a tax of £5 1s. 3d. in the minister's rate for 1763. About 1768 he married Hannah Andrews, of Concord, now Carlisle, Mass., some say of Sharon, N. H. He lived in Temple, not far from New Ipswich bounds, and occupied the valuable farm now owned and improved by his grandson, E. G. Cutter, Esq. In addition to agriculture he pursued the trade of a carpenter. He was a soldier in the war of the Revolution. In 1775 and 1776 he was a member of Capt. Ezra Towne's company from New Ipswich, which served in Col. Reed's regiment at Bunker Hill, and throughout the siege of Boston. He was one of "Eleven men sent to Crown Point in ye year 1776," to serve five months in "Capt. J. Parker's Company, and Col. J. Wyman's Reg't." In 1777 he took an active part in the erection of a new meeting-house. He was a selectman of Temple in 1783. He was surveyor of lumber thirteen different years; first in 1781, last in 1807. In 1787 he was paid £1 5s. 6d. for "warning out" of Temple twenty-two persons, a duty devolving upon his office of town constable. He bore the title of Ensign, and was highly respected for his public spirit. He died in Temple, March 16, 1821.* The ensuing lines are from his grave-stone: "Hope looks beyond the bounds of time, Shall rise in full immortal prime, And bloom to fade no more.' "Mrs. Hannah, relict of Ensign Benjamin Cutter," died Oct. 13, 1837, æ. 87. "Her months of affliction are o'er, Her days and nights of distress, We see her in anguish no more, She has gained her happy release." $3. CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN OF GERSHOM CUTTER. [Vide II. 6.] GERSHOM and LYDIA (Hall) CUTTER had issue: 3 1. GERSHOM, b. 1 June, 1679; m. June 11, 1701, Mehitable, daughter of George and Sarah (Farnum) Abbott, of Andover, b. April 4, 1680. He owned the covenant and was baptized at Cambridge, May 10, 1702; and resided probably in his parents' homestead, "Under the Rocks." His wife was admitted to Cambridge church, Feb. 15, 1708–9; and acknowledged the covenant at the founding of the second precinct or Menotomy church, Sept. 9, 1739. Her grandfather, George Abbott, with three sons, George, Nehemiah, and Thomas, emigrated from England and died in Rowley, Mass., 1747.† She died in Menotomy, March 28, 1757. Vide Hist. New Ipswich, 61, 76; Hist. Temple, 107, 133, &c. &c. + Abbot Family Register, 147. 1725. "Mehitable Cutter for nursing Joseph Winship in last sickness, 20s." died July 7, 1753. In 1747, with his neighbor and friend Francis Locke, he travelled one Sunday from Cambridge to Newton to attend religious service; and Henry Gibbs, of Watertown, a Justice of the Peace, fined them thirty shillings each for breaking the Sabbath. The Court of Sessions, questioning the legality of this proceeding, ordered the decision to be quashed.* Gershom and Mehitable (Abbott) Cutter had issue: i. THOMAS, b. 8 May, 1702, bapt. May 10, at Cambridge. Here lyes the THOMAS CUTTER 25, 1727 in yo 26 year of his age.† Nov. 20, 1727, administration of his estate was granted to Gershom Cutter,"husbandman," his father, and to Gershom Cutter, "miller," his brother. Nov. 27, the estate was appraised by John Cutter (his cousin), Francis Locke, and Joseph Winship. ii. GERSHOм, b. 13 Jan. 1703-4, bapt. Jan. 23; m. Feb. 13, 1728–9, Anna, daughter of John and Sarah Fillebrown, of Cambridge, b. Jan. 26, 1707-8. She became a member of Cambridge church, April 11, 1725; and joined Menotomy church at its founding, Sept. 9, 1739. Gershom, 3d, was a miller; resided in Capt. John Perry's old house, "Under the Rocks," and died of "jaundice," December 10, 1777. His posterity are numerous. iii. GEORGE, b. 7 Oct. 1705; bapt. Oct. 14; m. July 10, 1729, Jane, daughter of Jonathan and Ruth (Wright) Butterfield, of Cambridge, b. Aug. 7, 1706. He was a covenanter at Cambridge, March 1, 1730-1. His wife became a member of Cambridge church, Aug. 23, 1730, and joined Menotomy church Sept. 9, 1739. She d. in Menotomy, May 7, 1776. He appears to have been a man of substance. He probably d. before 1781. 4 iv. HANNAH, b. 29 Dec. 1707, bapt. June 20, 1708; a churchmember Cambridge, Feb. 14, 1725-6; married Thomas Emmons, of Cambridge, Nov. 17, 1726. Book of Lockes, 24. + Harris, Camb. Epitaphs, 75. Died:-Aug. 31, 1751, 66 negro child at George Cutter's, aged 6 weeks." July 25, 1777, "Caesar Cutter, servant of George." • Experience Cutter, a mulatto, brought up by George C.," bapt. Nov. 23, 1783.—Rev. S. Cooke's Records. v. MEHITABLE, b. and bapt. Oct. 9, 1709, a church-member Cambridge, Jan. 14, 1728-9; m. Ephraim Winship, Jr., of Lexington, Aug. 28, 1735. Winship joined Lexington church, April 4, 1736. [Vide iii. §1, 4.] vi. LYDIA, b. 23 March, 1711-12, bapt. March 29, 1713; a churchmember Cambridge, Jan. 11, 1730-1. "John Whittmore & Mrs. Lydia Cutter were married by Simon Tufts, Esqr.," June 14, 1735. vii. SARAH, bapt. Oct. 31, 1714. 