Genealogical and family history of the state of New Hampshire : a record of the achievements of her people in the making of a commonwealth and the founding of a nation, Vol. III, Part 57

Author: Stearns, Ezra S; Whitcher, William F. (William Frederick), 1845-1918; Parker, Edward E. (Edward Everett), 1842-1923
Publication date: 1908
Publisher: New York : Lewis Publishing Co.
Number of Pages: 876

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(IV) Ebenezer, fourth son and fifth child of Thomas (3) and Abiah Dustin, was born September 21, 1756, in Salem, and settled in Hopkinton, New Hampshire. No record appears in New Hampshire of his marriage, and it is presumed that he was married before removal from his native town to some Massachusetts woman. Her name was Lois Hunt before marriage.

(V) Ebenezer (2), son of Ebenezer and Lois (Hunt) Dustin, born February 19, 1781, in Hopkin- ton, died in that town. January 14, 1872, aged nine- ty-one. In early life he removed to Hopkinton, and lived many years on the Dustin homestead, now

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to be seen at the foot of the westerly slope of Put- ney's hill. He was an influential man and promi- nent in many public councils. He settled many estates and was guardian of numerous minor chil- dren. In ISI1, and perhaps at other times, he was a member of the superintending school committee of llopkinton, and in 1815 was selectman. He was a prominent temperance reformer of the earlier days, and was president of the "Gun Cotton Society," organized in Contoocook about the year 1840, and which was aggressive in the work of suppressing the liquor traffic. He married Sarah Pierce, of Warner, daughter of Daniel and Hannah ( Marsh) Pierce. She died December 6, 1859, aged seventy-three years. Their children were: Cyrus, Daniel P., Eben H., Sarah, Charlotte, George and Betsey.

(VI) Eben H., third son and child of Ebenezer and Sarah ( Pierce ) Dustin, was born in Warner, and married and reared a family there.

(VII) George W., son of Eben H. Dustin, was born in Hopkinton, and obtained his education in the common schools of that town. Within a few years after the discovery of gold in California he went there, making the voyage on a sailing vessel via Cape Horn. He stayed in California some time and then returned to the states via the Isthmus of Panama. He then engaged in railroad construction and executed contracts for building portions of various railroads in different parts of the United States. He was settled at Concord a short time, and died there in 1877. He married Ruth Sargent, daughter of James F. and Flora ( Gookin) Sargent, of Concord. She died July 1, 1905. They were the parents of one child.

(VIH) Frank Harvey, only child of George W. and Ruth ( Sargent ) Dustin, was born in Concord, 1860, and educated in the public schools of that city. In 1880 he entered the railroad service as a clerk in the general office of the Old Northern Railroad. After filling that position acceptably for four years he was made traveling auditor of the old Concord Railroad. When that road became a portion of the Boston & Maine he retained his position, which he continued to fill until the autumn of 1905, when failing health compelled him to relinquish that place. He was then transferred to the freight de- partment, where he is now ( 1906) employed. Mr. Dustin is an upright and public spirited citizen, an agrecable companion, and proved his efficiency in business by his long term of service as auditor. He married, 1892, Ellen M. Hooper, daughter of George L. Hooper, of Portland, Maine.

This is one of the English families CUTTING which came to America in the period following the Puritan cmigration but must nevertheless be credited with enterprise and energy. The conditions prevailing at the time of the Pilgrims must seem appalling even to the stoutest hearts, and one can readily see that it requires much enterprise at any time for one to cross three thousand miles of ocean, leaving behind friends and ties of every association, to make a beginning in a new world.

(I) Richard Cutting, the emigrant ancestor of this line, was admitted freeman April 18, 1690, in Watertown, Massachusetts, where he settled about 1640. He was a wheelwright by occupation. Hle died March 21, 1696, "an aged man." His wife Sarah died November 4. 1685, aged sixty years. In his will dated June 24, 1694, are named sons, Zachariah and James, and daughters, Susan New-

comb and Lydia Spring. His son John and his (laughter Sarah, the wife of John Barnard, died before the date of the will.

