Individual Details
Rebecca Towne
(21 Feb 1621 - 19 Jul 1692)
[[Category: Salem_Witch_Trials]]
[[Category:Accused_Witches_of_New_England]]
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== Biography ==
Rebecca was born/christened 21 FEB 1620/1 in Norfolk, England, daughter of Joanna (Blessing) and William Towne.
Rebecca Towne Nurse (or Nourse) (February 21, 1621 – July 19, 1692) was executed for witchcraft by the government of the Province of Massachusetts Bay in New England in 1692, during the Salem witch trials. She was the wife of Francis Nurse, with several children and grandchildren, and a well-respected member of the community. Although there was no credible evidence against her, she was hanged as a witch on July 19, 1692. This occurred during a time when the Massachusetts colony was seized with hysteria over witchcraft and the supposed presence of Satan within the colony.Wikipedia contributors, "[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rebecca_Nurse&oldid=552676626 Rebecca Nurse]," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, (accessed September 18, 2013).
In most cases, the bodies of those hanged or pressed were cast off into a shallow ditch, not deserving of a Christian burial due to the charge of witchcraft. However, the family of Rebecca Nurse, according to legend, got to her body, removed it from the ditch in Salem and buried it in secret on the family farm in Salem Village (now Danvers, MA)... Several years after her execution, it was agreed that she had been innocent of being a witch.
== Family ==
Spouse: Francis Nurse (1618 - 1695)*
Children:
* John Nurse (1645 - 1719)*
* Rebecca Nurse Preston (1647 - 1695)*
* Samuel Nurse (1649 - 1715)*
* Sarah Nurse Bowden (1651 - ____)*
* Elizabeth Nurse Russell (1656 - ____)*
* Mary Nurse Tarbell (1657 - 1749)*
* Francis Nurse (1660 - 1716)*
* Benjamin Nurse (1666 - 1748)*
== Sources ==
See also:* The Towne Family Memorial: Compiled from the New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Towne Manuscripts, Public and Family Records; for A.N. Towne Esq., San Francisco, Cal. By Edwin Hubbard. Chicago, Illinois. Fergus Printing Company. 1880.* Matt Madden, "[http://salem.lib.virginia.edu/people/nursecourt.html Examination of Rebecca Nurse of Salem Village]," Salem Witch Trials in History and Literature, An Undergraduate Course, University of Virginia, Spring Semester 2001 * [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=5872 Find A Grave Memorial# 5872]; Record added: Jul 13, 1999Entered by Elizabeth Loftus.* Tabley, Charles Sutherland. Rebecca Nurse: Saint But Witch Victim (Marshall Jones Company, 1930. Ninth printing 2008, by the Danvers Alarm List Company, 149 Pine Street, Danvers, Mass. 01923) February 21, 1621 is the date she was baptized in England.* [http://www.rebeccanurse.org/ The Rebecca Nurse Homestead] 149 Pine St., Danvers, MA 01923. Open to the public. Phone: (978) 774-8799* Three Sovereigns for Sarah (1986 Victor Pisano) PBS Home Video: The Rebecca Nurse Homestead was used for filming this movie.* [http://salem.lib.virginia.edu/people?group.num=all&mbio.num=mb21 Biographical data - Rebecca Nurse] Ray, Benjamin and the University of Virginia. "Important Persons in the Salem Court Records". Salem Witch Trials Documentary Archive and Transcription Project. n.p. Web. 2001. retrieved 5 November 2016.
== Contributors ==
* [[Putnam-327 | John Putnam]]
* [[Good-650 | Bill Good]]
* [[Connell-178 | Patrick Connell]]
* [[Hafeken-1 | Heidi Hafeken]]
* [[Goebel-38 | Jeffrey Goebel]]
* [[Hunter-2759 | Steven Hunter]]
* [[Loftus-195|Elizabeth Loftus]]
* [[Coldwell-1 | Doug Coldwell]]
-- MERGED NOTE ------------
[[Category: English Immigrants to America]]
[[Category: Salem, Massachusetts]]
[[Category: Salem_Witch_Trials]]
[[Category:Accused_Witches_of_New_England]]
[[Category: Executed]]
[[Category: Death by Hanging]]
}
['''Notice''': Merges of correct children will be in progress. Erroneous children will be severed from links to Francis Nurse and Rebecca Towne. This may take a little bit, please be patient] Chris
:'''Merge Warning.''' This profile and its associated family profiles (siblings, spouse, children) are currently part of a WikiTree-wide effort to merge all duplicate profiles. While she and her spouse have both been merged, their children have not yet. Your patience and collaboration are appreciated in completing the merges of this family. Thank you.
