James Nute was born 1617 in Tiverton, England, and died Aft. 1691 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire. He married Sarah.

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Immigrant

Spelled his name 'Newte' which corresponds with the English surname born by a family of distinction living in Teverton, Devonshire, in the reign of Elizabeth. The members of this English family were loyalists during the civil war and many were clergymen in the Church of England in the 17th and 18th centuries. James came to Portsmouth in 1631, one of the company of planters, stewards and servants sent by Capt. John Mason to settle his patent. James signed the combination in Dover 1640; gr. jury 1643,1651; selectman 1660. He bought lots 9 and 10 before 1648 and was given 6 acres in Cochecho Marsh on the upperside of Garrison Hill in Dover. On the tax lists of Dover 1648-1675. He had a land grant at Back River and bought another from John Newgrove. Moved to the Back River area about 1661 and was in court for absence from church and for entertaining Quakers, for which he was fined. His wife Sarah was called a 'base jade' by William Storer in 1652. James and Sarah Nute deeded homestead to son Abraham and other land to son James in 1671, both deeds to take effect after the elder Nutes' deaths. his grave stone stands in the fam. grave yard, ' Mr J Nute ae 78.' . The Back River farm remained in continuous possession of his descendants until at least 1923.
"Gen. Dict. of ME & NH," p. 515; "Piscat. Pioneers," p. 319.; "Hist. of Dover, NH," p. 412-417.


Children of James Nute and Sarah are:

    +Mary Nute, b. 1647, Dover, NH, d. Aft. August 1714, Newington, NH.
    James Nute, b. 1643, Dover, NH, d. date unknown.
    Abraham Nute, b. 1644, Dover, NH, d. date unknown.
    Sarah Nute, b. January 01, 1647/48, Dover, NH, d. date unknown.
    Martha Nute, b. 1653, Dover, NH, d. date unknown.
    Leah Nute, b. 1655, d. date unknown.

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James Nute came to America from Tiverton, in the County of Devonshire, England. He arrived with his brother, John, in 1631 under the auspices of Captain John Mason to settle his Laconia Patent at Dover Neck, NH. He signed the Dover Combination, now in the English Archives in London, England, on 20 Oct 1640. He served on the Grand Jury in 1643 and served as Selectman of Dover in 1659. He signed his name James Newte. His wife's name was Sarah. In the "Quaker Families" it is recorded that James Nute and his wife and son were among those fined in 1663 for absenting themselves from official worship in order to be with Quakers. They were absent on 25 Sundays and in addition had committed the offense of entertaining Quakers for four hours in one day. In the "History of Strafford County" it is recorded that it was about 1650 that James Nute bought lots numbers 9 and 10 from the grantees Barthey Smeg and John Ugrove, these lots being south of lot number 11, owned by Deacon John Dam. James is buried in the family plot on the west bank of Back River (Bellemy River?) with his daughter, Martha, and her husband, William Dam. James was born 1612, died 1698.