4 viii. RICHARD, bapt. Jan. 22, 1716-17. ix. NEHEMIAH, bapt. Medford, April 14, 1717; a church-member Cambridge, Aug. 13, 1738; m. 17 July, 1739, Martha, daughter of Dea. Samuel and Deborah (Wyeth) Bowman, of Cambridge, b. Feb. 10, 1714-15.* She joined Cambridge church Dec. 30, 1739. Both were dismissed by letter to the Second Precinct church, Menotomy, Jan. 28, 1753. He was a tanner and farmer in Menotomy, and dwelt on the site of the present residence of his grandson, Mr. Elijah Cutter, Arlington Avenue. In old age he removed with his wife to Charlestown to reside with his son Samuel.† A gravestone in the north-westerly part of Arlington buryingground is inscribed 4 In memory of Mr. NEHEMIAH CUTTER Also Mrs. MARTHA CUTTER Mr. NEHEMIAH CUTTER died July 1st, 1790 x. ISABEL, bapt. 25 Jan. 1719-20; a church-member Menotomy, June 22, 1740; m. Jonathan Winship, of Lexington, Oct. 1, 1741; and d. June 9, 1742. Her husband again married, and became the father of the Brighton Winships.' 4 xi. AARON, bapt. 21 June, 1722; m. Mary Moore, of Cambridge, April 1, 1745. Both owned the covenant at Menotomy, April 28, 1745, and became members of the church June 2, 1754. He resided" Under the Rocks;" was a "currier" by trade, and much esteemed. His will, recorded in the Middlesex Bond's Watertown, 700, 701. of 66 Charlestown, July 1, 1790.-Dear son, your dear mother this morning is departed this life for a better. Let the living children lay it to heart, and be prepared for their own departure. Show the sexton where to dig the grave, as I directed you. Tell him to dig it long, she being tall. Her distemper * * * * will not admit of being kept long. If possible the Funeral must be tomorrow. Be down so as the corpse may be carried up in the evening. I shall go up with you. I shall carry up no great besides my clothes, for your brother Sam will be down with a cart next week, and carry the rest. From your lov ing father NEHEMIAH CUTTER." Registry of Probate, bears date Feb. 1, 1767; the inventory xii. THOMAS, bapt. Nov. 17, 1728. 2. LYDIA, b. 14 Sept. 1682. She owned the covenant and was baptized at Cambridge, Sept. 15, 1700. Nov. 11, 1702, she married Jonathan Hall, of Medford, born Sept. 28, 1677. Both joined Cambridge church, Feb. 24, 1711-12; and became members of the church in Medford at Rev. Aaron Porter's ordination, Feb. 11, 1712-13. "Mrs Lydia Hall, Wife “Mrs to Mr Jonathan Hall, Died Janry ye 1st A.D. 1754, in ye 74th Year of Her Age." "Mr Jonathan Hall departed this Life January ye 11th A.D. 1754, in ye 76th Year of His Age." Their issue: i. JONATHAN, bapt. Cambridge, 21 Oct. 1706; m. Elizabeth Tufts, 17 Feb. 1731-2, and Anna Fowle, 22 Nov. 1739; d. Medford, 25 Dec. 1753.-ii. LYDIA, b. 27 April, 1705; m. James Tufts, of Charlestown, 27 June, 1722.-iii. GERSHOм, d. 9 Dec. 1718.* 3. HANNAH, b. 26 Nov. 1684. She owned the covenant and was baptized at Cambridge, Sept. 15, 1700. Dec. 22, 1702, she married Thomas Hall, of Medford, born Nov. 16, 1681. She died in 1705. Her husband married a second wife, Abigail, who died in 1745; and third, Elizabeth Davis, married in 1747. With wife Abigail he * Brooks, Hist. Medford, 519, &c. joined Cambridge church, March 16, 1711-12, and both were present at the founding of Medford church in 1713. He was chosen a deacon in December, 1726; was chairman of the board of Selectmen in Medford, in 1732; scaler of leather in 1748; and died in Medford, Jan. 25, 1757. By his second marriage he had ten children.* By Hannah Cutter he had: i. THOMAS, b. 5 Oct. 1703; m. Patience Allen, 10 July, 1729; became a deacon of Menotomy church in Dec. 1759; and died in Menotomy, 29 May, 1794. 3 4. ISABEL, b. 9 May, 1687. She owned the covenant and was baptized at Cambridge, Oct. 7, 1711. Dec. 9, 1713, she married Thomas Fillebrown, Jr., of Cambridge. Fillebrown was admitted to full membership in Cambridge church, Mar. 16, 1717-18. He was the son of Thomas and Rebecca (Cutter) Fillebrown. [Vide ii. 9.] $4. CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN OF NATHANIEL CUTTER. [Vide II. 8.] NATHANIEL and MARY (Fillebrown) CUTTER had issue: 1. NATHANIEL, b. in Charlestown, 10 April, 1691; married Dec. 11, 1712, Sarah, daughter of Joseph and Sarah (Stearns) Winship, and granddaughter of Lieut. Edward Winship, the emigrant, who settled in Cambridge about 1635. Jan. 24, 1714-15, he owned the covenant at Cambridge. He resided within Charlestown bounds. He married a second wife Elizabeth The time of his death is not known. Nathaniel and Sarah (Winship) Cutter had issue: i. JOSEPH, b. 19 Jan. 1713-14, bapt. Jan. 24. * Brooks's Medford, 518, &c. Joseph Cutter son of Nathaniel and 3 weekes By owning the covenant," adult persons, not members of the church, secured the privilege of Christian baptism for themselves or their children. This half-way covenant, as it was called, implied the discharge of specific religious duties, and ensured a respectable standing in the community. 1723, Dec. 16. "Taken up By Nath Cutter of Charlestown,-a dark brown steer," &c.-Charlestown Records. § Harris, Camb. Epitaphs, 48. |