i. HANNAH, m. Hadley; r. Lyndeboro', N.H.-ii. RUHAMAH, M. Blanchard; dead.-iii. KEZIA, m. Humphrey Peabody; both d. in Milford, N. H.-iv. SUSANNA, m. Wright and Marshall; r. Milford.-v. MARY, m. and d. in Mt. Vernon, N. H.-vi. SAMUEL, m. and living in Washington, N. H.-vii. DANIEL, m. and living in Hillsboro', N. H.-viii. EZEKIEL, m. and r. in Hollis, N. H.-ix. NANCY, b. 4 March, 1787; m. Dea. Timothy Gray, of Wilton, N. H., April, 1812; d. Wilton, 3 April, 1865. He d. 7 Aug. 1867. Their son, D. S. Gray, is a provision dealer, in Lowell, Mass. 3. KEZIA, b. at Menotomy, 10 Nov. 1751; m. an English soldier, and d. in England. He is said to have been a drum-major named Wyatt. Mr. Benjamin Carpenter, of Cambridge, once met her in the street in London. She had then no family.* 4. HANNAH, b. at Menotomy, 16 Jan. 1754; m. Resided in Hudson and Nashua, N. H. Had Hobbs. i. ABRAM.-ii. ISAAC.-iii. JACOB.-iv. BENJAMIN.-V. JOSEPH, and others. 5. RICHARD, b. at Menotomy, 26 March, 1756; m. May 25, 1781, Miraim Brown, b. Jan. 23, 1763. She was dau. of Jonas and Elizabeth (Meriam) Brown, of Waltham. She died Feb. 11, 1808. Richard Cutter lived twenty-one years with Mr. Thomas Fairweather, of Cambridge. Was a farmer fourteen years in the present town of West Newton, and removed from thence to Weston, Mass., May 3, 1805. He died in Weston, May 8, 1823. His issue: i. HANNAH, b. in Cambridge, 29 Dec. 1782; m. Edward Wyman, of Weston, Dec. 1815. He died in Pelham, N. H., Dec. 1, 1856, æ. 85. Mrs. Wyman d. in Pelham, Aug. 19, 1869. Her issue : i. Elizabeth, b. 7 Sept. 1816; m. James Tyler, 10 July, 1835; r. in Pelham.-ii. EDWARD, b. 26 April, 1818: m. Mary Anna Doyle, of Salem, Mass., 10 Oct. 1855; firm Chandler & Co., Boston.-iii. WILLIAM, b. 23 Oct. 1820; d. 26 June, 1856.—iv. Aaron, b. 7 May, 1822; d. 20 July, 1826.-V. LEONARD CUTTER, b. 17 May, 1825; d. 18 July, 1826.-vi. PHEBE M., b. 11 March, 1831; d. 15 March, 1831. 6 ii. ELIZABETH MERIAM, b. 30 Sept. 1784; d. Nov. 27, 1805. iii. MARY, b. 25 Dec. 1786; m. Joseph Bird, of Watertown, b. Oct. 22, 1782. He d. Jan. 2, 1845. Mrs. Bird d. May 11, 1865. Her issue: i. JOSEPH, b. 20 Aug. 1809; m. (1st) 1 May, 1840, Lydia Curtis Baldwin, of Boston, d. 11 April, 1843; (2d) Ann Elizabeth Warland, of Cambridge, m. 10 Dec. 1848. He is a professor of music, and resides at Watertown. Issue :-Joseph Weston, b. 16 Feb. 1841; d. 23 Nov. 1856. -Lydia Baldwin, b. 4 Feb. 1843.-Caroline Elizabeth, b. 18 March, 1850. -Mary Cutter, b. 3 Aug. 1851.-John Warland, b. 26 Dec. 1852.Frances Ware, b. 1 Aug. 1854.-Joseph Edward, b. 3 March, 1861.— Statement of Mr. Charles Cutter, of Weston. + Bond's Watertown, 134. ii.-ELIZABETH MERIAM, b. 18 March, 1812; m. Samuel Flint, of Freedom, Me., 26 Nov. 1848; r. Newtonville. Issue:-Melvin Meriam, b. 19 May, 1851.-Elizabeth, b. 8 Feb. 1853.-iii. HORACE, b. 3 Jan. 1814; m. (1st) 25 April, 1836, Fannie Fish, d. 12 Oct. 1839; (2d) Elizabeth Homer, of Brimfield, Mass., m. 23 March, 1841. He is a professor of music; r. in Belmont. Issue:-Horace Grant, b. 3 Sept. 1837; m. Julia B. Hubbard, 15 Sept. 1858; r. Chicago, Ill. Issue:-Thomas Hubbard, b. 27 Dec. 1865; d. 6 Aug. 1866.-James Francis, b. 29 May, 1839; d. 29 Oct. 1839.-Fannie Homer, b. 24 Apr. 1842; m. Webster A. Bingham, 1 Sept. 1869; r. Milwaukee, Wis.