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.

Wellman, Thomas T. and Sophia R. Reed, both of Lynnfield, m. 21 Dec. 1837.

Wesson, Roger, of Mason, N. H., m. Anna Frost, 22 Dec. 1799. See Frost (par. 3). Anna was dism. ‘to the ch. in Mason,’ 17 Jan. 1808. The name is prob. Weston. See Hist. Mason, N. H.

Wetherby, Ethan, m. Lucretia Adams, 31 Dec. 1775. Proprietor of the celebrated Wetherby's Tavern of 19 Apr. 1775.

Wheeler, Benjamin, of Concord, m. Lucy Winship, of Lexington, 27 Nov. 1753—fee ‘3/1 dols.’ John, of Dover, N. H., m. Rebecca Harris, of Maiden, 12 Mar. 1793. Amos and wife (name not given) o. c. here 14 Nov. 1802, and had Mary Ann, bap. 15 Nov. 1802; Lydia and Henrietta, both bap. 8 Dec. 1805. Stephen, m. Sally Whittemore, 24 Aug. 1813; Major Stephen d. 24 Apr. 1825, a. 47. Silas, m. Clarissa Locke, 15 Sept. 1822.

White, John, of Boston, m. Susanna Shattuck. 9 June, 1741. Hannah, of Watertown, m. George Allen, 16 Sept. 1756.

Whitmore, Widow Rebecca, d. 13 Nov. 1751, a. 90. Maiden name Rebecca Rolfe, and William Cutter's widow and widow of Dea. John Whitmore of Medford. She was b. at Newbury 9 Feb. 1662, dau. of John and Mary (Scullard) Rolfe. Her father, John Rolfe, of Cambridge, originally from Newbury, came hither about 1670, from Nantucket Island. She and husband William Cutter were admitted to membership of Cambridge church 28 July, 1700. By Cutter she had ten children, nine of whom attained maturity and gave birth to a numerous progeny. He d. 1 Apr. 1723, aet. 74, and she m. on 3 June, 1724, her second husband Whitmore, who d. 22 Feb. 1739-40, a. 84. She gave six pounds toward procuring utensils for the communion table of the Pct. ch. at organization, 1739. Those constituting her gift are inscribed, ‘The gift of Rebeckah Whitmore to the 2d Church of Christ in Cambridge, 1739.’ See Cutter Book, 21, 25, 411, &c.

2. Stephen, 3d, of Medford, m. Mary Whittemore of Camb., 14 July, 1763—fee two dollars. He was son of Francis, s. of John, s. of Dea. John (par. 1). Stephen and Mary, of Medford, had sons Samuel and William, both b. here 11, bap. here 12 June, 1768; John, bap. 3 Sept. 1772, here—son of Stephen of Kennebeck. See Paige, 686; Brooks's Medford, 564, &c.

3. Francis, 3d, of Medford, m. Elizabeth Bowman, 30 Dec. 1764. He was a bro. of Stephen (2). Francis, 3d, of Kennebeck, had Francis, bap. here 5 Aug. 1770.

4. Mary, of Medford, m. Nathan Blodgett of Camb., 27 Apr. 1775. She was a cousin of Stephen and Francis (pars. 2 and 3). See Paige, 686.

Whitney, Emery, and Lydia Locke, of Lexington, m. 29 May, 1817. Samuel, of Boston, m. Rebecca Perry, of W. Camb., 2 Sept. 1824. Harriet W., of W. Camb., m. Edmund M. Brown, of Lexington, 1 May, 1836.