Benjamin Cutter, William R. Cutter, History of the town of Arlington, Massachusetts, ormerly the second precinct in Cambridge, or District of Menotomy, afterward the town of West Cambridge. 1635-1879 with a genealogical register of the inhabitants of the precinct.

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[185] adm. Pct. ch. 10 March, 1751. He was chosen deacon of same ch. 5 Dec. 1759. Vessels, linen and cash belonging to the ch. were taken from his house in Menotomy by the King's Troops, 19 Ap. 1775. His wife's experience that day was mentioned by Pres. Langdon 31 May, 1775—Election Sermon at Watertown—as that of a woman in bed with a newborn infant, forced by the threats of the soldiery to escape, almost naked, to an open out-house, her house then set on fire, &c. Deacon Adams was a Selectman of Camb. four years, between 1758 and 1771; Precinct committeeman and assessor, 1759, 1760, 1765-67; Precinct treasurer, 1762-81, nineteen years; Precinct collector, 1786. He d. in Menotomy 3 May, 1794, a. 79 (g. s.). His w. Hannah d. 13 Aug. 1803, a. 72 (73, g. s.). By first wife had Anna, b. 14, bap. 14 Dec. 1740, adm. Pct. ch. 1 June, 1760, m. Timothy Tufts of Medford 7 (19) May, 1761 (d. 8 Oct. 1825); Joseph, b. 29 Nov. bap. 15 Dec. 1743; Martha, b. 25, bap. 28 Sept. 1746, adm. Pct. ch. 23 Apr. 1769, m. Samuel Tufts, 2d, of Medford, 11 May, 1769 (d. 28 Aug. 1811); Margaret, b. 30 Sept. bap. 8 Oct. 1749, adm. Pct. ch. 23 Apr. 1769, m. Samuel Locke, Jr., 16 May, 1771 (d. 29 Oct. 1808). By second wife had Thomas, b. 19-20, hap. 21 July, 1751; Rebecca, b. 16, bap. 19 Aug. 1753, adm. Pct. ch. 30 Mar. 1777 (d. unm. 19 May, 1834); Hannah, b. 12, bap. 25 Apr. 1756, m. Peter Tufts, 3d, of Charlestown, 22 July, 1773 (d. 24 Jan. 1843); Susanna, b. (26 June), bap.—2 July, 1758, m. Gershom Teel of Medford, 3 Oct. 1776 (d. 28 June, 1828); Mary, b. (13), bap. 15 Feb. 1761, m. Benjamin Winship, 4 Apr. 1788, Camb. (d. 2 Oct. 1845-6); Nathan, b. 9, bap. 14 Aug. 1763; Joel and Amos, twins, b. 23, bap. 25 Aug. 1765; Daniel, b. 14, bap. 27 Mar. 1768; Abigail, b. 18, bap. 20 Sept. 1772, m. Joseph Convers of Medford, 19 Oct. 1800 (d. 30 Mar. 1835); Ann, b. 1, bap. 9 Apr. 1775, m. James Hill 11 Oct. 1796. See Wyman, p. 6.

4. William, 8. of Joseph (1), m. Sarah, dau. of Zechariah Hill, 14 June, 1750. Marriage fee 40s. Both were adm. to Pct. ch. 28 Apr. 1751. He was ensign of Pct. trainband in 1771, the captain of a company in Col. Thatcher's regiment of Militia, which marched at the request of Gen. Washington on the taking possession of Dorchester Heights 4 Mar. 1776, and selectman of Camb. in 1779. He d. 10 Sept. 1787, a 62 (g. s.); his w. Sarah d. 11 Nov. 1805, a. 74 (g. s.). They had John, b. 25, bap. 28 July, 1751; William, b. 12, bap. 16 Dec. 1753; Sarah, b. 10, bap. 11 Apr. 1756, m. James Perry 19 Oct. 1773 (d. 19 July, 1780); Lucy, b. (7), bap. 10 Sept. 1758, m. John Cutter, 3d, 4 Feb. 1777, see Cutter (par. 19), (d. 9 Nov. 1830); Anna, b. (1), bap. 1 Mar. 1761, m. first, Richard Hay of Charlestown 25 Mar. 1781, and second, Kendall Bailey of Charlestown (see Wyman, 46); Rebecca, b. 10, bap. 10 June, 1764, m. James Russell of Charlestown 6 Mar. 1783 (d. 14 Nov. 1831); Lydia, b. 2, bap. 6 Sept. 1767, m. Edward Russell 9 May, 1786, Camb., and James Cutter 20 July, 1809 (d. 25 Aug. 1818); Margaret, b. 12, bap. 12 Nov. 1769, m. Thomas Russell of Charlestown 25 Nov. 1788 (rem. to Ashburnham); Mary, b. 7, bapt. 12 July, 1772, m. Nathaniel Russell