Holyoke Family Genealogy - Person Sheet
Holyoke Family Genealogy - Person Sheet
NameCapt. Samuel CUTTS 
, M
, MBirth8 Dec 1726, Kittery, York, ME
Death29 May 1801, Portsmouth, Rockingham, NH
OccupationMerchant, Portsmouth, NH
FatherRichard CUTTS , M (1693-1767)
MotherEunice CURTIS , F (1698-1795)
Spouses
1Anna HOLYOKE , F
, FBirth26 Nov 1735, Marblehead, Essex, MA25
Death28 Mar 1812, Portsmouth, Rockingham, NH93
BurialUnitarian Churchyard Cemetery; Kennebunk, York, ME
FatherRev. Edward HOLYOKE , M (1689-1769)
MotherMargaret APPLETON , F (1700-1740)
Family ID278
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 Capt. Samuel CUTTS
• 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.
Notes for Anna (Spouse 1)
• Also known as “Nancy.”
• Some records has her place of death as “Kennebunk, York, 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 has her place of death as “Kennebunk, York, 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.”