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2. STEPHEN, s. of Joseph (1) grad. H. C. 1724, was a physician, and taught the Grammar School here many years. He never married; but re- sided with his mother on the homestead until her death, and probably until his own death, which occurred 5 May 1758.
3. STEPHEN, prob. brotlier of Joseph (1), in. Sarah, dau. of Capt. Josiah Parker, 30 Ap. 1702 and had Sarah, bap. 11 May 1704, d. 3 Feb. 1704-5. He d. 1704, and his w. Sarah in. Nicholas Fessenden, the somewhat noted Schoolmaster, 8 Aug. 1706.
ELIZABETH, m. Gilbert Crackbone 17 June 1656. HENRY, mn. Phebe Dana 12 Sept. 1747. EUNICE, m. Joseph Miller 15 April 1765. ELIZABETH, m. George Brown 24 April 1777.
COOPER, JOHN, son, by a former marriage, of Lydia, wife of Gregory Stone, b. 1618, came to Camb. before May 1636. He resided on the easterly side of North Avenue, not far from Linnaan Street, and was a prominent citizen. He was a Selectman thirty-eight years, from 1646 to 1690, and Town Clerk thirteen years, 1669-1681. He was also Deacon of the Church, from 1668 until his deatlı. He m. Anna, dau. of Nathaniel Sparhawk, and liad Anna, b. 16 Nov. 1643, m. Edward Pinson 2 Aug. 1664, and d. 8 May 1666 ; Mary, b. 11 Sept. 1645, m. John Meriam 21 Aug. 1663, and was living in 1713; John, b. 2 Ap. 1651, d. 26 Aug. 1652; Samuel, b. 3 Jan. 1653-4; John, b. 3 Oct. 1656 ; Nathaniel, b. 2 May 1659, d. 19 Dec. 1661 ; Lydia, b. 8 Ap. 1662, m. John Francis 5 Jan. 1687-8; Anna, b. 26 Dec. 1667 (T. Rec. 1668), d. in Woburn 1712. Deac. Cooper d. 22 Aug. 1691, a. 73. His w. Anna m. James Convers, Sen., of Woburn, and was living in 1712.
2. SAMUEL, s. of John (1), was a farmer, and inherited the homestead. He was elected Deacon of the Church 22 Mar. 1705; and was a Selectman 12 years, from 1704 to 1716. He m. Hannah, dau. of Deac. Walter Hastings, 4 Dec. 1682, and had Hannah, b. 23 Dec. 1683, mn. Edmund Frost 1 Feb. 1710-11; Lydia, b. 9 Mar. 1684-5, m. Jona. Gove 26 Dec. 1706; Sarah, m. Epliraim Frost, Jr., 9 Sept. 1714; Samuel; Mary, m. Nathaniel Goddard 26 Nov. 1723; Elizabeth, prob. d. young; Walter (the last five were bap. 17 Jan. 1696-7); John, b. 2 Oct. 1698; Jonathan, b. 6 Dec. 1707. SAMUEL the f. d. 8 Jan. 1717-18, a. 64 ; his w. Hannah d. 9 Oct. 1732, a. 66.
3. JOHN, s. of John (1), was a shoemaker. He resided on the easterly side of North Avenue; his cstate adjoined .that of his father, and was formerly owned by George Bowers. He m. Elizabeth, dau. of Wm. Bordman, 28 Ap. 1686; she d. 15 Nov. 1713 (G. S. 1714), and he m. Sarah Hancock 21 June 1720. His children were John, bap. 3 July 1698; Elizabeth, bap. 3 July 1698; Elizabeth, b. 9 May 1699, in. Samuel Andrew 10 Ap. 1741 ; Anna, bap. 7 July
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1700, m. Joseph Carter of Woburn 12 Feb. 1718-19; Hannah, b. 29 Dec. 1701; Sarah, b. 9 Ap. 1704; Timothy, b. 9 Ap. 1706; Joshua, b. 25 Jan. 1708-9 ; Abigail, b. 10 July 1711; and perhaps others, previous to 1698. JOHN the f. d. 12 Feb. 1735-6, and his estate was divided, about a month afterwards, between the widow Sarah, grandson John Cooper, legal represen- tative of only son John, daughter Elizabeth, and grand daugliter Anna Carter. Amount of the cstate, £2,868 5 3.