== Biography == Rebecca was born/christened 21 FEB 1620/1 in Norfolk, England, daughter of Joanna (Blessing) and William Towne.
} Rebecca Towne Nurse (or Nourse) (February 21, 1621 – July 19, 1692) was executed for witchcraft by the government of the Province of Massachusetts Bay in New England in 1692, during the Salem witch trials. She was the wife of Francis Nurse, with several children and grandchildren, and a well-respected member of the community. Although there was no credible evidence against her, she was hanged as a witch and died on 19 Jul 1692 at Proctor's Ledge, Gallows Hill, Salem, Massachusetts Bay. “Salem Witchcraft : with an Account of Salem Village, and a History of Opinions on Witchcraft and Kindred Subjects : Upham, Charles Wentworth, 1802-1875, Author : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming.” Internet Archive, January 1, 1970. https://archive.org/details/salemwitchcraftw02upha_0/page/268.
This occurred during a time when the Massachusetts colony was seized with hysteria over witchcraft and the supposed presence of Satan within the colony.Wikipedia contributors, "[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rebecca_Nurse&oldid=552676626 Rebecca Nurse]," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, (accessed September 18, 2013).
In most cases, the bodies of those hanged or pressed were cast off into a shallow ditch, not deserving of a Christian burial due to the charge of witchcraft. However, the family of Rebecca Nurse, according to legend, got to her body, removed it from the ditch in Salem and buried it in secret on the family farm in Salem Village (now Danvers, MA)... Several years after her execution, it was agreed that she had been innocent of being a witch.
== Family ==
Spouse: Francis Nurse (1618 - 1695)*
Children:
* [[Nurse-33|John Nurse]] (1645 - 1719)*
* [[Nurse-32|Rebecca Nurse]] Preston (1647 - 1695)*
* [[Nurse-27|Samuel Nurse]] (1649 - 1715)*
* Sarah Nurse Bowden (1651 - 1754)*
* [[Nurse-8|Elizabeth Nurse]] Russell (1656 - ____)*
* [[Nurse-46|Mary Nurse]] Tarbell (1657 - 1749)*
* [[Nurse-2|Francis Nurse]] (1660 - 1716)*
* [[Nurse-28|Benjamin Nurse]] (1666 - 1748)*
Source will be added by [[Peck-3854|Barbara Peck]] by 12 Feb 2018.
'''Massachusetts Remediation'''
# 17 October 1710, ''Convictions Reversed'', The General Court of Massachusetts Bay, An act, ''the several convictions, judgments, and attainders be, and hereby are, reversed, and declared to be null and void.'' “Salem Witchcraft : with an Account of Salem Village, and a History of Opinions on Witchcraft and Kindred Subjects : Upham, Charles Wentworth, 1802-1875, Author : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming.” Internet Archive, January 1, 1970. http://www.gutenberg.org/files/17845/17845-h/salem2-htm.html#Page_ii.480.# 17 Dec 1711, ''Compensation to Survivors'', Governor Dudley, GOVERNOR OF MASSACHUSETTS BAY, approved compensation ''to such persons as are living, and to those that legally represent them that are dead'' ['''For Rebecca Nurse £25''']# 28 Aug 1957, ''No Disgrace to Descendants'', General Court of Massachusetts, ''...such proceedings, were and are shocking, and the result of a wave of popular hysterical fear of the Devil in the community, and further declares that, as all the laws under which said proceedings...have been long since abandoned and superseded by our more civilized laws, no disgrace or cause for distress attaches to the said descendants or any of them by reason of said proceedings.''https://www.mass.gov/doc/resolves-of-1957-chapter-145/download# 31 Oct 2001, ''Additional Victims Included'', Massachusetts Senate and House of Representatives in General Court, AN ACT RELATIVE TO THE WITCHCRAFT TRIAL OF 1692, ''chapter 145 is hereby further amended by adding Bridget Bishop, Susannah Martin, Alice Parker, Margaret Scott and Wilmot Redd.''https://malegislature.gov/Laws/SessionLaws/Acts/2001/Chapter122
== Sources ==
See also:* [http://salem.lib.virginia.edu/n94.html The Salem Witchcraft Papers (SWP No. 094) Rebecca Nurse]* The Towne Family Memorial: Compiled from the New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Towne Manuscripts, Public and Family Records; for A.N. Towne Esq., San Francisco, Cal. By Edwin Hubbard. Chicago, Illinois. Fergus Printing Company. 1880.* Matt Madden, "[http://salem.lib.virginia.edu/people/nursecourt.html Examination of Rebecca Nurse of Salem Village]," Salem Witch Trials in History and Literature, An Undergraduate Course, University of Virginia, Spring Semester 2001 * [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=5872 Find A Grave Memorial# 5872]; Record added: Jul 13, 1999. Entered by Elizabeth Loftus.* Tabley, Charles Sutherland. Rebecca Nurse: Saint But Witch Victim (Marshall Jones Company, 1930. Ninth printing 2008, by the Danvers Alarm List Company, 149 Pine Street, Danvers, Mass. 01923) February 21, 1621 is the date she was baptized in England.