effect) to and in any other estate the said Elisha now has or may dye seized of; and the said Sarah further agrees to and with the said Elisha that he shall have, possess and enjoy for and during the time of their intermarriage, her dower or thirds to or in the real estate of her late husband, Mr. Thomas Cutler deceased, and the slaves, rent and profits arising from and out of the same by any ways or means whatsoever, to his sole and absolute use and benefit. And the said Sarah further agrees with the said Elisha that he shall have the use and improvement of her silver plate and other household goods that she now has and shall furnish his the said Elisha's house withall, and also three of her cows during the time of her intermarriage, and at the end of such term he or his heirs shall have or enjoy one-third of such silver plate and other household goods and one of the said cows as his or their own estate forever, and also that he shall have the service and benefit of her negro slave named Ann during the term of ten years, in case their intermarriage shall continue so long. And the said Elisha further covenants to and with the said Sarah for himself, heirs, executors and administrators, that if she survive him she shall have two-thirds of the plate and household goods that he shall actually receive with and from her upon their marriage, or the circumstances they may then be in, without his being accountable for the wear thereof, or being made worse by usage, and also two of the cows or other two of equal value, the several articles to be delivered and returned to her at his decease, she being then living; and in case of the said Sarah's decease before the said Elisha's, then two-thirds of the plate and household goods, also two of the cows, or other two of equal value, shall be at her decease, delivered and returned to her heirs in the circumstance and state in which they were agreed to be returned to the said Sarah had she been living. And the said Elisha further agrees that if the said Sarah survives him, or his heirs, upon the intermarriage ceasing, shall have the whole of the silver plate if she or they desire it, she or they allowing for one-third of the value thereof to him or his heirs, to be paid in the other household goods agreed to be returned as aforesaid. And the said Elisha further covenants with the said Sarah that he will Signed, sealed and delivered in the Timothy Dwight, Pres. Yale College. Children: ELISHA ALLIS. SARAH CUTLER. i. Amos, b. in Lex., Sept. 28, bapt. Oct. 3, 1742; d. at Warren, Nov. 28, 1760, of small pox. ii. Sarah, b. April 2, bapt. April 7, 1745; m. Col. Danforth Keyes; d. 1831. 52. iii. Ebenezer, b. at Lex., April 30, bapt. May 3, 1747; d. at 53. Warren, Oct. 29, 1814. iv. Bethia, b. July 19, 1750; m., Nov. 28, 1771, Jabez Up- 54. vii. Oliver, b. Oct. 21, 1759; d. June 15, 1852, at Richmond, Vt. 3 20. ISAAC CUTLER (Isaac, James, James1) was born at Killingly,Ct., January 4, 1718-9. He settled about one mile south of his father's residence, on a part of his father's original 55. purchase. He married (1), June 26, 1744, Dorcas Whitmore, who died April 19, 1758, in her 34th year, or aged 40. (G. S.) Children by this marriage: i. Dorcas, b. Oct. 20, 1745; d. Dec. 9, 1745. ii. Dorcas, b. March 14, 1747; m. Harrington. —, and (3) Rebeckah and made his will June 10, 1786, which was proved January 29, 1787, bequeathing his estate to his wife Rebeckah, daughter Dorcas Harrington and sons Isaac and Wyman, whom he made his executors. V. ISAAC, b. 1763; d. at K., Sept. 8, 1812. 56. vi. Wyman, who d. at K., in 1788. 21. Capt. Joseph Cutler (Isaac, James, James1) was born March 18, 1720-1, in Killingly, Ct. He settled on the north part of his father's purchase, where James Cady now resides. He was a shrewd, energetic man, successful in his occupation as a blacksmith and farmer, and his judgment was often sought, as is shown by the old town records. He married Mary, daughter of Eleazer Bateman, and made his will December 29, 1783, giving to his wife Mary the use of part of his dwelling house and cellar under the same, with privilege to pass and repass to the well of water, the product of one-fourth part of the land in Killingly, two cows, a horse, saddle and bridle, also six