4. SAMUEL, s. of Samuel (2), was a farmer and inherited the homestead, which he sold to Ebenezer Frost, 14 Ap. 1730. He m. Sarah, dau. of Deac. Samuel Kidder, 29 Mar. 1720, and had Nathaniel, bap. 18 Sept. 1720; Samuel, bap. 15 Oct. 1721; Joseph, bap. 20 Oct. 1723; John, bap. 7 Mar. 1724-5; Sarah, bap. 12 Jan. 1728-9. In the summer of 1730, he removed with his family to Grafton.
5. WALTER, s. of Samuel (2), was a shoemaker. He m. Martha, dau. of Benjamin Goddard, 7 June 1722, and had Walter, bap. 31 Mar. 1724; Walter, b. 23 Feb. 1728-9; Benjamin, b. 8 Feb. 1729-30; Martha, b. 2 Jan. 1733-4; Samuel, bap. 28 Nov. 1736; Martha, bap. 7 May 1738; Benjamin, bap. 10 Feb. 1740-41, d. 11 Sept. 1760; Nathaniel, bap. 18 April 1742; Samuel, bap. 25 Aug. 1745. WALTER the f. d. 27 Sept. 1751, a. 55; his w. Martha d. 10 Ap. 1768, a. 65.
6. JOHN, S, of Samuel (2), m. Lydia, dau. of Solomon Prentice, 6 Ap. 1721, and d. 13 Mar. 1723-24, without children. His w. Lydia m. Thomas Kidder, 8 April 1725.
7. JONATHAN, s. of Samuel (2), was a saddler; he seems to have served his apprenticeship in Rox., and to have remained there a short time afterwards; but he returned early to Camb., and m. Sarah, dau. of Solomon Prentice, 25 Oct. 1732. His children, bap. here, were Jonathan, 23 Mar. 1734-5; Sarah, 5 Sept. 1736; Samuel, 18 Feb. 1738-9, pub. to Hannah Geohegan of Chs. 19 Mar. 1763, and d. Sept. 1765, leaving his whole estate to his wife; Simon, 24 July 1741: Daniel, 7 Aug. 1743, m. Lydia Mullett 9 May 1764; Solomon, 9 Feb. 1745-6; Lydia, 24 Ap. 1748, m. Samuel Cox 16 Nov. 1768. JONA- THAN the f. d. in Chs. 1766, prob. in that portion near "Porter's," which is now embraced in Camb., and formerly called " Cooper's Corner."
8. JOHN, S. of John (3), m. Hannah Johnson 21 Oct. 1725, and had John, b. 22 Jan. 1727-8, represented in 1748 to be incapable of managing his affairs; William, bap. 11 Jan. 1729-30, d. young; Anna, bap. 2 Ap. 1732. JOHN the the f. d. 15 Ap. 1733 (as appears by receipts on the Probate Files), and his w. Hannah prob. m. Benjamin Crackbone, pub. 30 Sept. 1738.
9. WALTER, s. of Walter (5), m. Lydia Kidder 13 Mar. 1755, and had Walter, b. 17 Ap. 1756, d. 14 Sept. 1758; previously, however, to the birth of this child, the father d. 1 Ap. 1756, a. 27. His w. Lydia prob. m. Jon- athan Hill 10 Jan. 1763.
10. JONATHAN, S. of Jonathan (7), m. Mercy, dau. of Jonas Prentice (pub. 10 Ap. 1755), and had Mercy, bap. 18 Ap. 1756; Jonathan, bap. 1 Oct. 1758, d. 17 Sept. 1760; Anna, bap. 6 Feb. 1763; Mara (her father having " died suddenly sixteen days past," Ch. Rec.), bap. 12 May 1765, m. Joshua Palmer 23 May 1791. JONATHAN the f. d. 26 Ap. 1765.
