Cutt was born in Wales, emigrated to the colonies in 1646, and became a successful merchant and mill owner in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.

Comfort Starr of Boston, a founder of Harvard College and a surgeon who emigrated from Ashford, Kent, England.

[3] An early copy of the document appointing Cutt and his council is now preserved by the State of New Hampshire.

John Cutt was accompanied from Wales to Portsmouth by two brothers, Richard and Robert.

Hampden Cutts (as the family styled themselves, with the 's' in succeeding generations) of North Hartland, Vermont.