James Cutler

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Cutler-1885James Cutler (bef. 1687 - 1756)

James Cutler
Born before 9 Jan 1687 in Watertown, Massachusetts Bay Colonymap
ANCESTORS ancestors
Son of Thomas Cutler and Abigail (Unknown) Cutler
Brother of Abigail (Cutler) Merriam, Dorcas (Unknown) Bellows, Thomas Cutler II, Mary (Cutler) Munroe, Jonathan Cutler and Benjamin Cutler
Husband of Alice (Unknown) Cutler — married about 1714 in Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colonymap
DESCENDANTS descendants
Father of James Cutler Jr., William Cutler, Thankful (Cutler) White, Robert Cutler and Alice (Cutler) Jones
Died 16 Sep 1756 after age 69 in Lexington, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colonymap
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Biography

The exact date of James Cutler's birth was probably between the 2nd and 8th of January, 1687. While the exact date is unknown, multiple sources state that he was baptized on Sunday, 9 Jan 1687 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay [1] [2], where his parents, Thomas Cutler and Abigail Dewey lived. [see Note 1] James Cutler died in Lexington on 16 Sep 1756 at the age of 69. His wife Alice died there six days later on 22 Sep 1756. [3] James Cutler is buried in the Old Burying Ground in Lexington, Massachusetts. [4]

Biographical Entry for James Cutler [5]

James Cutler (son of Thomas, grandson of James) was baptized at Watertown, January 9, 1687. He was licensed inn-keeper at Cambridge from 1718 to 1735, and died September 18, 1756. His son William of Cambridge filed an inventory of his estate, in 1757, amounting to £556 11s 6d. He married Alice

i. James, b. April 13, bapt. 17 April, 1715, at Lexington; d. at Salem, Feb 18, 1795, a. 80. [see Note 4]

ii. William, b. April 3, bapt. April 7, 1717, at Lex.; d. April 1 1781.

iii. Thankful, bapt. March 22, 1719.

iv. Robert, Rev., b. April 3 1721; died at Amherst, Mass, 1786.

v. Alice, b. Nov. 27, 1729; m. Ephraim Jones, Jr., of Concord, Mass., Nov 16, 1752; had four daughters and one son.

Notes

English parish registers as a general rule record baptisms rather than births. Although birth dates were entered during a brief period during the Commonwealth and, in certain northern dioceses in the later eighteenth-century, these were the exceptions rather the rule. In the sixteenth-century, the Anglican Church ordered parents to baptize soon after birth. For example, in the Prayer Books of 1549 and 1552, it was written that ‘The pastors and curates shall oft admonish the people that they defer not the Baptisme of Infants any longer than the Sunday, or other Holy day next after the child be borne, unless upon a great and reasonable cause declared to the Curate.’ Similarly, in the early seventeenth-century, William Gouge wrote that ‘it is not meet for Christians to defer the baptizing of their children beyond eight days.’ However, both Gouge and the later seventeenth-century Prayer Books allow for a short period of rest for mother and child. [6] An examination of Cutler family births and baptisms show that they appeared to be following the custom of baptizing their children on the Sunday following their births.
Vital Records of Arlington gives Alice Cutler's age as 67 when she died, not 57. This would make her date of birth to be about 1789 and her age as 25-26, not 15-16, when she married 28-year old James Cutler in 1715.
The term "owned the covenant" in this context means the two parties in marriage formed what was essentially a binding agreement with God and agreed to their individual roles as husband and wife that was binding for life. Not to be confused with the Covenant marriages that became available in Louisiana in 1997 and Arizona and Arkansas shortly after.
On April 17, 1715 in Lexington, James and Alice Cutler owned the covenant of their marriage and baptized their first child, James. This suggests that the couple may have actually been married several months earlier.
Sources

