Orcutt Family Line

Orcutt Family Line

Lt. Daniel Hudson (1677 - 1750)

Daniel Hudson III

Also known as: "Lieut Daniel Hudson", "Daniel Hutson"

Birthdate: April 15, 1677

Birthplace: Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Denomination: (probably) Puritan or Congregationalist

Death: 1750 in Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Burial: First Cemetery, Old Graveyard, Summer Street Cemetery, Section C, Grave 352, Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts

Military Service: Lieutenant, Massachusetts Militia

Immediate Family:

Son of Daniel Hudson and Mary Maynard

See: Hudson Family Line

Children:

1. Joseph Hudson 1693-1775

2. Joanna Hudson 1698-

3. William Hudson 1699-1769

4. Mary Hudson 1701-1786

5. John Hudson 1701-

6. Daniel Hudson IV 1704-1775

About Mary Orcutt

CHILDREN of Andrew and Trypheny (—) Lane. born and baptized at Hingham, MA:

i. MARY LANE. b. say 1640; bp. 16 Aug. 1646; d. bef. abt. 1668; m. Hingham 24 Jan. 1663/4 WILLIAM ORCUTT. d. Bridgewater. 14 Sept. 1693."‘ He int. (2) about 1668. Martha __.

Mary and Martha are probably the same person. See discussion at this link:

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Lane-466

References

Foster, F. Apthorp. Vital Records of Scituate, Massachusetts to the Year 1850. (Boston, Mass: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1909)

Vol. 1, p. 277.

Orcut, Mary, d. William, bp. Apr. 11, 1675. C.R.2

[CR2=Second Church of Scituate, now First Unitarian Church of Norwell. Baptized the same day as sister Hannah, and based on spacing of sibling births, likely they were twins.]

Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States. Vital records of Bridgewater, Massachusetts, to the year 1850. (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1916)

2:498.

Hudson, Mary, Mrs., [died] June 28, 1738, in 63d y., G.R.7.

[Age 62, so birth calculates to about 1676. GR7=Old Cemetery.]

All of William Orcutt's children are being listed under wife Mary Lane. See the full warning on this on the parents' page.

References:

https://www.geni.com/people/Mary-Hudson/6000000006441190262

https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/GHS3-5PX

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/22856921/mary-hudson

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Orcutt-53

https://gw.geneanet.org/tdowling?lang=en&p=mary&n=orcutt&oc=1

https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Mary_Orcutt_(6)

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Nana's 6x Great-Grandfather:

My 8x Great Grandfather:

Laila Laemmel-Gordon's 9x Great-Grandfather:

William Orcutt, I (1639 - 1693)

William Orchar

Also Known As: "William Awcotte", "as supposed", "Urchard/Urquhart", "Aucotte", "Harcutt"

Birthdate: October 1639

Birthplace: St. Mary's Parish, Warwickshire, England

Christened: May 15, 1637 at St Leonard's Church, Over Whitacre, Warwickshire, England

Denomination: (probably) Anglican / Puritan

Death: September 14, 1693 in Bridgewater, Plymouth Colony

Burial: Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts

Parents:

William Orcutt, Sr.

1605-1655

Margaret Bickley

1615-1679

Family

Spouse:

Mary Martha Lane

1640-1693

Mary Martha Orcutt

Also Known As: "Martha Lane", "Mary Lane"

Birthdate: ca. 1640

Birthplace: Hingham, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Christening [see note below*]: August 16, 1646, Hingham, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Denomination: (probably) Puritan

Date of Marriage: December 24, 1663

Place of Marriage: Hingham, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Death: September 1693 in Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Burial: Bridgewater, Plymouth Co, Massachusetts

Immediate Family:

Daughter of Andrew Lane, of Hingham and Tryphena Eames

Children:

1. William Orcutt Abt 1665 - 1739

2. Andrew Orcutt 1667 - Aft 1706

3. John Orcutt 1669 - 1753

4. Martha Orcutt 1671 -

5. Joseph Orcutt 1672 -

6. Mary Orcutt (Hudson) 1675 - 1738

7. Hannah Orcutt 1675 -

8. Thomas Orcutt 1677 -

9. Benjamin Orcutt 1680 -

10. Elizabeth Orcutt 1682 - Bef 1694

11. Deborah Orcutt 1683 - Bef 1694

12. Susannah Orcutt Abt 1685 -

About

Biography

This is the profile for the daughter of Andrew Lane who married William Orcutt.

