By Muriel Bristol | May 10, 2026
Samuel Nute was born in Dover, NH, August 18, 1749, son of Jotham and Mary (Hayes) Nute. He was a namesake for his paternal grandfather, Samuel Nute (1689-1765) of Dover, NH.
Samuel Nute married in Dover, NH, August 21, 1769, Phebe Pinkham. Rev. Jeremy Belkap, D.D., performed the ceremony. She was born in Dover, NH, January 1, 1749, daughter of Samuel and Susannah (Canney) Pinkham (Her mother, Susannah (Canney) Pinkham, had died in Dover, circa 1760)
.… Samuel Nute, who was a native of Dover, and the head of a large family, was an active and influential citizen, living in Milton during his entire married life, and dying at an advanced age (Hurd, Duane H., 1882).
(The known children of Samuel and Phebe (Pinkham) Nute were: Francis Nute (1770–1812), Josiah Nute (c1775–1820), Samuel Nute, Jr. (1776–1836), Jotham Nute (1778–1817), Stephen Nute (1779–1843), Mary T. “Polly” Nute (1779–1861), Nicholas Nute [Sr.] (1781–1862), Susan Nute (c1785–1833), Hayes Nute (c1790–1875), Ezekiel Nute (1794–1859)).
Son Francis Nute was born in Dover, NH, January 21, 1770.
Son Josiah Nute was born in Dover, NH, circa 1775. Son Samuel Nute, Jr., was born in Dover, NH, circa 1776. Son Jotham Nute was born in Dover, NH, in 1778.
Son Stephen Nute was born in Dover, NH, in 1779. Daughter Mary T. “Polly” Nute was born in Dover, NH, June 23, 1779.
Father-in-law Samuel Pinkham died in Dover, NH, January 28, 1780.
Son Nicholas Nute [Sr.] was born Dover, NH, June 9, 1781.
Strafford County historian Duane H. Hurd noted the settlements at Plummer’s Ridge, after 1772, of Benjamin Scates, Beard Plumer and his brother Joseph Plumer. He noted further that they were followed by James C. Hayes, David Wallingford, William Palmer, Elijah Horn, Moses Chamberlain, and others.
This was soon followed by quite a rush of settlers to the west side of the town, Daniel Hayes, Caleb Wakeham, Enoch Varney, Samuel Nute, William Wentworth, William Tuttle, Ichabod Hayes, James Hayes, Ebenezer Coursan, and Stephen Merseron [Meserve], being among the first, Jeremiah Cook, Dudley Burnham, Jotham Nute, Otis Pinkham, Ephraim Plumer, John Twombly, James Varney, John Varney, William Mathes, and others coming soon after (Hurd, 1882).
… Samuel Nute, a native of Back River, Dover, who settled in what is now Milton, soon after the close of the Revolution. His ancestors were among the early settlers in Dover (Scales, 1914).
Jotham[Nute] with his half-brother Samuel moved [from Dover, NH] in 1784 to tracts of land in the Northeast parish of Rochester which became Nute’s Ridge in Milton and here they cleared space for their future homes from land provided by their father (Pat and Kathie, 2019).
Daughter Susan Nute was born in Northeast Parish, Rochester, NH, circa 1785.
Saml Nute headed a Rochester, NH, household at the time of the First (1790) Federal Census. His household included four males aged 16-plus years [himself, Francis Nute], five males aged under-16 years, and three females [Phebe (Pinkham) Nute, Mary Nute, and Susan Nute]. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of [his father] Jotham Nute and Stephen Jinkins [Jenkins]. (See Northeast Parish in the First (1790) Federal Census).
Son Hayes Nute was born in Northeast Parish, Rochester, NH, circa 1790.
Son Josiah Nute married in Rochester, NH, September 5, 1792, Rebecca Wentworth, both of Rochester, NH. Rev. Joseph Haven performed the ceremony. She was born in Rochester, NH, daughter of Josiah and Abiah (Cook) Wentworth.
Son Samuel Nute, Jr., married, circa 1792, Hannah Mitchell. She was born in New Durham, NH, circa 1775.
