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The Life From The Roots blog topics have changed several times since I began this blog in 2009. I initially wrote only about the family history I had been working on for 20 years. Years later, I was into visiting gardens, historical homes, churches, libraries that had genealogical collections, historical societies, war memorials, and travel/tourism places. I also enjoy posting autographs and photos of famous people I've met or have seen.

Along with my New England roots, other areas include New York, New Jersey, Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin, and the Eastern Townships of Quebec, Canada.

Please check out the labels on the right side for topics (please note, they need work). Below the labels and pageviews is a listing of my top nine posts, according to Google. Four of them pertain to Lowell, MA. These posts change often because they are based on what people are reading.

Tuesday, August 21, 2012

Tombstone Tuesday -- Cutler of Killingly Now Putnam, Connecticut

This past weekend I went on another cemetery hunt, this being my 4th trip to Connecticut this summer. The timing was the worst as far as photographing the stone. As with all my other visits, I knew exactly which cemetery this person was in. But I didn't know the sun would be casting a huge shadow on the stone. My heart sank of course. Luckly, there is a great photo in FindAGrave and Jack Shackles who took the better picture gave me permission to post (see below). 
Putnam, Windham Co., Connecticut
Hezekiah Cutler
Born: Abt 20 Apr 1707, Lexington, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts
Died: 4 Oct 1792, Killingly, Windham Co., Connecticut
His Wife
Susanna Clark
Born: Abt 1712, Haverhill, Essex Co., Massachusetts
Died: April 4, 1775, Killingly, Windham Co., Connecticut

They were my 5th great-grandparents.

Note: They were the parents of the well-known Manasseh Cutler
  
The Boy Scouts made the sign and diagram of the cemetery plots (no names were given).



Photo taken by Jack Shackles, used with permission.