Joseph Cutter

Brief Life History of Joseph

When Joseph Cutter was born on 13 May 1752, in Lexington, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, his father, John Cutter Jr., was 27 and his mother, Susanna Hastings, was 20. He married Rachel Hobart on 3 June 1776, in Townsend, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 4 daughters. He died on 25 June 1840, in Jaffrey, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States, at the age of 88, and was buried in Old Burying Ground, Jaffrey Center, Jaffrey, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States.

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Family Time Line

Joseph Cutter
1752–1840
Rachel Hobart
1751–1835
Marriage: 3 June 1776
Joseph Cutter
1777–1860
Rachel Cutter
1779–1825
John Cutter
1780–1857
Susan Cutter
1782–1826
Daniel Cutter
1784–1868
Sabra Cutter
1785–1843
Nehemiah Cutter
1787–1859
Oldist Cutter
1790–
Joel Cutter
1793–1871
Abel Cutter
1793–1878

Sources (39)

  • Joseph Cutter, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
  • Joseph Cutter, "New Hampshire Death Records, 1654-1947"
  • Joseph Cutler, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"

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World Events (6)

1776

Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.

1777

Oldest grave seen in the Memorials list

1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.

While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.

Name Meaning

English: occupational name from Middle English cuttere ‘craftsman who cuts things; tailor, barber’ possibly also ‘stonecutter, woodcutter’, from an agent derivative of Old English cyttan ‘to cut’.

Americanized form of German Kotter .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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