11. BENJAMIN, an innholder in Menotomy during the Revolutionary War, removed to Boston in 1781, and opened a tavern in Fish Street, at the sign of the Masons' Arins, but soon returned to Menotomy, where he d. 5 Sept. 1786, a. 54; his w. Rachel d. 12 Oet. 1805, a. 73. The birth of only one child, Isaac, is found on record; but the father's will, dated 17 May 1782, mentions w. Rachel and chil. Benjamin ; Mary, m. Thomas Beals 8 July 1779; William, prob. m. Rebecca Jenkins 24 April 1780, and Boradell Fessenden 1 Sept. 1784; John, d. in Georgia before 1813, leaving posterity; Sarah, d. unmn. at Newton in 1813; Samuel, living at Boston in 1813; Isaac, b 2 Sept. 1775.
SARAH, m. Nathaniel Patten 8 Oct. 1678. SALLY, In. Josiali Dickson 10 July 1788.
CORLETT, ELIJAH, the famous schoolmaster, educated at Lincoln College, Oxford, had charge of the Grammar School here, for nearly half a century,
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and trained up many of English, Ameriean, and Indian birth, for admission to the College. This sehool he had taught so long before 1643, that he had, aeeording to Johnson, "very well approved himself for his abilities, dexterity, and painfulness, in teaching and education of the youths under him;" and he remained in office until 1680, and probably until his death. His fame extended through the colony; and Mather, in his Magnalia, refers to him as "that memorable old schoolmaster in Cambridge, from whose education our eollege and country has received so many of its worthy men, that he is himself worthy to have his name celebrated," ete. He resided on the easterly side of Dunster Street, between Mt. Auburn and Winthrop streets. By his w. Bar- bara (who was sister to Richard Cutter), he had Rebecca, b. 14 Aug. 1644, prob. d. young; Hepzibah, bap. here, m. James Minott 2 May 1673 (by whom she had Mary, living unin. 1723), and Daniel Champney 9 June 1684 (by whom she had Hepzibah, b. 23 June 1687), and d. prob. 1715; Ammi-Ruha- mah, bap. here. ELIJAH the f. d. 25 Feb. 1686-7, aged 78. His w. Barbara survived him about twenty years. She had a grant of land in 1707, but prob. d. during that year.
2. AMMI-RUHAMAH, s. of Elijah (1), grad. H. C. 1670; is said to have taught sehool in Plymouth, 1672 ; was afterwards Fellow of the College, and probably engaged as one of the instructors until he d. unm. 1 Feb. 1678-9 ; for the corporation ordered, " that the Treasurer of the College do pay to Mrs. Belshar for wine of her received and expended at the funeral of Mr. Ammi-Ruhamah Corlett."
Cox, MATTHEW, m. Elizabeth, dau. of Walter Russell (pub. 30 Mar. 1739), and had Elizabeth, bap. 20 Jan. 1739-40, m. Henry Dickson 24 July 1766; Agnes, bap. 1 Mar. 1740-41, m. James Phillips 14 May 1778; Walter, bap. 7 Oet. 1744; Samuel, bap. 28 Sept. 1746; Matthew, bap. 27 Mar. 1748; William, bap. 8 Ap. 1750; Phebe, bap. 14 Ap. 1754, m. John Hobbs 24 June 1777; Benjamin, bap. 7 Mar. 1756. MATTHEW the f. was instantly killed by a fall from an apple tree, which he was pruning, 16 Feb. 1756; his w. Eliz- abeth d. Jan. 1768.
2. WALTER, s. of Matthew (1), was a tanner; he m. Judith Deland of Chs. 16 Nov. 1769, and had Elizabeth, bap. 18 Nov. 1770; Walter, bap. 6 June 1773; William, bap. 7 Sept. 1777; John Hobbs, bap. 7 Ap. 1782; John Upham, bap. 6 Mar. 1785 ; Samuel, bap. 28 Sept. 1788. Mrs. Judith Cox was living (chargeable) with her sons, William and Upham, Mar. 5 1807.
3. SAMUEL, s. of Matthew (1), m. Lydia Cooper 16 Nov. 1768; she d. and he m. Jemima Hasey 16 Feb. 1775. He d. 1776 ; and his w. Jemima m. John Christian Frieke 18 Aug. 1778. Children not recorded.
