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The conventional view, as represented by William R. Cutter[3] [4], is that Ebenezer had a first wife named Hannah Cutter who had one child and died. All this is derived from the birth record of that child and Ebenezer being listed with a wife named Ruth in 1725. No marriage or death record is found, nor are dates for these events mentioned by the sources covering this family. However, the wording of the birth record[1] for the daughter Elizabeth is such that Ebenezer and Hannah do not appear to be married (the child is described as the daughter of Ebenezer Chenery and Hannah Cutter, not say, Ebenezer Chenery and Hannah (Cutter) his wife, or something similar).
William Cutter's father, Benjamin, at least is willing to hint that the marriage might not have happened[5], though he doesn't come out and say it. He also correctly identifies Hannah's parents, since William incorrectly identifies Hannah as a daughter of her brother who married 13 years after Hannah was born.
An inspection of the church records[2] makes it strongly appear that there was no marriage. In 1727 Hannah, apparently, though under the name Cutler, confesses "her sin" and two weeks later baptizes her daughter Elizabeth, the same name as the child whose birth record is responsible for the assumption of the marriage.
References
- ↑ Historical Society of Watertown (Massachusetts). Watertown Records. (Watertown, Mass.: Press of Fred Barker, 1894-1939)
2:71.
Elizebeth Chenery Daughter of Ebenezer Chenry & Hannah Cutter Born the 25 of Jun 1722.
- ↑ Watertown Records Comprising East Congregational and Precinct Affairs, 1697-1737; Also Record Book of the Pastors, 1686-1819. (Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States: David Clapp and Son, Printers, 1906).
[p. 103] 1727. Nov. 19. Hannah Cutler made publick Confession of her sin & owned ye Covenant.
[p. 136] 1727. Dec'r 3. ... Elizabeth, Dauter of Hannah Cutler [baptized]
- ↑ Cutter, William Richard. Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of Boston and Eastern Massachusetts. (New York: Lewis Publishing Co., 1908)
3:1364.
Ebenezer Chenery m. (1) Hannah, d/o Ephraim Cutter and Deborah Stone. Child of Ebenezer Chenery by first marriage: 1. Elizabeth born June 25, 1722. Married (2) by 18 Jul 1720 when she owned the covenant as his wife [sic, 1725 per church record] Ruth ---
- ↑ Cutter, William Richard (ed.). Historic Homes and Places and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of Middlesex County, Massachusetts. (New York, New York : Lewis Historical Pub. Co., 1908)
3:1057.
Ebenezer Chenery m. (1) Hannah Cutter, d/o Ephraim Cutter and Deborah Stone, b. 22 Jul 1690. Child of the first wife born in Watertown: 1) Elizabeth, b. 22 [sic] Jun 1722
- ↑ Cutter, Benjamin, and William Richard Cutter. A history of the Cutter family of New England. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1973)
78.
Hannah Cutter, d/o Ephraim Cutter and Bethiah Wood, b. Watertown 22 Jul 1690, "perhaps" married Ebenezer Chinery of Watertown, had a child and died soon after its birth.
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