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Here lyes ye Body
of Mr William
Cutter: who dec'd
April ye 1st 1723
in ye 74th year of
his age |
William Cutter
Born: 22 February 1649/50 Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts
Died: 1 April 1723 Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts
Buried: April 1723, Old Burying Ground, Cambridge, MA
Married: Rebecca Rolfe by 1680
Occupation: carpenter, housewright, farmer, miller
Biography:
He married Rebecca Rolfe, but no record of the date of the marriage has been found. William and wife were admitted to membership in Cambridge church, July 28, 1700; and a cherished relic, the famly Bible, bears marked evidence of frequent use. His residence was in that part of the town which formed the district called Menotomy [Arlington, MA], and on the banks of the stream flowing from Lexington through Arlington into Mystic River. Here, on the occasion of his father-in-law's death, he received from the estate an acre of land. Later, April 10, 1684, he purchased of John Rolfe, Jr., four additional acres, on which he built the house, afterwards his son John's, which formerly stood on the site of the present residence of his descendant, Cyrus Cutter. This land was the "west corner" of the Rolfes'