4. WILLIAM, s. of Matthew (1), m. Mary Sawin 25 Nov. 1779. No fur- ther reeord.
5. BENJAMIN, s. of Matthew (1), m. Susanna Leeds of Dorehester (pub. 25 Sept. 1779), and had Nancy, bap. 12 Feb. 1786, and perhaps others.
6. WALTER, s. of Walter (2), m. Susanna Smith, 11 Dee. 1796, and had Susanna, b. 28 Mar. 1797; Sarah, b. 28 Oct. 1799; Walter, b. 5 Nov. 1801. WALTER the f. d. 27 Ap. 1807; his w. Susanna survived.
7. SAMUEL, prob. s. of Samuel (3), m. Fanny, dau. of Daniel Watson, and had Samuel, b. 9 Nov. 1793; Leonard, b. 3 Mar. 1796; Fanny, b. 7 July 1800; Elbridge, b. 4 May 1806. SAMUEL the f. d. 26 Oet. 1848, a. 82; his w. Fanny d. 27 April 1855, a. 88.
CRACKBONE, GILBERT (otherwise written Craekbon, Cragbone, Crake- borne), was an early inhabitant of Camb. and freeman in 1636. He bought an estate on the westerly side of Garden Street of Joseph Isaac about 1638, which he sold in 1646 to Philip Cook; and he seems afterwards to have re- sided on North Avenue. His w. having deceased, he mn. Elizabeth Coolidge 17 June 1656. He d. 2 Jan. 1671-2, and devised his estate to his w. and to Joseph and Sarah, children of his only son Benjamin ; of which son he says, " it is my sore affliction that his disobedient carriage have obstrueted the manifestation of my fatherly eompassions towards him." His w. Elizabeth m. Richard Robbins 26 Mar. 1673. Mary, who d. 30 May 1655, and Judith, who d. 1 July 1655, were probably his daughters.
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2. BENJAMIN, S. of Gilbert (1), m. Elizabeth Dutton 10 Nov. 1657. and had Hannah, b. 3 Sept. 1658, d. 24 Sept. 1658; Sarah, b. 24 Ang. 1659; Benjamin, 23 Jan. 1660-61, d. 27 April 1661; Joseph, b. 28 Mar. 1663. BENJAMIN the f. served in " Philip's War," under Capt. Beers, and was killed in 1675.
3. JOSEPH, s. of Benjamin (2), m. Abigail, dau. of John Marrett and widow of Timothy Rice of Concord, 11 May 1698; she d. 6 Jan. 1700-1, and he m. Abigail - . Ilis chil. were Joseph, bap. 19 Mar. 1698-9; Elizabeth, b. 29 Dec. 1700, m. Joseph Hunnewell of Chs. before 1729 ; Abigail, b. 20 Aug. 1707, m. George MacSparran 2 Ap. 1730, and Solomon Champney (pub. 12 Ap. 1738), and was living his widow in 1767; John, b. and d. 11 Feb. 1708-9; Benjamin, b. 22 Ap. 1710. JOSEPH the f. was a shoemaker, and owned an estate at the westerly corner of Brattle and Ash streets. He d. about 1738 ; his w. Abigail survived.
4. JOSEPH, s. of Joseph (3), was a shoemaker, res. in Watertown, m. Abi- gail Grant 10 Jan. 1734-5, had Abigail and Lydia, b. 20 Oct. 1735, and removed to Sherburne, where a Joseph Crackbone, perhaps his son, res. in 1793.
5. BENJAMIN, S. of Joseph (3), was a tanner, and resided on the easterly side of North Avenue, near Roseland Street. This place he sold 1764 to Gideon Frost, and purchased a small lot on the same street near the Common. He m. Hannah, prob. wid. of John Cooper (pub. 30 Sept. 1738), but there is no record of children. He d. 28 Mar. 1767, devising his estate to his w. Hannah.
CROSBY, THOMAS (otherwise written Crosbee and Crosbie), styled " senior," 1640, was early in Camb. No record of family. He resided on the westerly side of Ash Street, which estate he sold partly to Edmund Frost, 1649, and partly to Richard Eccles, 1651 ; at both which dates he resided in Rowley.
