Arrived with mother in 1640

SOURCES:
CUTTER FAMILY OF NEW ENGLAND
BY DR. BENJAMIN CUTTER (1871)
Richard, the younger son of Elizabeth very likely was a voyager in the
ship with his mother when she emigrated about the yera 1640. He was
probably under twenty years of age at the time of his arrival, and
unmarried. He was a cooper by trade and the small oaken chest made to
keep his clothes when apprenticed is now the property of the writer.
Richard became entitled to suffrage in the election of the colonial
magistrates by his admission as freeman, June 2, 1641. The privilege
was ernestly desired by everyman and all freemen at that period were
required to be "orthodox, members of the church, twenty years old, and
worth £200." The oath sworn at admission required them to be " true and
faitllful" subjects of the Commonwealth, to " yield assistance and
support "hereunto " with person and estate; "maintain and preserve" all
her "liberties and privileges;" submit to her "wholesome laws;" never
''plot nor practise" evil against her; nor "consent to any that shall so do,"
He became a member of the Artillery Company in 1643. This association,
formed in 1637, met for improvement of discipline and tactics; and
comprised the leaders and officers of the volunteer "train-bands" and the
principal magistrates and citizens. The first regularly organized
company in America. It may be considered the germ from which all our
military character in New England, if not in the United States, has
sprung;" and exists still under the name of the "Ancient and Honorable
Artillery" of Boston.
Richard Cutter was a member of Cambridge Church in full communion.

WILL OF RICHARD CUTTER
APRIL 19, 1693
In the name of God, Amen.
I Richard Cutter of Cambridge in the Massachusetts colony of New
England, being at present weake and sick in body but of sound and perfect
mind and memory, and waiting for my great and last change, do ordain
and make this my last will and testament in manner and form following
(viz.)
I doe first and principallycommend my soule into the hands of Almighty
God, hoping through the merritts death and passion of of my savior
Jesus Christ, to have full and free pardon of all my sins and to inherit
eternal life; and my body I commit to the earth to be decently buried at
the discretion of my executors hereafter named. And as touching my
temporal estate as it hath pleased Almighty God to bestow upon me, I
give and dispose as followeth;
I will, after my just debts and funeral charges be paid and discharged,
I will and appoint that my loveing wife shall have the whole of my
estate, that is to say the yearly rent or income thereof for her
maintenance during her natural life, or so long as she shall remaine my
widdow.
Item, I will and bequeath unto my daughter, Mary (now) Sanger eight
pounds to be payd in good pay.
Item, I will and bequeath unto my daughters Hepzibah, Ruhamah, and
Sarah, each of them ten pounds apiece to be payed by my executors
hereafter named or the survivors of them at the death of my wife or on
the marriage of said three daughters Hepzibah, Ruhamah, and Sarah. If it
happen that any of said three daughters aforenamed shall decease before
marriage or before the time of payment (which happens on death of my
wife) that in such case it is my will that the survivor of them shall
have the deceased's share devided between them.
Item, I give to my two daughters Rebeckah (now) Ffillebrown and
Elizabeth (now) Hall to each of them five pounds apiece on the decease of
my wife.
Item, I will unto my five sons Samuel, William, Ephraim, Gershom, and
Nathaniell all my lands and meadows within the limits of Charletowne to
be equally devided amongst them. And it is my mind and will that my son
Nathaniel shall have his share (if he desires it) where he now dwelleth.
Also it is my mind and will that if at any time any of my sones shall
hereafter se cause to sell theire devision or share in the lands to them
willed, such son shall make the profer thereof first to his bretheren who
shall have the refuse of buying the same. And if any of my aforesaid
sones shall neglect to make such offer to his bretheren upon sale of
theire devision and except they refuse to buy, such son shall forfeit his
land or the value of it.
Also it is my mind and will that after my wives deceasemy house and
homestall with swamp on the Notomie Brook and woodlotts on the Rocks
that one of my sones will take the same and the valew thereof as it shall
then be prized I doe order shall be devided to all my children that shall
then be surviving, only my executors hereafter named shall, at the
decease of my wife, out of the valew of said house and homestall first
satisfy all debts that shall happen for my wife's maintainance that
shall happen necessary , her funerall expenses and all charges of probate
and registering.
Also I do advise, and as a father charge my children to take care of
theire mother. I councell my son Samuel to dwell with his brother
William Cutter while he remains unmarried. I do nominate and ordain my
sons William, Gershom, and Nathaniell Cutter sole executors of this my
last will and testament, that my body may be buried at Cambridge
burying place near my first wifes grave. I do hereby disanull and revoak
and make void all former wills and testaments by me made heretofore.
I witness hereof I the aforesaid Richard Cutter to this my last will and
testament contained in one half sheet of large paper have set to my hand
and seal. I declare it is my mind and will that my son William Cutter
shall if he desires have his share of lands in Charlestowne Bounds next
his own meadow.
SIGNATURE AND SEAL OF RICHARD CUTTER
In presence of us:
James Hubbert
John Pratt
John Jackson
Charlestowne. by ye Honourable James Russell, Esc.

Inscription on his tombstone reads: "Here lyes ye Body of Richard Cutter,
Aged about 72 years, died ye 16 of June, 1693.

Freeman June 2, 1641

Torrey says he was nborn in 1611

Member of Ancient and Honorable Artillery co. ,1643, the first regularly
organized co. in America.

Member of First Church of Cambridge.
Gravestone says died April 19, 1693 aged 72.

