Holyoke Family Genealogy - Person Sheet
Holyoke Family Genealogy - Person Sheet
NameAnna HOLYOKE 
, F
, FBirth26 Nov 1735, Marblehead, Essex, MA21
Death28 Mar 1812, Portsmouth, Rockingham, NH84
BurialUnitarian Churchyard Cemetery; Kennebunk, York, ME
FatherRev. Edward HOLYOKE , M (1689-1769)
MotherMargaret APPLETON , F (1700-1740)
Spouses
1Capt. Samuel CUTTS , M
, MBirth8 Dec 1726, Kittery, York, ME
Death29 May 1801, Portsmouth, Rockingham, NH
FatherRichard CUTTS , M (1693-1767)
MotherEunice CURTIS , F (1698-1795)
Marriage9 Dec 1762, Cambridge, Middlesex, MA
ChildrenEdward , M (1763-1824)
Eliza Eppes , F (1765-~1857)
Samuel , M (1766-~1796)
Anna Holyoke , F (1767-1788)
Charles , M (1769-1846)
George , M (1771-~1824)
Priscilla , F (1773-1860)
Sidney , M (1775-1792)
Hampden , M (1777-1802)
Notes for Anna HOLYOKE
• Also known as “Nancy.”
• “There were many patriotic women who were active in town affairs. Anna Holyoke Cutts was a charming and refined young woman, daughter of Edward Holyoke, President of Harvard.”
• “She met Samuel Cutts while he was being educated at Cambridge. As the wife of the chairman of the Committee of Safety, she entertained many celebrities in her home on Market Street. One of her most distinguished guests was Paul Revere, a long-time family friend, who rode to Portsmouth in December of 1774.”
• Some records lists her place of death as “Kennebunk, York County, ME”
• “There were many patriotic women who were active in town affairs. Anna Holyoke Cutts was a charming and refined young woman, daughter of Edward Holyoke, President of Harvard.”
• “She met Samuel Cutts while he was being educated at Cambridge. As the wife of the chairman of the Committee of Safety, she entertained many celebrities in her home on Market Street. One of her most distinguished guests was Paul Revere, a long-time family friend, who rode to Portsmouth in December of 1774.”
• Some records lists her place of death as “Kennebunk, York County, ME”
Notes for Samuel (Spouse 1)
• A Mercer from Portsmouth, NH
• Chairman of the Committee of Safety.
• Captain Cutts was a prosperous merchant and ship owner at the time of the Revolutionary war. A Portsmouth patriot, he was a member of the New Hampshire Assembly and helped create the New Hampshire Declaration of Independence in 1776.
• Paul Revere, before his more famous ride, rode to Portsmouth on December 13, 1774, with a message for Captain Cutts warning that a British military force was on its way to Newcastle to occupy Fort William and Mary (now known as Fort Constitution). This led to the first armed confrontation of the war on the following night when Portsmouth patriots, possibly including Samuel Cutts, seized the fort and spirited away one hundred barrels of gunpowder. The following night, they confiscated all of the fort’s light artillery.
• Chairman of the Committee of Safety.
• Captain Cutts was a prosperous merchant and ship owner at the time of the Revolutionary war. A Portsmouth patriot, he was a member of the New Hampshire Assembly and helped create the New Hampshire Declaration of Independence in 1776.
• Paul Revere, before his more famous ride, rode to Portsmouth on December 13, 1774, with a message for Captain Cutts warning that a British military force was on its way to Newcastle to occupy Fort William and Mary (now known as Fort Constitution). This led to the first armed confrontation of the war on the following night when Portsmouth patriots, possibly including Samuel Cutts, seized the fort and spirited away one hundred barrels of gunpowder. The following night, they confiscated all of the fort’s light artillery.