Son Francis Nute married in Madbury, NH, in October 1794, Mary Clements, both of Rochester, NH. Rev. William Hooper performed the ceremony. She was born in Dover, June 14, 1774, daughter of John and Patience (Bunker) Clements.
Son Ezekiel Nute was born in Northeast Parish, Rochester, NH, November 20, 1794.
Saml Nute headed a Rochester, NH, household at the time of the Second (1800) Federal Census. His household included one male aged 45-plus years [himself], one female aged 45-plus years [Phebe (Pinkham) Nute], three males aged 16-25 years, one female aged 16-25 years, one female aged 10-15 years, and two males aged under-10 years. (See Northeast Parish in the Second (1800) Federal Census).
Francis Nute headed a Rochester, NH, household at the time of the Second (1800) Federal Census. His household included one male aged 26-44 years [himself], one female aged 16-25 years [Mary (Clements) Nute], two males aged under-10 years [John C. Nute], and one female aged under-10 years [Polly Nute]. (See Northeast Parish in the Second (1800) Federal Census).
Josiah Nute headed a Rochester, NH, household at the time of the Second (1800) Federal Census. His household included one male aged 26-44 years [himself], one female aged 16-25 years, and one male aged under-10 years. (See Northeast Parish in the Second (1800) Federal Census).
Saml Nute, Jr, headed a Rochester, NH, household at the time of the Second (1800) Federal Census. His household included one male aged 16-25 years [himself], one female aged 16-25 years , and three males aged under-10 years. (See Northeast Parish in the Second (1800) Federal Census).
Son Stephen Nute married in Rochester, May 26, 1801, Anna Furbush, both of Rochester, NH.
Samuel Nute, and his sons, Francis Nute, and Samuel Nute, Jr., all signed the Rochester, NH, division petition of May 28, 1802, seeking the establishment of the town of Milton from Rochester, NH’s Northeast Parish. (See Rochester Division Petition – May 1802). (Younger half-brother Jotham Nute signed also).
Samuel Nute, Francis Nute, and Samuel Nute, Jr., were among the greater Rochester inhabitants that signed one of two remonstrance petitions, of June 1804, which opposed incorporating a private company to construct and maintain a turnpike, i.e., a toll road, from Dover, NH, through the Norway Plains [in Rochester, NH], to Sandwich, NH. (Younger half-brother Jotham Nute and future son-in-law, Samuel Bragdon, signed also).
Samuel Nute, and his son, Nicholas Nute, were assessed in the Milton School District No. 2 of [his younger half-brother,] Lieut. J. Nute in 1806. Sons Francis Nute and Saml Nute, Jur, were assessed in the Milton School District No. 4 of Dudley Burnham. (See Milton School Districts – 1806).
Son Nicholas Nute married in Rochester, NH, September 4, 1808, Elizabeth Bickford Hayes. She was born in Rochester, NH, in 1787, daughter of Nathaniel and Elizabeth (Bickford) Hayes.
Son Jotham Nute married in Wolfeboro, NH, November 17, 1808, Olive Tuttle.
Samuel Nute headed a Milton household at the time of the Third (1810) Federal Census. His household included one male aged 45-plus years [himself], one female aged 45-plus years [Phebe (Pinkham) Nute], two females aged 26-44 years, and two males aged 16-25 years. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of Jonathan Nute and Stephen Jenkins. (See Milton in the Third (1810) Federal Census).
Francis Nute headed a Milton household at the time of the Third (1810) Federal Census. His household included one male aged 26-44 years [himself], one female aged 26-44 years [Mary (Clement) Nute], two males aged 10-15 years [John C. Nute, and Joseph Nute], one female aged 10-15 years [Polly Nute], one male aged under-10 years [Moses Nute], and two females aged under-10 years [Elizabeth Nute, and Sukey Nute]. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of Saml Nute, Junr, and Daniel Wentworth. (See Milton in the Third (1810) Federal Census).
Josiah Nute headed a Falmouth, ME, household at the time of the Third (1810) Federal Census. His household included one male aged 26-44 years [himself], one female aged 26-44 years, and one female aged 16-25 years.
