Rebecca Towne1

#1386, (circa 1621/22 - 19 July 1692)
Father*William Towne1 (1598/99 - b 1673)
Mother*Jone Blessing1 (s 1604 - c 1682)

Family

Francis Nurse b. bt 1618 - 1620, d. 1695
Children 1.John Nurse4 (s 1645 - )
 2.d__1 Nurse4 (s 1647 - )
 3.Rebecca Nurse+5 (c 1648 - )
 4.Samuel Nurse4 (s 1650 - )
 5.Francis Nurse Jr.4 (s 1652 - )
 6.d__2 Nurse4 (s 1654 - )
 7.Benjamin Nurse4 (s 1656 - )
 8.d__3 Nurse4 (s 1658 - )
Birth*circa 1621/22She was born circa 1621/22 at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, EnglandG.1,2 
Baptism21 February 1621/22She was baptized on 21 February 1621/22 at Yarmouth, Norfolk, EnglandG.2 
24 August 1644 As of 24 August 1644,her married name was Nurse.2 
Marriage*24 August 1644She married Francis Nurse on 24 August 1644.2 
1692She was hanged in the Salem Witch Trials in 1692; the Salem Witch Trials.3 
Death*19 July 1692She died on 19 July 1692 at Salem, Massachusetts.2 

Citations

  1. [S187] Walter Goodwin, Massachusetts and Maine Families in the Ancestry of Walter Goodwin Davis (1885-1966) (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1916, 1963), online Ancestry.com, Vol. III, p 487/8. Hereinafter cited as Ancestry of Walter Goodwin Davis.
  2. [S355] Mayflower Families "Thru the Looking Glass", online \http://www.mayflowerfamilies.com/\. Hereinafter cited as Mayflower Families.
  3. [S187] Walter Goodwin, Ancestry of Walter Goodwin Davis, Vol. III, p 488, "primarily because of her courageous protest against the blackening of her sister's name by the Salem Village clergyman, Mr. Parris, but escaped execution."
  4. [S187] Walter Goodwin, Ancestry of Walter Goodwin Davis, Vol. III, p 488, giving the names of sons and sons-in-law.
  5. [S870] Rosaline Preston and Carol Huber, The Preston / Lindsey Trail (Wash. and Calif.: privately published, 1995), p. 2.