Samuel Penhallow m. 1 Jul 1687 Mary Cutt, d/o John Cutt and Hannah Starr, b. Portsmouth 17 Nov 1669, d. 8 Feb 1713. The following is excerpted from an obituary notice written by her husband:
"She was Pleasant in her family, Affable with her neighbors, Compassionate to the Poor, Courteous unto Strangers, reserved in Company, Expressing herself with a modesty bordering 6n bashfulness... She was excellently well skilled both with her pen and her needle, a good accomptant and able to take any sermon in short hand as it was delivered.
"Her attire was always neat and handsome, an utter enemy unto anything gay or fashionable, as she was not so modish as to be first in fashion, neither was she so singular as to be the last out of it. In her family she was admirable... As a Mistress, one who always allowed sufficiency of food and raiment. Prov 81 13 14 [was fulfilled in her, 'she wrought willingly in Wool and Flax, and brought her food from afar'] -and in sickness was very tender of any member of her household.
"The like care did she show to her very negroes, especially in catechising and learning of them to read the Bible, and a little time before she was taken ill, was heard to say that she esteemed the souls of her servants next to her own children, and was therefore obliged to mind them...
"Her funeral sermon was preached by Rev Mr Nathaniel Rogers."
