Bethia Wood b. 28 Jul 1660 Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA d. 18 Sep 1731 Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA: Discovering My Ancestors

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1660 - 1731 (71 years)

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Name	Bethia Wood
Birth	28 Jul 1660	Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA [3, 4]
Death	18 Sep 1731	Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA [2, 3]
Burial	Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA [3]
Burial		Headstone - Wood, Bethia
Person ID	I140	Discovering the Perry/Doane Family Tree
Last Modified	19 May 2017

Father Nicholas Wood

Children

1. Bethia Wood
b. 28 Jul 1660, Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA

d. 18 Sep 1731, Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA

Family ID F176 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Spouse Ephraim Cutter, I
b. 5 Sep 1651, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
d. Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA

Marriage 11 Feb 1678 Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA [1, 2, 5]

Age at Marriage She was 17 years old - He was 26 years old. (Were Married 53 years).

Children 4 children

	1. Hannah Cutter b. 22 Jul 1679, Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA d. (date unknown)
	2. Ephraim Cutter, II b. 9 Aug 1680, Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA d. (date unknown)
	3. Jonathan Cutter b. 5 May 1685, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA d. (date unknown)
	4. Bethiah Elizabeth Cutter b. 2 Dec 1686, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA d. 9 Oct 1735, Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA (Age 48 years)

Last Modified 19 May 2017

Family ID F9 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Histories
A history of the Cutter family of New England (Ephraim Cutter pg 30)

A history of the Cutter family of New England (Ephraim Cutter pg 31)

Sources

[S47] Massachusetts Marriages, 1633-1850.
[S76] U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700.
[S86] U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current.
[S41] Massachusetts, Town Vital Collections, 1620-1988.
[S145] A History of the Cutter Family of New England, pg. 30-31.
Ephraim, b. 1651 and baptized at Cambridge, was a glazier by trade, an d resided succesively in Cambridge, Charlestown and Watertown Farms, n ow Weston. Feb. 11, 1678-9, he married Bethia Wood, probably daughte r of Nicholas and Mary (Williams) Wood, of Medfield, and born July 28 , 1660.
While resident at Charlestown he drew pay as an office in Philip's War , and was probably the "Captain Cutter" who commanded a company in th e expedition sent to "range the woods towards Has- now Grafton, Apri l 27, 1676....According to tradition he once commanded in a fight wit h Indians at Fort Hill in Thompson, Conn.
March 19, 1678-9, Ephraim Cutter, "of Cambridge, glazier," purchased o f Jonathan Bunker, "planter," one and a half acres meadow in Menotomy ; his brother William Cutter being a witness of the deed. June 12, 168 0, Ephraim Cutter, "of Charlestown," bought of Samuel Andrews "marrine r," for 26 pounts, a house with land in Cambridge. His eldest son, Eph raim, was born in Charlestown the following August; and he appears fir st at Watertown, Aug 18, 1689, when three of his children were baptiz ed.
June 23, 1682, he sold a "parcel of meadow" in Charlestown on "Menotom yes river" to his father, Richard. April 9, 1703, he bought of Danie l Child, for 50 pounds, two acres of land with a mansion house, barn , and orchard at Watertown. July 6, 1696, he sold a "homestead of te n acres," with nine acres meadow, and a farm of one hundred acres in W atertown to his brother William Cutter. The "Cutter Farm," located i n Weston, Ephraim and his brother sold to William Williams, "clerk," D ec. 3, 1713. Ephraim Jr., and John Cutter (William's son) were witness es of the sale.
Ephraim Cutter is mentioned in his father's and brother William's will s. The date of his decease is unknown. His wife was interred in Watert own.
Here lyes ye Body of Mrs Bethia Cutter Wife to Mr Ephraim Cutter; Wh o Died Sept ye 18th 1731 in ye 72nd Year of her Age.

Histories		A history of the Cutter family of New England (Ephraim Cutter pg 30)
Histories		A history of the Cutter family of New England (Ephraim Cutter pg 31)