That is an old story, which alleges that peddlers from Connecticut used to sell wooden knobs of wood to housewives, calling them nutmegs. So it came to be a nickname from anyone who came from Connecticut. Carl Hommel hommel@sundial.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "J.Hendricks" <jjhend@pacbell.net> To: <CT-RIVER-VALLEY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, September 21, 2000 5:26 PM Subject: [CRV] Definition of Nutmeggers > To those more knowledgeable than I, > > What does the term "nutmegger" stand for or denote? > > For example as seen in the book title 'Some Connecticut Nutmeggers Who > Migrated' > > Thanks-- Janet > > > > ==== CT-RIVER-VALLEY Mailing List ==== > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > Conn.River Valley Genealogical research library: http://www.quadrangle.org > > http://www.nehgs.org [New Eng.His Gen Society] > Listowner: NewEnglander1621@msn.com > > ============================== > Choose from over 19,000 mailing lists at: > http://lists.rootsweb.com >