 1621 - 1692 (~ 71 years)
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| Name |
Towne, Rebecca |
| Christened |
21 Feb 1620/1621 |
Great Yarmouth,Norfolk,Eng  |
| Gender |
Female |
| Died |
19 Jul 1692 |
Salem,Essex,MA |
| Notes |
- CHR: Gt. Yarmouth par reg (FHL #1526327 item 16).
MAR: No mar rec found. Rebecca is referred to as the wife of Francis Nurse in the petition of the heirs of William Towne, late of Salem, for settlement of his estate, 17 Jan 1682/3 (THE PROBATE RECORDS OF ESSEX COUNTY, 3 vols. [Salem, MA, 1916-20], 2:358 [FHL #974.45 P2p]).
DEATH: Rebecca Nurse was executed as a witch in the Salem witchcraft delusion of 1692. Numerous accounts of her trial and execution have been published. One contempory witness to the events in Salem was Robert Calef, whose account of Rebecca's execution was publised in his MORE WONDERS OF THE INVISIBLE WORLD (London, 1700). Extracts were published in George Lincoln Burr, NARRATIVES OF THE WITCHCRAFT CASES (New York, 1914), 357-60 (BYU #E187.07 O73x vol. 18).
NOTE: Also see the petition of Rebecca's son, Samuel Nurse, for restitution from the colony for unlawfully executing his mother, dated 13 Sep 1710 ("Witchcraft [Cases], Court of Assistants, 1673-1692, and Superior Court of Judicature" [transcript, n.d.], 180-81 [FHL #877465 item 2]).
~LDS ORDINANCES
BEPS: IGI
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| Person ID |
I9957 |
Our Generations Ancestors |
| Last Modified |
11 Oct 2004 |
| Father |
Towne, William, c. 18 Mar 1598/1599, Great Yarmouth,Norfolk,Eng , d. (adm) 24 Jun 1673, Salem,Essex,MA (Age ~ 74 years) |
| Mother |
Blessing, Joanna, b. Abt 1595, of Great Yarmouth,Norfolk,Eng , d. (pet) 17 Jan 1682/3, Salem,Essex,MA |
| Married |
25 Apr 1620 |
Great Yarmouth,Norfolk,MA |
| Family ID |
F4421 |
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