Ephraim Cutter, I b. 5 Sep 1651 Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA: Discovering My Ancestors

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Name	Ephraim Cutter
Suffix	I
Birth	5 Sep 1651	Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA [2, 3, 4]
Occupation	Abt 1675	Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA (Age 23 years) [4]
Occupation: Glazier
Death	Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
	Date of death unknown. His wife is buried in "Old Burying Ground" in Cambridge but there is no headstone for Ephraim, if he is even buried with her. No will for Ephraim has been found.
Person ID	I29	Discovering the Perry/Doane Family Tree
Last Modified	19 May 2017

Father Richard Cutter
b. 21 Aug 1621, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England
d. 16 Jun 1693, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA (Age 71 years)

Mother Elizabeth Williams
b. 1620, England
d. 5 Mar 1662, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA (Age 42 years)

Marriage Abt 1642 Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA

Age at Marriage He was ~ 20 years old - She was ~ 22 years old. (Were Married ~ 20 years).

Children 4 children

1. Elizabeth Cutter
b. 13 Jul 1643, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA

d. 10 Jan 1692, Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA

2. William Cutter
b. 22 Feb 1649, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA

d. 1 Apr 1723, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA

3. Ephraim Cutter, I
b. 5 Sep 1651, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA

d. Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA

4. Mary Cutter
b. 1657, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA

d. 19 Nov 1711, Woodstock, Windham, Connecticut, USA

Family ID F150 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Spouse Bethia Wood
b. 28 Jul 1660, Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA
d. 18 Sep 1731, Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA (Age 71 years)

Marriage 11 Feb 1678 Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA [1, 2, 4]

Age at Marriage He was 26 years old - She was 17 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 31)

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

Sources

[S47] Massachusetts Marriages, 1633-1850.
[S76] U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700.
[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 31)
Histories		A history of the Cutter family of New England (Ephraim Cutter pg 30)