Parentage

The fact that a daughter of Andrew Lane and Triphena (Unknown) Lane married William Orcutt is established by an agreement dated May 10, 1675 in which the sons and daughters and sons-in-law of the late Andrew Lane agreed that their mother "Triphenie Lane" should have the use of all of his estate as long as she was a widow. The agreement is signed by, among others, William Orcutt, which establishes that William had married one of Andrew and Triphena's daughters.[1][2]

Did William Orcutt have Two Wives?

Since there is a record of the baptisms on August 16, 1646 of Mary, Abigail and Andrew, children of Andrew Lane,[3][4] and no baptismal record has been found of any other daughter of Andrew Lane who could have married William Orcutt, it is generally believed that William married the Mary Lane who is referenced in that 1646 baptismal record. The only record, however, that mentions the first name of William Orcutt's wife is a December 1693 distribution agreement with respect to William's estate, which says that his wife's name at the time was Martha.[5][4][6] Since Martha is not known to have been a common nickname for Mary (or vice versa), this has led some genealogists to conclude that William married, first, Mary Lane, who may have given birth to some or all of his children, and then married, second, a woman named Martha, who may have given birth to some or none of his children.

The consensus among the most knowledgeable Orcutt genealogists (including Helen Judson in the 1960s and Christopher Child in 2015), however, is that it is likely that Martha was William's one and only wife. The evidence given for that position is that (1) the 1693 administration papers for William Orcutt's estate refer to William's children as also Martha's children[5][4][6] and (2) in the July 1675 probate agreement regarding Andrew Lane's estate, William Orcutt appears to be signing on behalf of a living daughter of Andrew Lane and there is no evidence that the Lane daughter he had married was deceased.[4][6] Further evidence that Martha was William Orcutt's only wife is provided by the fact that his first-born daughter was named Martha. It is plausible that (1) the 1646 baptismal record for Mary relates to a Mary Lane who died young (and thus not accounted for in her father's July 1675 probate agreement) and the baptismal record for Martha Lane has not been found, (2) the 1646 baptismal record relates to Martha Lane but her name was incorrectly recorded or transcribed as Mary, or (3) Mary was an alternative name used for Martha Lane, at least when she was an infant.

The remainder of this profile assumes that William Orcutt had only one wife and that the daughter of Andrew Lane who married William Orcutt is the same person as his wife Martha who is mentioned in his estate papers.

Date and Place of Birth

While it is reasonably likely that the August 16, 1646 baptismal record relates to a Mary/Martha Lane who married William Orcutt, her date of birth is uncertain. Besides Mary, two other children of Andrew Lane were also baptized that day: Abigail and Andrew. While it is generally assumed that children were baptized shortly after their birth, in this case, it appears highly likely that the children were not triplets and that at least two of the three were baptized long after their dates of birth. "Lane Genealogies" provides an August 11, 1642 date of birth and a December 27, 1665 date of marriage for Abigail.[7] Apparently based on the fact that Mary/Martha was married about two years before Abigail (see below), the "Lane Genealogies" estimated Mary/Martha's date of birth as 2 years before Abigail's, or about 1640.[7] This appears to be a reasonable estimate.

Since Mary/Martha's parents were residents of Hingham in 1640 and she was baptized there, it is reasonably certain that she was born there.

Marriage

The Hobart Journal of Hingham contains an entry under the heading for December 1663 which states that " 24 Andrew Lanes Daughter Maryed," thus indicating that the marriage occurred on December 24, 1663.[8][9] This marriage record has reasonably been construed to be a record of William Orcutt's marriage to Andrew Lane's daughter Martha/Mary.[4][6][9] The date is consistent with the fact that William's oldest child was probably born sometime in 1664-5. "Lane Genealogies,"[7] "History of Hingham"[10] and some other sources[4][6] state that William and Martha/Mary were married on January 23, 1663/4; however, this appears to be a misreading of the Hobart Journal, perhaps due to the fact that the "December" heading is on the bottom of the prior page.[8][9]