( II) Zachariah, son of Richard and Sarah Cut- ting, was born about 1645. in Watertown, and lived there many years. He sold land there in 1709, which indicates that he removed from the town and no record of his death is found. The name of his wife was Sarah.

I]I) Zachariah (2), son of Zachariah (1) and Sarah Cutting, was born about 1670, in Watertown, and probably passed his life there. The name of his first wife is not on record. He married (sec- ond), May 5. 1701, Elizabeth Wellington, who was born April 27, 1685, daughter of Joseph and Eliza- beth (Strait) Wellington, of Watertown. His first wife was the mother of Jonas, Sarah ( died young), and Lydia; the second wife of Elizabeth, Susannah and Sarah.

(IV) Jonas, son of Zachariah (2) Cutting, was born about 1695, and lived in Watertown until about 1734, when he removed to Shrewsbury, Massachu- setts. He was married March 6, 1720, to Dinah Smith, who was born January 24, 1695, daughter of Jonathan and Jane ( Peabody ) Smith, of Water- town. His children were: Jonas, Zachariah, James, Lydia, Francis, Dinah, Salmon and Eliphalet.

(V) Francis, fourth son and fifth child of Jonas and Dinah (Smith) Cutting, was born September 24, 1728, in Watertown, and lived in Shrewsbury for a time. Later he resided in Worcester and vicinity. He was a soldier of the Revolution and served in the seige of Boston, 1775, and at Rut- land, Massachusetts, in 1779, guarding prisoners. Ile was married May 11, 1750, to Thankful Warren, who was born May 29, 1730, in Weston, Massa- chusetts, daughter of Jonathan and Sarah ( Whit- ney ) Warren. His children were: Jonas, Zebulon, Sarah, Jonathan and Benjamin. Zebulon and Jona- than settled in Newport, New Hampshire.

( VI) Benjamin, youngest child of Francis and Thankful ( Warren) Cutting, was born in or near Worcester, between 1750 and 1760. He was a soldier in the Revolution, enlisting at Worcester in Colonel Bradford's regiment and served from July, 1779, to April, 1780. After the war he settled in Croydon, New Hampshire, being one of the first settlers of that town. His marriage intentions were recorded in Leicester, Massachusetts, March 15. 1779, to Anna Bemis, of Paxton, Massachu- setts.

(VII) Francis, son of Benjamin and Anna ( Bemis) Cutting, was born May 14, 1794, in Croy- don, New Hampshire, where he spent his entire life, reaching the age of seventy-eight years. Ile was an extensive farmer and stock raiser, having about eight hundred acres of land. He was married, May 4. 1817, to Kesiah Hudson, a native of Goshen, New Hampshire, born December 19. 1789, and died September 25, 1865, at the age of seventy-six years, and he subsequently married Mary Rollins. The first wife was the mother of nine children, viz. : Irena, Alfred, Freeman, Elon, Francis M., Shepherd 11., Philinda, Diantha S. and Addison; and the children by the second wife were Joseph and Julia A.

(VH) Freeman, son of Benjamin and Anna ( Bemis) Cutting, was born July 19, 1821, in Croy- don. Ilis early life was common to farmer's sons in the rural districts of New Hampshire in that day. It was not usual to give farmer's sons a liberal education, and he received such training as

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was afforded by the local district school. He re- mained in Croydon until 1857, when he removed to Newport and after residing there eight years went to Claremont where he lived seven years. For the succeeding twenty-seven years of his life he lived in Newport. Throughout his life Mr. Cutting was a farmer, and his industry and sound judgment made him a successful one. His operations were carried on on an extensive scale, and at the time of his death he was the owner of more than seven hundred acres of land. He was widely known as a judge of stock and was an extensive breeder of cattle, and for many years kept a large number of cows, milking more than thirty. The press said of him at the time of his death: "His judgment and reasoning powers were of a high order not only as applied to matters in connection with his voca- tion but in connection with any subject which he gave serious attention. He was pre-eminently a man of practical common sense. Mr. Cutting was also

