Family:Whitney, Anna (1702-1793)

Anna⁴ Whitney (Jonathan³, Jonathan², John¹), daughter of Jonathan³ and Sarah (Hapgood) Whitney, was born 22 or 24 May 1702, Watertown, MA,^[1] baptized 1 Nov 1702, Watertown, MA,^[2] and died 24 Aug 1793, Lincoln, MA.

She married, 3 Mar 1723/4, Weston, MA, Ebenezer Cutler "of Weston",^[3] son of John and Mary (Stearns) Cutler, by Francis Fullam, J.P. He was born 24 Jul 1700, Watertown, MA, and died 17 Jan 1777, Lincoln, MA.

She was admitted a church member 1 Oct 1721, Weston, MA.^[4]

Pierce says the following:^[5]

ANNE [WHITNEY], b. May 22, 1702; m. Mar. 3, 1723, in Concord, Mass., Capt. Ebenezer CUTLER, b. July 24, 1700. He held the rank of captain, was justice of the peace many years. Res. Weston, which was set off to Lincoln, Apr. 19, 1754. He d. in Lincoln, Jan. 17, 1777. She d. in Lincoln, Mass., Aug. 24, 1793. Ch.: Elisha, b. Apr. 30, 1725; m. Anna ----- and Mrs. Mary CUTLER; Jonas, b. Oct. 16, 1727; m. Jemima DAVIS; Anne, b. Mar. 6, 1729; m. Isaac JONES, Mary, b. Dec. 23, 1732; Sarah, b. Sept. 15, 1735; m. Samuel HILL, res. Mason, N.H. son Ebenezer. gr. H.C.; Mellicent, b. Mar. 31, 1738; m. 1762, Capt. Samuel BALDWIN. Jr., res. Riverside in Northbridge, Mass.; Eliakin, b. July 10, 1745; d. Mar. 21, 1812.

Children of Ebenezer and Anna⁴ (Whitney) Cutler, all born Weston, MA:

i.	Elisha Cutler, b. 30 Apr 1725; bp. 15 Jan 1747/8, Weston, MA; m.(1) Sarah Munroe; m.(2) Mary -----.
ii.	Jonas Cutler, b. 16 Oct 1727; bp. 15 Jan 1747/8, Weston, MA; d. 19 Dec 1782, Groton, MA, aged 55 years; m. 30 Sep 1764, Boston, MA, Jemima Davis (b. ca. 1736, d. Jan 1819, Groton, MA, aged 82 years); no children found.
iii.	Anna Cutler, b. 6 Mar 1729/30; bp. 15 Jan 1747/8, Weston, MA; m. Isaac Jones.
iv.	Mary Cutler, b. 23 Dec 1732; bp. 15 Jan 1747/8, Weston, MA.
v.	Sarah Cutler, b. 15 Sep 1735; bp. 15 Jan 1747/8, Weston, MA; m. Samuel Hill.
vi.	Mellicent Cutler, b. 31 Mar 1738; bp. 15 Jan 1747/8, Weston, MA; m. Samuel Baldwin.
vii.	Ebenezer Cutler, b. ca. 1740; bp. 15 Jan 1747/8, Weston, MA; Mar 1831, Annapolis Royal, NS; m.(1) (int. 24 Nov 1764, Oxford, MA, she "Mrs." "of Westborough", and 24 Nov 1764, Westborough, MA, he "of Oxford"), Miriam Eager; m.(2) 26 Jul 1784, Saint Anne Soho, Westminster, co. Middlesex, Mary Hicks.
viii.	Zaccheus Cutler, b. say 1742; bp. 15 Jan 1747/8, Weston, MA; d. 1780, at sea; m. 6 Oct 1771, Hasadiah Eager, d. 25 Apr 1773, Amherst, NH.
ix.	Eliakim Cutler, b. 10 Jul 1745; bp. 15 Jan 1747/8, Weston, MA; d. 2 or 21 Mar 1812, Lincoln, MA; apparently unmarried.

