The Morris Clan

John CUTTS

HUSBAND:
[F7596]. John CUTTS. His descendants in America dropped the s, and changed the spelling to CUTT.
Born in 1562-1563 in Burnett, Somersetshire, England; son of John CUTTS [F15192] and Joanne KELKE [F15193]. Richard CUTTS, Member of Parliamant in 1654, is also said to be the father of Richard CUTT [F3798], but this is now considered incorrect. Joseph Wipple’s paper does say that the father of the emigrant Cutt brothers was a member of parliament when he died. This has not been disproved but certainly he was not Richard Cutts, member for Essex in 1654. {S4}.

He lived in Eston-Will (Estonwell), Devon, England.

He married (1) ?.

He conveyed the family manor in Burnett in 1599 to Bridget Cutts, widow of Nicholas John Cutts, a Wine Merchant of Bristol, another son of John Cutt. He moved to Bath, Somersetshire, England; probably some time between this time of the sale of the property in Burnett and the time of his second marriage.

He married (2) Bridget BAKER, widow of Paul SHERSTON, about 1610.

John Cutt, by his own deposition, was age 50 in 1613. then living in Bath. {S1, S4}. His will was dated 8 December 1613. He died in 1625 1623-S?) in Bath, Somersetshire, England; and was buried on 3 November 1625 in Bath, Somersetshire, England.

WIFE (1):
?

WIFE (2):
[F7597]. Bridget BAKER.
Born in 1563 in Burnett, Somersetshire, England; daughter of Arthur BAKER [F15194] of Aust, Gloucester, England. She married (1) Peter Sherston on 11 Oct 1598. There were three Sherston children baptized between 1600 and 1606. Peter was buried on 13 Aug 1606. She married (2) John CUTTS [F7596] about 1610. According to family tradition, Bridget had 23 children by her two husbands. All 23 children were said to be living at the same time. Six of her Cutt children appear in New England records.

CHILDREN of John CUTTS [F7596] and Bridget BAKER [F7597]:

John CUTT. Born in England in 1613 (1625-S9). He emigrated to America with his brothers, Richard and Robert, about 1640. John established himself in Portsmouth as a merchant, becoming also a farmer and a mill-owner, and acquired a large property. During the union with Massachusetts he was sent as deputy to the general court, and was one of a committee from Portsmouth appointed under the jurisdiction of Massachusetts and against the claims of Captain John Mason. Charles II appointed him Governor of the New Hampshire Colony in 1679, and continued in that office until his death, when he was succeeded by Richard Waldron He died on 27 March 1681 in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
[F3798]. Richard CUTT.. Born in 1615 (1627-S9) in Bath (of Bristol-S10), Somersetshire, England. He emigrated to America with his brothers about 1640. He settled first on the Isles of Shoals and became a fisherman, but afterward moved to Portsmouth. He married (1) Elizabeth ALDERSLEY probably before 1646. She must have died soon. He married (2) Eleanor (LEADER?) [F3799] about 1647-1649 in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. He died in 1676.
Robert CUTT. Born in 1619 (1628-S9), probably in Bath, Somersetshire, England; son of John CUTT [F1] and Bridget BAKER. He emigrated to America with his brothers about 1640. He married (1) (unknown) in St. Christophers, Barbados. She died shortly. He married (2) Mary HOET (HOLE, HOEL), sister of John HOET (HOLE), in Barbados. John HOET later came to Kittery in the New Hampshire Plantation. Robert CUTT became a noted ship-builder in Kittery. Kittery is now in the state of Maine. Robert died 18 June 1674 in Kittery.
Baker Cutt b. Eng., d. Eng. (came & went back).
Walter Cutt 1617.
Ann Cutt 11 Sept. 1625.

SOURCES:

[S1]. Cutt or Cutts Family of Maine. David Petrie Research. NewEnglandAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society. http://www.newenglandancestors.org/research/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=1493. Also personal correspondence with Mr. Petrie.
[S2]. Landmarks in Ancient Dover, New Hampshire by Mary P. Thompson, Durham, N.H. ©1892, Printed by the Republican Press Association, Concord, N.H. PG. 86-87. http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/nh/strafford/history/dover/load/lndmrkg/gore.txt
[S3]. Boston, MA Marriages 1646 - 175. From the Record Commissioners Report 9 (1649 - 1699) and From the Record Commissioners Report 150 (1700 - 1751) Published 1898. http://bos-gw.rays-place.com/bos/bos-mar-15.htm and http://bos-gw.rays-place.com/bos/1695-1696.pdf
[S4]. RootsWeb.com. Post by Mr. David Petrie. http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/CUTTS/2004-04/1082006025.
[S5]. Virtual American Biographies - http://www.famousamericans.net/johncutt/
[S6]. Genealogy of the Cutts Family in America; Cecil Hampden Cutts Howard; Joel Munsell’s Sons Publishers (1892)] "
[S7]. Cutts Family. Surname Page from the Genealogy of Kenneth D. Kalloch. http://kalloch.org/surname_pages/cutts.htm.
[S8]. Cutts Surname - Cutts Genealogy. http://www.surnameweb.org/registry/c/u/t/cutts.shtml
[S10]. General Whipple's Ancestors. www.whipple.org/william/ancestors.html. (Originally published in The Presentation of the Portraits of General William Whipple, Signer of the Declaration of Independence and of David Glasgow Farragut, Admiral, United States Navy, November 20th, 1891 (Portsmouth, N.H., 1891), pp. 27-33.