Thomas Cutler was a lawyer, judge, merchant and political figure in Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the most populous province in Atlantic Canada. The name of the province is Latin for "New Scotland," but "Nova Scotia" is the recognized, English-language name of the province. The provincial capital is Halifax. Nova Scotia is the...

. He represented Sydney County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly

Nova Scotia House of Assembly

The Nova Scotia Legislature, consisting of Her Majesty The Queen represented by the Lieutenant Governor and the House of Assembly, is the legislative branch of the provincial government of Nova Scotia, Canada...

 from 1793 to 1799.

He was born in Boston, Massachusetts, the son of Thomas Cutler and Sarah Reade. He was educated at Yale College

Yale College

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 and settled at Hatfield, Massachusetts

Hatfield, Massachusetts

Hatfield is a town in Hampshire County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 3,249 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Springfield, Massachusetts Metropolitan Statistical Area....

. Cutler joined the British forces at the start of the American Revolution

American Revolution

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. Cutler married Elizabeth Goldsbury in 1783 and they settled in Nova Scotia later that year. He was named a justice of the peace

Justice of the Peace

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 and served as the first town clerk for Guysborough

Guysborough, Nova Scotia

Guysborough is an unincorporated Canadian community in Guysborough County, Nova Scotia.Located on the western shore of Chedabucto Bay, fronting Guysborough Harbour, it is the administrative seat of the Guysborough municipal district....

. Cutler also later served as probate judge for Sydney County and a justice in the Inferior Court of Common Pleas. He also became lieutenant-colonel in the county militia. He died at Guysborough at the age of 84.

His son Robert M. Cutler

Robert M. Cutler

Robert Mollison Cutler was a merchant and political figure in Nova Scotia. He represented Guysborough County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1818 to 1829....

also served in the provincial assembly.