Saml Nute, Junr, headed a Milton household at the time of the Third (1810) Federal Census. His household included one male aged 26-44 years [himself], one female aged 45-plus years, three males aged 10-15 years, two males aged under-10 years, and four females aged under-10 years. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of Moses Downs, and Francis Nute. (See Milton in the Third (1810) Federal Census).
Jotham Nute headed a Wolfeboro, NH, household at the time of the Third (1810) Federal Census. His household included one male aged 26-44 years [himself], two females aged 16-25 years [Olive (Tuttle) Nute], one male aged under-10 years, and one female aged under-10 years.
Stephen Nute headed a Wolfeboro, NH, household at the time of the Third (1810) Federal Census. His household included one male aged 26-44 years [himself], one female aged 26-44 years, two males aged under-10 years, and three females aged under-10 years.
Son Francis Nute died in Milton, July 21, 1812.
Daughter Mary Nute married in Wakefield, NH, December 23, 1813, Thomas Young. He was born in Rochester, NH, October 7, 1784, son of James and Mary (Kimball) Young.
Sons Samuel Nute [Jr.] and Ezekiel Nute marched to Portsmouth, NH, in September 1814, with Capt. William Courson’s Milton militia company. They were responding to Gov. Gilman’s alarm regarding possible attacks by the British navy. (See Milton in the War of 1812).
Sons Jotham Nute, Stephen Nute, and Nicholas Nute, signed a Wolfeboro, NH, remonstrance petition, in June 1815, that opposed allocation of general town religious property and assets to a proposed Congregational Society.
Son Ezekiel Nute married in Rochester, NH, September 19, 1816, Dorcas Worster.
Ezekiel Nute was a good farmer and for many years a deacon in the Congregational Church at Milton. His wife was one of the best of women. They had four sons, the second of whom was named Lewis Worster [Nute] (Scales, 1914).
Daughter-in-law Mary (Clements) Nute died in Milton, November 12, 1816.
Mary (Clements) Nute, was living in Milton, N.H., a widow, in 1812. Administration on the estate of Francis Nute, late of Milton, deceased, was granted 26 April 1816. The real estate was divided to the following heirs, John C. Nute, eldest son, Moses Nute, Francis Nute, Elizabeth Nute, Thomas J. Nute, Polly Nute, Joseph Nute, and Sukey Nute. Since Mary (Clements) Nute receives no land in this division and since the administration was taken out a number of years after her husband’s death, it was probably her death that made an administration necessary. Samuel Nute, Jr., was made guardian, 21 January 1817, of Polly Nute, Elizabeth Nute, Joseph Nute, and Moses Nute, over 14, and Sukey Nute, Thomas-Jefferson Nute, and Francis Nute, under 14, children of Francis Nute, late of Milton, deceased (Strafford County Probate, 19:105, 21:75, :193) (Clement, 1927).
Son Jotham Nute died in Wolfeboro, NH, in 1817, aged thirty-nine years.
Son Hayes Nute married, in 1819, Mehitable Goodwin. She was born in Lebanon, ME, circa 1791, daughter of Thomas and Annie Goodwin.
Samuel Nute of Milton, husbandman, made his last will, January 28, 1820. He devised a one-third share in all his real estate to his beloved wife, Phebe Nute, as long as she remained his widow, changing to a life-estate (with reversion to the executor) should she remarry. He devised forty acres of land in Milton to his son, Hayes Nute. That forty acres had been drawn to the original right of Samuel Hayes and others, and was part of the lot which the testator was then improving, and adjoined the farm where Ezekiel Nute then resided. He devised to his daughter, Susan Nute, the use of a back room in his dwelling house, firewood, and provisions, while she remained single, and $50 if and when she should marry. He devised to his son, Samuel Nute, $1, together with what he had already received. He devised $1 to his daughter, Mary Young. He devised $1 each to his sons, Josiah Nute, Stephen Nute, and Nicholas Nute, together with what they had already received.
He devised $1 each to his grandchildren who were the children of his son, Francis Nute, late of Milton, deceased. They were identified as John C. Nute, Moses Nute, Elizabeth Pinkham, Mary Nute, Joseph Nute, Susan Nute, Thomas Jefferson Nute, and Francis Nute. He devised $1 each to his grandchildren who were the children of his son, Jotham Nute, late of Wolfeborough, deceased. They were identified as Ezekiel Nute, Susan Nute, Josiah Nute and Jotham Nute.