Death

Mary/Martha's husband, William Orcutt, died on September 14, 1693.[16] An agreement was entered into on October 11, 1693 between Mary/Martha and her sons and daughters regarding the distribution of his estate.[16] Mary/Martha therefore died sometime after that date. Her sons Andrew, Benjamin and Joseph settled in Weymouth,[17] and it is reasonably plausible that Mary/Martha moved there sometime after her husband's death. There is a record of the death in Weymouth on April 30, 1712 of Widow Orcutt,[18][19] which the "History of Weymouth" reasonably suggests was probably for the widow of William Orcutt.[17]

Sources

1.0 1.1 Suffolk County Probate Records, Vol 5, p 252. Link to page familysearch.org.

2.0 2.1 James Hill Pitts, "Lane Genealogies, Volume II," 1897, p 9

3.0 3.1 C. Edward Egan, "The Hobart Journal," The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol 121 (January 1967), p 19

4.00 4.01 4.02 4.03 4.04 4.05 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 4.10 4.11 4.12 4.13 4.14 4.15 4.16 4.17 4.18 4.19 4.20 4.21 4.22 4.23 4.24 4.25 Christopher Challender Child, "The Orcutt Family of Scituate, Bridgewater and Weymouth, Massachusetts," Mayflower Descendant, Volume 64, No. 1 (Winter 2016), pp 43-49

5.0 5.1 5.2 Plymouth County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1686-1881.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives.)

6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 Judy Orcutt Holy, "The Women Who Married the Orcutt Men: Chapter 1 Mary Martha Lane," posted July 20, 2015

7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 James Hill Pitts, "Lane Genealogies, Volume II," 1897, p 10

8.0 8.1 8.2 C. Edward Egan, "The Hobart Journal," The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol 121 (January 1967), p 115

9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 "William Orcutt & Mary Martha Lane," orcuttfamilyhistory.wordpress.com

10.0 10.1 "History of the Town of Hingham, Massachusetts, Volume II, Genealogical," 1893, p 411

11.0 11.1 Date of birth estimated based on fact that he was the eldest son (as stated in the report of the inventory of William's estate) and his next younger sibling was baptized in March 1667.

12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 12.4 12.5 Nahum Mitchell, "History of the Early Settlement of Bridgewater," 1840, p 249

13.0 13.1 "Vital Records of the Town of Bridgewater, Massachusetts to the Year 1850, Volume II - Marriages and Deaths," New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1916, p 531

14.0 14.1 14.2 14.3 14.4 "Vital Records of Scituate, Massachusetts to the Year 1850, Volume I-Births," New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1909, p 276

15.0 15.1 15.2 15.3 15.4 15.5 15.6 "Vital Records of Scituate, Massachusetts to the Year 1850, Volume I-Births," New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1909, p 277

16.0 16.1 16.2 See the profile for her husband William Orcutt.

17.0 17.1 17.2 George Walter Champberlain, "History of the Town of Weymouth, Massachusetts, in Four Volumes, Vol. 4, Genealogy of Weymouth Families," Weymouth Historical Society, 1923, p 447

18.0 18.1 "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-997M-BS8B?cc=2061550&wc=Q4D7-RMP%3A353350501%2C1006064501%2C1006064801 : 20 May 2014), Norfolk > Weymouth > Land records 1642-1644 > image 20 of 26; town clerk offices, Massachusetts.

19.0 19.1 "Vital Records of Weymouth, Massachusetts to the Year 1850, Volume II - Marriages and Deaths," New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1910, p 310

See also:

SAR Membership Number 58775

Genealogy of John (2) Orcutt, bapt. 1669 died 1753, age 86 years and his descendants, by Helen G. Judson and Elbert E. Orcutt , viii, 303 p.

http://www.oocities.org/heartland/plains/4803/lane.htm

A Genealogical Account of the Edsons, Early Settled in Bridgewater by Theodore Edson, Thomas P. James, Lowell, MA 1864

New England Marriages Prior to 1700 by Clarence Almon Torrey, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD 1985

Francis Cooke of the Mayflower: the First Five Generations by Ralph Van Wood, Jr., Picton Press, Camden, ME 1996

References

Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States. Plymouth County Probate Estate Files 1686-1915

Case 14909: Willliam Orcutt Bridgewater 1693.

