and brought up at Woodbridge). He was successful in business, became wealthy, and died two or three years since. Issue:-eight children, three dying quite young. Fannie, the second child, m. Rev. Wm. Wisner Martin, for two years a successful preacher of the gospel in California, returned, and d. in Brooklyn.-iii. CAMPYON, went South, and d. at Savannah, æ. about 24.-iv. SARAH ANN, m. Amos Terrill, who did not long survive, leaving an infant that soon followed the father. She then m. William Ellmore and had three sons. She d. leaving the youngest an infant.

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iii. JOSEPH, was a farmer, and settled on a part of the old farm. He m. Jane Clawson. She is yet living in Woodbridge. He d. 1851. Issue :

i. BENJAMIN, died young.

ii. JOHN CAMPYON, now living in Houston, Texas. In early life he went South as a merchant. He has several children.

iii. HARRIET PATON,7 m. Matthias Van Derveer. Has issue:-Agnes Brown, m. William Demerest, 9 Dec. 1869.-Henry Van Dick.-Joseph Cutter. -Matthias Paton.-George.

iv. AGNES BROWN,6 m. T. L. Jackson; no issue. She was a nember of the Presbyterian church, and died in 1867, aged 78. Her husband is still living (1870), æ. 83. He was for several years an elder of Dr. Cox's church in New York.

V. DANIEL MOORES, never married. He was a merchant in New York, doing business on corner Broadway and Warren Street in 1813, and after that some time on Hudson Street. Some years after he went South and joined his nephew, John Campyon Cutter, in Houston, Texas, where he died, aged 78. vi. BRITTAIN MOORES," was first with his brother on Broadway, New York, then engaged in the Southern trade at New Orleans, and from there went to Matamoras, where he accumulated a fortune, returned and married Harriet Goodenough, of Montreal,

Canada, and located on 7th Street, New York.

He was a

member of the Presbyterian church. He died Jan. 9, 1843, aged 51, and lies buried beside his father at Woodbridge. His widow died about 1862, and was interred in Greenwood. Their issue:

i. JOHN SHATZELL,7 graduated at Gettysburg College, studied law, and commenced practice as soon as he was of age. When the last war broke out he felt it his duty to offer his services, and joined the 176th N. Y. S. Vols., which took part in Banks's expedition in Louisiana.

"Died at Brazure City, on June 23d, Capt. John Shatzell Cutter, of the 176th Regiment N. Y. V., aged 25 years. Capt. Cutter was a young lawyer of this city, of fine promise, and a gentleman of great personal worth. He fell while gallantly rallying his men for a third charge upon the enemy."-N. Y. Daily Paper.

His remains were brought home and deposited in Greenwood Cemetery. He was a member of the Presbyterian communion.

ii. EVELINE S.,7 m. B. L. Sherman, of New York, in 1868. Issue:-Harriet Paton, b. July 14, 1869.

vii. HARRIET, m. David Edgar Paton, of Woodbridge, Dec. 6, 1813, and removed a few years after to the city of New York, where Mr. Paton was made a deacon, and afterwards an elder of the Laight Street Church, under the ministry of the venerable Dr. Samuel Cox. Mr. Paton was very efficient and active in all the different objects for doing good, and lost his health in the discharge of his duty. He accompanied his Sunday School on a steamboat excursion to Staten Island, July 4, 1839. The boat was unduly crowded, and the promenade deck, unable to sustain so great a weight, gave way. In its fall Mr. P. was caught between it and the deck below, an accident which paralyzed his whole body, and from which he never entirely recovered. He died in New York, Sept. 13, 1864, æ. 81. "For twenty-five years laid aside from active duty, he bore his afflic tion with Christian fortitude and resignation, looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ."