↑ Watertown Records Comprising East Congregational and Precinct Affairs 1697 to 1737 also Record Book of the Pastors 1686 to 1819 (Prepared for Publication by the Historical Society)(Boston David Clapp & Son, Printers 291 Congress Street 1906)(Free e-book)(Records are also available at ma-vitalrcords.org) p. 121
↑ “Vital records of Arlington, Massachusetts, to the year 1850”, pages 129-130 https://archive.org/details/vitalrecordsofar00arli/
↑ Hudson, Charles, “History of the town of Lexington, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, from its first settlement to 1868, with a genealogical register of Lexington families”, 1868, Boston, Wiggin & Lunt, pp. 49-50 https://archive.org/details/historyoftownofl00hudso
↑ Find a Grave memorial page for James Cutler (17 Jun 1687–16 Sep 1756), Find a Grave Memorial no. 71771689, citing Old Burying Ground, Lexington, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by margo decot; https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/71771689/james-cutler
↑ Cutler, Nahum S.,"Collier Memorial and Genealogical History," Greenfield Mass., E.A. Hall & Co., 1889, pages 30-31
↑ Basten, Stuart"Birth-Baptism Intervals for Family Historians," University of Cambridge; https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Birth-Baptism_Intervals_for_Fa...
Other Family Records

1715 - Birth of son James Cutler

"Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4JK-XJ6 : 5 November 2017), James Cuttler in entry for James Cuttler, 13 Apr 1715; citing Birth, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 893,860.
1717 - Birth of son William Cutler

"Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQXF-LJP : 10 February 2018), James Cuttler in entry for William Cuttler, 03 Apr 1717; citing CAMBRIDGE,MIDDLESEX,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 496,864.
1721 - Birth of son Robert Cutler

"Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4JK-XJK : 5 November 2017), James Cuttler in entry for Robert Cuttler, 03 Apr 1721; citing Birth, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 893,860.
1729 - Birth of daughter Alice (Cutler) Jones

"Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQXX-93K : 10 February 2018), James Cuttler in entry for Alice Cuttler, 27 Nov 1729; citing CAMBRIDGE,MIDDLESEX,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 496,864.
1743 - Marriage (1) of son William to Elizabeth Whittemore

"Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q28L-9Y3H : 10 March 2021), James Cutler in entry for William Cutler and Elizabeth Whitmore, 15 Sep 1743; citing Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 927,923.
1744 - Marriage (1) of son Robert to Hannah Crosby

"Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q28L-9YZ2 : 10 March 2021), James Cutler in entry for Robert Cutler and Hannah Crosby, 1 May 1744; citing Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 927,923.
1751 - Marriage (2) of son Robert to Elizabeth Fiske

"Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q28L-9RXT : 10 March 2021), James Cutler in entry for Robert Cutler and Elizabeth Fiske, 3 Sep 1751; citing Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 927,923.
1752 - Marriage of daughter Alice to Ephraim Jones Jr.

"Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q28L-9RP5 : 10 March 2021), James Cutler in entry for Ephraim Jones and Alice Cutler, 16 Nov 1752; citing Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 927,923.
1773 - Marriage (2) of son William to Rebecca (Cutter) Hall

"Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q28L-9Y7Y : 10 March 2021), James Cutler in entry for William Cutler and Rebecca Cutter Hall, 19 Jan 1773; citing Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 927,923.

9. James3 Cutler (Thomas,2 James1) was baptized at Watertown, January 9, 1687. He was licensed inn-keeper at Cambridge from 1718 to 1735, and died September 16, 1756. His son William of Cambridge filed an inventory of his estate, in 1757, amounting to £556 11s. 6d. He married Alice ____, who died September 22, 1756, aged 57. They owned the covenant at Lexington, April 17, 1715. June 1, 1734, he sold to Samuel Johnson of Lexington 200 acres in Lancaster, for £100, and his wife Alice signed the deed. In 1742 and 1747, he made purchases of land in Killinglv, Ct., and sold the same to John Felshaw, his residence being in Cambridge. Had children:

30. i. James,4 b. April 13, bapt. April 17, 1715, at Lexington; d. at Salem, Feb. 18, 1795, age 80.

31. ii. William, b. April 3, bapt. April 7, 1717, at Lexington; d. April 1, 1781.

iii. Thankful, bapt. March 22, 1719.

32. iv. Robert, Rev., b. April 3, 1721; d. at Amherst, Mass., 1786.

v. Alice, b. Nov. 27, 1729; m. Ephraim Jones, Jr., of Concord, Mass., Nov. 16, 1752; had four daughters and one son.

Source: From A Cutler memorial and genealogical history: containing the names of a large proportion of the Cutlers in the United States and Canada, and a record of many individual members of the family, with an account also of other families allied to the Cutlers by marriage, pages 30-31, published by Press of E. A. Hall & Co., 1889, 665 pages. Downloaded May 2011 from http://books.google.com/