a man of character and integrity. His word and honor were to be relied upon and no bad habits or principles were harbored by him. Industry, frugality. neighborly kindness and accommodation. regularity and temperance in all things were with him cherished virtues." He passed away at his home in New- port, September 25, 1899, in his seventy-ninth year. Mr. Cutting entertained settled convictions and principles, and was an earnest supporter of the Democratic party. He was not an office seeker but was called upon by his fellows to serve the town in those capacities where his sound financial ability and judgment were of value. During his two years service as chairman of the Newport board of se- lectmen he reduced the town debt more than seven thousand dollars, and in any place where he was called upon he performed his duties with similar competency and success. He also served as tax collector and overseer of poor several years. He was married, September 10, 1844, to Emily A. Hubbard, of Barnard, Vermont. She was born September 18, 1823, in Charlestown, New Hamp- shire, daughter of Oliver Hubbard. She was his worthy and devoted companion, and died April 17, 1894. They were the parents of the following chil- dren : Dennison, Emily, John, Bela, Lois, Asher, Zilpha M., Sarah, Abbie R. and Viola.

(VIII) Zilpha M., third daughter and seventh child of Freeman and Emily A. ( Hubbard) Cutting, was born in Newport. She graduated at the high school in Newport, being salutatorian of her class, and for four years was a school teacher. She is a woman of much executive ability and literary taste, and has been an efficient officer in the King's Daughters of Newport. She is now guardian of her little neice, Arlene Bennet, daughter of her de- ceased sister, and has recently brought the child from its former home in Williamsport, Pennsyl- vania, to her home in Newport, where she will have the advantages of the fine educational facilities of the town and the surroundings of a cultured Christian home.

(VIII) Abbie R., ninth child of Freeman and Emily A. (Hubbard) Cutting, was born May II, 1865, in Claremont, and was reared from the age of eight years in Newport. She graduated as saluta- torian of hier class at the Newport high school in 1882, and for several years she was a successful teacher in the schools of Newport, Unity and Clare- mont. Her aim in life was to do good unto others and she always carried a smiling face even when in extreme trouble. In 1885 she united with the

Methodist Episcopal Chuch, was active in every department of church work, and for more than. fifteen years was one of the most faithful members of the choir. She was never strong and her zeal often carried her beyond her physical ability. She was married June 1, 1897, to W. D. Bennet, of Hornersville, New York, who fully maintains the reputation of his father in business ability. He is. part owner in the Newport News and also connected with other business enterprises of that town. Soon after the birth of her daughter, Arlene, she passed away March 19, 1899, at the home of her father in Newport. The old homestead on the Unity road is now (1907) owned and occupied by Bela and Zilpha M. Cutting.

(VIII) Elon, third son and fourth child of Francis and Kesiah (Hudson) Cutting, was born May 10, 1823, in Croydon, and was educated in the rural school adjoining his home. Throughout his life he was a farmer, and was interested in the propagation of horses and dealt largely in those animals. His farm was located on the Unity road and he was among the prominent men of his town. One of the great objects of his life was to provide his children with good educations, in which he suc- ceeded. He was active in promoting the welfare of the community, but was never an office seeker. He married Polly Lovilla Hardy. of Croydon, who was born November 4, 1831, and died August 17, 18, 1895. Mr. Cutting died July 2, 1896, in New- port. They were the parents of four children : Mary E., the eldest, became the wife of Frank E. Wright, and died in 1873. Anna L .. resides in New- port. Francelia M .. mentioned further below. Ellen L., became the second wife of Frank E. Wright.

(IX) Francelia M., third daughter of Elon and Polly L. (Hardy) Cutting, was born March 31, 1857. in Unity, New Hampshire, and was educated in the public schools of Newport. She was for nine con- secutive years a successful teacher and has taught school in nearly every town in Sullivan county. She was married. June 2, 1881, to Seth W. Barton (see Barton, VII).

