MEMO: Jonathan TEEL and Lydia CUTTER were 3C1R+4C1R (Third Cousins, once removed, and fourth cousins, once removed) as follows:

3C1R: BOTH DESCEND FROM RICHARD CUTTER
(1) Richard CUTTER (1621 - 1693) & Elizabeth WILLIAMS (1626 - 1662)
(2) William CUTTER (1650 - 1723) & Rebecca ROLFE (1662 - 1751)
(3) John CUTTER (1690 - 1776) & Lydia HARRINGTON (1689 - 1755)
(4) Ammi CUTTER (1733 - 1795) & Esther PIERCE (1734 - 1772)
(5) Lydia CUTTER (1757 - 1831) & Jonathan TEEL (1754 - 1828)
(2) Gershom CUTTER (1653 - 1738) & Lydia HALL (1657 - )
(3) Lydia CUTTER (1682 - 1754) & Jonathan HALL (1677 - 1754)
(4) Lydia HALL (1705 - 1753) & James TUFTS III (1702 - 1767)
(5) Elizabeth TUFTS (1732 - 1754) & Samuel TEEL (1725 - 1773)
(6) Jonathan TEEL (1754 - 1828) & Lydia CUTTER (1757 - 1831)

4C1R: BOTH DESCEND FROM THOMAS PIERCE
(1) Thomas PIERCE (~1583 - 1666) & Elizabeth CAREW (~1595 - 1667)
(2) Thomas PIERCE Jr. (1617 - 1683) & Elizabeth COLE (1608 - 1666)
(3) James PIERCE (1659 - 1742) & Elizabeth KENDALL (1653 - 1715)
(4) James PIERCE (1690 - 1773) & Phebe REED (1695 - 1776)
(5) Esther PIERCE (1734 - 1772) & Ammi CUTTER (1733 - 1795)
(6) Lydia CUTTER (1757 - 1831) & Jonathan TEEL (1754 - 1828)
(2) Mary PIERCE (~1627 - 1703) & Peter TUFTS (1617 - 1700)
(3) James TUFTS (1649 - 1675) & Elizabeth WELLS (~1650 - 1674)
(4) James TUFTS Jr. (1672 - 1733) & Ruth GRIMES (1681 - 1721)
(5) James TUFTS III (1702 - 1767) & Lydia HALL (1705 - 1753)
(6) Elizabeth TUFTS (1732 - 1754) & Samuel TEEL (1725 - 1773)
(7) Jonathan TEEL (1754 - 1828) & Lydia CUTTER (1757-1831)


1775 BATTLES OF LEXINGTON AND CONCORD:
From “History of the town of Medford” by Charles Brooks et. al.: Private Jonathan Teel, along with his brother Sgt. Gersham Teel, were on the muster-roll for Captain Isaac Hall’s company of Medford militia. “This company came out,” said the adjutant-general, “on the 19th of April, 1775, and were in service five days, and were undoubtedly in the battles of Lexington and Concord.” (NAMES MAY BE VIEWED AT “Memorial dedicated to the Medford Minute Men Hillside Ave. and High St. Medford, Mass. 02155”)

1820 CENSUS, CHARLESTOWN FIRST PARISH, MIDDLESEX, MA: The household of Jonathan Teel contains two adults the right age to be Jonathan and Lydia. Also on the same page are their two sons Benjamin and Samuel, with their own families. There are also Cutter families on this page.

MASSACHUSETTS WILLS AND PROBATE RECORDS:
Papers (15 pages), including his will, can be viewed here. The inventory shows he had real estate worth $7355, and there are several pages about general estate, expenses, etc.

FIND-A-GRAVE: Old Burying Ground, Arlington, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA. For Jonathan and Lydia Teel. (Tombstone photos available.)