He devised all the residue and remainder of his estate, both real and personal, including lands buildings, stock, farming utensils, money, notes, goods and chattels of every kind, to his son, Ezekiel Nute, whom he named also as executor. He was to pay the debts, charges, and legacies, as well as the maintenance of his sister, Susan Nute. Levi Jones, B.U. Jenkins, and Dorcas Bragdon signed as witnesses. (Strafford County Probate, 34:22).
Son Josiah Nute died in Falmouth, ME, between January and August 1820 (Pat and Kathie, 2019).
[Grandson] Samuel Nute headed a Poland, ME, household at the time of the Fourth (1820) Federal Census. His household included one male aged 26-44 years [himself], one female aged 26-44 years [Betsy (Fickett) Nute], one male aged under-10 years [Orsamus Nute], one female aged under-10 years, and one female aged 45-plus years [Rebecca (Wentworth) Nute]. One member of his household was engaged in Agriculture.
Samuel Nute, Samuel Nute, Jr, Hayes Nute, and Ezekiel Nute, signed the Milton anti-division remonstrance of June 1820 requesting that Milton not be divided in two parts. (See Milton Militia Dispute – 1820).
(The identities of the several Samuel Nutes are a little indistinct. Our subject made his last will in January 1820, which would not be proved until March 1826. He might have been alive to sign this militia petition. However, he may have died already and the petitioning Samuel Nute might have been his son, Samuel Nute, Jr. (1776-1836), who had become the eldest Samuel Nute through the death of our subject. And the petitioning Samuel Nute, Jr., might have been one of the local grandsons of our subject, who had risen likewise in seniority to become the Junior. Is the Milton Anti-Division petition signature above similar to that of either the elder or junior Samuel Nute on the Rochester Division petition of 1802?)
Samuel Nute, Jr, and Ezekiel Nute signed also the Milton militia division petition of November 1820.
Samuel Nute died in Milton, between the time when he wrote his last will, in January 1820, and the time that will was proved in a Strafford County Probate Court held in Sanbornton, NH, March 2, 1826 (Strafford County Probate, 34:24).
(Samuel Nute of Milton should not be confused with Captain Samuel Nute of Dover, who died in March 1828, was buried in Dover, NH, and who left a widow, Sarah (Miller) Nute. DEATHS. In this [Dover] town, Capt. Samuel Nute, an officer of the revolution (Dover Enquirer, April 1, 1828)).
Daughter Susan Nute married in Rochester, NH, November 23, 1826, Samuel Bragdon, both of Milton. (She was his third wife). Charles Baker performed the ceremony. He was born in Berwick, ME, in April 1771, son of John and Sarah (Abbott) Bragdon.
Daughter-in-law Rebecca (Wentworth) Nute died in Woodstock, ME, circa 1828.
Saml Nute [Jr.] headed a Milton household at the time of the Fifth (1830) Federal Census. His household included one male aged 50-59 years [himself], one female aged 50-59 years, one male aged 15-19 years, and one female aged 10-14 years. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of Timo Brewster and John C. Nute. (See Milton in the Fifth (1830) Federal Census).
Stephn Nute headed a Wolfeboro, NH, household at the time of the Fifth (1830) Federal Census. His household included one male aged 40-49 years [himself], one female aged 50-59 years, one male aged 20-29 years, two females aged 20-29 years, one male aged 15-19 years, one female aged 15-19 years, one male aged 10-14 years, and one female aged 10-14 years.
Thos Young headed a Wakefield, NH, household at the time of the Fifth (1830) Federal Census. His household included one male aged 40-49 years [himself], one female aged 50-59 years [Mary (Nute) Young], two females aged 10-14 years, and one female aged 5-9 years.
Nicholas Nute headed a Wolfeboro, NH, household at the time of the Fifth (1830) Federal Census. His household included one male aged 40-49 years [himself], one female aged 40-49 years [Elizabeth B. (Hayes) Nute], one female aged 20-29 years, one female aged 15-19 years, one female aged 10-14 years, one male aged 5-9 years, and one male aged under-5 years.