good sheep, with all indoor movable furniture and a sufficient quantity of fire-wood, ready cut and drawn to the door, so long as she remained his widow; to Mary Given, £10 worth of live stock, within two years after his decease; to his son Joseph, £30 in cash, or live stock to that amount, within three years after his decease; to his sons Bateman and Isaac, a comfortable support and Christian burial; to Azariah, all his estate not previously disposed of, enjoining him to fulfill the conditions of his will. He died at Killingly, July 8, 1784. His will was proved August 20, 1784. his son Azariah being sole executor. Children born in Killingly Ct.: 57. i. Ezeriah,5 b. Feb. 1, 1744-5. (T. R.) In the will of his father he is called Azariah, by some of his grandchildren he is designated as Uriah, while in the early land records. he is known as Ezeriah. He d. at K., 1816. ii. Mary, b. Feb. 12, 1745-6; m. William Given, who was a merchant in Providence, in 1784. They had one son only, Resolved Given, who was founder of the Given House, at Schenectady, N. Y., where he d. about 1840, leaving a large estate to his only child, William Cutler7 Given, who resides at S., unm., a. abt. 90. 58. iii. Joseph, b. Dec. 16, 1748; d. in Mendon, N. Y., 1827. iv. Bateman, who was bapt. July 7, 1754; d. unm. v. Isaac, bapt. July 24, 1757; d. unm. vi. Peter, d. Jan. 3, 1761, infant. (Church Records.) 22. JESSE CUTLER (Isaac, James, James1) was born at Killingly, Ct., October 10, 1723. He married (1) Patience Younglove of Concord, Mass., and (2) Molly Hosmer. His farm was a part of his father's original purchase. Children born at Killingly : i. Sarah,5 b. Nov. 29, 1745. ii. Younglove, b. April 12, 1747; d., a. 18 months. (T. R.) 59. iii. Younglove, b. Oct. 18, 1750; d. April 28, 1816, at Water town, Ct. iv. Anna, by second wife, bapt. July 24, 1754; m. probably Dilbber. v. Silence, b. Aug. 6, 1757; d. young. vi. Thomas, bapt. Jan. 27, 1760; d. probably previous to 1797. vii. Jesse, who d. unm., at Killingly, Ct. His will, dated Sept. 4, 1797, mentions, as heirs, nephew John Dilbber, and his mother, Mary Cutler, who was his executrix. His estate was settled April 8, 1806. 3 23. DAVID CUTLER (Isaac, James, James1) was born at Killingly, Ct., January 18, 1725-6. He married Dorothy Fletcher, and located on the road from North Killingly to Thompson. In middle life, he resided four or five years in Providence, R. I., where he was engaged as a 60. butcher. His wife Dorothy was received to full communion to the church in Killingly, July 13, 1773, and died about 1794. He married (2), at the age of sixty-eight, Experience Graves, a maiden woman, who had in her youth been received to the church. She died February 12, 1872, aged 106, retaining her faculties to a great degree, with strength to walk about the premises of her son, with whom she spent the most of her latter days. Mr. Cutler had by first wife: i. Charles, who d. at the age of 5 years. By second wife, after living with her eight years without issue: ii. David Graves, b. Nov. 1803, in K., where he d. June, 1879. iii. Asa Graves, b. July 17, 1811; m., April 1, 1863, Mrs. Julia A. Fountain; resided many years at K., as a farmer; present residence is at Putnam, Ct.; no ch. 61. iv. George Graves, b. Aug. 31, 1813 (posthumous); d. at K., 1842. 2 24. ASA CUTLER (Isaac, James, James1) was born at Killingly, Ct., January 22, 1727-8, and settled, as a blacksmith and farmer, one and one-fourth miles northeast of the meeting-house in Killingly, on the Providence and Hartford road. He married Mary Cady, April 23, 1752, and died, intestate, previous to 1778, at which time his widow Mary and Luther Gay, as administrators, petitioned the General Assembly for leave to sell a part of his estate, which was granted. Edward Paul, Perley Howe, and Joseph Cutler were appointed distributors. The heirs were Mary Cutler, widow, son Benjamin, and daughters Hannah Adams, Mary and Sarah Cutler. (Probate Record, Pomfret, Ct.) Children born in Killingly, Ct.: 5 i. Lodema, b. Aug. 31, 1753; bapt. May 16, 1755; m., Feb. 3, 1775, William Peak of K. ii. Lovina, b. Sept. 8, 1755; d. Sept. 4, 1756. iii. Vine, bapt. Nov. 20, 1757; d. before 1783. iv. Asa, bapt. Jan. 21, 1762; killed in the Revolutionary War. |