sell and use any part of the principal as she might want. At her death the estate to go to her son John and other children, to be divided equally among them or their legal representatives, wife Elizabeth sole executrix." Children:

i. Martha, b. Dec. 30, 1711.

ii. Elizabeth, b. Dec. 30, 1711; d. young.

iii. John, b. June 19, 1713, Rev. A. B., Harvard Col., 1732; was curate to Rev. Mr. Dean of Bocking, in Essex Co.,

in 1754.

He died in 1771.

iv. Elizabeth, b., August, 1715, at Stratford, Ct.; was buried from Christ church, Boston, March 26, 1795; unm.

v. Timothy, b. Oct. 22, 1718; A. B., Harvard Col., 1734, a.

16; d., 1739.

9. ROBERT CUTLER, (Timothy, John, Robert1) a blacksmith of Charlestown, Mass., where he was born, October 30, 1683, and admitted to the first church, November 3, 1713. He married Catherine Blaney, who married (2) October 16, 1734, Jonathan Jones of Dorchester, Mass. He made his will April 4, 1716, which was proved September 9, 1717, giving his property in equal shares to his wife Catherine and son Robert. He died, August 20, 1717. dren:

11.

i. Robert, b. Sept. 12, 1709; removed to N. C.

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ii. Catherine, b. Feb. 12, bapt. the 17th, 1711; d. May 22,

1712.

iii. Timothy, b. July 26, 1713; d. Sept. 2, 1714. (G. S.)

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10. SAMUEL CUTLER, (Samuel, John, Robert1) a sailmaker of Charlestown, was born May 4, 1682, and baptized, "10 month, 9 day, 1683." In 1699 he chose Bulfinch for his guardian. He married (1) April 11, 1706, Sarah Willoughby of Salem, Mass., who died, November 18, 1711. He married (2) Elizabeth Smith of Boston, December 9, 1712. He received of his grandfather's estate in Charlestown a part of a house. Children born in Charlestown (?)

i. Sarah, b. Jan. 12, bapt. the 19th, 1707.

II. Abraham, b. March 25, 1710-11. iv. John, b. Oct. 9, 1713. 11. ROBERT CUTLER Robert,4 Timothy John Roberts was born, September 12, 17o9, in Charlestown. Mass., where he was admitted to the church. August 31, 1729. He was by trade a saddler, and removed from Charlestown in 1735, to Bath, N. C. He owned lot number thirty in township number two of the "Watchusett alias Narragensett township," drawn in the right of his grandfather. Timothy, half of which he sold in 1734, to Samuel Grant of Boston, and February 7, 1736, the other half, and at Beaufort, N. C., March 8, acknowledged his deed. He married, November 21, 1734, Anna Courser, and had:

i. Timothy, b. Oct. 14, 1735, at Boston, Mass.. whose intention of marriage with Mary Norton was published, Feb. 24, 1759.

12. SAMUEL CUTLER (Samuel, Samuel, John, Robert1) was born, May 1, 1709. He was married, December 4. 1729, at Boston, Mass., by Thomas Prince, Jr., to Elizabeth Hammond () He died at Charlestown. Mass., in 1749. Had:

i. Elizabeth, b. at Boston, July 13, 1732.

ii. Hannah, who was a minor in her 16th year, April 10, 1749.

1. JONATHAN CUTLER, a carpenter and wagon maker of Coeymans, N. Y., whose residence was a stone house, commanding an extensive view of the Hudson river, is said to have been born in New England about 1710-15, and died at Coeymans, aged about one hundred and five. Nothing of his former home can be learned from the town or county records at Albany. From Mrs. E. A. Cutler Jones, of Scottsville, N. Y., great-granddaughter of Jonathan, we learn that his son Nathan inherited real estate in Duchess County, N. Y., but whether from his maternal or paternal parent is not known. She also states that he had a brother or uncle in one of the New England States by the name of John, who was a prominent Mason. On the old church records of Lexington is found the name of Jonathan Cutler, baptized May 23, 1714, (ancestry not traced). The compiler has little doubt but that he was the son of Joseph Cutler, recorded on page twenty-two, of whose family there is so little an account; he was probably placed under the care of his uncle, Isaac Cutler, who settled in Killingly, Ct. The history of Windham County, in speaking of the early settlers of Connecticut, states that among the first to settle in the north-east part of the town was "Isaac Cutler of Cambridge with his son Jonathan," but the will of Isaac proves that he had no son Jonathan. According to the late Rev. Curtis Cutler of Lexington, Joseph Cutler also settled at Killingly, but as his name does not appear upon any of the records there, and as the settlement of his estate and the brief account of his family is found in Waltham and the Middlesex County, (Mass.) records, it is evident that his residence there, if at all, was only temporary.