Mrs. Paton is still living in New York.

viii. FRANCIS CAMPYON, m. Ann H. Freeman, daughter of Dr. Melancthon Freeman, of Woodbridge. He was an elder many years in the church before he was laid aside from ill health. Mrs. Cutter died in Woodbridge, Feb. 5, 1855, aged 53 years. He married (2d) Susan Thompson, by whom he had a son. He died March 25, 1863, aged 60 years. His issue:

i. REBECCA DUNN,7 m. John Voorhees, elder in the church of Metuchen.
ii. FANNY MOORES,' died a "victorious death," April 14, 1864, aged 38
years. Never married.

iii. WILLIAM FRANCIS, b. 1857.

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ix. SAMUEL, m. Harriet F. Cutter, March 21, 1829, daughter of William W. and Ursula (Harriott) Cutter [Vide iv. §1, 1]. He was a farmer, living in the family homestead in Woodbridge, and died Sept. 19, 1849, aged 51. Issue:

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i. DAVID PATON,7 b. 19 April, 1830; d. April 15, 1848.

ii. MARY LOUISA, b. 31 Aug. 1831; m. A. Jackson Van Sickle, of Metuchen, Feb. 3, 1849. Issue-Samuel, b. 26 June, 1851.-Cornelia, b. 3 July, 1854; d. 3 Sept. 1856.-Andrew J., b. 17 Aug. 1856.-Carrie, b. 23 Nov. 1858; d. 20 Aug. 1859.—Laura A., b. 3 July, 1860; d. 29 Aug.

1861.-William C., b. 12 Sept. 1862.-Ida, b. 20 June, 1865.-Alice H., b. 26 Nov. 1867; d. 19 Feb. 1868.-Nathan Robbins, b. 6 Sept. 1869. iii. CAMPYON, b. 2 Sept. 1833; m. Carrie Westervelt, in New York, June 7, 1859. Has been for several years with Carter & Brothers, Publishers, in New York, and for the last ten years the active clerk in the Mission House, corner Read and Centre Streets, New York.

iv. WILLIAM BRITTON, b. 30 June, 1835; m. Addie Moore, in Woodbridge, Feb. 1864, and has a daughter and son.

V. GEORGE HENRY, b. 1 Jan. 1837; m. Mary Moore, in Woodbridge, Jan. 1861. He resides in the old homestead with his widowed mother. Has a son Eugene.s

vi. FRANCIS JANE,7 b. 26 March, 1839; m. Samuel Moore, of New York City, Feb. 6, 1862. Have one child, and reside at Hastings, on the North River.

vii. JOHN CONDIT,7 b. 24 Feb. 1841; d. Aug. 2, 1842.

viii. JOSEPH,7 b. 27 April, 1842. He enlisted in Co. F, 28th New Jersey

Reg't, in the spring of 1862, and was in the battle of Fredericksburg, under Burnside, Dec. 1862. Having crossed the river, his Captain, Inslee, saw him fighting manfully till the order to retreat was given, but never saw him afterward. He lies in an unknown grave.

X. AZEL ROE-called after Rev. Azel Roe, who preached in Woodbridge fifty-five years, his first and last sermon-" was drowned at Woodbridge," July 17, 1824, "in his 22d year."

2. JOSEPH, died Nov. 17, 1763, "aged 6 years."

3. JOANNA, m. Frederic Tucker. Issue:

i. JOSEPH, died s. p.-ii. CAMPYON.-iii. ANN CAMPYON, m. T. L. Jackson.* Six children.—iv. BETSEY, is dead.-v. MARY.— vi. JOANNA. vii. ELLEN.-viii. JANE.-ix. DANIEL THOMAS, is dead.

4. JOHN, d. Sept. 21, 1763, "aged 1 year."

• After his wife's death he m. Agnes Brown Cutter, dau. of Campyon [Vide iv. §3, 1].

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Progeny of Dea. John Cutter.
[Vide III. §1, 5.]

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DESCENDANTS OF RICHARD CUTTER.

