Rebecca TOWNE

1621 - 1692  (71 years)

• Name	Rebecca TOWNE
  Born	21 Feb 1621	Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England
  Christened	21 Feb 1621	Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England
  Gender	Female
  Reference Number	^
  _UID	1D8AB9B36985A6439821F7E3AF12134293CF
  Died	19 Jul 1692	Salem Village, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
  Buried	unknown where in Salem Village, now Danvers
  Person ID	I4838	SteveParker
  Last Modified	21 Oct 2016

  
  

  Father	William TOWNE,   b. 1598/1599, Great Yarmouth, Norfolkshire, England ,   d. 24 Jun 1673, Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts, United States  (Age 74 years)
  Mother	JoAnna BLESSING,   b. Abt 1595, Somerlayton, Suffolk, England ,   d. Abt 1682, Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts, United States  (Age ~ 87 years)
  Married	25 Mar 1620	Great Yarmouth, Norfolkshire, England
  _UID	B426142CFED18E458FE2ACAE5507E8501B47
  Notes	Church of St. Nicholes
  Family ID	F1743	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Francis NURSE,   b. 18 Jan 1618, Yarmouth, Norfolk, England ,   d. 22 Nov 1695, Salem Village, Essex, Massachusetts, United States  (Age 77 years)
  Married	24 Aug 1644	Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England
  _UID	5A3B1C6829A31A40B7EA9C258BABB0FD841F
  Children	1. John NURSE,   b. 1645, Salem Village, Essex, Massachusetts, United States ,   d. 1 Dec 1719, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States  (Age 74 years)   2. Rebecca NURSE,   b. 1647/1648, Salem Village, Essex, Massachusetts, United States ,   d. 1719, Salem Village, Essex, Massachusetts, United States  (Age 71 years)   3. Samuel NURSE,   b. 3 Feb 1649, Salem Village, Essex, Massachusetts, United States ,   d. 15 Jul 1715, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States  (Age 66 years)   4. Sarah NURSE,   b. 1652, Salem Village, Essex, Massachusetts, United States ,   d. 15 Dec 1699, Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts, United States  (Age 47 years)   5. Mary NURSE,   b. 1659, Salem Village, Essex, Massachusetts, United States ,   d. 28 Jun 1749, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States  (Age 90 years)   6. Francis NURSE,   b. 3 Mar 1661, Salem Village, Essex, Massachusetts, United States ,   d. 5 Feb 1715/1716, Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States  (Age 54 years)   7. Elizabeth NURSE,   b. 9 Jan 1665, Salem Village, Essex, Massachusetts, United States ,   d. 1734/1735  (Age 69 years)   8. Benjamin NURSE,   b. 26 Jan 1666, Salem Village, Essex, Massachusetts, United States ,   d. 1748, Framingham, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States  (Age 81 years)   9. girl NURSE,   b. Abt 1667, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States   10. girl NURSE,   b. Abt 1673
  Last Modified	29 Mar 2021
  Family ID	F1739	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Rebecca was christened at St. Nicolas Church. Rebecca was arrested pm 23 March 1692 during the Salem witch trials. She was hanged at Gallows Hill, 19 July 1692. She was buried in a common grave, but her family took her body and buried her in a secret place. In 1885 a monument was errected to her. In 1910 she was cleared of all charges. John Tarbell was her son in law. Samuel nurse a son and Widow Preston her daughter.