—Mary Susan, b. 4 Nov. 1843.—Mehitabel Bond, b. 27 Jan. 1845; m. Herbert J. Frost, of Belmont. Issue: Mabel, b. 26 March, 1869.-Charles Wilson, b. 26 Dec. 1846.-Helen Maria, b. 1 April, 1849; m. Stanton D. Loring, of Brookline, 17 Nov. 1869.-James Francis, b. 5 May, 1852.-George Julien, b. 20 June, 1854. -Arthur Homer, b. 23 July, 1856.-Harriet Elizabeth, b. 7 July, 1859.— Adelaide, b. 6 Nov. 1861.—iv. MARY CUTTER, b. 2 Jan. 1816; r. Watertown.-V. MEHITABEL BOND, b. 19 April, 1818; d. 30 Sept. 1845.—vi. MARTHA MARIA, b. 31 Oct. 1820; m. Benjamin K. Flint, of Freedom, Me., Aug. 1818; r. East Mansfield, Mass. Issue:- William, b. March, 1850; d. 12 Aug. 1850.-Maria, b. 3 Feb. 1853.—Alice, b. 3 Aug. 1855; d. 14 March, 1860.—Benjamin, b. 3 March, 1859.vii. HANNAH WYMAN, b. 24 Oct. 1822; r. Watertown; a teacher of music.—viii. ABIGAIL SLACK, b. 9 April, 1824 m. Henry Marsh, Aug. 1848; r. Waltham. Mr. M. is a wood engraver in Boston. Issue:-Robert Parker, b. 8 Feb. 1851.-Joseph Manning, b. Feb. 1863; d. March, 1863.—Bertha, b. 11 Sept. 1865. iv. CHARLES, b. 10 Jan. 1789; m. Dec. 31, 1818, Anna Smith, b. Dec. 20, 1795. She was daughter of Nathan and Susanna (Bemis) Smith, of Waltham, and d. Aug. 11, 1853. Mr. Cutter has been a farmer in Weston sixty-four years, where he still continues. His issue: i. CHARLES SMITH,7 b. 8 Oct. 1819. He is a farmer in Weston. ii. LEONARD FRANCIS,7 b. 21 April, 1821; m. Sept. 24, 1845, Lucy Elizabeth Dannells, b. May 6, 1826. She was dau. of Amos and Lucy (Caldwell) Dannells, of Ipswich, Mass. Mr. C. was a grocer, and d. in Boston, Oct. 25, 1846. His widow m. Anthony Smith Morss, of Boston, and resides in Charlestown. Issue: 1. Leonard Francis,8 b. 29 Jan. 1847; grad. at Harvard University in 1867; m. Emma Jane, dau. of Hon. Moses A. and Elizabeth (Taylor) Dow, Oct. 7, 1869. Is in business 210 Commercial Street, Boston. iii. JULIA ANN, b. 8 April, 1823; m. Isaac Coburn, of Weston, Dec. 30, 1841. Reside in Weston. Issue:-Isaac Emery, b. 23 Oct. 1842.Harriet Ann, b. 16 Feb. 1844; m. Harrison B. Hall, 10 March, 1869; r. Boston Highlands. Issue:-Harrison Coburn, b. 16 Dec. 1869.-Thomas, b. 31 Jan. 1846; d. 6 Feb. 1853.-Julia Anna, b. 12 June, 1851; d. 24 Jan. 1853.—Anna, b. 7 Feb. 1853.—Edith Laura, b. 3 Aug. 1854. William Herbert, b. 6 April, 1857.—Arthur Leslie, b. 18 June, 1860. iv. FREDERIC AUGUSTUS, b. 15 May, 1825; m. Cushman. He was a member of Co, K. 32d Reg't Mass. Vols. He was killed in Gettysburg Battle, July 3, 1863. V. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, b. 1 July, 1827; m. March 3, 1859, Elvira S., dau. of Artemas aud Emily (Roby) Bond, of Wayland. He is a farmer in Weston. He has been a Selectman of the town. Issue: 1. Franklin Henry, b. 30 Jan. 1861. 2. Susan Emma, b. 22 March, 1867. 3. Helen Marcia, b. 2 Sept. 1869. vi. JAMES PEREZ, b. 18 May, 1829; m. Oct. 5, 1865, Ellen Maria, dau, of Moses and Catherine (Roberts) Carr, of Portland, Me. He is a clerk, John H. Rogers & Co., 1 Tremont Street, Boston. vii. EDMUND LEWIS,7 b. 18 June, 1831 ; d. Newbern, N. C., April 25, 1863. Edmund L. Cutter was one of the nine-months men of the 44th Reg't. Gentle, affectionate, disinterested and beloved, his tastes were all peaceful, and he had no delight in battle scenes. 