2. SIMON, perhaps brother to Thomas (1), embarked for N. Eng. in the Susan and Ellen 18 Ap. 1634, then a. 26, with w. Ann, a. 25, and son Thomas, a. 8 weeks. (Coll. Mass. Hist. Soc., xxviii., 26.) His children b. in Camb. were Simon, b. - Aug. 1637; Joseph, b. - Feb. 1638-9. SIMON the f. was Select- man, 1636, 1638. He resided at the corner of Brattle Street and Brattlc Square, nearly where the old Brattle house stands. He d. - Sept. 1639, a. 31; his w. Ann m. Rev. William Tompson of Braintree, before 1646, and became a second time a widow at his death, 10 Dec. 1666.
3. THOMAS, s. of Sinion (1), grad. H. C. 1653, minister in Eastham from 1655 to 1670, where, by w. Sarah, he had Thomas, b. 7 April 1663; Simon, b. 5 July 1665; Sarah, b. 24 Mar. 1667; Joseph, b. 27 Jan. 1668-9; John and another son, twins, b. 11 Feb. 1670-71; William, b. March 1673; Ebenezer, b. 28 Mar. 1675; Anne, Mercy, and Increase, triplets, b. 14 and 15 April 1678; Eleazar, b. 30 Mar. 1680. THOMAS the f. d. in Boston 13 June 1702. His posterity on the Cape was both numerous and respectable.
4. SIMON, s. of Simon (2), removed early to Billerica, was the first Inn- holder in that town, and Representative 1691, 1697, 1698. He m. Rachel Brackett, 15 July 1659, and had Simon ; Rachel, m. Ephraim Kidder ; Thomas, b. 16 Mar. 1665-6; Joseph, b. 5 July 1669, m. Sarah French 7 Jan. 1691-2; Hannah, b. 30 Mar. 1672, m. Samuel Danforth ; Nathan, b. 9 Feb. 1674-5; Josiah, b. 11 Nov. 1677 ; Mary, b. 23 Nov. 1680, m. John Blanchard; Sarah, b. 27 July 1684, m. William Rawson of Braintree. SIMON the f. d. about 1725 ; his wife Rachel and all the before named children were living at the date of his will, 7 June 1717, which was proved 26 Feb. 1724-5.
5. JOSEPH, s. of Simon (2), settled in Braintree, where he was prob. carried in his childhood by his mother; was Representative in 1690; appointed to assist in laying out the Braintree 6,000 acres in 1673; m. Sarah Brackett 1675, had sons T'homas, Simon, Ebenezer, and perhaps others, and d. 26 Nov. 1695.
CUTLER, JAMES, was early in Watertown, and about 1649 removed to Cambridge Farms, where his posterity remain to this day. His w. Anne was buried 30 Sept. 1644, and he m. Mary, wid. of Thomas King, 9 Mar. 1645; she d. 7 Dec. 1654, and he m. Phebe, dau. of John Page of Watertown. His
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chil. were James, b. 6 Nov. 1635; Hannah, b. 26 July 1638, m. John Winter, Jr .; Elizabeth, b. 28 Jan. 1640; Mary, b. 29 Mar. 1644; Elizabeth, b. 20 July 1646, m. John Parmenter 2d of Sudbury; Thomas, b. about 1648; Sarah, b. about 1653, m. Thomas Waite, and d. 17 Jan. 1744; Joanna, b. - , m. Philip Russell 19 April 1680, and d. 26 Nov. 1703; Jemima, b. -; John, b. 19 May 1663, d. 21 Sept. 1714 ; Samuel, b. 18 Nov. 1664; Phebe, b. JAMES the f. d. 17 May 1694, aged about 88. See Bond's Watertown and Hudson's Lexington.
2. JAMES, s. of James (1), m. at Sudbury Lydia, wid. of Samuel Wright, dau. of John Moore of Sudbury, 15 June 1665, and had in Camb. James, b. 12 May 1666, d. 1 Feb. 1690-1; Ann, b. 20 Ap. 1669, m. Richard Bloss (or Bloise) of Watertown 26 Sept. 1688 ; Samuel and Joseph, twins, b. 2 May 1672; John, b. 14 Ap. 1675; Thomas, b. 15 Dee. 1677; Elizabeth, b. 14 Mar. 1680-81. JAMES the f. d. 31 July 1685, a. nearly 50; his w. Lydia survived.