Saml Bragdon headed a Milton household at the time of the Fifth (1830) Federal Census. His household included one male aged 60-69 years [himself], one female aged 40-49 years [Susan (Nute) Bragdon], one male aged 20-29 years, one female aged 20-29 years, one male aged 15-19 years, one male aged 10-14 years, and two females aged 10-14 years. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of Silas Tuttle and Isaac Wentworth. (See Milton in the Fifth (1830) Federal Census).
Hayes Nute headed a Milton household at the time of the Fifth (1830) Federal Census. His household included one male aged 40-49 years [himself], one female aged 30-39 years [Mehitable (Goodwin) Nute], and one male aged 5-9 years. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of Jas Downs and Hopley Varney. (See Milton in the Fifth (1830) Federal Census).
Ezekl Nute headed a Milton household at the time of the Fifth (1830) Federal Census. His household included one male aged 30-39 years [himself], one female aged 30-39 years [Dorcas (Worster) Nute], one male aged 15-19 years, one female aged 15-19 years, two males aged 10-14 years, one male aged 5-9 years, and one male aged under-5 years. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of Jotham Nute and John Jenkins. (See Milton in the Fifth (1830) Federal Census).
Daughter Susan (Nute) Bragdon died in Milton, January 18, 1833.
Son Samuel Nute, Jr., died May 7, 1836.
Stephen Nute headed a Wolfeboro, NH, household at the time of the Sixth (1840) Federal Census. His household included one male aged 50-59 years [himself], one female aged 60-69 years, one female aged 40-49 years, one male aged 20-29 years, one female aged 20-29 years. Two members of his household were engaged in Agriculture.
Thomas Young headed a Wakefield, NH, household at the time of the Sixth (1840) Federal Census. His household included one male aged 50-59 years [himself], one female aged 60-69 years [Mary (Nute) Young], and three females aged 20-29 years. One member of his household was engaged in Agriculture.
Nicholas Nute headed a Wolfeboro, NH, household at the time of the Sixth (1840) Federal Census. His household included one male aged 50-59 years [himself], one female aged 50-59 years [Elizabeth B. (Hayes) Nute], one male aged 15-19 years, and one male aged 10-14 years. One member of his household was engaged in Agriculture.
Samuel Bragdon headed a Milton household at the time of the Sixth (1840) Federal Census. His household included one male aged 70-79 years [himself], one female aged 60-69 years [Lydia (Clements) Bragdon], one male aged 30-39 years, one female aged 30-39 years, one female aged 15-19 years, one male aged 10-14 years, and one female aged 10-14 years. Two members of his household were engaged in Agriculture. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of Silas Tuttle and Joseph Watkins.
Hayes Nute headed a Milton household at the time of the Sixth (1840) Federal Census. His household included one male aged 50-59 years [himself], one female aged 40-49 years [Mehitable (Goodwin) Nute], one female aged 15-19 years, and one male aged 10-14 years. Two members of his household were engaged in Agriculture. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of William Huntress and Wentworth Dore.
Ezekiel Nute headed a Milton household at the time of the Sixth (1840) Federal Census. His household included one male aged 40-49 years [himself], one female aged 40-49 years [Dorcas (Worster) Nute], one male aged 15-19 years, and one male aged 10-14 years. Three members of his household were engaged in Agriculture. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of David Nute and John Jenkins.
Son-in-law Samuel Bragdon died in Milton, December 11, 1840, aged sixty-nine years, ten months.
Died. In Milton, 10th inst., Mr. Samuel Bragdon, aged about 71 years (Dover Enquirer, December 22, 1840).
Son Nicholas Nute “emancipated” his minor son, Nicholas Nute, Jr., in Wolfeboro, NH, February 10, 1842.
Notice. NOTICE is hereby given that I, the undersigned, have this day given to my son, NICHOLAS NUTE, the remainder of his minority, to act and trade for himself; that I shall claim none of his earnings nor pay any debts of his contracting after this date. NICHOLAS NUTE. Witness, Samuel Nute, Wolfborough, Feb. 10, 1842 (Dover Enquirer, February 15, 1842).
Son Stephen Nute died in Wolfeboro, NH, October 28, 1843.
