Hannah Tutt was neither a potter nor a decorator. She may have occasionally served as bookkeeper for Marblehead Pottery. She was the first secretary and historian of the Marblehead Historical Society. Hannah Tutt was never married. Her brother, Edward Tutt, was married to Sarah Tutt, the principal decorator of Marblehead Pottery from 1908 to 1936.

The following poem has been attributed to local booster Miss Hannah Lucy Tutt:
Many a headland and rocky steep,

Affording a rare views of the ocean deep,

Rough worn ways, leading up and down,

Bringing you into the queer old town,

Like a bit of the ancient days,

Escaped from the touch of more modern ways,

Houses quaint and old and brown,

Each with a history of its own,

And proud of its heroes, living and dead,

Did you not know--this is Marblehead.