The brief history of the unique surname, Nutspittle. (ca. 1808 until 1848)

 
 

The Passing of John George Nutspittle

John George Nutspittle's died on July 22nd, 1829. The location of where he was buried has still not be figured out. What we know is documetation that he was buried in Boston's South Burial Ground with log numbers 13.3.3. The history of the burial ground is spoken about what could have happened to his burial's location in Boston. The following is a parks of this document on the south burial ground although it barely provide any more information than we already have and doesn't tell where John George's burial is.

The South burial ground was opened in 1810 on city-owned land to alleviate over crowded conditions in the older Boston graveyards. The burial ground was first called the "neck burying ground" due to the location of its narrow strip of marshland, Roxbury Neck, which connected the Peninsula of Boston to the mainland. In 1827 the town of Boston began to construct granite tombs around the perimeter of the burial ground, starting at the northeast corner. By 1839 146 tombs had been built which enclose the ground of all four sides. The majority of those interred in the South Burial Ground, from its official opening in 1810 to its discontinuation in 1866, were members of the respectable working class who paid a small fee to the city for the gravesite. Although burials were recorded by the city, the exact location was not, and expensive gravestones were seldom used to mark gravesites for family use over a 20 year period. Only a handful have survived to this day.

Also, the marshy land within the burial ground was filled in graded several times over the years which permitted interments in successive layers, but undoubtedly buried many grave markers. The city performed a final filling and grading in 1837. Instruments continued in the private own tombs for about 30 years. According to the testimony of a city official in 1883, approximately 4610 bodies had been buried in graves prior to 1831, and 6480 bodies had been interred in the tombs. If correct, this estimate means over 11,000 are buried in the earth or tombs within this 19th century burial ground.

As described:

Nutspittle, John died 22 Jul 1829 age 50
(est DOB 1779)
Cause: liver complaint residence: City Poor
Burial: 23 July 1829 in South Burial Ground 13.3.3
Undertaker: Cyrus Babbet


Boston, 1828 by John Rubens Smith

Records of death:


Extra Information:

South End Burial Ground was known for burials from poor houses. The burial ground is on the Roxbury neck which supports the claim from the Boston Transcript that Mr Nursepittle was buried in West Roxbury. The Central Burial Ground which was formerly known as South Burial Ground was closed to burials from 1826-1836 so J.G. would not have been buried there.

 

 
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