* [http://www.rebeccanurse.org/ The Rebecca Nurse Homestead] 149 Pine St., Danvers, MA 01923. Open to the public. Phone: (978) 774-8799* Three Sovereigns for Sarah (1986 Victor Pisano) PBS Home Video: The Rebecca Nurse Homestead was used for filming this movie.* [http://salem.lib.virginia.edu/people?group.num=all&mbio.num=mb21 Biographical data - Rebecca Nurse] Ray, Benjamin and the University of Virginia. "Important Persons in the Salem Court Records". Salem Witch Trials Documentary Archive and Transcription Project. n.p. Web. 2001. retrieved 5 November 2016.*[http://lakecountyhistory.blogspot.com/2014/10/gurnee-and-salem-witch-trials.html Gurnee and the Salem Witch Trials]* Lewis, Jone Johnson. "Biography of Rebecca Nurse, Victim of the Salem Witch Trials." ThoughtCo. https://www.thoughtco.com/rebecca-nurse-biography-3530327 (accessed January 12, 2020).
== Acknowledgments ==Click the Changes tab to see edits to this profile. Thank you to everyone who contributed to this profile.
[[Category:Accused_Witches_of_New_England]]
}
['''Notice''': Merges of correct children will be in progress. Erroneous children will be severed from links to Francis Nurse and Rebecca Towne. This may take a little bit, please be patient] Chris
:'''Merge Warning.''' This profile and its associated family profiles (siblings, spouse, children) are currently part of a WikiTree-wide effort to merge all duplicate profiles. While she and her spouse have both been merged, their children have not yet. Your patient and collaboration are appreciated in completing the merges of this family. Thank you.
== Biography ==
Rebecca was born/christened 21 FEB 1620/1 in Norfolk, England, daughter of Joanna (Blessing) and William Towne.
Rebecca Towne Nurse (or Nourse) (February 21, 1621 – July 19, 1692) was executed for witchcraft by the government of the Province of Massachusetts Bay in New England in 1692, during the Salem witch trials. She was the wife of Francis Nurse, with several children and grandchildren, and a well-respected member of the community. Although there was no credible evidence against her, she was hanged as a witch on July 19, 1692. This occurred during a time when the Massachusetts colony was seized with hysteria over witchcraft and the supposed presence of Satan within the colony.Wikipedia contributors, "[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rebecca_Nurse&oldid=552676626 Rebecca Nurse]," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, (accessed September 18, 2013).
In most cases, the bodies of those hanged or pressed were cast off into a shallow ditch, not deserving of a Christian burial due to the charge of witchcraft. However, the family of Rebecca Nurse, according to legend, got to her body, removed it from the ditch in Salem and buried it in secret on the family farm in Salem Village (now Danvers, MA)... Several years after her execution, it was agreed that she had been innocent of being a witch.
== Family ==
Spouse: Francis Nurse (1618 - 1695)*
Children:
* John Nurse (1645 - 1719)*
* Rebecca Nurse Preston (1647 - 1695)*
* Samuel Nurse (1649 - 1715)*
* Sarah Nurse Bowden (1651 - ____)*
* Elizabeth Nurse Russell (1656 - ____)*
* Mary Nurse Tarbell (1657 - 1749)*
* Francis Nurse (1660 - 1716)*
* Benjamin Nurse (1666 - 1748)*
== Sources ==
See also:* The Towne Family Memorial: Compiled from the New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Towne Manuscripts, Public and Family Records; for A.N. Towne Esq., San Francisco, Cal. By Edwin Hubbard. Chicago, Illinois. Fergus Printing Company. 1880.* Matt Madden, "[http://salem.lib.virginia.edu/people/nursecourt.html Examination of Rebecca Nurse of Salem Village]," Salem Witch Trials in History and Literature, An Undergraduate Course, University of Virginia, Spring Semester 2001 * [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=5872 Find A Grave Memorial# 5872]; Record added: Jul 13, 1999Entered by Elizabeth Loftus.* Tabley, Charles Sutherland. Rebecca Nurse: Saint But Witch Victim (Marshall Jones Company, 1930. Ninth printing 2008, by the Danvers Alarm List Company, 149 Pine Street, Danvers, Mass. 01923) February 21, 1621 is the date she was baptized in England.* [http://www.rebeccanurse.org/ The Rebecca Nurse Homestead] 149 Pine St., Danvers, MA 01923. Open to the public. Phone: (978) 774-8799* Three Sovereigns for Sarah (1986 Victor Pisano) PBS Home Video: The Rebecca Nurse Homestead was used for filming this movie.* [http://salem.lib.virginia.edu/people?group.num=all&mbio.num=mb21 Biographical data - Rebecca Nurse] Ray, Benjamin and the University of Virginia. "Important Persons in the Salem Court Records". Salem Witch Trials Documentary Archive and Transcription Project. n.p. Web. 2001. retrieved 5 November 2016.