(VIII) Alfred, eldest son and second child of Francis and Kesiah ( Hudson) Cutting, was born June 28, 1819. on the Cutting homestead in Croy- don, and died there May 23, 1892. He was an ex- tensive and prosperous farmer and a great trader in horses and cattle, a characteristic which seems to have been common in the Cutting family. He was an excellent judge of stock and always had a good grade of animals on his farm. His home place comprised three hundred and sixty acres, and it was not uncommon for him to produce seven hun- dred bushels of grain on this farm. He never aspired to participate in public affairs and was a stanch Republican in political principle. He took great pride in his home, his stock and his farm. He was noted for his tall stature. but was compelled hy failing health to abandon farm work for some . years. He engaged as traveling salesman for a. public house, while still retaining his farm, and while on the road he did much evangelical work wherever he happened to be. He was an earnest student of the Bible and was ever active in advanc- ing the cause of religion. He became a Christian before attaining his majority and was ever faithful in the work. The press of Newport and other points paid him a fitting tribute at the time of his deatlı. He was a devoted member of the First Baptist Church at Newport, and one of its strong pillars and was always ready and willing to work

Ernest Le. Cutting

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in its behalf. He was first married March 19, 1844, to Laura Hubbard, of Barnard, Vermont, who was born January 18, 1817, and died October 15, 1858. She was a sister of the wife of Freeman Cutting, mentioned elsewhere in this article. She was the mother of seven children. Mr. Cutting was mar- ried (second), January 9, 1860, to Susan L. Davis, of Charlestown, Vermont, who was born June 12, 1838, and still survives. She is a daughter of Ros- well and Abigail (Dodge) Davis, and a grand- daughter of Philip and Susan Davis, of Sutton, New Hampshire. Her maternal grandfather was William Dodge, of Newbury, New Hampshire. Her children were nine in number. The children of Al- fred Cutting are as follows: Laura Jane, Ellen S., Harriet H., Charles M., Hiram A., Horace, Jeffer- son, May I., Edmond Burke, Arthur W., Laurence Fred, Ernest Langdon, Ellsworth, John and David. (IX Ernest Langdon, ninth son of Alfred Cutting and sixth child of his second wife, Susan L. Davis, was born October 16, 1869, on the farm on which he now resides in Croydon, New Hamp- shire, and has there spent all of his life. His edu- cation was supplied by the district school adjacent to his home, and he was early accustomed to par- ticipate in the labors of the home farm. He is now owner of more than nine hundred acres of land, and is extensively engaged in stock raising besides do- ing considerable lumbering. He makes an average annual cut of two million feet of spruce, hemlock, and poplar timber and besides buys extensively of hemlock bark which he ships to Boston. He is special agent for the De Laval cream separator. His farm is provided with one of the finest sets of buildings in the town of Croydon. His barn had a ground dimension of forty by thirty-four leet and will hold one hundred tons of hay, and he usu- ally winters seventy-five head of cattle. He also accommodates a number of summer boarders, hay- ing a very sightly place convenient to Long Pond, only two miles from Lake Sunapee and not far from Corbin Park. His house stands on an eminence, commanding a view of the country for miles around. His dairy includes twenty-seven cows, Durham, Jersey and Holstein blod, and he does an annual business of one thousand two hundred dollars in cream. His wife maintains an extensive stock of poultry, which adds to the farm income, and takes a just pride in the place and its operation. She was reared upon a farm and understands thoroughly the care of one, besides being an ideal house- kecper. Mr. Cutting served as tax collector of Croydon in 1894-95, and as selectman in 1896-97. He was married, August 29, 1892, to Leanna Crowell, who was born July 28, 1871, in Croydon, the second child of Peter and Susan A. (Sanborn) Crowell, and granddaughter of Ira and Harriet (Richardson) Sanborn. Mr. and Mrs. Cutting have one son, Asa D. Cutting, born July 7. 1895.

(VIII) Francis Morrill, son of Francis and Keziah (Hudson) Cutting, was born in Croydon, November 28, 1825, and died November 15, 1888. He was reared upon the homestead farm, and was educated in the schools of his native town. After reaching manhood he engaged in farming and cattle. raising, on land which he purchased in the western part of Newport. He was successful in large de- gree, and acquired some five hundred acres of highly productive farming and grazing land, his Newport farm comprising about one hundred acres. He was a man of sterling character, upright in all the relations of life, and was universally esteemed.

