First found in Cheshire where they held a family seat as Lords of the Manor. The Saxon influence of English history diminished after the Battle of Hastings in 1066. The language of the courts was French for the next three centuries and the Norman ambience prevailed. But Saxon surnames survived and the family name was first referenced in the 13th century when held lands.

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Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: John Nuthall and his wife Eliza who went to Virginia in 1645. Arthur Nuthall settled in Maryland in 1674 and Nicholas Nuthall did the same two years later. Thomas Nuthall went to America in 1770.

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