Central and Western Mass libraries provide Audio and e-books "Borrowing" online

A vast library (no pun intended) of audio and e-Book titles are available to library members across the state of Massachusetts. You log on with your library card number. Then you "Borrow" via download to your PC and transfer to a reader or read on PC. You can even "Rent" via Amazon through a direct connect in Kindle format, which like any other Kindle purchase is sent directly to your Kindle device of choice.



C/W Mars Online Library Sharing Central and Western MASS

Lost Nation Theater | The Poe Spooktacular

Here is something unique for Halloween. You actually miss Halloween by a day but it is worth the wait to be different with this Poe Themed night. Costume contest , Big Band Jazz and dancing, death defying acts and more on  Sat, November 01 2014 @ 8:00 PM at Lost Nation Theater | City Hall Auditorium Arts Center39 Main Street | Montpelier, Vermont 05602 | 802-229-0492 © 2014 Lost Nation Theater

Lost Nation Theater | The Poe Spooktacular

Top Ghost Tours in Massachusetts | Salem Ghost Tours

Just read this and thought,  WOW, if you are looking for a great New England experience for #Halloween but are not into the #JuMpOuTaTYou experience this could  be a bit less intense and still a lot of fun.



Top Ghost Tours in Massachusetts | Salem Ghost Tours

From England to New England - On my Maternal Grandmother's side

In the last post I outlined how my family comes from England on my maternal Grandfather's side the Kendall's. This time we will trace the roots back on my maternal Grandmother's side, Nutting. 

John Nutton was born on about 1575, in Edwardstone Suffolk, England. In the 1600 the family emigrated (were removed ) to and had settled Woburn Mass. John Nutting was born in 1620.

From "Surname Nutting" in Diggin History:

"Some believe that John Nutting was born sometime between 1620 and 1625 to parents John and Elizabeth Rawlings Nutting.  There is, however, a theory that he may have been a child in 1618 since a copyhold deed found among (John) Winthrop papers read: “John Nutton (Nutting) a lifelong tenant of one moiety of the lands of Groton Manor”.  The grantee named was John Nutton, Senior.  This would imply that there was a John Nutton (Nutting), Jr., and therefore that he had been born prior to 1618.

One source believes that John Nutting (Junior) immigrated in 1639, although it seems unclear as to when exactly he made the voyage across the Atlantic.  Nevertheless, the first solid reference to his presence in the Massachusetts Colony was the record of his marriage to Sarah Eggleton on August 28, 1650 in the town of Woburn.  Before their fifth wedding anniversary, three children were born"

Perhaps surprisingly, the Nuttings and two other families who were considering the move to Groton were met with opposition from the Church.  Nutting family historian Reverend John Keep Nutting wrote:

To us it would seem strange for a member about to remove from one town to another, to be expected to ask leave from the church.  In those days it was quite different.  Each new settlement was in reality, so far as all local interests were concerned, a small nation by itself.  Its voting citizens were the members of the church – none others.  And upon these the town rested for defence and for up-building.  Solemn vows bound these to mutual defence and helpfulness.  When therefore three leading families proposed to leave Chelmsford, it was no small matter.

Following a vote on December 23, 1661, there are no more mentions of the three families until they are granted letters allowing them to join the Groton church.  So, perhaps the removal took place either in late 1661 or early 1662.  John Nutting had proposed that his move to Groton would allow him to settle near the meetinghouse there.  On September 21, 1663 a vote was recorded wherein John Nutting was appointed the janitor of the meetinghouse"

From  John Nutton to John G Nutting (both born in England) to John G II 1651 Woburn to John III 1678 Groton to Isaac 1714 Groton to Isaac  JR 1739 Groton to Seth 1779 Groton to Seth 1806 Groton to Henry 1827 Dunstanble to Fannie H 1862 Groton (who married Ernest Kendall) to Mildred Kendall (see Kendall historical line) to me. England to Townsend MA USA.