Notes

All nine children were baptized at the same time in the order given above.

Ebenezer Cutler's Memorial (Loyalist Claim) [PRO A.O. 12/11]:^[6]

"One half of the Profits of a Store at Groton in Co partnary with his Brother Jonas Cutler, his yearly Profits were £130 perannun nine year £1350. His Brother Jonas was left in possession in Septmeber 1774, he died in 178_and left a wife.

Claim for the Estate of Zaccheus Cutler his brother. Zaccheus Cutler joined the British army in 1775, and remained within the British Lines and in England until he was lost going from London to South Carolina in 1780.He left no will. He had no Family. There were two Brothers besides Zaccheus and Claiment -

1st. Elisha Cutler, the oldest lives in New England, always friendly to the Americans.

2nd Jonas Cutler, dead without issue - has left a wife - in New England.

3rd Claiment."

Not clear why Eliakim is not mentioned.

Zaccheus' wife died in the 1773, which explains the statement that "he had no family."

Richard C. Wiggin includes Ebenezer and Zaccheus, Loyalists, sons of Capt. Ebenezer in his recent book Embattled Farmers http://embattledfarmers.org/

Zaccheus' wife, Hesadiah Eager, was the sister of Ebenezer's first wife, Miriam Eager. Their brother James was also a Loyalist.

Miriam Eager Cutler died while Ebenezer was in exile. Jonas Cutler was appointed guardian of the six children. Jonas died soon after and Miriam and Hesadiah's mother, Miriam Wheeler Eager, became guardian. It is reported that she and her son(s) brought the children to join Ebenezer in Nova Scotia. While in London, Ebenezer married 20 year old Mary Hicks, the daughter of Lt. Col. Edward Hicks of the 70th Regiment, British Army. (Another divided family. The Hicks had been in America since the early 1600's. Edward purchased a commission in 1757 and was a career officer when the revolution in America began. He was stationed in Nova Scotia. Did he meet Ebenezer during that time? He eventually retired to London and all of his children and descendants are in England .... except Mary who came to Nova Scotia with her husband Ebenezer Cutler.)

References

Mary Frances Peirce, Town of Weston. Births, Deaths and Marriages, 1707-1850. 1703--Gravestones--1900. Church Records, 1709-1825. Appendix and Addenda, Cent Society, Gleanings from the Town Files, Bits of Genealogy, Error, Indexes, &c. (Boston, MA: McIncloe Bros., Printers, 1901), p. 457.

1.^ "Anna Whitny, d. Jonathan & Sary Whitny, b. 24 May 1702," according to Watertown Records, Comprising the Third Book of Town Proceedings and the Second Book of Births, Marriages, and Deaths, to the End of 1737. Also Plan and Register of Burials in Arlington Street Burying Ground (Watertown, MA: Historical Society, 1900), volume 2, page 22.

2.^ "1 Nov 1702, Anna, d. of Jonathan Whitney, bapt.," according to Watertown Records, Comprising East Congregational and Precinct Affairs, 1697 to 1737. Also, Record Book of the Pastors, 1686-1819 (Watertown, MA: Historical Society, 1906), volume 4, page 134.

3.^ "Anna [Whitney] and Ebenezer Cutler, [married] Mar. 3, 1723/4, by Francis Fullam, J.P.," according to Mary Frances Peirce, Town of Weston. Births, Deaths and Marriages, 1707-1850. 1703--Gravestones--1900. Church Records, 1709-1825. Appendix and Addenda, Cent Society, Gleanings from the Town Files, Bits of Genealogy, Error, Indexes, &c. (Boston, MA: McIncloe Bros., Printers, 1901), page 14.

4.^ "Anna [Whitney], c.m. Oct. 1, 1721," according to Weston Vital Records, page 403.

5.^ Frederick Clifton Pierce, The Descendants of John Whitney, Who Came from London, England, to Watertown, Massachusetts, in 1635 (Chicago, IL: 1895), pp. 33-34.

6.^ UK, American Loyalist Claims, 1776-1835, from Ancestry.com.