John George Nutspittle
 John
George Nutspittle (b. ~1779 - d. 1829) was
born in Germany under a different name. We believe that
his original name was Johann Georg Nußpickel.
German naming traditions have Johann or "John" as the first name for most boys with the second name being the given name. John George would be commonly called George.*
We have not found out when he actually came to the USA. Though it appears that we are onto what we believe is his original name,
Nußpickel (click
to hear how it is pronounced), we do know that when he came to America he changed his name. He created, or accepted, the name Nutspittle. From what I have
read, there are many varieties of the name Nutspittle.
One that sticks out initially is Nusspickel. His oldest son, Francis Joseph, at times
recorded his last name as Nursepickle.
Francis was born in 1810 and I feel he knew his father
the best and was using a last name that was closest
to how his dad originally pronounced his name. If John
George 's assumed birthname was Nusspickel
(Nußpickel), did he change it
intentionally to Nutspittle or
did he have a thick accent and the name just stuck with it? I need to find something more secure on what
John George did when he first came to America.
The first found document in the U.S.A.
We have found the documents on the date John George
was married. He married Mary Brown on
May 16, 1808. George was 28 or 29 and Mary was 14 or 15. In repespective that was normal at that time. In 18th-century America, the typical age of marriage was 26 for men and women began courting as early as 15 or 16**.
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