16 Dec 1693: Bond of William Orcutt and John Orcutt both of Bridgewater that "above Bounded William Orcutt and Martha his mother Administrators of all and singular the Goods Chattels rights and Estate of William Orcutt late of Bridgwater afores'd deceased" to administer the estate.

14 Sep 1693: Inventory of William Orket of Bridgewater "deceased ye fouteenth of september one thousand six hundred ninetey and three", taken by John ffield, John Lenard. 16 Dec 1693: "William Orcutt Eldest son of the above named William Orcut deceased" Made oath to the inventory.

CAUTION: It is traditionally held that William Orcutt had two wives, one wife being the Mary Lane mentioned in a baptism of Andrew Lane's children, as William Orcutt appears to have been a son-in-law of Andrew Lane; and the other wife named Martha who appears as his widow in a probate documents and an agreement of heirs. There is also speculation there was only one wife, though such a theory requires repudiating a contemporary record. (For more details, see this discussion). William Orcutt has been entered into WeRelate with two wives on this page so his page is recognizable to people reading the literature. However, the assumed 2nd marriage could have happened anytime between 1668 and 1693 and so it is impossible to make any case for allocating children that isn't pure guesswork. For that reason, all his children will be consolidated on his family page with Mary Lane in order to most clearly represent their relative birth order and spacing. It is known that many people will regard this as incorrect, but until additional primary evidence can be brought forward to provide proven answers, and given the current WeRelate practice of discouraging duplicate parents, it seems the best way to keep information on this/these families centralized and unduplicated.

References:

https://www.geni.com/people/William-Orcutt-I/6000000000426649229

https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/MTBV-3XV

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Awcotte-2

https://gw.geneanet.org/tdowling?lang=en&pz=timothy+michael&nz=dowling&p=william&n=orcutt&oc=1

https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:William_Orcutt_%287%29

https://orcuttfamilyhistory.wordpress.com/william-orcutt-mary-martha-lane/

https://sites.rootsweb.com/~smason/combined/fam04284.htm

https://livingonthenorthernplains.wordpress.com/category/the-women-who-married-the-orcutt-men/

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Nana's 7x Great-Grandfather:

My 9x Great Grandfather:

Laila Laemmel-Gordon's 10x Great-Grandfather:

William Orcutt, Sr. (1605 - 1655)

William Awcotte

Also Known As: "Urquhart", "Aucott", "Alcock", "Alcocke", "Allcote", "Alcoate", "Urxohart", "Urrohart"

Birthdate: bef. 1605

Birthplace: St. Mary's Parish, Mancetter, Warwickshire, England

Christened: (probably) St Peter's Church, Mancetter, Warwickshire, England

Denomination: (probably) Anglican

Death: aft. 1655 in Mancetter, Warwickshire, England

Parents:

John Awcotte

1570-1611

[mother unknown]

Family

Spouse:

Margaret Bickley

1615-1679

Margaret Orcutt

Birthdate: ca. 1615

Birthplace: Over Whitacre, Warwickshire, England

Christened: (probably) St. Leonard`s Church, Over Whitacre, Warwickshire, England

Denomination: (probably) Anglican

Date of Marriage: June 17, 1635

Place of Marriage: St. Leonard`s Church, Over Whitacre, Warwickshire, England

Death: October 4, 1679 in Mancetter, Warwickshire, England

Note: [she is the sister of Susannah Bickley who married Samuel Edson - See: Edson Family Line]

Immediate Family:

Daughter of Anthony Bickley and Margery Bickley

Children:

1. John Alcock, bpt. December 10, 1637, presumably died young

2. William Orcutt, I (1639 - 1693)

3. Alice Alcock, bpt. February 27, 1641

4. Joane Alcoate, bpt. October 5, 1651, possibly m. April 1, 1673 John Poole in Wolford, Warwickshire

5. Mary Allcote, b. April 7, 1654, bpt. April 23, 1654, possibly m. 1687 William Hoggins in Coventry, Warwickshire

6. John Alcocke, b. February 29, 1656, bpt. March 12, 1656, possibly m. October 31, 1680 Alice Hinds in Wolfhampcote, Warwickshire

About William Orcutt, Sr.