RICHARD and KEZIA (Pierce) CUTTER had issue:

1. THOMAS, b. at Menotomy, 29 May, 1748; m. Betsey Sands, of Beverly, Mass. He served in the American Navy during the War of Independence, and died in Hudson, N. H. His widow d. æ. 93. Their issue:

i. THOMAS, a seaman, died in Beverly.

ii. JAMES, b. in Hudson, 4 Nov. 1781; m. Nov. 20, 1802, Sarah, daughter of Benjamin and Ann (Smith) Abbott, of Hudson, b. July 27, 1786. He was a shoemaker in Hudson, and d. April 27, 1817. His widow m. Francis Stewart, Jan. 21, 1820, and d. in Nashua, N.H., Dec. 2, 1839. Issue:

i. SARAH, b. 12 Dec. 1803; m. Feb. 28, 1822, James Ford, of Hudson, where they reside. Issue:-William Rodney, b. 4 June, 1823.-James Cutter, b. 15 Sept. 1826; m. Abbie Jane Putnam, Manchester, N.H.; r. Hudson.-Timothy Edwin, b. 9 Aug. 1835.

ii. JAMES, b. 13 Sept. 1805; m. Elizabeth Shepard. He is a farmer in HudIssue:

son.

1. Antoinette,8 b. Dec. 1844; m.

2. George Henry, b. May, 1847.

3. Rosanna, b. June, 1852.

iii. BETSEY, b. 7 Dec. 1807; m. John Wyman, of Pelham, and Eliphalet Senter, of Hudson. Seven children.

iv. JANE ABBOTT,7 b. 9 Feb. 1810; d. Jan. 27, 1811.

V. CHARLES, b. 12 April, 1811; m. May, 1837, Susan W., dau. of Phineas and Lois (Daggett) Harrington. He resides in Hudson. Issue:

1. Charles Henry, b. 19 Sept. 1842; d. 15 Jan. 1847.

2. James Rodolphus, b. in Winchendon, Mass., 3 March, 1844; m. Eliza Jane Holt, Feb. 12, 1860. Issue:

1. George Henry,9 b. 13 Jan. 1861.

2. Frederic, b. 7 May, 1863.

3. Mary Isabel, b. 3 June, 1867.

3. George Edwin,s b. in Lowell, 3 May, 1846; d. July 27, 1848. vi. MARY ANN, b. 1 May, 1813; m. Nov. 23, 1835, William Merrill, of Hudson, b. May 2, 1811. She d. in Illinois. Issue:-Sarah Ann, b. 11 Oct. 1836.-Franklin, b. 3 Feb. 1839.-Augusta, b. 2 Nov. 1843.-Susan, b. 17 Mar. 1847.-Mary A., b. 25 Oct. 1851.

vii. CHARLOTTE SAWYER, b. in Cornish, N. H., 9 June, 1815; m. April 11, 1833, John F. Brown, of Hudson, now of Fisherville, N. H. Issue :A. Jane, b. 16 Sept. 1835; m. Samuel G. Noyes, of Boscawen, now of Concord, N. H.-George K., b. 15 Nov. 1837; m. Julia Hall; r. Boscawen, N. H.-Carrie D., b. 8 Jan. 1840; m. Robert F. Dearborn, of Can

terbury, N. H.; r. Concord.-Amanda H., b. 5 July, 1842; m. Charles W. Clark, of Concord.-John H., b. 9 Jan. 1845.-Martha A., b. 14 June, 1847.-Charlotte M., b. 29 Aug. 1850.

iii. RICHARD, b. 25 Nov. 1785; m. April 30, 1819, Sylvia, dau. of Reuben and Sally (Williams) Martin, of Charlotte, Vt. He was a wheelwright by occupation, and very industrious. He left Hudson about 1807, and lived in Swanton, Vt., and Quebec, C. E. About 1809 he came to Charlotte, Vt., where he d. June 9, 1863. When young a severe sickness injured his constitution, and the last fourteen years of his life he was totally blind. He was a volunteer in the last war with Great Britain, and participated in the battle of Plattsburg, 1814. His issue :

i. SARAH MARIA,7 b. 7 Jan. 1820; m. Aug. 20, 1844, Andrew Judson, of Shelburne, Vt. He d. Oct. 10, 1846. Mrs. Judson resides in Charlotte, Vt. Issue:-A daughter, b. 24 Aug. 1845; d. 15 Sept. 1847.

