Richard Cutting (1621-1696)

Biography
!HISTORY: CAME TO NEW ENGLAND IN THE SHIP "ELIZABETH" FROM IPSWICH, 1634

A YOUTH OF 11 YEARS UNDER THE CARE OF HENRY KIMBALL; BY WIFE SARAH WHI DIED

4 NOV 1685, AGED 60, HAD CHILDREN JAMES B. 26 JAN 1648, JOHN, SUSANNA, SARAH

B. 2 SEP 1661, LYDIA 1 SEP 1666, BESIDE ZECHARIAH WHO MAY HAVE BEEN THE

ELDEST. HE MADE IS WILL IN 1694 AND MENTION 4 CHILDREN STILL LIVING.

Watertown Founders Monument
He is listed on Watertown Founders Monument, commemorating the first settlers of Watertown, Massachusetts. The town was first known as Saltonstall Plantation, one of the earliest of the Massachusetts Bay Colony settlements. Founded in early 1630 by a group of settlers led by Richard Saltonstall and George Phillips, it was officially incorporated that same year. The alternate spelling "Waterton" is seen in some early documents.