'I don't want to go,' he said, but somebody must go, and I have no family dependent upon me-count me in when wanted.' He was wanted. He made his last will, and went; and was brought back from the hospital at Newbern, where he had died, to rest amid the quiet home-scenery he had loved so well."-Rev. E. H. SEARS, Memorial Address, Weston, Mass., Aug. 22, 1865. viii. ANNA MARIA,7 b. 22 Aug. 1833; d. Nov. 17, 1851. ix. HENRY WILLIAM, b. 12 Jan. 1836; d. Aug. 7, 1855. X. SUSANNA MERIAM, b. 5 May, 1838; m. Oct. 6, 1863, Andrew Spring, 6 v. LEONARD, b. 11 March, 1791; d. in Havana, Cuba, April 2, 1821. He was for some years a merchant in Boston, but before long made one of those changes so common in American life, by which the fortunes of not only the actor but often of relatives are also affected. At that time the rich bottom lands of the lower Mississippi were attracting attention, and settlers from different parts of the Union were going thither, expecting soon to realize great wealth from the cultivation of cotton and sugar. Mr. Cutter suddenly determined to join this movement, and become a planter. In a letter, dated April, 1822, he writes: "I left Philadelphia in September last, and proceeded on to Virginia, where I bought thirty-five slaves, with whom I travelled through to Claiborne County, State of Mississippi, where I arrived early in February. I was between two and three months on the journey in the winter season, and a very severe winter too; during which time I slept in a house only two nights. I travelled on foot for more than twelve hundred miles, and at night lay down in the woods, sometimes in heavy rains which extinguished our fires. My food was fat pork and corn bread, which I sometimes found difficult to procure for so large a family, in which case I fasted myself and fed my negroes. The winter was unusually wet. Puddles of water assumed the magnitude of lakes, and the most contemptible creeks became rivers that swept away bridges and caused me much trouble. I swam streams myself of considerable magnitude, and waded through swamps inundated to the depth of several feet, and covered with ice-in some instances more than an inch thick. My negroes were healthy, and I have not yet experienced any inconvenience from my exposure and hardships, which is more than I ought to have expected. "It may seem strange to you that I have become an owner of slaves. I offer nothing in justification of the principle of slavery. They are necessary in my present business. I feed and clothe them abundantly, and in fact take better care of them than I have been accustomed to take of myself. They are very fond of me, and nothing would make them so unhappy as to change masters. I have rented lands for this year, having arrived too late to purchase; and if the season proves favorable I think I shall make one hundred bales of cotton." Soon after he bought a large tract of heavily-wooded land on one of the bayous in Louisiana, and enthusiastically entered upon his new enterprise. But the climate and hardships of a first settler proved too great for him. From unwonted exposure he took severe colds, and had yellow fever, from the effects of which he never recovered; and at the early age of thirty-three died in Havana, whither he had gone for the benefit of his health. Another member of the family went out to settle his affairs, and was so well pleased with the fertility of the soil, and the advantages a planter's life appeared to have over farming in New England, that he became his successor, and thus one branch of the family was established in that distant State. 