Of the 45 men on the Harriet, one man killed and six wounded, including Nutting. He was taken prisoner to A Coruña, Spain. He was later returned to England. The following year, 1779, he embarked again to help establish New Ireland. He served as Brig. General McLean’s pilot. The Penobscot Expedition arrived, which included the Vengeance. His choices of Penobscot was disapproved of by many officers including Collier. At the same time, McLean praised his efforts in the 21 day siege: Nutting “served under my Command on the Expedition to Penobscot much to my satisfaction, on my taking post there. I appointed him Overseer of Works, which duty he performed with Zeal and fidelity to the King’s service." For 1779-1780, Nutting cared for his own land at Castine, where his family joined him after the siege. Nutting returned to London to advocate for support for New Ireland. He was caught in the Gordon Riots on 2 June 1780 and was detained. He was then ordered by Lord Townsend to proceed to Landguard Fort. Nutting also requested 394 pounds to cover his expenses, of which he received 150. In 1782, Nutting was sent back to New York to work with Guy Carleton. Carleton ordered him to Halifax to oversee the building of homes for the arriving Loyalists. He was given 2000 acres of land (double of that granted to field officers) that stretched from the Avon River to the Tennecape River. He became the Surveyor of Lumber for the King in the colony as he had been in Penobscot. Family His father was the armorer of the Man of war Prince of Orange in the early 1740s. His brother James was a patriot mariner. During the Revolution he was captured by the British brig Ruby and confined in a prison ship at St. Lucia. He escaped in the night and overtook a crew and sailed away with 10 other prisoners. His brother Samuel was a patriot and served as a surgeon aboard the Independence and Rhodes throughout the Revolution. His wife Mary Walton died about 1831 and was buried at Loyal Hill, property belonging to John Robert Grant, a loyalist who fought beside Nutting at Ticonderoga in the French and Indian War. Legacy He was granted Walton, Nova Scotia, which is named after his son James Walton Nutting (who was named after his mother Mary Walton) References History of Nova Scotia