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of Thomas and Sarah (Stone), p^reat^ grandson of James and Lydia (Moore) Knight Cutler, and great* grandson of James and Anna Cut'er. This James Cutler wjis born in England in IGUG and settled in Watertosvn, Mass., as early as 1034. Nathan was graduateil at Dartmouth col- lege in 1798. He then studied law with Judge Chipman of Vermont, was admitted to the bar iu ISOl and practised his profession in Western until 1803, when he removed to Farmington, Maine. He was a member of the legislature of Massachusetts before the separation of Maine, 1810, 1811, 1812. 1819 and 1820, and declined the appointment of judge of the court of common ])leas in 1812. He was elected a member of the Maine senate and in 1829, by virtue of his office as president of that body, was governor of Maine from the date of the death of Gov. Enoch Lincoln, Oct. 8, 1829, to the accession of Governor Hutton in 1830. He was a presidential elector in 1833. He was married in 1804 to Hannah, daughter of Isaac Moore of Warren, Mass. He died in Farm- ington, Maine, June 8, 18G1.

CUTLER, Timothy, clergyman, was born at Charlestown, Mass., May 31, 1684; son of Maj. John and Martha (Wiswall) Cutler; grandson of John and Anna (Woodmansev) Cutler; and great- grandson of Robert Cutler, the emigrant, who settled at Charlestown, Mass., about 1636. He was graduated from Harvard in 1701, studied theology and was ordained a Congregational minister, Jan. 11, 1709. He was pastor of the church at Stratford, Conn., 1709-19, resigning his pastorate to accept the rectorship of Yale col- lege, to succeed Samuel Andrew, rector j)'''o tem- pore, 1707-19. He entened upon the duties of his office, March 24, 1719, and shortly afterward be- came a convert to the Episcopal faith. He re- tired from the rectorship of the college, Oct. 17, 1822, and going to England, received Episcopal orders. On liis return to America he became rector of Christ church in Boston, where he re- mained until his death. He married Elizabeth, daughter of Pres. Samuel Andrews, his suc- cessor at Yale. Oxford and Cambridge univer- sities, England, gave him the degree of S.T D. in 1723. He died in Boston, Mass., Aug. 17, 1765.

CUTLER, William Parker, representative, was born in Marietta, Oliio, July 12, 1812; son of Ephriam and Sally (Parker) Cutler, and grand- son of the Rev.:\Ianasseh Cutler. He attended Ohio university, but owing to ill health was not graduated. He engaged in farming and was elected a representative in the Ohio legislature in 1844, 1845 and 1846, officiating as speaker during the last term. He was a prominent candidate for the nomination by the Whig party for gov- ernor in 1848, and was the defeated candidate for representative in the 81st congress the same year.

He was elected a member of the state constitu- tional convention in 1849, declined the nomina- tion for governor in 1850, and was chosen president of the Belpre and Cincinnati railroad company, known after 1851 as the Marietta and Cincinnati railroad. In 1857 he was elected vice- president and in 1858 president of the Balti- more and Oiiio railroad. He was a representa- tive in the 37tii congress, 1861-63, where he was active in forwarding Ohio volunteers to the front, in providing for soldiers in the field, and in advocating the abolition of slavery as a war measure. He was defeated in tiie elec- tion of 1862 for representative in the 38th con- gress, and thereafter devoted him.self to railroad interests and to developing the coal industries of Ohio. In 1885 he was made a co-operative member and a trustee of the Ohio historical and archajological society, and was a chief promoter of the centennial celebration of the settlement of Ohio at Marietta, April 7, 1888. Both Marietta college and Ohio imiversity conferred upon him the honorarj^ degree of A.M. in 1845, and he was a trustee of the former institution, 1849-89, and of the latter, 1849-53. In conjunction with his sister, Julia P. Cutler, he prepared Life, Journals and Correspondence of Manasftch Cutler (1888). He died in Marietta, Ohio, April 11, 1889.

CUTT, John, governor of New Hampshire, was born in England in 1625. He'immigrated to America sometime previous to 1645, and settled in Portsmouth, N.H., where he engaged in trade and became very wealthy. His two brothers Richard and Robert came to America with him and settled respectively in Portsmouth, N.H., and Kittery, Maine, both places being then a pai't of Massachusetts. In 1679 John Cutt was appointed colonial governor of New Hampshire. He died in office, in Portsmoutli, N.IL, March 27, 1681.

CUTTER, Ammi Ruhamah, clergyman, was l)orn in Cambridge. Mass., May 6, 1705; son of William and Rebecca (Rolfe) Cutter; grandson of Richard and Elizabeth Cutter, and great- grandson of Elizabeth Cutter, a widow, who emi- grated from England to New England about 1640. He was graduated from Harvard in 1725 and in 1730 became the first pastor of the first church in North Yarmouth, Maine. He was married to Dorothy, sister of Moses Bradbury, of North Yarmouth. In 1735, his creed having undergone a change, he was dismissed from his pastorate. He remained in the town as a physician and in 1741 was a I'epresentative in the general court of Massachusetts. In 1742 he was appointed super- intendent of a trading house for Indians, a posi- tion of importance at that time. In 1745 he was captain of a company in Sir William Pepperell's successful expedition for the reduction of Louis- burg, and was detailed to remain there as sur-