Elizabeth (Whittemore) Cutler (1723 - 1770)

Born 28 Feb 1723 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Wife of William Cutler — married 15 Sep 1743 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Died 29 Dec 1770 at age 47 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

Elizabeth Whittemore is the daughter of Samuel Whittemore and Elizabeth (Spring) Whittemore.

On September 15,1743, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Elizabeth married William Cutler in Cambridge. ^[1]

Biography of Elizabeth (Whittemore) Cutler ^[2]

He (William Cutler) married (1) September 15, 1743, Elizabeth, who was born February 29, 1724, daughter of Samuel Whittemore; she died December 29, 1770... The death of his first wife is thus noticed in "The Boston Newsletter" of January 10,1771: "Died at Menotomy, the wife of Mr. William Cutler, of that place ae. 48. She was the mother of 37 children, but the 37th was the only one who survived to follow her to her grave." This seemingly incredible statement is further corroborated by the testimony of Dr. Robert Cutler, nephew of William, now extant in manuscript, the original of which is in the possession of George Butler of Amherst, Mass., and is as follows, vis.: "My uncle William lived with his father at Memotomy and accumulated a handsome property. His first wife had thirty-seven children, but no one lived but for a few days, except the 37th, named William. He was educated at Cambridge College and settled in the State of Virginia... " The "Boston Sentinel," in a notice of the death of William Cutler some years later, alludes to this fact. It is also found in the History of Cambridge. Thus the statement is verified beyond doubt.

Sources

1. ↑ http://www.genealogy.com/ftm/d/u/f/Janet-Whitney-Duffield-GA/GENE3-0009.html
2. ↑ Cutler, Nahum S.,"Collier Memorial and Genealogical History," Greenfield Mass., E.A. Hall & Co., 1889, page 49; https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/15746/images/dvm_GenMono000999-00026-1?ssrc=pt&treeid=66198854&personid=142213844790&hintid=&usePUB=true&usePUBJs=true&pId=40

• Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850|Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850]]; Arlington Marriages, p. 114-6 :Arlington Marriages, p. 114-6

• Vital Records of Arlington, Massachusetts to the Year 1850|Vital Records of Arlington, Massachusetts to the Year 1850]] (New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Mass., 1904); [https://archive.org/stream/vitalrecordsarl01arligoog#page/n118/mode/2up p.114-6

23 Dec 1764 - Birth of son, William Cutler, only child of Elizabeth to survive

• "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4JK-G9M : 10 November 2020), Elizabeth Cutler in entry for William Cutler, 23 Dec 1764; citing Birth, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009680.

• History of the town of Arlington, Massachusetts, by Benjamin and William Richard Cutter, Published by David Clapp & Son, 564 Washington Street, Boston, Massachusetts, 1880, page 317

• Bradford Adams Whittemore, Edgar Whittemore ([1]: accessed 02/12/2016) The Whittemore Family in America. The New England Historical AND Genealogical REGISTER, VOL. CVI January 1952 - VOL. CVIII October 1954; VOL. CVII, p. 30