Savage Vol.1 p495
freem. 2 June 1641, ar. co. 1643, by first w. Elizabeth had Elizabeth b. 15
July1645, d. at 18 yrs.; Samuel, 3 Jan. 1647; Thomas, 19 July 1648, d.
soon; William, 22 Feb. 1650; Ephraim; Gershom; and Mary; all,
says Mitchell, b. and bapt. in this ch. exc. Thomas. His w. d. 5 Mar.
1662, not 1663, as Harris, Epit. I. has it, aged a. 42, and he m. 14 Feb.
1663, Harris, 23 (wh. was bef. the d. of Elizabeth as by him giv.) Frances,
wid. of Isaac Amsden, had Nathaniel, 11 Dec. 1663, bapt. 24 Jan. 1664;
Rebecca, 5 Sept. bapt. 8 Oct. 1665; Hepzibah, 11 Nov. bapt. 1 Dec1667,
d. at 3 mos. Elizabeth b. 1 Mar. 1669; Hepzibah, again, 15 Aug.
1671; Sarah, 31 Aug. 1673; and Ruhamah; and he d. 16 June 1693,
aged a. 72. Frances, his. w. outliv. him; and his d. Mary m. Nathaniel
Sanger; Rebecca m. 9 Dec. 1688, Thomas Fillebrown; Elizabeth m. a
Hall; and Sarah m. 5 Dec. 1700, James Locke of Woburn.

SOURCES:
The History of Cambridge - Lucius R. Paige, 1877 p.184

Thomas Shepard's Confessions - edited by George Selement
& Bruce C. Wooley, 1981

The Register of Freemen of Newcastle upon Tyne - Newcastle
upon Tyne Records Committee, 1923

Middlesex County Probate (Fisrt Series Docket 5604)

Middlesex County DeedS

The Records of the Town of Cambridge, 1901

The Cutter Family of New England - William Richard Cutter, 1871

Bonds Watertown pp192-193

Lexington, Ma. (1913) Vol.2 pp153-155by Lexington Historical Soc.

Boston & Eastern Ma. Vol.1 p283by Dr. Benjamin Cutter (1908)

Savage Vol.1 pp495-496

Wells Family p151by Wells/Feldman (1942)

Boston & Eastern Mass. Vol.1 p408 Vol.2 p650 by Cutter (1908)

Pioneers of Massachusetts by Charles Henry Pope p.127

History of Framingham by J.H. Temple p.690

Ancestral Heads of New England Families (1620-1700) by Frank R.
Holmes p.62

TOPOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY OF ENGLISH EMIGRANTS TO NEW ENGLAND
by Charles Edward Banks p.131

Pioneers of Massachusetts by Charles Henry Pope p.127

History of Framingham by J.H. Temple p.690

Ancestral Heads of New England Families (1620-1700) by Frank R.
Holmes p.62

New England Families Vol.1 p156 by Richard Cutter
Richard, son of Widow Elizabeth Cutter, was born in England, about 1621, and
died June 16, 1693, aged about seventy-two years. He probably came before his mother.
He was a cooper by trade, and his descendants have the small oaken chest made to keep
his clothes when he was serving his apprenticeship. He was admitted a freeman, June 2,
1641, when he was doubtless over twenty-one. He joined the Artillery Company of Boston
in 1643. He married, about 1644, Elizabeth (???), who died March 5, 1661-62, aged
according to her gravestone, forty-two years. He married (second) February 14, 1662-63,
Frances (Perriman) Amsden, widow of Isaac Amsden, of Cambridge. He owned several
parcels of land in the vicinity of Cambridge. His homestead was in Menotomy, then Cambridge.
His will was made April 19, 1693, and proved July 24, 1693. Children: Elizabeth,
born July 15, 1645; Samuel, January 3, 1646-47, at Cambridge; Thomas, July 19,
1648; William, mentioned below; Ephraim, 1651; Gershom, 1653; Mary, 1657; Nathaniel,
December 11, 1663; Rebecca, September 5, 1665; Hepsibah, November 11, 1667, died
February 27, 1668; Elizabeth, May 1, 1668-69; Hepsibah, August 15, 1671; Sarah, August 31,
1673; Ruhamah, 1678.

• Married: ABT 1644 in Cambridge, , Massachusetts

1. Elizabeth CUTTER b: 15 Jul 1645 in Cambridge, , Massachusetts
2. Samuel CUTTER b: 3 Jan 1647 in Cambridge, , Massachusetts
3. Thomas CUTTER b: 19 Jul 1648 in Cambridge, , Massachusetts
4. William CUTTER b: 22 Feb 1650 in Cambridge, , Massachusetts
5. Ephraim CUTTER b: Sep 1651 in Cambridge, , Massachusetts
6. Gershom CUTTER b: in Cambridge, , Massachusetts c: 1653 in Cambridge, , Massachusetts
7. Mary CUTTER b: in Cambridge, , Massachusetts c: 1657 in Cambridge, , Massachusetts

• Married: 14 Feb 1662

1. Nathaniel CUTTER b: 11 Dec 1663 in Cambridge, , Massachusetts
2. Rebecca CUTTER b: 15 Sep 1665 in Cambridge, , Massachusetts
3. Elizabeth CUTTER b: 1 Mar 1668 in Cambridge, , Massachusetts
4. Hepsibah CUTTER b: 15 Aug 1671 in Cambridge, , Massachusetts
5. Sarah CUTTER b: 31 Aug 1673 in Cambridge, , Massachusetts
6. Ruhamah CUTTER b: 1678 in Cambridge, , Massachusetts