ber, 1722, when the rector and Mr. Johnson, of Stratford, upheld the divine right of episcopacy. Of course, Mr. Cutler could not remain in Yale college, and the tnistees promptly voted his dis- missal. He thereupon, in company with Mr. John- son and Mr. Browne, sailed for England, in Novem- ber, 1722, was ordained by the bishop of Norwich, in March, 1723, and received the degree of D. D. from both Oxford and Cambridge. He was ap- pointed missionary by the Propagation society, re- turned to America, and took charge of Christ church, Boston, which was first opened for public worship on 29 Doc. Dr. Cutler continued in this place during his long and useful life, always a con- sistent churchman, yet rarely engaging in contro- versy. He published several single sermons, and was one of the most influential and learned of the Episcopal clergy in colonial days.
CUTT, John, colonial governor of New Hamp-
shire, b. in England in 1(525 ; d. in Portsmouth,
N. H., 27 March, 1681. He came to this country
with his brothers, Richard and Robert, before 1645.
Richard, b. in 1627, settled on the Isles of Shoals
and became a fisherman, but afterward removed to
Portsmouth. Robert, b. in 1G28, became a noted
ship-builder in Kittery, while John established
himself in Portsmouth as a merchant, becoming
also a farmer and a mill-owner, and acquired a large
property. During the union with IMassachusetts
he was sent as deputy to the general court, and was
one of a committee from Portsmouth appointed
under the jurisdiction of Massachusetts and against
the claims of Capt. John Mason. He was appointed
president of the province by Charles II. in 1679,
and continued in that office until his death, when
he was succeeded by Richard Waldron. The de-
scendants of these brothers (who now spell the
name Cutts) include all the families on both sides
of the Piscataqua. — Charles, senator, b. in Ports-
mouth, N. H., SI Jan., 1769 ; d. in Fairfax coun-
ty, Va., 25 Jan., 1846. He is fourth in descent
from Gov. John Cutt's brother Robert. He was
graduated at Harvard in 1789, studied law with
Judge Pickering, and was admitted to the bai\ In
1804 he was elected to the New Hampshire legis-
lature, becoming speaker of that body during the
same year. He was elected a senator from New
Hampshire, served from 3 Dec, 1810, till 3 March,
1813, and subsequently was appointed senator to
fill a vacancy during a recess of the legislature,
holding office from 24 May till 21 June, 1813.
From 1814 till 1825 he was secretary of the U. S.
senate. — Richard, politician, b. on Cutts island,
near Saeo, Me., 22 June, 1771 ; d. in Washington,
D. C, 7 April, 1845. He was a first cousin of
Charles, and was descended from Robert. He was
graduated at Harvard in 1790, after which he
studied law, but was diverted to business, was ex-
tensively engaged in commerce, and spent some
time in Europe. On his return he became a mem-
ber of the Massachusetts legislature, serving in
1799 and in 1800. He was elected as a democrat to
congress, and with subsequent re-elections served
continuously through six terms, from 7 Dec, 1801,
till 3 March, 1813, but was finally defeated by Cy-
rus King, when a candidate for the 13th congress.
In June, 1813, he was appointed superintendent-
general of military supplies, an office which he
continued to fill until it was abolished, in March,
1817, after which he was appointed second comp-
troller of the treasury, remaining as such until
1829. He continued to reside in Washington in
retirement imtil his death. In 1804 he married
Anna Payne, sister of President Madison's wife. —
His son, James Madison, b. on Cutts island, near
Saco, Me., 29 July, 1805 : d. in Washington, D. C,
11 May, 1863. lie was educated in Washington,
and was destined for the bar. but the war of 1812
swept away much of his father's property, and
young Cutts, then a student in William Wirt's of-
fice, was compelled to give up his studies. He was
appointed in the treasury department, becoming
chief clerk in the second comptroller's office, and
ultimately, during Buchanan's administration, sec-
ond comptroller. This office he held until his
death, through the administration of President
Lincoln. His daughter Ada married, first, Senator
Stephen A. Douglas, and, several years after his
death. Col. Robert Williams, U. S. A. — Another
son, Richard Doniinicns, surveyor, b. in Wash-
ington, D. C, 21 Sept., 1817; d. there, 13 Dec,
1883. He was educated at Georgetown college,
and entered the coast survey in 1843, remaining in
its service for over forty years. His first eft'oi'ts
were directed toward raising the standard of topo-
graphical work, which he accomplished with emi-
nent success. Of late years the higher scientific
work of the survey has occupied his attention, and
his operations have extended to all parts of the
country. The shores of the Chesapeake, the coasts
of the Pacific, the plains of Texas, and the moun-
tains of New England equally bear testimony to
his professional ability. To him the navigators of
the Pacific are indebted for the first surveys of
San Francisco, San Diego, and Monterey bays, and
some other minor harbors on the coast. In 1855
he was appointed U. S. siu-veyor upon the Inter-
national fisheries commission for the settlement of
the limits of the fishing-grounds between the
United States and the British dominions in North
America. In the civil war he was on the staff of
Gen. Henry W. Halleck, and received the brevet
rank of brigadier-general of volunteers in Marcii,
1865. In 1873 he was one of the U. S. commis-
sioners to the Vienna international exposition, and
in 1883 he attended the International geodesic
conference in Rome, which was convened for the
jjurpose of considering a universal prime meridian
and the unification of time. He held at his death
the office of first assistant superintendent cif the
coast survey, having direct charge of the office and
topography. In 1845 he married Martha Jefl'erson
Hackley, granddaughter of Thomas Mann Ran-
dolph, of Tuckahoe, Ga.
CUTTER, Ammi Rnhaniah, physician, b. in
North Yarmouth. Me.. 4 March, 1735 ; d. in Ports-
mouth, N. H., 8 Dec, 1819. His father, the first
minister of that town, was chaplain of a New Eng-
land regiment at the siege of Louisbui'g in 1745.
His son was graduated at Harvard in 1752. and
afterward studied medicine with Dr. Clement Jack-
son, of Portsmouth. He was surgeon of Col. Rob-
ert Roger's rangers until they were disbanded, and
in 1758 surgeon of the New Hampshire troops in
the successful expedition against Louisburg. He
was physician-general of the eastern department,
stationed at Fishkill from April, 1777, until the
beginning of 1778, when he resumed practice at
Portsmouth. He was a delegate to the New Hamp-
shire constitutional convention, a Whig, and long
president of the New Hampshire medical societv*.
CUTTER, Calvin, physician, b. in Jaffrey," N. H., in 1807 ; d. in Greene, Me., 25 March, 1880. He was a pupil at the New Ipswich academy, and afterward taught in Wilton, N. H., and Ashby, Mass. In 1829 he studied medicine, and practised his profession in Rochester, N. H., from 1831 till 1833. in Nashua from 1834 till 1837. and in Dover from
1838 till 1841. Between 1842 and 1856 Dr. Cutter visited twenty-nine states of the Union, delivering
