John William NUTT

John William NUTT[1]

Male 1822 - 1861  (~ 39 years)

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  • Name John William NUTT 
    Christened 11 May 1822  Faversham, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Buried 7 Aug 1861  Faversham, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3
    Person ID I2932  Young Kent Ancestors
    Last Modified 6 Sep 2020 

    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 Mary NINNIS,   b. Flushing, Cornwall, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. John William NUTT,   b. 1847, Flushing, Cornwall, England Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Elizabeth Margaret Ann NUTT,   b. 3 Sep 1857, Southampton, England Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. Alfred James Lemon NUTT,   b. 7 Jun 1860, Faversham, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location
    Last Modified 20 Mar 2022 
    Family ID F1200  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • John William Nutt does not appear in Faversham until the time of the 1861 census so it is highly likely that he had run off to sea in his teenage years. Certainly during his early married life, John William maintained a roving spirit. John William's first child, John William Junior, was born at Flushing, Cornwall followed 1 year later with the birth of the second child at Southampton in 1858. John's third and last child was born back at Faversham during 1860 - Alfred James Lemon Nutt.

      As of the time of the 1861 census John and family were living on Wool Quay in the town. Unfortunately, he met an untimely death drowning in the Swale in early August of 1861. His wife remarried a man from Chatham by the name of Richard Martin. All three children were still living at home, then being 15 Fielding Street. John, Jr. was working as a mariner.

      Most of the family does not appear on the 1881 census and had likely moved out of Kent. Alfred appears boarding with a John Cooper at 96 Lynton Road, Bermondsey. At that time he was working as a warehouseman.

  • Sources 
    1. [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.
      Wool Quay: John Nutt, head, married, 38, mariner, born at Faversham; Mary, wife, married, 36, born at Flushing, Cornwall; John, son, 14, born at Flushing, Cornwall; Elizabeth, daughter, 3, born at Southampton; Alfred, son, 10 months, born at Faversham.

    2. [S34] Parish Register, England, Kent: Church of England, Canterbury Cathedral Archives, (U.S.A., Salt Lake City: Genealogical Society of Utah), LDS Film #1886151, item 1-3, Faversham, 7 Aug 1861.
      Age recorded on burial is 39 years, residence at Oyster Court. "Drowned"

    3. [S132] Newspaper, Various, (Various), Kentish Gazette 06 August 1861, p. 5, 6 Aug 1861.

      Kentish Gazette 06 August 1861, p. 5
      FAVERSHAM.
      On Friday evening, as the vessels of several dredgermen were delivering the brood on the Seasalter grounds, the bowsprit of one sailing down struck a dredgerman named Nuttm who was knocked overboard. The poor fellow, having on heavy clothing, and owing to the suddenness of the blow immediately sunk. An attempt was made to recover him on his first rising to the surface, which unfortunately failed, though could he have held out but a short time assistance would have been at hand. At this part of the grounds at low water there is sometimes but a foot of water. Nutt was a married man, and leaves a widow and three children. The body was found on the following day.