Daughter-in-law Anna [(Furbush)] Nute of Wolfeborough, NH, made her last will, September 15, 1845. She devised $1 each to her sons, Moses Nute, Stephen Nute, and Francis Nute; and she devised $1 each to her daughters, Anne Avery, Dorcas Avery, and Sophia Scegel. She devised all the residue and remainder to her two daughters, Sally Nute and Hannah Nute. Aaron Roberts, James Thurston, and Livermore Moulton signed as witnesses (Carroll County Probate, 7:466).
Daughter-in-law Anna (Furbush) Nute died in Wolfeboro, NH, December 2, 1847, aged seventy-three years. Her last will was proven in a Carroll County Probate Court held in Ossipee, NH, December 14, 1847 (Carroll County Probate, 7:466).
Phebe (Pinkham) Nute died in Wakefield, NH, April 8, 1848.
Thomas Young, a farmer, aged sixty-five years (b. NH), headed a Wakefield, NH, household at the time of the Seventh (1850) Federal Census. His household included Mary [(Nute)] Young, aged seventy-five years (b. NH). Mary You ng was “blind.” They shared a two-family residence with the household of Thomas Danforth, a famer, aged twenty-three years (b. NH).
Nicholas Nute, a farmer, aged sixty-nine years (b. NH), headed a Wolfeboro, NH, household at the time of the Seventh (1850) Federal Census. His household included Elizabeth [(Hayes)] Nute, aged sixty-two years (b. NH), Elizabeth Nute, aged thirty-seven years (b. NH), Samuel Nute, a farmer, aged thirty-nine years (b. NH), Olive [(Watson)] Nute, aged thirty-eight years, Mary Nute, aged eleven years (b. NH), and Charles G. Nute, aged one year (b. NH). Nicholas Nute had real estate valued at $600.
Hayes Nute, a farmer, aged sixty-one years (b. NH), headed a Milton household at the time of the Seventh (1850) Federal Census. His household included Mehitable [(Goodwin)] Nute, aged fifty-five years (b. ME), Richard R. Cotton, a shoemaker, aged twenty-eight years (b. NH), Abigail A. [(Nute)] Cotton, aged twenty-nine years (b. NH), and James Dean, a shoemaker, aged fifteen years (b. NH). Hayes Nute had real estate valued at $150. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of James B. Downs, a farmer, aged forty-five years (b. NH), and Mary Drew, aged sixty-five years (b. NH).
Ezekiel Nute, a farmer, aged fifty-six years (b. NH), headed a Milton household at the time of the Seventh (1850) Federal Census. His household included Dorcas [(Worster)] Nute, aged fifty-three years (b. ME), Samuel F. Nute, a farmer, aged twenty-three years (b. NH), and Warren W. Bodge, a farmer, aged twenty years (b. NH). Ezekiel Nute had real estate valued at $4,500. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of John C. Wentworth, a laborer, aged twenty-seven years (b. ME), and Ira Varney, a farmer, aged forty-seven years (b. NH).
Son Ezekiel Nute of Milton made his last will, February 28, 1859. He devised to his beloved wife, Dorcas Nute, all of his household furniture, and suitable maintenance for so long as she remained his widow. He devised $150 to his son, Cyrus W. Nute. He devised $300 to his son, Samuel F. Nute, which was to be paid three months after the death of his current wife, Josephine Nute, but that said money was to be paid instead to the executor should said son predecease his wife. He devised $25 to Thomas Jefferson Nute. He devised $100 to the Milton Congregation Society, for a fund to be loaned by them and the interest directed to preaching of the Gospel in Milton. He devised all the rest and residue to his son, Lewis W. Nute, whom he named as executor. Joseph Pearl, John C. Varney, and Ira Varney signed as witnesses (Strafford County Probate, :237).
Son Ezekiel Nute died in Milton, April 14, 1859, aged sixty-four years, four months, and fourteen days. His last will was proved in a Strafford County Probate Court held in Dover, NH, May 3, 1859 (Strafford County Probate, :239).