3. THOMAS, s. of James (1), by w. Abigail had Abigail, b. 31 Oet. 1674; Thomas, b. 19 Jan. 1677-8; Mary, b. 15 Mar. 1680-81; Hannah, b. 7 Mar. 1682-3 ; James, bap. in Watertown, 9 Jan. 1687; Jonathan, bap. in Wat. 17 June 1688; Benjamin, b. 4 July 1697. THOMAS the f. d. 13 July 1722.
4. JOHN, s. of James (1), in. Mary Stearns 1 Jan. 1694, and had Samuel, b. 20 Dee. 1694; John, b. 3 June 1696; Ebenezer, b. 24 July 1700; Mary, b. 3 Ap. 1702, m. Capt. Samuel Bond of Weston; Sarah, b. 20 Nov. 1704. JOHN the f. d. 21 Sept. 1714; his w. Mary d. 24 Feb. 1733.
5. SAMUEL, s. of James (2), d. at Camb. Farms, and his brother Thomas was appointed admr. 20 Nov. 1700.
6. THOMAS, s. of James (2), m. Sarah Stone, and had Abigail, b 2 June 1703; David, b. 28 Aug. 1705; Amity, b. 19 Dee. 1707; Sarah, b. 19 Jan. 1709-10; Mary, b. 8 Nov. 1714; Hannah, b. 13 May 1717; Thomas, b. 30 Sept. 1719; Millicent, bap. 29 July 1722.
7. JAMES, prob. s. of Thomas (3), by w. Alice, had James, b. 13 Ap. 1715; William, b. 3 Ap. 1717; Thankful, bap. 24 Mar. 1719 ; Robert, b. 3 Ap. 1721; Alice, b. 27 Nov. 1729, m. Ephraim Jones, Jr., of Concord 16 Nov. 1752. JAMES the f. d. at Menotomy 16 Sept. 1756, a. abt. 70; his w. Aliee d. 22 Sept. 1756, a. 67.
8. DAVID, S. of Thomas (6), m. Mary, dau. of Joseph Tidd, and had Abi- gail, b. 1 May 1728 m. Samuel Hodgman of Western (now Warren) 7 May 1755 ; David, b. 15 July 1730, m. Doreas Reed of Lex. and rem. to Western; Joseph, b. 31 May 1733, m. Rebeeea Howe of Lineoln, who d. and he m. Mary Reed of Western, to which town he rem .; Isaac, b. June 1736, d. Jan. 1737; Mary, b. 12 Aug. 1738, m. Jolin Paige of Hardwick 15 Sept. 1758 ; Solomon, b. 15 May 1740, m. Rebecea Paige of Bedford; Thomas, b. 5 May 1742, m. Abigail Reed of Western ; Elizabeth, b. 5 Aug. 1745, m. Benjamin Moore of Lex. 3 May 1768; Amittai, b. 15 July 1748, m. Nathan Leonard of Hard wiek 6 Nov. 1766. DAVID the f. d. of small-pox 5 Dee. 1760; his w. Mary d. 25 May 1797, a. 93.
9. JAMES, s. of James (7), m. Abigail, dau. of Henry Dunster (pub. 29 Oet. 1737), and liad James, b. 30 May 1741; Abigail, b. 22 Sept. 1742: Alice, b. 16 April 1745; Martha, b. 14 July 1746 ; Henry, b. 10 May 1748; Betty, b. 12 May 1750, d. 24 July 1754; Sarah, b. 1 Feb. 1753, d. 30 July 1754; Wil- liam, b. 11 April 1755. JAMES the f. was a brickmaker, and rem. to Salem before 1772, when he joined with the Dunster heirs in the sale of land in Cambridge. He d. 18 Feb. 1795; his w. Abigail d. before 1776, and he was twice m. afterwards.