He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and in politics was a Democrat. He was married, July 25, 1855, to Hannah A. Baker, bors in Meriden. New Hampshire, October 4, 1832, daugh- ter of Dimmick and Hannah A. ( Colby) Baker. Mrs. Hannah A. Baker Cutting has resided in the village of Newport since 1892. For many years she owned the farm which her husband purchased and cultivated, keeping it in possession for sake of old associations. She is an active and philanthropic member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, was instrumental in making the present parsonage a part of the church property, and gave the electric lights used in the church building. She has also been long active in Sunday school matters, and in the Ladies' Aid Society, of which she has been president.

This name, first a forename and later

GEORGE a surname, is derived from two Greek words and signifies "earth-worker." or "farmer." The families of this name are probably of different ancestors, and are scattered throughout the United States. The members of the George family who settled in Massachusetts Bay Colony about the middle of the seventeenth century came from the southeastern part of England and as tra- ditions of the family indicate were three brothers. arriving in America at nearly the same time. For an account of James see below : Richard was in Boston, 1655, and John was in Charlestown, Massa- chusetts, 1057.

( I) James George, one of the above mentioned brothers, is on record in Haverhill, Massachusetts, as early as 1052. when he was chosen as "herdsman" of the town. For this service he received a com- pensation of twelve shillings and six pence per week. payable in Indian corn and butter. He was "to Keep ye heard faithfully as a heard ought to be kept ; if any be left on the Sabbath when ye town worships they who keeps are to goe ye next day doing their best endeavor to find them." He was not permitted to turn his flock into the pasture on the Sabbath until the "second beating of ye drum." He worked for William Osgood, of Salisbury, as early as 1654. When the boundary between Salisbury and Haver- hill was established in 1654, because of it he became a resident of that part of Salisbury since known as Amesbury. He was made a "townsman" at the in- corporation of that town, March 19, 1655. For a time he served the town as "herdsman" and then established himself as a planter, receiving a "town- ship" as a grant in 1655, and other lands in 1658 and 1666. He is found in the list of "commoner -. " or owners of common lands, in 106 ;- 68, and sub- scribed to the oath of allegiance in 1677. llis death occurred in or prior to 1707. The settlement of his estate was begun in that year and finished in 1700. He married Sarah Jordan, daughter of Francis and Jane Jordan, and they had children : James. Samuel. Saralı. Joseph and Francis.

(II) Francis, youngest son of James George. was born about 1675 in Amesbury, and made his home in that town throughout his life. He was a "snow- shoe" man in 1708. His will was made July 4. 1735. and proved the following March 5. His wife Sarah. whose surname is supposed to have been Hadlock. is mentioned in this. Their children were: James, Mary, Benjamin, born October 11, 1,04: Sarah, June 2, 1707: John. June 5. 1709: Abigail. February 13. I711: Lydia. November 4, 1713: Humphrey, 1719; Samuel, and Francis, July 13. 1727.

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(III) James George, eldest child of Francis and Sarah (Hadlock ) George, was born in Ames- bury, April 27. 1701, and resided in South Hampton and Amesbury-Newton, Massachusetts, afterwards known as Newton, New Hampshire, where his name occurs frequently in the documents and peti- tions of his time. He "owned the baptismal Covenant" in Amesbury First Church, that is, united with the First Church, February 29, 1736, and six of his children were baptized there. He married, in Amesbury, January 18, 1724, Susannah French. of Salisbury, born November 24. 1705, daughter of Timothy and Mary ( Harriman ) French, and grand- daughter of Joseph French, (see French III) and their children were: Micah; Susannah, born Sep- tember 25. 1726: Timothy, 1729: Mary, February 19, 1731: James, March 19, 1733: Joshua, Septem- ber 19, 1734: Lydia; Annie; and Nathaniel, born December 19, 1743. (Timothy and descendants are noticed in this article).

(IV) Micah, eldest child of James (3) and Susannah ( French ) George, was born February 14, 1725, in South Hampton, where he resided. He mar- ried there August 11, 1746, Mary Favor, baptized 11 Amesbury, December 31, 1727, daughter of Cutting and Mary ( Wells) Favor. In the baptismal record of the children the mother's name is given as Elizabeth, but as there is no record of a second marriage, this is apparently an error. Micah and Mary ( Favor ) George had children: Enos, see forward; Hannah, Elizabeth, Molly, Mary and Miriam .. The first three were baptized in South Hampton, May 3, 1752, and the others in 1754, 1757 and 1759, respectively.