State of New Hampshire. STRAFFORD, SS. – The Judge of Probate for said county to the heirs of law of the estate of Ezekiel Nute, late of Milton, in said County, deceased, testate, and to all interested therein; you are hereby notified that Lewis W. Nute, Executor of the will of said deceased, will exhibit his account of the administration thereof at a Court of Probate to be holden at Somersworth, in said County, on the first Tuesday of June next, when and where you may appear and shew cause, if any you have, against the allowance of said account. And it is ordered that the said administrator give notice, by causing the foregoing citation and this order thereon, to be published three weeks successively in the Dover Enquirer, printed at Dover, in said County, the last publication whereof to be at least thirty days before said Court. Given at Dover, in said County, this third day of April, A.D. 1860. ASA FREEMAN, Register. 46 (Dover Enquirer, April 5, 1860).
William Powell, a trader, aged fifty-eight years (b. England), headed a Wakefield, NH, household at the time of the Eighth (1860) Federal Census. His household included Susan N. [(Young)] Powell, aged forty-two years (b. NH), Thomas Young, aged seventy-five years (b. NH), and Mary [(Nute)] Young, aged eighty-five years (b. NH). William Powell had real estate valued at $700 and personal estate valued at $500. Thomas and Mary Young were both “blind.”
Nicholas Nute, a farmer, aged seventy-nine years (b. NH), headed a Wolfeboro (“North Wolfeborough P.O.”), NH, household at the time of the Eighth (1860) Federal Census. His household included Elizabeth [(Hayes)] Nute, aged seventy-two years (b. NH), Samuel Nute, a farmer, aged forty-nine years (b. NH), Olive [(Watson)] Nute, housework, aged forty-eight years (b. NH), Mary M. Nute, a tailoress, aged twenty-one years (b. NH), and Charles G. Nute, aged eleven years (b. NH). Samuel Nute had real estate valued at $800 and personal estate valued at $325.
Russel F. Cotton, a shoemaker, aged twenty-eight years (b. NH), headed a Milton household at the time of the Eighth (1860) Federal Census. His household included Abigail [(Nute)] Cotton, aged thirty-nine years (b. NH), E.F. Cotton, aged nine years (b. NH), David P. Cotton, aged three years (b. NH), Hayes Nute, aged seventy-five years (b. NH), and Mehitable [(Goodwin)] Nute, aged seventy years (b. NH). Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of Simon T. Downs, a farmer, aged twenty-five years (b. NH), and Daniel Hill, a farmer, aged sixty-three years (b. NH).
Paul Reynolds, a farmer, aged sixty-one years (b. NH), headed a Milton (“West Milton P.O.”) household at the time of the Eighth (1860) Federal Census. His household included Salley [(Raulett)] Reynolds, aged sixty-two years (b. NH), Ida Herrick, aged five years (b. NH), Ada Herrick, aged two years (b. NH), and Dorcas [(Worster)] Nute, aged sixty-two years (b. NH). Paul Reynolds had real estate valued at $1,500 and personal estate valued at $300. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of Ira Varney, a farmer, aged fifty-seven years (b. NH), and William Chamberlin, a farmer, aged thirty years (b. NH).
Daughter Mary T. “Polly” (Nute) Young died in Wakefield, NH, January 9, 1861, aged seventy-seven years, seventeen days. She was married.
DEATHS. In Wakefield, Mrs. Young, wife of Thomas Young, aged 85 years (Dover Enquirer, January 24, 1861).
Son Nicholas Nute [Sr.] died in Wolfeboro, NH, February 9, 1862.