== Contributors ==
* [[Putnam-327 | John Putnam]]
* [[Good-650 | Bill Good]]
* [[Connell-178 | Patrick Connell]]
* [[Hafeken-1 | Heidi Hafeken]]
* [[Goebel-38 | Jeffrey Goebel]]
* [[Hunter-2759 | Steven Hunter]]
* [[Loftus-195|Elizabeth Loftus]]
* [[Coldwell-1 | Doug Coldwell]]
-- MERGED NOTE ------------
[[Category: English Immigrants to America]]
[[Category: Salem, Massachusetts]]
[[Category: Salem_Witch_Trials]]
[[Category:Accused_Witches_of_New_England]]
[[Category: Executed]]
[[Category: Death by Hanging]]
}
['''Notice''': Merges of correct children will be in progress. Erroneous children will be severed from links to Francis Nurse and Rebecca Towne. This may take a little bit, please be patient] Chris
:'''Merge Warning.''' This profile and its associated family profiles (siblings, spouse, children) are currently part of a WikiTree-wide effort to merge all duplicate profiles. While she and her spouse have both been merged, their children have not yet. Your patience and collaboration are appreciated in completing the merges of this family. Thank you.
== Biography == Rebecca was born/christened 21 FEB 1620/1 in Norfolk, England, daughter of Joanna (Blessing) and William Towne.
} Rebecca Towne Nurse (or Nourse) (February 21, 1621 – July 19, 1692) was executed for witchcraft by the government of the Province of Massachusetts Bay in New England in 1692, during the Salem witch trials. She was the wife of Francis Nurse, with several children and grandchildren, and a well-respected member of the community. Although there was no credible evidence against her, she was hanged as a witch and died on 19 Jul 1692 at Proctor's Ledge, Gallows Hill, Salem, Massachusetts Bay. “Salem Witchcraft : with an Account of Salem Village, and a History of Opinions on Witchcraft and Kindred Subjects : Upham, Charles Wentworth, 1802-1875, Author : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming.” Internet Archive, January 1, 1970. https://archive.org/details/salemwitchcraftw02upha_0/page/268.
This occurred during a time when the Massachusetts colony was seized with hysteria over witchcraft and the supposed presence of Satan within the colony.Wikipedia contributors, "[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rebecca_Nurse&oldid=552676626 Rebecca Nurse]," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, (accessed September 18, 2013).
In most cases, the bodies of those hanged or pressed were cast off into a shallow ditch, not deserving of a Christian burial due to the charge of witchcraft. However, the family of Rebecca Nurse, according to legend, got to her body, removed it from the ditch in Salem and buried it in secret on the family farm in Salem Village (now Danvers, MA)... Several years after her execution, it was agreed that she had been innocent of being a witch.
== Family ==
Spouse: Francis Nurse (1618 - 1695)*
Children:
* [[Nurse-33|John Nurse]] (1645 - 1719)*
* [[Nurse-32|Rebecca Nurse]] Preston (1647 - 1695)*
* [[Nurse-27|Samuel Nurse]] (1649 - 1715)*
* Sarah Nurse Bowden (1651 - 1754)*
* [[Nurse-8|Elizabeth Nurse]] Russell (1656 - ____)*
* [[Nurse-46|Mary Nurse]] Tarbell (1657 - 1749)*
* [[Nurse-2|Francis Nurse]] (1660 - 1716)*
* [[Nurse-28|Benjamin Nurse]] (1666 - 1748)*
Source will be added by [[Peck-3854|Barbara Peck]] by 12 Feb 2018.
