The Variety of Nutspittle

Back then many people were not literate and spellings were often in the interpretation of what the record heard*. There were several misspellings everywhere, like Nursptill, Nursepickel, Nutsptill, etc.

Here is a listing of where the name has been misspelled:

How Name Was Spelled	Description/Where Found
Nursptill	In the writing where name was changed to Nourse.
Nutsptill	Caroline A. A child of Francis Joseph who died in 1842 or died that year (5 yo)
Nursepickle	Oldest son, Francis Joseph, name as seen in marriage records.
John G. Neppickle	1810 Census
John G. Nutopittle	1820 Census
Nutspitle	Name listed in John George's marriage book
Nessuckle	George died (age 2 yo)
Nurspicktle	Name for Mary in 1835
Nursepittle	Jacob listed in 1844, 45...
Nutspiele
Nntspitte	"u" made upside down
Nutpickle	Marriage info on John George and Mary