10. WILLIAM, s. of James (7), was an innholder in Menotomy. He n. Elizabeth, dau. of Samuel Whittemore, 15 Sept. 1743. She d. 29 Dee. 1770, and he m. Rebecca, wid. of Thomas Hall, and dau. of Samuel Cutter (pub. 2 Jan. 1773). The death of the first w. is thus noticed in the Boston News Letter, of Jan. 10, 1771: "Died at Menotomy, the wife of Mr. William Cutler of that place, aged 48 years. She was the mother of 36 children; but the 35th was the only one tliat survived to follow her to the grave." This account seems ineredible. The records show, however, that she had a large
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number of children, all of whom died young, except one. The survivor of this numerous progeny, William, b. 23 Dee. 1764, grad. H. C. 1786, was a physician, resided in Virginia more than thirty years, and d. in Dinwiddie Co. 17 May 1836, a. 71. By the second w. Mr. Cutler had James, b. 12 May 1774, a printer in Boston, 1817; Rebecca, b. Jan. 1777, d. 6 Aug. 1778 ; Rebecca, b. 22 Dec. 1779, m. John Tufts 13 Dee. 1798. WILLIAM the f. d. of dropsy 1 Ap. 1781; his w. Rebeeea survived, and in 1817, by reason of old age, was placed under the guardianship of her son James.
11. ROBERT, S. of James (7), grad. H. C. 1741. was ordained at Epping, N. H., in 1747, dismissed in 1755, installed at Greenwich, Mass., 13 Feb. 1760, where he d. 24 Feb. 1786, a. 65. He m. Hannah Crosby of Billerica ; she d. and he m. Elizabeth Fiske of Lexington 3 Sept. 1751. His ehil. were Hannah, b. 22 July 1745, m. John Haskell of Hardwiek, and d. 4 Sept. 1831 ; Millecent, b. 20 Jan. 1747, m. Denison Robinson of Hardwick, and d. at Windsor, Mass., 5 July 1798; Robert, b. 2 Oet 1748, a physician in Am- herst, m. wid. Esther Guernsey, and d. 10 Mar. 1835; Prudence, b. 18 Feb. 1750, m. Joshua Clark, and d. 17 Aug. 1782; Dudley, b. 1 July 1752, m. Lydia Howard, and d. in 1838; William, b. 23 Dee. 1753, a physician in War- ren and Hardwiek, m. Rebecca Cutler of Western (now Warren) 2 Nov. 1780, and d. 9 Feb. 1832; James, b. 24 Sept. 1756, d. 8 Oet. 1856; Elizabeth, b. 2 June 1758, d. 4 Nov. 1758; Ebenezer, b. 17 July 1759, d. unm. 26 June 1839; James, b. 5 Sept. 1761, d. 27 Mar. 1768; Amos, b. 11 Oet. 1763, d. 15 Ap. 1764; Elizabeth. b. 2 May 1766, m. Benjamin Harwood, and d. in Nov. 1849; Alice, b. 23 Nov. 1768, m. Jairus Howard, and d. 29 June 1811; Samuel, b. 16 Ap. 1771, d. 7 May 1771 ; James, b. 23 May 1772, d. 3 Oet. 1773.
CUTTER, ELIZABETH, a widow aged 87 years, executed a will, dated 16 Feb. 1662-3, proved 5 Ap. 1664, in which she deelares herself to have resided for about twenty years with her dau. Barbary, w. of Elijah Corlett. She had three children who resided here : William ; Richard ; and Barbary, m. Elijah Corlett.
2. WILLIAM, s. of Elizabeth (1), about 1638, owned and occupied the estate at the S. W. corner of Dunster and Winthrop streets. He returned to England, and in 1653 resided at Neweastle-upon-Tyne; at which date he em- powered Edward Goffe, Elijah Corlett, and Thomas Sweetman, of Camb., and Robert Hale of Chs. to eolleet debts due to him in New England. He prob- ably d. without children; for Richard Cutter, by deed dated 10 June 1693 (six days previous to his own death), conveyed to his son William a house and lot in Camb. deseribing the premises as " formerly the right and proper estate of William Cutter, my brother, deecased, and from him deseended to me as my lawful right of inheritance."