Biography

Parentage; Date and Place of Birth; Surname

William Awcotte, son of John Awcotte/Alcock, was baptized in Mancetter, Warwickshire, England on March 23, 1605.[1] As discussed in his father's profile, the identity of his mother is unknown.

The William Awcotte who was baptized in Mancetter in 1605 is almost certainly the William Alcock/Alcocke/Alcoate who had children baptized in Mancetter in 1637-1656, as it appears that the spelling of all his siblings also changed in the Mancetter records from Awcotte to Alcock or a variant thereof by 1620.[2]

Spouse; Marriage

The baptismal records for William's children list their mother's name as Margaret. The fact that their eldest known child was baptized in December 1637 suggests that William and Margaret were probably married sometime in 1636-7. Based on the fact that William and all of his children were baptized in Mancetter, it is reasonably probable that William and Margaret were married there or in a nearby parish in Warwickshire. According to research reported by Joel Thomas Orcutt, there is a record of a marriage between a William Aucott and a Margaret Bickley in June 1635 in Whitacre, Warwickshire[3] or April 1636 in Over Whiteacre, Warwickshire[4] that is probably a record of the marriage of this profile's William Awcotte and his wife Margaret. As of July 2018, however, no copy of the record of this marriage (or any other marriage in Over Whitacre parish during that time period) appears to be available online.

Death

William's date and place of death are uncertain. Some family genealogies state that he was buried in Mancetter on March 5, 1673/4. However, the Mancetter parish entry on which that claim is based fairly clear does says "William Evrett" not "William Orcutt" as has been claimed, and, in fact, has been indexed by findmypast.com as "William Everett."[14] In the absence of further evidence, all that can be said is that William probably died sometime after 1655 and that it is reasonably likely (but uncertain) that he died in Mancetter.

Research Notes

"J.T. Orcutt argues that William Orcutt is the William Alcork, son of William and Margaret, baptized at Mancetter, Warwickshire, 29 October 1639. This William's parents are treated in an article by Mary Locke Eysenbach, "Alcocks of Maine, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire ... New Hampshire Genealogical Record 26 (2009) 49-57"[15] JT Orcutt wrote Or Orcutt Family. 2001 and the English Origins of the Orcutt Family (2008). These contain transcriptions of the parish registers and are available at the Family History Library. The registers are also allegedly available at Ancestry as "Warwickshire, England, Baptisms, marriages and burials 1536-1812, but these do not seem to be indexed.

The "treatment" mentioned in the article in the NHGR.

William Awcotte, son of John Awcott (say 1570-after 1612), bp at Mancetter 23 March 1605; perhaps m. by 1637 Margaret _____ and had children in Mancetter.[16]

Sources

↑ 1.0 1.1 "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NG13-NZN : 11 February 2018, Willim. Awcotte, 23 Mar 1605); citing , index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 555,355.

↑ See marriage records for William's siblings in the profile for his father John Awcotte/Alcock.

↑ 3.0 3.1 "Orcutts, Edsons, Bickley-Warwickshire\," posted by Joel Thomas Orcutt on January 27, 2001 in the Orcutt surname forum on Genealogy.com

↑ 4.0 4.1 Christopher Challender Child, "The Orcutt Family of Scituate, Bridgewater and Weymouth, Massachusetts," Mayflower Descendant, Volume 64, No. 1 (Winter 2016), pp 43-49

↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JMFJ-3X3 : 11 February 2018, John Alcocke, 29 Feb 1656); citing , index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 555,355.

↑ 6.0 6.1 "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J3WG-VFC : 11 February 2018, William Alcocke, 20 Oct 1639); citing , index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 555,355.

↑ 7.0 7.1 William Alcocke, 1639, Mancetter, Warwickshire Baptisms, Warwickshire County Record Office, DR0130/1

↑ 8.0 8.1 "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JMFJ-33J : 11 February 2018, Alice Alcock, 27 Feb 1641); citing , index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 555,355.