6 vi. RICHARD, b. 23 Sept. 1793; was a baker by trade, and d. unmarried in Natick. vii. JONAS, b. in West Newton, 25 Jan. 1796; m. (1st) May 2, 1821, Elizabeth Smith, b. April 14, 1799. She was daughter of Nathan and Susanna (Bemis) Smith, of Waltham, and d. May 30, 1852. He m (2d) Mrs. Phebe (Morse) Weston, May 25, 1853, daughter of Beniaih and Sarah (Stevens) Morse, of Needham. Mr. Cutter has been a farmer in Weston, where he still resides. His issue: i. GEORGE BERKELEY,7 b. 1 April, 1822; m. Nov. 13, 1845, Mary P., dau. of William and Maria (Peirce) Hastings, of Weston. He is a well-known florist in Weston. Issue: 1. George Jones,8 b. 29 May, 1847; d. Jan. 29, 1865. ii. ELIZABETH MATILDA, b. 20 Sept. 1824; d. 1826. iii. ELLEN MARIA,7 b. 2 Sept. 1827; m. Samuel S. Page, and resides in Hopkinton, N. H. Issue:-Lucy Elizabeth, b. 10 June, 1859. iv. CAROLINE ELIZABETH,7 b. 14 July, 1831; d. March 9, 1850. V. HARRIET ELVIRA, b. 26 July, 1834. 6 viii. ABIGAIL, b. 13 March, 1798; m. Eliphalet Slack, of Weston, Dec. 29, 1819. Mr. Slack located in Louisiana in the winter of 1823-24. His wife followed about 1830. He d. Aug. 9, 1843. She d. Sept. 22, 1840. Issue: i. WILLIAM AUgustus, b. 28 Oct. 1820; d. 19 July, 1843.—ii. CHARLES ALBERT, b. 11 March, 1824; m. Martha Bennett, 15 Aug. 1848; d. from accident, 27 Nov. 1857. Issue:-Charles Whitney, b. 24 May, 1849.Mary Eliza, b. 16 Oct. 1850; m. Micajah Bow, 4 Nov. 1869.- Walter Garrett, b. 9 Sept. 1852.-Henry John, b. 16 Nov. 1854.-Adelaide, b. 8 Sept. 1856; d. 4 Oct. 1867.—Martha, b. 6 April, 1858; d. 9 May, 1858. -iii. JOHN DUTTON, b. Plaquemine, La., 9 May, 1832; m. Mary Singleton Moore, 24 July, 1855; killed in the War, 10 Aug. 1864. Issue:Anna Alfrida, b. 3 Sept. 1856.-John Dutton, b. 26 Aug. 1858.—Caroline Mathilda, b. 23 July, 1860.—Mary__Alice, b. 14 Oct. 1864.—iv. HENRY RICHMOND, b. Plaquemine, La., 20 Oct. 1835; m. Louisiana T. Woolfolk, 9 July, 1860. Issue:-Henry Richmond, b. 7 May, 1862.-— William Samuel, b. 22 Oct. 1869.-v. EDWARD WHITE, b. Bayou Grosse Tete, 5 Sept. 1838; d. 30 Sept. 1839. ix. MARTHA, b. 28 Sept. 1800; d. in Pelham, N. H., Feb. 11, 1845. Unmarried. x. MARIA, b. 10 March, 1804; m. Adolphus Durant, of Newton Lower Falls, May 23, 1823. Removed to Methuen, Mass., now city of Lawrence, in 1826. Issue: i. MARIA MARTHA, b. 25 Sept. 1824.-ii. ADOLPHUS MELVILLE, b. 7 Feb. 1827; m. Rosa Burnham, of Lowell, 12 Sept. 1860. Issue-Henrietta, b. 10 Feb. 1862.-iii. HENRIETTA MOORE, b. 24 Aug. 1830; d. Sept. 1850. -iv. WARREN AUGUSTUS, b. 11 April, 1833. 6 xi. GEORGE, b. in Weston, 27 June, 1806; m. Sept. 25, 1828, Harriet, daughter of James and Elizabeth (Gould) Adams, of Groton, Mass. He is a provision dealer in Boston, residing No. 88 Shawmut Avenue. His issue: i. HARRIET MARIA,7 m. Daniel Low Winchester, Nov. 26, 1859. Mr. Winchester is in the iron business, 24 Broadway, New York. ii. CHARLOTTE MARTHA,7 m. Capt. Alexander Stephen Hoyt, sea-captain, March 15, 1858. Capt. Hoyt d. Jan. 21, 1869. Issue :-George Cutter, b. 7 Dec. 1858.