ii. ELIZABETH SAUNDERS,7 b. 14 July, 1821; m. June, 1847, Edwin L. Cadwell, of New Haven, Vt. He d. Dec. 22, 1862. Mrs. Cadwell resides in Troy, N. Y. Issue-Fred Horton, b. 18 April, 1848.-Eva, b. 13 May, 1851.-George Bradley, b. 18 March, 1853.-Sarah Judson, b. 20 Nov. 1855.

iii. ELIZA BUTLER,7 b. 17 Sept. 1822; d. Jan. 16, 1854.

iv. JOHN MARTIN, b. 28 Dec. 1823; m. Aug. 1855, Clarissa, dau. of Nirum and Mary Bingham, of Westford, Vt. He has been a farmer and joiner in Charlotte. In Feb. 1869, he removed to Huntington, Vt. His issue: 1. William Richard, b. 10 Oct. 1857.

2. Lydia Jane,8 b. 16 Oct. 1860.

3. Jerome Nirum,8 b. 14 Jan. 1862.
4. John Clark,s b. 24 Jan. 1864.

5. Annie Elizabeth,8 b. 20 Oct. 1867.

6. Eva Sena, b. 16 Sept. 1869.

V. MARY FARNSWORTH,7 b. 7 July, 1825; m. Dec. 26, 1847, James Patterson, of Shelburne, Vt. Issue-Richard Arthur, b. 9 Nov. 1848; d. 8 Oct. 1865.-Etta, b. 8 July, 1853.—Katie, b. 29 Aug. 1861.-Josie, b. Nov. 1862.

vi. EMILY BARLOW,7 h. 27 Aug. 1826; m. Nov. 1848, Nelson Isham. They reside in Lyons, Ionia Co., Mich. Issue:-Charles, b. 9 July, 1849. vii. MARTHA MARTENIA, b. 15 May, 1830; d. Jan. 21, 1868.

iv. HENRY, went to sea and was never heard from.

v. BETSEY, m. Hugh Smith, and d. at Hudson, s. p. He died Jan. 17, 1865, æ. 83.

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vi. KEZIA, b. 22 Sept. 1786; m. April, 1808, Samuel Kendall, of Litchfield, N. H. She died in Chester, N. H., Jan. 4, 1869. Her issue:

i. JAMES T., b. 25 June, 1809; m. Julia A. West; r. Chester, N. H.-ii. ELIZABETH, b. 26 Aug. 1811; m. Amasa Pooler; r. Rutland, Vt.-iii. MIRIAM B., b. 2 May, 1813; m. J. Calvin Jones; r. Lowell, Mass.iv. KEZIA P., b. 14 Feb. 1816; m. Dr. Henry M. Hooke, of Lowell; d. 19 Nov. 1849.-v. DOLLY C., b. 5 July, 1818; m. Phineas Jones; r. Lowell.-vi. THOMAS E., b. 23 Aug. 1820; m. Caroline Treat; r. Lawrence, Mass.-vii. TIMOTHY D., b. 21 Aug. 1823; r. Lowell.-viii. ANNA B., b. 15 June, 1825; m. John B. Haskell; r. South Amesbury, Mass. -ix. SARAH JANE, b. 18 Nov. 1828; m. Salma D. Hardy; r. Framingham, Mass.-x. CATHERINE, b. 17 Oct. 1831; m. John West; r. Chester, N H.-xi. CAROLINE, b. 17 Oct. 1831; d. æ. a few hours.

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2. RUHAMAH, b. at Menotomy, 6 March, 1750; m. Daniel Smith, of Milford, N. H. She died 1829 (?). He died 1833 (?). Issue:

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