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From: mcoady <>
Subject: [GM-L] Re: GenMassachusetts-D Digest V01 #341
Date: Sun, 08 Jul 2001 17:57:44 -0400
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There is no mention of a NUTTING family in the scant genealogical notices tagged onto the end of Sewall's "History of Woburn". But there is a short notice of a Myles NUTT described as a proprietor of Watertown, who was taxed in Woburn at the Town rate in Dec. of 1644. He was also a selectman in Woburn in 1647 and for the next 7-9 years. He died in Malden at age 73.

No mention of a connection to Nuttings Lake.

But at the site for "Unofficial Names of MA Communities" there is a listing for:
Nutting's Pond/Billerica/Middlesex/P. O. , and it can be found at the link below. Click on the "N" for Nuttings to locate it.

http://www.state.ma.us/sec/cis/cisuno/unoidx.htm#anchor128722

wrote:

Subject: NUTTING Surname in History of Woburn, MA, ..and.. NUTTING'S LAKE in Billerica, MA

>
>
> Knowing a little about the history of some of the first towns in Middlesex
> County, I know that Woburn and Concord were incorporated more than 10 years
> before Billerica and Chelmsford were. And, I just found that Burlington
> was not incorporated until 1799. .... This means that the town line for
> Woburn .. in the 1600's, was just a short distance down the street from ....
> Nutting's Lake ... in Billerica.
>
> I'm curious whether anyone has come across the history of the NUTTING family
> in Massachusetts, and found out how ... Nutting's Lake got its name.
>

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