-Daniel Winchester, b. 7 Aug. 1862. iii. ADELINE FRANCES.7 iv. ABBIE ANN,7 m. William Henry Croswell Copeland, Oct. 18, 1865. Mr. Copeland is in the Provident Savings Bank, Boston. Issue:-Hubert, b. 30 June, 1867. V. MIRIAM FARMER." 6. SETH, b. at Menotomy, 14 April, 1758; m. Abiah Tallant. "Seth Cutter of Nottingham west," now Hudson, N. H., and "Abiah Tallant of Pelham," were "lawfully published in Pelham in order to marriage," Sept. 11, 1781. Mrs. Cutter was the daughter of Hugh and Mary (Dodge) Tallant, and was born June 10, 1758, in Pelham, N. H. Her father was a native of Ireland, and when a little boy rode on horseback with his father, and witnessed the battle of Boyne. She d. in Pelham in September, 1841. The following obituary notice was published in the papers after Mr. S. Cutter's decease: "Died in Pelham, N. H., Sept. 20th [1853], Seth Cutter, Esq., aged ninety-five years. He was born April 14th, 1758. Mr. Cutter was a veteran of the Revolution. He enlisted in the army in May, 1777, under Gen. Stark, who went into battle with the avowed purpose either that the British troops should be defeated, or that Molly Stark should be bereaved. Mr. C. was a congenial spirit. At first a fifer, as his boyhood seemed to demand, he very soon grew weary of sweet sounds, and thirsted for hard blows. Throwing down his flute and picking up his musket, he changed into the ranks as a private soldier, and was in those brave marches, those desperate sufferings, those stern encounters, which turned the tide in our country's darkest hour, and which led the wondering nations first to understand that Freedom had at length found a home. He was in the battle of Bennington, where Stark was victor, and more than one Molly was made happy-in the battle of Trenton, where the ice of the Delaware snapped at the midnight hour under the firm and unfaltering tread of devoted men, and the Hessians found that they had reckoned without their host-in the battle of Princeton, where many a Redcoat bit the dust-and in many other scoutings and skirmishes, where life was cheap, but hearts were fearless. Mr. C. had a green and vigorous old age. His mind was full of the recollections of those stormy times, and often sitting by the chimney corner, with a kindling eye, a quivering lip, and a genuine eloquence, would he 'fight those battles o'er again.' "Not only was he in the vanguard of our liberties, he was found faithful and competent in the more difficult work of preserving them. He was a firm pillar of society and of the State. He was a friend of order and law-a promoter of peace and harmony-a supporter of education and of gospel institutions, a generous patron of objects of just enterprise and lofty benevolence. His life was one of earnest action, of marked success, of excellent influence. By self-denying industry and steadfast integrity, by decided opinions and liberal donations, by wisdom of counsel and beauty of life, he sustained many an important enterprise of good both at home and abroad. Having won the confidence of his townsmen and friends in the opening of his history, and in the midst of his strength, he received un |