3. RICHARD, S. of Elizabeth (1), probably eame here, when a minor, with his mother. He m. Elizabeth -, who d. 5 Mar. 1661-2, and he m. Frances, wid. of Isaae Amsden, 14 Feb. 1662-3. His chil. were Elizabeth, b. 15 July 1645, d. 10 Jan. 1663-4; Samuel, b. 3 Jan. 1646-7 ; Thomas, b. 19 July 1648, d. young ; William, b. 22 Feb. 1649-50 ; Ephraim, bap. here; Gershom, bap. here; Marah, bap. here, in. - Sanger; Nathaniel, b. 11 Dee. 1663; Re- becca, b. 5 Sept. 1665, m. Thomas Fillebrown 19 Dec. 1688; Hepzibah, b. 11 Nov. 1667, d. 27 Feb. 1667-8; Elizabeth, b. 1 Mar. 1668-9, m. - - Hall; Hepzibah, b. 15 Aug. 1671; Sarah, b. 31 Aug. 1673; Ruhamah, b. -; the last three are named as unmarried, in their father's will, 1693. RICHARD the f. d. 16 June 1693, a. " about 72." His w. Franees probably d. 1725, when an additional inventory was taken of his estate.
4. SAMUEL, s. of Riehard (3), was unm. at the time of his father's deeease, and prob. d. without posterity.
5. WILLIAM, s. of Riehard (3), m. Rebecea, dau. of John Rolfe, and had Elizabeth, b. 5 Mar. 1680-81, m. John Harrington; Richard, b. 13 Nov. 1682; Mary, b. 26 Jan. 1684-5, d. 6 Ap. 1685: Hannah, b. 20 May 1688, m. Ephraim Winship 17 June 1708; John, b. 15 Oet. 1690; Rebecca, b. 1693, m. Joseph Adams, 18 Jan. 1710-11, d. 12 Jan. 1717-18 : William, b. 1697 ; Sam- uel, b. 14 June 1700; Sarah, bap. 18 Oct. 1702, in. Ebenezer Cutter 19 July
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1722; Ammi Ruhamah, bap. 6 May 1705. WILLIAM the f. d. 1 Ap. 1723, a 73. His w. Rebecca m. Deac. John Whitmore, 3 June 1724, and d. 13 Nov. 1751, a. 89. Mr. Cutter resided in Menotomy, not far from the present centre of Arlington. In 1685 he purchased of John Rolfe the mill formerly called " Cook's Mill," which long remained in his family, and is known as " Cut- ter's Mill."
6. EPHRAIM, s. of Richard (3), m. Bethia Wood 11 Feb. 1678-9, and had in Chs. Ephraim, b. 9 Aug. 1680; in Camb. Jonathan, b. 5 May 1685 ; Bethia, b. 2 Dec. 1686 ; Mary, b. 29 Mar. 1689, d. 27 Jan. 1696-7; and at Wat. Hannah, 22 July 1690; Abigail, b. 1693, d. 26 Nov. 1702; George, b. -; John, b. 23 July 1700. EPHRAIM the f. was a glazier, and res. successively in Chs., Camb. (at the N. E. cor. of Dunster and South streets), and Wat., where he was living in 1729, and where his w. Bethia d. 18 Sept. 1731, a. 71.
7. GERSHOM, s. of Richard (3), m. Lydia Hall 6 Mar. 1677-8, and had Gershom, b. 1 June 1679; Lydia, b. 14 Sept. 1682, mn. Jonathan Hall of Medf. 11 Nov. 1702, and d. 1 Jan. 1754; Hannah, b. 26 Nov. 1684, m. Thomas Hall of Medf. 22 Dec. 1702; and d. in 1705 ; Isabel, b. 9 May 1687, m. Thomas Fillebrown, Jr., 9 Dec. 1713. GERSHOM the f. res. in Menotomy, was a soldier in Philip's War, 1675, and d. 2 Ap. 1738, " in the 85th year of his age," as inscribed on his gravestone.
8. NATHANIEL, s. of Richard (3), m. Mary Fillebrown 8 Oct. 1688; she d. 14 Mar. 1713-14, a. 52, and he m. Elizabeth - - His children were Na- thaniel ; Jacob ; Mary (last two bap. 24 July 1698); Ebenezer, bap. 2 July 1699; John, bap. 23 Ap. 1704; Richard, bap. 21 Oct. 1716, d. 6 Aug. 1717; Elizabeth, bap. 26 Jan. 1717-18, m. John Williams of Groton 5 May 1741.
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