. The Granite monthly, a New Hampshire magazine, devoted to literature, history, and state progress. ealthiest man in NewHampshire. He was one of the com-missioners of small causes (trial jus-tice) for several years, and was anassociate (judge) of the county courtfrom 1653 to 1675. He was also adeputy to the Massachusetts General Court for six years. He was proba-bly an Orthodox Puritan, for he wasone of the active members of thesociety who em{)loyed Rev. JoshuaMoody as their minister in 1671, anderected a new meeting-house. Hewas one of the nine original memberswho formed the first Congregati
. The Granite monthly, a New Hampshire magazine, devoted to literature, history, and state progress. ealthiest man in NewHampshire. He was one of the com-missioners of small causes (trial jus-tice) for several years, and was anassociate (judge) of the county courtfrom 1653 to 1675. He was also adeputy to the Massachusetts General Court for six years. He was proba-bly an Orthodox Puritan, for he wasone of the active members of thesociety who em{)loyed Rev. JoshuaMoody as their minister in 1671, anderected a new meeting-house. Hewas one of the nine original memberswho formed the first Congregationalchurch in Portsmouth in 1674. JohnCutt, the first governor of the RoyalProvince, was his brother. RichardMartyn, a councillor, was his son-in-law. Richard Martyns third wifewas the widow of the tavern-keeper,Samuel Wentworth. Another son-in law of RichardCutts was William Vaughau, a coun-cillor, and one of the judges whofound the unhappy Gove guilty ofhigh treason. He himself was after-wards arrested by Governor lodged in prison in New Castle 82 Nevj Castle and the ^J^oatjwaiT] ^ll£n5llou5e: for nine mouths. Later he was chief-justice of the province for eightyears. His son, George Vaughau,was lieuteuant-governor of NewHampshire, married Elizabeth, daugh-ter of Robert Elliot, of New Castle,aud was the father of Lieutenant-Col-onel Vaughan, the projector of theLewisburg expedition. Another of Richard Cutts sons-in-law was Councillor Thomas Daniel,once of Kitter}, who built the oldWentworth house on Daniel street inPortsmouth, ELIAS STILLMAN was a great man in New Castle, orGreat Island, in the seventeenth cen-tury. He came with his father toSalem about 1629, in his early boy-hood, and was about forty years ofage when he settled on the Piscataquain 1658. The next year he was electeda justice for the trial of small was selectman, town-clerk, and deputy to the General Court at Bos-ton for many terms, and was one ofGovernor John Cutts counc
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