Hannah (Cutter) Brooks (1715 - 1742)

Born 14 Jun 1715 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Wife of John Brooks — married about 1733 (to 14 Apr 1742) in Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Descendants

Died 14 Apr 1742 at age 26 in Woburn, Middlesex, Province of Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

Hannah Cutter, the daughter of Dea. John Cutter and Lydia Harrington, was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on June 14, 1715. She was baptized on June 19.^[1][2]

She married John Brooks, son of Jabez and Hephzibah (Cutter) Brooks. Children:^[2]

1. John, born December 5, 1734; married December 3, 1767, Mary Brown.^[2]
2. Jabez, born September 30, 1736.^[2]
3. Hannah, born June 4, 1739; married Tilly Littlejohn.^[2]
4. Thomas, born March 22, 1742-3; married November 24, 1763, Hannah Cutter.^[2]

Hannah (Cutter) Brooks died in Woburn on April 14, 1742, "Aged 26 Years & 10 Months." She was buried at the First Burial Ground in Woburn, where her gravestone reads:^[2][3]

Here lyes Buried y^e

Body of M^rs HANNAH

BROOKS Wife to

M^r JOHN BROOKS

Who Died April

14^th : 1742, Aged 26

Years, & 10 Months.

Ancestry

• 3rd generation Descendant of Richard Cutter of Cambridge
• 4th generation Descendant of James Cutler of Lexington

Sources

1. ↑ Cambridge Records: VOLUME I. BIRTHS. Page 178. Citing: "CUTTER, Hannah, d. of John and Lidia, June 14, 1715."
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6} Cutter: Pages 43, 45. Citing: "Dea. John and Lydia (Harrington) Cutter had issue: ... iii. Hannah, b. 14 June, 1715, bapt. June 19, was a church member Cambridge June 25, 1732; married John Brooks, son of Jabez and Hephzibah (Cutter) Brooks [Vide ii. 12]; resided a while in Shrewsbury, Mass., and died in Woburn Apr. 14, 1742, “Aged 26 Years & 10 Months." Her husband married Elizabeth, daughter of Lieut. Samuel Kendall (published Woburn, 9 Mar. 17445), and removed to Stirling, then Lancaster, Mass. Her issue : [4 Children].
3. ↑ Woburn Records: PART II. EPITAPHS, FIRST BURIAL-GROUND. Page 27*. Citing: "(119.) - 'Here lyes Buried y^e Body of M'rs Hannah Brooks Wife to M'r John Brooks Who Died April 14'th 1742, Aged 26 Years, & 10 Months.'
   Hannah (Cutter) Brooks, wife of John Brooks, son of Jabez (epitaph 128) and Hephzibah (Cutter) Brooks (epitaph 124), daughter of Deacon John and Lydia (Harrington) Cutter, of Cambridge, born June 14, 1715. (Vide History Cutter Family of New England, 45.)"

See also:

• Baldwin, Thomas. Vital Records of Cambridge, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (Wright & Potter Print. Co., Boston, Mass., 1914).

• Cutter, Benjamin. A History of the Cutter Family of New England (D. Clapp & Son, Boston, 1871).

• Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 9 September 2018), memorial page for Hannah Cutter Brooks (14 Jun 1715–14 Apr 1742), Find A Grave: Memorial #18264238, citing First Burial Ground, Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by Robin Parker (contributor 46847861).

Acknowledgments

• Thank you to Claire Smith for creating WikiTree profile Cutter-230 through the import of smithwiki.ged on Jul 1, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by Claire and others.