PAGE 17 315 JAMES CUTLER, at Watertown, Mass., 1634, "Nathaniel died June 5, 1706, in his 100th year, without children recorded to him. As he was born shortly after Robert of Charlestown, and probably eight or ten years after John, Sr., of Hingham,-each of whom named a son Nathaniel-he was not improbably their brother." The comprehensive plan adopted and used by the New England Historic Genealogical Society is the one followed in this work. Succeeding a sketch of the heads of families, will be found the names of their children, in the order of their birth, so far as ascertained, numbered by Roman numerals. The figures preceding the individual names indicate that their record is continued on a subsequent page, and will be found in larger type with the corresponding figures, the starting point of a new family. If the information is limited, or the person leaves the family by marriage, the record is given at once. The ancestors of each head of a family are given, enclosed in parentheses, at the beginning of his family record, the generation of the same being indicated by exponent figures. The frequent repetition of common words, such as born, married, died, baptized, etc., has led to the use of the ordinary abbreviations. The interrogation is used to express doubt or uncertainty. Where no State is mentioned Massachusetts is to be understood. Cutler (Lecchlade, Co. Gloucester). Az. three griffins' heads erased ar. Cutler (Chantry, Co. Suffolk). Or. three bends sa. over all a lion rampant gu. Crest—a demi lion gu. holding a battle-axe, handle ar. Cutler (Ipswich, Co. Suffolk, confirmed July 21, 1012). Ar. three bends sa. over all a lion ramp. gu. (See cut, page 586.) Cutler (Suffolk). Az. three dragons' heads erased or, langued Crest—a dragon's head erased or. ducally gorged gu. Cutler (Suffolk). Az. on a fess cotised or, betw. three dragons heads, erased of the second, a cock and two doves volant, gu. gu. Cutler (Westminster, granted Mar. 1693). Az. three dragons' heads erased or. a chief ar. Crest—a dragon's head erased az. gorged with a mural coronet or. holding in the mouth a laurel branch vert. Cutler. Ar. three dragons' heads erased gu. Crest—a dragons' head erased gu. Cutler (Stainbrough Hall, Co. York, descended from John Cutler, standard-bearer in the civil wars of the time of Henry VI., represented, 1645, by Sir Gervase Cutler, and now represented by John Cutler of Sidmouth, Co. Devon, Esq.). Az. three dragons or wiverns' heads erased with a bordure or. Crest—a wivern's head erased or., ducally collared az. Cutler (Upton, Co. Devon, a branch of the foregoing family, now represented by George Henry Cutler of Upton, Esq.). Arms, etc., the same as preceding. The origin and scope of this work, together with the reasons for its publication, can he stated in a few words. In the year 1882, I became especially interested in the investigation of my own ancestral line. In the prosecution of my researches, I soon discovered that the branches of our family tree were so numerous and involved that I resolved to attempt a systematic genealogy of the Cutlers of the United States and Canada. This expansion of my original plan has claimed much thought and time, many journeys to various places were necessary, correspondence with a large number of persons was required, and no little expense was incurred. My desire, however, for a complete family history has led me to seek every available source of information. An essential element of a work of this kind is its accuracy, and that object has been constantly in view, nothing being stated as a fact without sufficient proof. The history of the earlier generations has been compiled from the original records, in most cases having been personally copied. This has been a labor of love; an increasing fascination has attended it from the beginning, while the zealous and sympathetic cooperation of wife and daughter has been enlisted, and we have found that even the difficulties, neither few nor small, in arriving at the desired results have enhanced the satisfaction with which we view the completed task. Like most works of the kind, this fails to realize the author's ideal. Musty volumes, Records of Courts, Registries of Probate and of Deeds, town and parish annals have afforded information, and have sometimes verified doubtful traditions, but in some cases the most patient investigation has been fruitless. Invaluable information has been freely furnished from the retentive memories of members of the family, now advanced in life, but in some few cases the absence of tradition and of records has made the collection of facts impossible. Then, too, identity of names has occasionally confounded generations, and in some cases made it |