Letter from Milton. MILTON (3 Ponds), Jan. 24, 1862. Mr. Editor – Having been detained in this village throughout the day, owing to business relations, I concluded to step in with the mass on the occasion of the dedication of the new Church edifice (Mr. Doldt’s) erected by his Church and Society, who gratefully acknowledge liberal donations from Amos M. Roberts, James Jones, Beard Plummer, T.C. Lyman, Lewis Nute, Esq.’s, and the late Dea. Ezekiel Nute, all of whom are residents of this town; also from Thomas M. Wentworth, Esq. of Maine, Richard Shapleigh of Boston, Mass., and from sources in Concord and Portsmouth, the names of whom I did not learn. I am unable to give you the order of exercises. There was quite a large delegation of clergymen present, among whom was Rev. Mr. Richardson of your city, who delivered one of the finest discourses, it has ever been my opportunity to listen to. Mr. Richardson is a stranger to me, and apparently a young man, yet I should judge would now occupy a high position in the clerical profession. The other exercises of the pulpit were exceedingly well performed by the several clergymen present, especially the dedicatory prayer by Rev. Mr. Holmes of Eliot, Me., which was of rare excellence. The music was an exceptionable, and I believe under the direction of Mr. Nutter. The building is decidedly one of the finest that I see generally in a country village, and reflects much credit on those interested in its erection, especially on Col. E.W. Plummer as chairman of the building committee, whose untiring zeal and energy, is highly commendable, and last but not least, are the inside fixtures, furnished by the ladies, and which are seldom surpassed in a country village, and it rarely has fallen to my privilege to have passed a couple of hours more pleasantly than on this occasion. That abundant success may always attend the First Congregational Church and Society of old Milton, in not only the evident desire of its donors, but is the sincere wish of A TRAVELLING AGENT (Dover Enquirer, February 6, 1862).
Son-in-law Thomas Young died in Wakefield, NH, October 10, 1864, aged eighty years.
Daughter-in-law Elizabeth B. (Hayes) Nute died in Wolfeboro, NH, November 29, 1868.
Daughter-in-law Dorcas (Worster) Nute died in Milton, December 11, 1869.
Richard R. Cotton, works for shoe factory, aged forty-eight years (b. NH), headed a Milton household at the time of the Ninth (1870) Federal Census. His household included Abbie A. [(Nute)] Cotton, keeping house, aged forty-nine years (b. ME), Emma M. Cotton, aged nineteen years (b. NH), David P. Cotton, works for shoe factory, aged sixteen years (b. NH), Benjamin D. Cotton, works for shoe factory, aged thirteen years (b. NH), Hayes Nute, aged eighty years (b. NH), and Mahitable [(Goodwin)] Nute, aged seventy-seven years (b. ME). Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of x and James B. Downs, a farmer, aged sixty-four years (b. NH). Richard R. Cotton had real estate valued at $300 and personal estate valued at $100. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of Jeremiah O. Drew, a farm laborer, aged sixty-six years (b. NH), and James B. Downs, a farmer, aged sixty-four years (b. NH).
Son Hayes Nute died of old age in Milton, March 3, 1875, aged eighty-five years, seven months. He was married. (The original record has a question mark after the 1875).
Abby C. [(Nute)] Cotton, keeping house, aged fifty-nine years (b. ME), headed a Milton household at the time of the Tenth (1880) Federal Census. Her household included her son, Benj. D. Cotton, works on shoes, aged twenty-three years (b. NH), and her mother, Mehitable [(Goodwin)] Nute, at home, aged eighty-eight years (b. ME). Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of Thomas Tuttle, a carpenter, aged seventy years (b. NH), and James B. Downs, a farmer, aged seventy-five years (b. NH).
Daughter-in-law Mehitable (Goodwin) Nute died of heart disease in Milton, May 2, 1881, aged ninety years. She was a widowed housekeeper. Herbert F. Pitcher, M.D., signed the death certificate.
DEATHS. In Milton, May 2, Mrs. Hayes Nute, aged 88 years and 3 months (Farmington News, May 6, 1881).
References:
Clement, Percival Wood. (1927). Ancestors and Descendants of Robert Clements. Philadelphia, PA: Patterson & White Co.
Find a Grave. (2021, August 12). Susan Nute Bragdon. Retrieved from www.findagrave.com/memorial/230650732/susan-bragdon
Find a Grave. (2016, September 14). Ezekiel Nute. Retrieved from www.findagrave.com/memorial/169916392/ezekiel-nute
Find a Grave. (2011, May 24). Jotham Nute. Retrieved from www.findagrave.com/memorial/70322451/jotham-nute
Find a Grave. (2011, June 4). Nicholas Nute. Retrieved from www.findagrave.com/memorial/70856313/nicholas-nute
Find a Grave. (2024, April 7). Rebecca Nute. Retrieved from www.findagrave.com/memorial/269187768/rebecca-nute
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