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The Cutler genealogy is an interesting
one. The family traces in this country to
the earliest times of the Colonists, the immigrant
ancestor being James Cutler,
who was born in England in 1606. The
records show him settled in Watertown,
Massachusetts, as early as 1634, when he
was one of the original patentees of land
in the northerly part of the town. Later
he settled in what is now Lexington,
where he died May 17, 1694. He had become
possessed of considerable land
which he divided by will among his children.
His first wife, Anna, died Septem-
ber 30, 1644.
Their son, James Cutler, was born September
6, 1635, and died July 31, 1685, at
Cambridge Farms, now called Lexington.
James Cutler was a farmer and soldier in
King Philip's War. Pie married, June 15,
1665, Lydia. widow of Samuel Wright,
and daughter of John Moore, of Sudbury,
where she died November 23, 1723.
Their son, Thomas Cutler, was born
December 15, 1677, at Cambridge Farms.
He was constable in 1719; selectman in
1729, 1731, 1733 and 1734. About 1752
he removed to what is now the town of
Warren, Massachusetts, where he had
purchased a farm, and where he made his
will, September 15, 1759. He married
Sarah, daughter of Samuel and Dorcas
(Jones) Stone, who died at the age of
sixty-nine years, January 10. 1750.
Their son. Deacon Thomas Cutler, Jr.,
was born September 30, 1719, at Lexing-
ton, Massachusetts, and inherited the
homestead farm from his father in Warren.
He followed the occupation of farm-
ing all of his life. He died November 28,
1760. He married a widow. Mrs. Sarah
Fiske, daughter of Samuel Reade, of Bur-
lington, Massachusetts, born October 8,
1724, and died March 25, 1807.
Their son, Lieutenant Ebenezer Cutler,
was born at Lexington, Massachusetts,
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April 30, 1747, and in his turn inherited
the homestead where he had been reared
in Warren. He served in the Revolutionary
War. He died October 28, 1814. On
April 7, 1768, he married Abigail, daughter
of Stone, who died at the age
of forty-one years, May 11, 1790.
Their son, James Cutler, was born at
Warren, Massachusetts, November 5,
1774, and died August 13, 1843. He married,
December 8, 1803, Betsey, daughter
of Captain Cyrus Rich, and she died
March 8, 1862. Both James Cutler and
his wife were earnest members of the
Congregational church, and were noted
for their public spirit.
Eben Cutler, son of James and Betsey
(Rich) Cutler, was born in Warren, Mas-
sachusetts, April 26, 1816, and was the
youngest of six children. He engaged in
the jewelry business in Boston with such
success that he was able to retire from
business several years before his death.
He was not a politician in the accepted
sense of the term, but took more than a
passive interest in public affairs and
served as a member of the City Council
and Board of Aldermen in Boston, and
was a member of the Massachusetts Legislature
in 1865 and 1866. Mr. Cutler was
a man of sterling character, was ambi-
tious, energetic and thrifty. He was a
man of high ideals and drew around him
a wide circle of friends. On November 4,
185 1, he married Carrie Elizabeth Holman,
of Newton, Massachusetts, who died
November 7, 1873, at the age of thirty-
nine years. She was a direct descendant
of Ensign John Holman, who came from
England in the ship "Mary and John" and
was one of the original settlers of Dorchester,
Massachusetts, in 1630. He
served as selectman, was an ensign in
the Pequot War, and was a member of
the Ancient and Honorable Artillery
Company of Boston.