'''Massachusetts Remediation'''
# 17 October 1710, ''Convictions Reversed'', The General Court of Massachusetts Bay, An act, ''the several convictions, judgments, and attainders be, and hereby are, reversed, and declared to be null and void.'' “Salem Witchcraft : with an Account of Salem Village, and a History of Opinions on Witchcraft and Kindred Subjects : Upham, Charles Wentworth, 1802-1875, Author : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming.” Internet Archive, January 1, 1970. http://www.gutenberg.org/files/17845/17845-h/salem2-htm.html#Page_ii.480.# 17 Dec 1711, ''Compensation to Survivors'', Governor Dudley, GOVERNOR OF MASSACHUSETTS BAY, approved compensation ''to such persons as are living, and to those that legally represent them that are dead'' ['''For Rebecca Nurse £25''']# 28 Aug 1957, ''No Disgrace to Descendants'', General Court of Massachusetts, ''...such proceedings, were and are shocking, and the result of a wave of popular hysterical fear of the Devil in the community, and further declares that, as all the laws under which said proceedings...have been long since abandoned and superseded by our more civilized laws, no disgrace or cause for distress attaches to the said descendants or any of them by reason of said proceedings.''https://www.mass.gov/doc/resolves-of-1957-chapter-145/download# 31 Oct 2001, ''Additional Victims Included'', Massachusetts Senate and House of Representatives in General Court, AN ACT RELATIVE TO THE WITCHCRAFT TRIAL OF 1692, ''chapter 145 is hereby further amended by adding Bridget Bishop, Susannah Martin, Alice Parker, Margaret Scott and Wilmot Redd.''https://malegislature.gov/Laws/SessionLaws/Acts/2001/Chapter122
== Sources ==
See also:* [http://salem.lib.virginia.edu/n94.html The Salem Witchcraft Papers (SWP No. 094) Rebecca Nurse]* The Towne Family Memorial: Compiled from the New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Towne Manuscripts, Public and Family Records; for A.N. Towne Esq., San Francisco, Cal. By Edwin Hubbard. Chicago, Illinois. Fergus Printing Company. 1880.* Matt Madden, "[http://salem.lib.virginia.edu/people/nursecourt.html Examination of Rebecca Nurse of Salem Village]," Salem Witch Trials in History and Literature, An Undergraduate Course, University of Virginia, Spring Semester 2001 * [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=5872 Find A Grave Memorial# 5872]; Record added: Jul 13, 1999. Entered by Elizabeth Loftus.* Tabley, Charles Sutherland. Rebecca Nurse: Saint But Witch Victim (Marshall Jones Company, 1930. Ninth printing 2008, by the Danvers Alarm List Company, 149 Pine Street, Danvers, Mass. 01923) February 21, 1621 is the date she was baptized in England.* [http://www.rebeccanurse.org/ The Rebecca Nurse Homestead] 149 Pine St., Danvers, MA 01923. Open to the public. Phone: (978) 774-8799* Three Sovereigns for Sarah (1986 Victor Pisano) PBS Home Video: The Rebecca Nurse Homestead was used for filming this movie.* [http://salem.lib.virginia.edu/people?group.num=all&mbio.num=mb21 Biographical data - Rebecca Nurse] Ray, Benjamin and the University of Virginia. "Important Persons in the Salem Court Records". Salem Witch Trials Documentary Archive and Transcription Project. n.p. Web. 2001. retrieved 5 November 2016.*[http://lakecountyhistory.blogspot.com/2014/10/gurnee-and-salem-witch-trials.html Gurnee and the Salem Witch Trials]* Lewis, Jone Johnson. "Biography of Rebecca Nurse, Victim of the Salem Witch Trials." ThoughtCo. https://www.thoughtco.com/rebecca-nurse-biography-3530327 (accessed January 12, 2020).
== Acknowledgments ==Click the Changes tab to see edits to this profile. Thank you to everyone who contributed to this profile.
Events
| Birth | 21 Feb 1621 | St. Nicholas Ch., Gt. Yarmouth, Co Norfolk, England | |||
| Birth | 21 Feb 1621 | St Nicholas Church, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England | |||
| Death | 19 Jul 1692 | Salem, Essex Co., MA., New England | |||
| Death | 19 Jul 1692 | Salem, Essex, Massachusetts Bay | |||
| Reference No | 387580 | ||||
| Reference No | 403566 | ||||
| Reference No | 60 |
Families
| Father | William Towne (1599 - 1673) |
| Mother | Joannah "Jone" Blessing (1599 - 1683) |
| Sibling | Joseph Towne (1639 - 1713) |
| Sibling | John Towne (1623 - 1671) |
| Sibling | Susannah Towne (1625 - 1678) |
| Sibling | Sgt Edmund Towne (1628 - 1678) |
| Sibling | Jacob Towne I (1632 - 1704) |
| Sibling | Mary Towne (1634 - 1692) |
| Sibling | Sarah Towne (1639 - 1704) |