(V) Enos, only son of Micah (4) and Mary ( Favor) George, was born in South Hampton, New Hampshire, in 1747. baptized May 3, 1752, and died about 1826. He married, June 28, 1768. Dorothy Jewell, born December 20, 1751, daughter of Barnes and Dorothy ( Hoyt) Jewell (see Jewell IV), and granddaughter of John and Hannah ( Prouse) Jewell (see Jewell, V). Their children were: Micah, Moses and Enos.

(VE) Rev. Enos, youngest child of Enos (5) and Dorothy (Jewell) George, was born in South Hampton, Rockinghampton county, New Hamp- shire, June 2. 1781. and died at Barnstead in the same state, October 20, 1859. He was educated at Atkinson Academy, and went to Barnstead in 1803, where he preached his first sermon June 12 of that year. He was ordained pastor of the Congregational Church, then numbering but eight members, and officiated in this church for the long period of fifty-five years, during which time he delivered six thousand nine hundred and sixty-five sermons, solemnized six hundred and ninety-three marriages and officiated at a thousand funerals. He was elected town clerk for forty-four consecu- tive years ; was chaplain of the state legislature in 1829: and a member of that body in 1843-44. He married, July 10, 1805. Sophia Chesley, born in Durham, New Hampshire, November 6, 1781, died February 13, 1858. Their children were: 1. Mary, married Timothy E. Hodgen. 2. Julia, married Joseph Emerson, of Farmington, New Hampshire. 3. Dorothy Jane, married Charles Hodgen, of Ports- mouth, New Hampshire. 4. Franklin, graduated with honors from Dartmouth College, was a prac- ticing physician, and spent all his life in Georgia. He was a man of literary ability and noted for his oratorical power -. He married Emily Holland, of Georgia. 5. Charles Snuth, see forward. 6. Han-

nah, married Andrew Sherborn, of Portsmouth, New Hampshire.

(VII) Charles Smith, fifth child and second and youngest son of Rey. Enos (6) and Sophia ( Chesley ) George, was baptized September 16, 1816, died 1896. He was educated at Pittsfield, the Gilmanton Academy and in Portsmouth. In the latter city he read law for three or four years with William H. Y. Hackett, a famous lawyer of that section and time. He was admitted to the Belknap county bar, and practiced his profession in Barn- stead. He was known as one of the ablest lawyers in the state, but in advanced life he retired from legal practice and engaged in farming in Barn- stead. At various times he occupied all the town offices, and was representative in the legislature from Barnstead in 1860-61; member of the consti- tutional convention, 1878; and state senator in 1888. He was a brilliant and fluent speaker and noted for the easy and graceful flow of his language. In early life he was a Whig and later a stanch Democrat. In religion he was a Congrega- tionalist. He married, 1846, Almira Waldron, born in Strafford, New Hampshire. October 19, 1825, died April, 1893, daughter of Zachariah and Mary ( Willey) Waldron, and they had children: I. Mary, died of typhoid fever. 2. Charles, died of typhoid fever. 3. Enos, resides in Barnstead. New Hampshire. 4. Henry W., married Lizzie Thomp- son. 5. Frank C., married Martha Moulton. 6. Alice, married Jonathan Clark. 7. Sophia, married Fred W. Newell. 8. Edward Smith, see forward. 9. Jane. Io. Myra S.

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Genealogical and family history of the state of New Hampshire : a record of the achievements of her people in the making of a commonwealth and the founding of a nation, Vol. III, Part 57

Author: Stearns, Ezra S; Whitcher, William F. (William Frederick), 1845-1918; Parker, Edward E. (Edward Everett), 1842-1923 Publication date: 1908 Publisher: New York : Lewis Publishing Co. Number of Pages: 876

Author: Stearns, Ezra S; Whitcher, William F. (William Frederick), 1845-1918; Parker, Edward E. (Edward Everett), 1842-1923
Publication date: 1908
Publisher: New York : Lewis Publishing Co.
Number of Pages: 876