In 1734, a Jonathan Cutler, carpenter, of Ashford Colony of Ct., bought land in Brimfield, Colony of Mass. Here he claimed residence in 1736, when he sold his pur

chase and returned to Ashford. In 1739, he conveyed land received from some of his ancestors who had derived it by grant from the General Court, for service in the Narragansett war. In the records of Hampden County is the following: "To all people to whom these Presents shall come Greeting. Know ye that I, Jonathan Cutler of Ashford, in the County of Windham Colony of Connecticut, in New England for and in Consideration of y sum of One Hundred Pounds in Current money of New England to me in hand paid before the receipting and delivering of these Presents by Elijah Pitch of the same town, County and Colony aforsaid & further on Consideration of ye sd Elijah Pitch his Heirs or Assigns, Shall & Do Punctually & Truly Perform & Discharge all and whole of the Duty and Injunctions by the Great and General Assembly of ye Province of y Massachusetts Region, New England Aforesaid or that Shall be Said on the Property of ye Township No. 4 Granted by the Assembly aforesaid. To a number of the Soldiers that served in the Narragansett War & the Legal Representation, formerly Paid at Ammoeskegg and now by Act of Assembly Aforesaid Granted to be Laid in two District Tracts, the one at Quobog & y other on the west side of Hatfield within the Province aforsd. It is to be understood yt ye sd Elijah Fitch doth oblige himself only to ye performance of y Duty of a single Proprietor and farther on Condition if ye sd Elijah Fitch shall and Do truly pay and pay all such Particular Charges & Perform such Duties as may or Shall hereafter arise. To each Particular Proprietor in y settlement or other Concerns Representing ye sd Tracts of Land as aforsd which might otherwise Pertain to me ye said Jonathan Cutler or to my Heirs. Have Given, Granted, Released & forever Quit Claim & By these Presents Do give, grant, Release & forever Quit Claim unto him ye sd Elijah Fitch his Heirs and Assigns forever, of all my whole Right, Title and Interest in and unto the sd Fitch, of land at Quobog & west of Hatfield. To Have and to Hold ye above Premisses and Part

ed Premisses with all and singularly appurtenances, Privileges & Commodoties thereunto belonging or in any wise appertaining unto him ye sd Elijah Fitch his Heirs, Executors & administrators & assigns forever, without any manner of Let, Hindrance, Ejection or Molestation to have forever from me the said Jonathan Cutler, my heirs, or any Person or Persons whomsoever Claiming under me or them. In witness and Confirmation wherof I, the said Jonathan Cutler have hereunto sett my hand and Seal this 26 Day of November Anno Domini 1739.

JONATHAN CUTLER and Seals. Signed, Sealed and Delivered in Presence

of us Edward Sumner Noah Lyon.

From the disposal of his estate it is evident that he contemplated removal, and as there are no further records to be found of him in Connecticut, is it not natural to conclude that he might be identical with the Jonathan who first appeared at Coeymans about this time, their occupations being the same and ages so far as can be learned. John Cutler, his grandson, born in 1806, and now residing in Kent County, Mich., remembers making him a visit when a small boy and found him busily engaged in making a wagon, he then being over one hundred years old. He also relates this incident, which happened during his visit: On their way to the shop one morning a bird was heard and seen apparently in great distress. The old gentleman said, "I guess it is being charmed by a snake, I will go and relieve it." On reaching the place a large black snake lifted its head fully a foot above the tall grass, and being enraged at missing its object, came at him furiously. Failing to stop it by striking it with his cane, he caught it by the neck while it was coiling itself about him, and held it with both hands while the boy came and took the old gentleman1s knife from his pocket with which he managed, after considerable exertion, to cut the snake in two. He married Elizabeth, daughter of Jacob Springsteel of Coeymans, N. Y. Children: