James Thomas NUTT

James Thomas NUTT[1, 2, 3, 4, 5]

Male 1818 -

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  • Name James Thomas NUTT 
    Christened 2 May 1818  Faversham, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Person ID I2930  Young Kent Ancestors
    Last Modified 19 May 2007 

    Father Matthew NUTT,   c. 25 Dec 1785, Faversham, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   bur. 14 Apr 1866, Faversham, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 80 years) 
    Mother Ann WEEKS,   b. 1788, Ospringe, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   bur. 27 May 1841, Faversham, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 53 years) 
    Married 13 Oct 1807  Ospringe, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F1189  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Sarah RUCK,   c. 24 Aug 1817, Faversham, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   bur. 14 Oct 1867, Faversham, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 50 years) 
    Married 25 Feb 1840  Faversham, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Children 
     1. Mary Ann Elizabeth ^ NUTT,   c. 2 Mar 1840, Faversham, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   bur. 3 Apr 1840, Faversham, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 0 years)
     2. William James ^ NUTT,   c. 26 Jul 1841, Faversham, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   bur. 27 Aug 1870, Faversham, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 29 years)
     3. John Matthew ^ NUTT,   c. 6 Aug 1843, Faversham, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   bur. 15 Sep 1844, Faversham, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 1 years)
     4. Sarah NUTT,   c. 25 Apr 1845, Faversham, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location
     5. Agnes Emma NUTT,   c. 19 Mar 1847, Faversham, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1911  (Age ~ 65 years)
     6. Emma Eliza ^ NUTT,   c. 23 Mar 1849, Faversham, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   bur. 21 Sep 1849, Faversham, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 0 years)
     7. George ^ NUTT,   c. 14 Aug 1850, Faversham, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   bur. 2 Sep 1850, Faversham, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 0 years)
     8. Eliza ^ NUTT,   c. 21 May 1852, Faversham, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   bur. 14 Oct 1852, Faversham, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 0 years)
     9. Caroline ^ NUTT,   c. 21 Dec 1853, Faversham, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   bur. 11 Jan 1854, Faversham, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 0 years)
     10. Jemima ^ NUTT,   c. 21 Dec 1853, Faversham, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   bur. 11 Jan 1854, Faversham, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 0 years)
     11. Jane Elizabeth ^ NUTT,   c. 12 Dec 1855, Faversham, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   bur. 21 Dec 1855, Faversham, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 0 years)
     12. Fanny Maria ^ NUTT,   c. 2 Jan 1857, Faversham, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   bur. 12 Apr 1858, Faversham, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 1 years)
    Last Modified 20 Mar 2022 
    Family ID F1197  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Sophia GARDNER 
    Married 11 Jun 1868  Faversham, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Last Modified 20 Mar 2022 
    Family ID F1198  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • James Thomas, born 1818, married during February of 1840, Sarah Ruck, the daughter of the church sexton, John Ruck (see the famiily of Thomas Ruck and Elizabeth Broadbridge for more information). Like his father, James was a mariner and he and his wife lived close by his father on the east side of Abbey Street in Faversham.

      As of 1851 James was continuing in his occupation of dredger but the family, now including two children, had moved over to Conduit Row in the town. James and Sarah had had many children, twelve in all, but tragically most of them died during infancy. At the 1851 census their daughter, Sarah, was staying with her grandparents, John and Sarah Ruck.

      By 1861 James was employed as a sexton (an officer of the church charged with its' care and belongings and with bell-ringing and grave-digging duties). James, Sarah, son, William also then employed as an oyster dredger, and daughter, Agnes were living together on Church Lane. Daughter, Sarah, then aged 16 was visiting with a woman by the name of Harriet Lawes (Faversham, schedule #116). Harriet was a widow aged 57 years who had been born at Challock and Sarah was shown as being unmarried aged 16 years, born at Faversham.

      Although still living at 4 Church Lane in 1871, James' wife, Sarah, had died in the intervening years. He had remarried a woman from Canterbury by the name of Sophia. She was 14 years James' senior. James continued to work as a sexton of the church. Daughter, Agnes had married and was living in Selling with her husband, John Thursten. Sadly, James' son William had died the year previously. No further mention has been found of daughter, Sarah.

      James and Sophia, by 1881, had moved to Millhouse, Wandsworth, Surrey. It is entirely unknown what prompted the move. He was working as a road labourer while Sophia worked as a milliner. They also had two lodgers living with them but there appears to be no family connection.

  • Sources 
    1. [S54] 1881 Census, England, Office of National Statistics, General Register Office, Kew, Surrey, England, (U.S.A., Salt Lake City: Genealogical Society of Utah), LDS Film #1341152, RG11/0657 folio 24, page 42, 1881.
      James NUTT Head M Male 62 Faversham, Kent, England Road Labourer
      Sophia NUTT Wife M Female 50 Canterbury, Kent, England Milliner
      Bridget SMITH Lodger W Female 79 Ireland Formerly Laundress
      Ann NORTHWOOD Lodger W Female 85 Taunton, Dorset, England Formerly Laundress

      Source Information:
      Dwelling Mill House
      Census Place Wandsworth, Surrey, England
      Family History Library Film 1341152
      Public Records Office Reference RG11
      Piece / Folio 0657 / 24
      Page Number 42

    2. [S58] 1861 Census, England, Office of National Statistics, General Register Office, Kew, Surrey, England, (U.S.A., Salt Lake City: Genealogical Society of Utah), LDS Film #0542655, Faversham, Kent, 7 Apr 1861.
      Church Lane: James T. Nutt, head, married, 43, sexton, born at Faversham; Sarah, wife, married, 44; William J., son, 20, oyster dredger; Agnes E., daughter, 14, all born at Faversham.

    3. [S53] 1871 Census, England and Wales, Office of National Statistics, Register General Office, (U.S.A., Salt Lake City: Genealogical Society of Utah), LDS Film #0838717-0838718, Faversham, Kent, 2 Apr 1871.
      4 Church Street: James T. Nutt, head, married 53, sexton, born at Faversham; Sophia, wife, married, 67, born at Canterbury.

    4. [S50] 1841 Census, England and Wales, Office of National Statistics, General Register Office, Kew, Surrey, England, (U.S.A., Salt Lake City: Genealogical Society of Utah), LDS Film #0306867, Faversham, 6 Jun 1841.
      East side Abbey Street:
      James Nutt, 20, dredger, born in county
      Sarah, 20, born in county

    5. [S15] 1851 Census, England, Office of National Statistics, General Register Office, Kew, Surrey, England, (U.S.A., Salt Lake City: Genealogical Society of Utah), LDS Film #0193527, Faversham, 30 Mar 1851.
      65, Conduit Road, Faversham:
      James Nutt, head, married, 32, dredger, born at Faversham
      Sarah, wife, married, 35, born at Faversham
      William, son, 9, born at Faversham
      Agnes, daughter, 4, born at Faversham

    6. [S34] Parish Register, England, Kent: Church of England, Canterbury Cathedral Archives, (U.S.A., Salt Lake City: Genealogical Society of Utah), LDS Film #1886148-1886149, Entry #57, 1840, Faversham, Kent, 25 Feb 1840.
      Married February 25, 1840, James Thomas Nutt, bachelor, full age, dredger, residence at Faversham, father Mathew Nutt, dredger, to Sarah Ruck, spinster, no occupation, residence at Abbey Street, father John Ruck, sexton. Witnesses: William Rutter [Sarah's brother-in-law] and Elizabeth Nutt.