Thomas Nutting moved to Charles Parish as an adult and married a daughter of a successful planter. Nutting's wife Elizabeth was the daughter of William Booth
William Booth and his son-in-law Thomas Nutting, served as justices of the peace during the 1690s. Nutting also performed the duties of a militia captain, vestryman, county coroner, and county sheriff between the early 1690s and his death in 1717. His only son, Booth Nutting, died before he was old enough to participate in politics. Nutting's place in the political order passed to his daughter Mary's husband, Richard Sclater Senior who served as the York County surveyor in the decade of the 1710s. Pages 143, 144 & 238
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Will & Death
Last Will and Testament of Thomas Nutting[1]
York County, Virginia
11 July 1717
16 September 1717 (proved)
Ack: Tho: Nutting.
Wit: Robert Kerby, Thomas Kerby, Robert Kerby Jun'r.
Executors: my son in law Wm. Sheldon, my daughter Jane Nutting.
Sources
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County Court, York County, Virginia, Deeds, orders, wills, 1633-1710; orders, wills, 1709-1732; wills and inventories, 1732-1811, Orders, wills, No. 15 1716-1720; database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G92Z-Z93P-M?cat=367215), images 93-94.
See also:
Garber, Virginia Armistead "The Armistead Family (1635-1910)." Whittet & Shepperson, Printers, Richmond 1910. The original was full of errors due to its poor organization. It has been [reorganized and corrected] by: Douglas E. Zimmerman, 2002-2004.
Birth names: Thomas Nutting ;[Capt.]Thomas Nutting ;[Captain]Thomas Nutting
Gender: Male
Birth: Between 1651 and 1653 - York, Virginia
Marriage: Spouse: ELIZABETH BOOTH - Between 1677 and 1679
Death: July 31 1717 - York, Virginia, United States
Parents: THOMAS NUTTING, MRS. THOMAS NUTTING
Wife: ELIZABETH BOOTH
Children: Mary Sclater (born Nutting), Hope Nutting, Katherine Armistead (born NUTTING), Hope Nutting, Jane Lowry (born Nutting), Elizabeth Peace Doswell (born Nutting), Booth Nutting
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Biography
Alternate birth location is Somersettshire, England. Researching for correct location.
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