John NUTTING

                   A geneology and some Nutting family history from "The Wallace Nutting Library," an online resource library for the works of Wallace (url below)

John Nutting, Sr.  Born: 1625, Sufolk, Cty, England  Died: March 13, 1676  Father: John Nutton  Mother:  Married: Sarah Eggleston, August 28, 1650 in Woburn, MA  Children:  John Nutting, Jr. August 25, 1651 in Woburn, MA  James Nutting, June 30, 1653 in Groton, MA  Mary Nutting, Janury 10, 1655 in Groton, MA  Josiah Nutting, June 10, 1658 in Groton, MA  Sarah Nutting, January 7, 1659 in Groton, MA  Sarah Nutting, March 29, 1663 in Groton, MA  Ebenezer Nutting, October 23, 1666 in Groton, MA  Jonathan Nutting, October 17, 1668 in Groton, MA  Deborah Nutting, in Groton, MA

Wallace Nutting's Paternal Line: Wallace Nutting writes of his ancestors, "John Nutting I came from England in 1639 as John Winthrop's land steward, and settled in Groton, [MA], where, at the door of his house, gun in hand, he was killed when the town was burned in King Philip's War, just a hundred years before American Independence." Historian John Townsend, III, elaborates a bit more on the death of John Nutting, Sr. According to Mr. Townsend, "John Nutting owned about seventeen acres in Groton next to the meeting house and he also owned more land in Pepperell and (Baddycook). He, [John Nutting] was killed by Indians during a raid against Groton and his head was severed and put on a pole by the Indians to discourage others from settling in the area." This was the beginning of the Nutting family in America.

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