John Cutler (1665 - 1720)

Born 1665 in Bolland, Yorkshire, England [uncertain]

Husband of Margery (Hayhurst) Cutler — married 17 Jun 1703 in Middletown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania

Descendants

Died 7 Mar 1720 at about age 55 in Bucks County Pennsylvania, British America

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Biography

John Cutler was a part of William Penn's Pennsylvania Settlers community.

John was a Friend (Quaker)

John was the son of Edmund and Isabel Cutler, and was born in 1684 in England. He was baptised 11 May 1684 in Slaidburn, Yorkshire, England^[1]

Arrived aboard Rebecca along with his brother's family on October 31, 1685. ^[2]

He married Margery (Hayhurst) Cutler in the Middletown (later Langhorne) Meetinghouse in a Quaker ceremony on 17 June 1703. ^[3]

Tradition says, walked three times from Stroudsburg, PA to Fallsington, a distance of sixty miles in twelve hours, to visit Margery Hayhurst. During the third visit they were married. ^[4]

John and Margery had three children: ^[4]

• Elizabeth, born 1704
• Mary, born 1706, married David Palmer
• Benjamin, born 1709

John Palmer was a surveyor, and surveyed Bucks Co. in 1732-3.^[4]

He wrote a will 11 Aug 1718 in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, which was proved 6 Jun 1720. ^[5]

John died 7 Mar 1720 in Middletown, Bucks County.^[5]

He was buried in Middletown. ^[6]

Note

A certificate of removal was received from the Settle Monthly Meeting and recorded by the Middletown Monthly Meeting, for John and Edmund Cutler, stating they were brothers.^[7] https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/21694212?h=bd5d0d The Passenger & Immigration Lists Index 1500-1900; Ancestry.com gives Edmund Cutler with family members Wife Iseabel; Child Ellizabeth; Son Thomas; Son William; Brother John.^[8] https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/21694251?h=1c59ac

Sources

1. ↑ England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975, Ancestry.com
2. ↑ U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s. Original in the Historical Society of Pennsylvania. Corrected and re-transcribed in no. 7585, Roach, and no. 8370, Sheppard. Also in no. 6460, "A Partial List...."
3. ↑ Swarthmore College; Swarthmore, Pennsylvania; Minutes, 1700-1779; Collection: Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Minutes; Call Number: MR-Ph 305, Middletown Monthly Meeting records
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2} Fell, Sarah Moore, “Genealogy of the Palmer Family in America, descended from John and Christian Palmer, who settled in Bucks County, Pennsylvania 1683” Reproduced by Duopage Process, Micro Photo Division, Bell & Howell Co., Cleveland, Ohio, 1902
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} Abstracts of Wills, 1685-1825; Probate Place: Bucks, Pennsylvania
6. ↑ Swarthmore College; Swarthmore, Pennsylvania; Minutes, Marriages, Certificates of Removal, Condemnations, Births and Burials, 1682-1807; Collection: Quaker Meeting Records; Call Number: MR Ph 310 Middletown Monthly Meeting records.
7. ↑ Swarthmore College; Swarthmore, Pennsylvania; Minutes, Marriages, Certificates of Removal, Condemnations, Births and Burials, 1682-1807; Collection: Quaker Meeting Records; Call Number: MR Ph 310; Ancestry.com. U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935 Ancestry Record 2189 #2101237
8. ↑ Place: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Year: 1685; Page Number: 174; Ancestry.com. U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s Ancestry Record 7486 #3386051

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