John Nutting

Farnsworth Memorial II Second Edition:
It is said his house was a fortified garrison, to which people might go to in times of danger from the Indians. Groton was on the frontier at that time and the danger was real. The house was perhaps built like a blockhouse with projecting upper story, loopholes in the walls for musketry, and a stockade about it. John Nutting would be obliged to defend the house in case of attack. It was this obligation that led to his death. The Indian war known as King Philips War began in the early spring of 1676, after long preliminary warnings. Trouble began at Groton, March 2, 1676. On March 13 a force of four hundred Indians attacked Groton by stealth, as was their habit. Nutting's house and others were captured and John Nutting was shot to death in its defense. It is said that his head was severed and put upon a pole. The women and children escaped to Parkers house, not far away.
Nutting's wife and children escaped with others later to the safer settlements.

John Nutting was an original proprietor of Groton and owned a 17 acre right.

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