↑ 9.0 9.1 Citing this Record "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NG13-CL2 : 11 February 2018, Joane Alcoate, 05 Oct 1651); citing , index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 555,355.

↑ 10.0 10.1 "England Marriages, 1538–1973 ," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NJKP-J5K : 12 February 2018), John Poole and Joane Alcock, 01 Apr 1673; citing Wolford, Warwickshire, England, reference item 1 p 3 rn 118, index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 990,052.

↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NY5H-T6N : 11 February 2018, Mary Allcote, 07 Apr 1654); citing , index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 555,355.

↑ 12.0 12.1 "England Marriages, 1538–1973 ," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NNGN-9XJ : 10 February 2018), William Hoggins and Mary Aucutt, 1687; citing Saint Michael, Coventry, Warwick, England, reference 2:2B26G06, index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 198,761.

↑ 13.0 13.1 "England Marriages, 1538–1973 ," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V5KB-BLB : 10 February 2018), John Aulcocke and Alice Hinds, 31 Oct 1680; citing Wolfhampcote,Warwick,England, reference , index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 556396, Q942.48 W3 V26R.

↑ 14.0 14.1 William Everett, Burial date: 05 Mar 1672, Mancetter, Warwickshire Burials, Archive: Warwickshire County Record Office, Archive reference: DR0130/2

↑ Child, Christopher Challender. "The Orcutt Family of Scituate, Bridgewater and Weymouth, Massachusetts. Mayflower Descendant 64:1 (2016)

↑ Mary Locke Eysenbach, "Alcocks of Maine, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire ... New Hampshire Genealogical Record 26 (2009) 49-57"

↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J3WG-2Q5 : 11 February 2018, Katherine Allcock, 12 Jan 1600); citing , index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 555,355.

↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NG13-2JN : 11 February 2018, John Awcotte, 21 May 1603); citing , index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 555,355.

References:

https://www.geni.com/people/William-Orcutt-Sr/6000000019638871065

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Awcotte-2

https://gw.geneanet.org/tdowling?lang=en&pz=timothy+michael&nz=dowling&p=william&n=orcutt&oc=1

Margaret Bickley:

https://livingonthenorthernplains.wordpress.com/category/the-women-who-married-the-orcutt-men/

John Horkott (1609–1681)

https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/GSTM-HF8

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Nana's 8x Great-Grandfather:

My 10x Great Grandfather:

Laila Laemmel-Gordon's 11x Great-Grandfather:

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Nana's 9x Great-Grandfather:

My 11x Great Grandfather:

Laila Laemmel-Gordon's 12x Great-Grandfather:

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Nana's 10x Great-Grandfather:

My 12x Great Grandfather:

Laila Laemmel-Gordon's 13x Great-Grandfather:

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Clan Urquhart Tartans

Clan Motto: "Meane Weil Speak Weil And Doe Weil"

Orcutt History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

The Orcutt surname is derived form the Old English word "ortgeard," or "orceard," a compound of "wort," or "plant," and "geard," meaning "yard." It is thought to have originally been a topographic name for someone who lived by an orchard, or perhaps an occupational name for a fruit grower. There were also several places named Orchard, such as those in Devon and Somerset, and the surname may have been taken on from a place name.

Early Origins of the Orcutt family

The surname Orcutt was first found in Devon, where they held a family seat as Lords of the Manor of Hartland Abbey in that shire.

"The barton, [of Mitchell-Morton, in the parish of Launcelles, Cornwall] belonged for many years to the Orchard family, is now vested in the Rev. Thomas H. Morrison, as devisee of the late Paul Orchard, Esq."

Although the origin of this name may seem obvious to most, the real source lies far from fruit trees. Far to the north, the Urquharts were hereditary Sheriffs of Cromarty. This difficult Gaelic name posed problems for even the Scottish tongue.

In Loch Ness, Scotland, their seat, they were frequently called Orchar or Orchard. Hence, the name Orchard earned the right to be a sept of the great Clan Urquhart. In the 14th century it is generally believed that a branch of this clan moved south to Devon and became seated at Hartland Abbey.

Orcutt Settlers in United States in the 17th Century

William Orcutt, who landed in Massachusetts in 1664