Roxanna (Tyler) Cutting (1814 - 1862)

Born 1814 in Piermont, Grafton, New Hampshire, United States

Ancestors

Wife of James Ambrose Cutting — married 1836 in Grafton, New Hampshire, United States

Died 21 Aug 1862 at about age 48 in Chelsea, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Roxy was born about 1805. She is the daughter of William Tyler.

In 1836, Roxy married James Ambrose Cutting in Grafton County, New Hampshire. That year her father was killed by a falling tree.

In 1840, Roxy and James lived in Haverhill, Grafton County. Her widowed mother and three siblings (Harriet, Sarah and Michael) lived next door.

In 1850, Roxanna (age 37) and James (age 37) lived in Haverhill with Roxanna's mother, Dolly Hildreth Tyler (age 70), her sister Harriet (age 39), and cousin Damon Young Tyler (age 23). Damon was a farmer and the son of William Tyler's brother, Reverend Amos Eugene Tyler.

In 1855, Roxanna (age 42) and James (age 42) lived in Chelsea, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, with Dolly (age 75) and Dolly's sisters: Harriet (age 46) and Sarah Tyler (age 37). James was an artist and inventor of the "ambrotype" form of photography. James applied for a passport that year.

In 1860, Roxanna (age 46) and James (age 47) lived in Chelsea with Dolly (age 80), Harriet Tyler (age 50) and Sarah Tyler (age 41). James owned and operated an "Aquarial Garden", which was later sold to P.T. Barnum. The family had $3,000 in real estate and $3,500 in personal property.

Sources

• The Tyler Genealogy, Willard I. Tyler Brigham, 1912 (Brigham-#2471).

"New Hampshire Marriage Records, 1637-1947", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FL6M-ZFB : 1 August 2022), James A. Cutting and Roxana Tyler, 1836.

"Bow, Haverhill and Bath New Hampshire Vital and Birth Records," digitized book 2018, FamilySearch (familysearch.org : access 15 September 2020). page 110, image #60. https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/609383-bow-haverhill-and-bath-new-hampshire-vital-records-recording-and-registration-register-of-births-slave-records?viewer=1&offset=0#page=60&viewer=picture&o=download&n=0&q=

"United States Census, 1850", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWZ6-YYZ : Thu Oct 05 16:02:06 UTC 2023), Entry for James A Cutting and Roxanna Cutting, 1850.

"United States Census, 1860", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZCL-V4M : Fri Oct 06 14:38:38 UTC 2023), Entry for James A Cutting and Rosanna Cutting, 1860.

"Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1925", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N7N6-YSH : 13 December 2022), Roxana Culting, 1862.

Book Title: Tyler Genealogy Descendants of Job Tyler Source Information Ancestry.com. North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016. https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/61157/46155_b290379-00276?pid=3177040&backurl=https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?dbid%3D61157%26h%3D3177040%26indiv%3Dtry%26o_vc%3DRecord:OtherRecord%26rhSource%3D2101&treeid=&personid=&hintid=&usePUB=true&usePUBJs=true

"Death of an Inventor in an Insane Asylum", New York Times, August 14, 1867