Capt. John Cutting1

#4332, (say 1595 - 20 November 1659)

Family

Mary Ward b. c 1598, d. c 1663/64
Children 1.John Cutting Jr.+7 (s 1620 - )
 2.Mary Cutting+4 (s 1622 - )
 3.Sara Cutting+4 (s 1632 - )
He was master mariner, making several trans-Atlantic voyages bringing migrants to Massachusetts Colony.2 
Some works name a third daughter, Judith. On this see the entry for Judith, first wife of James Browne, husband of their daughter Sara.3 
Birth*say 1595He was born say 1595 at EnglandG. 
Marriage*13 August 1619He married Mary Ward, daughter of Edward Ward and Judith _____, on 13 August 1619 at St. Stephen Church, Ipswich, Suffolk, EnglandG.4,5 
circa 1636 Circa 1636, Capt. John Cutting and Mary Ward migrated to Massachusetts ColonyG.2 
25 July 1636He received a land grant on 25 July 1636 at Watertown, Massachusetts Colony.2 
circa 1639He and Mary Ward removed to Newbury, Massachusetts Colony, circa 1639.2 
between 1648 and 1651He and Mary Ward removed to Charlestown (now Boston), Middlesex (now Suffolk) Co., Massachusetts ColonyG, between 1648 and 1651.2 
before 1656He and Mary Ward removed to Newbury, Essex Co., Massachusetts ColonyG, before 1656.2 
22 October 1659He left a will on 22 October 1659 at Newbury, Essex Co., Massachusetts Bay ColonyG.6 
Death*20 November 1659He died on 20 November 1659 at Essex Co., Massachusetts Bay ColonyG.6 
Probate*27 March 1660His estate was probated on 27 March 1660 at Ipswich Court, Essex Co., Massachusetts Bay ColonyG.6 

Citations

  1. [S497] Ancestry.com Samuel Peyton, talshouse, owner, online Ancestry.com.
  2. [S1825] Walter Goodwin Davis, The Ancestry of Abel Lunt 1769–1806 of Newbury, Massachusetts (Portland, Maine: The Anthoensen Press, 1963), pp. 81–87. Hereinafter cited as Ancestry of Abel Lunt.
  3. [S520] VWH.
  4. [S1821] Leslie Mahler, "The English Origin of Nathaniel Ward of Hartford, Connecticut, and Hadley, Massachusetts, Mary (Ward) Cutting of Newbury, Massachusetts, Rebecca (Ward) Allen of Newbury, and Their Nephew William Markham of Hadley: A Previously Unknown Kinship Group", The American Genealogist 83:1 (Jan. 2008, published Feb. 2009).
  5. [S1826] Boyd's Marriage Indexes, 1538-1850 (transcription citing Society of Genealogists), online FindMyPast.com, John Cutting and Mary Ward, marr. 1619, St. Stephen, Ipswich, Suffolk, England.
  6. [S386] Probate Records of Essex County Massachusetts: Vol. III, 1675-1681 (Salem, MA: The Essex Institute, 1920), I:308-311. Estate of John Cutting of Newbury, deceased 20 Nov 1659. Will dated 22 Oct 1659, proved in Ipswich Court 27 Mar 1660; Inventory 16 Dec 1659. Names "Mary my wife," "Daughter Mary the wife of Nicholas Noyes," "Daughter Sara Browne of Charlestowne, the wife of James Browns," dau. Mary's son Cutting Noyes, grandchild Mary the wife of Samuel Moody; and gives "to every one of my Grandchildren and great grandchildren thirty shillings apiece."
  7. [S1823] David W. Hoyt, "The Cutting–Browne Family of Newbury", The Essex Institute XLVIII (1912): see especially footnote ** on p. 85. John Jr.'s probable dau. Mary is referred to in the wills of both of her paternal grandparents as "Mary" without naming either of her parents.