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| Birth: | 21 Feb 1620/21 in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk Co., England |
| Death: | 19 Jul 1692 in Salem Village, Essex Co., Massachusetts |
| Sex: | F |
| Father: | William Towne |
| Mother: | Joanna Blessing b. 1599 in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk Co., England |
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| Francis Nurse (Husband) b. 18 Jan 1617/18 in Yarmouth, Bristol Co., England
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| Marriage: | BEF 1645 in Probably Salem, Essex Co., Massachusetts |
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 John Nurse b. 1645 in Salem Village, Essex Co., Massachusetts
- Rebecca Nurse b. 1647 in Salem Village, Essex Co., Massachusetts
- Sarah Nurse b. 1648 in Salem Village, Essex Co., Massachusetts
 Samuel Nurse b. 3 Feb 1648/49 in Salem, Essex, Ma
- Michael Nurse b. 1651 in Salem Village, Essex Co., Massachusetts
- Elizabeth Nurse b. 9 Jan 1655/56 in Salem Village, Essex Co., Massachusetts
- Mary Nurse b. 1657 in Salem Village, Essex Co., Massachusetts
- Francis Nurse b. 3 Feb 1659/60 in Salem Village, Essex Co., Massachusetts
- Benjamin Nurse b. 26 Jan 1665/66 in Salem Village, Essex Co., Massachusetts
- ? Nurse b. 1667 in Salem Village, Essex Co., Massachusetts
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Accused and hanged for being a witch. After her death she was not alloweda Christian burial a nd her body was taken off the gallows and thrown intoa crevice. Such was the custom not to gi ve the accused a Christianburial. The family of Rebecca went out by boat in the middle of th e nightto retrieve her body. They buried her near the family home, however theydid not mark t he grave for over 100 years, fearing the grave might bedesecrated.
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Rebecca was in the eyes of those who knew her well the very essence ofwhat a Puritan mother s hould be. Deeply pious, she was so steeped inScripture that the country roughness of her spee ch - she had a Chaucerianfondness for triple negatives - was often shot through with a poetic alScriptural quality. It was not merely a matter of lugging in texts, but adeep, instinctiv e poetry of feeling that overflowed into her simple,pregnant speech. When Rebecca spoke it wa s as if one of the grand womenof the Old Testament were speaking Naomi or Ruth amid alien cor n (Rebeccaherself remembered her birthplace, Yarmouth, England), or the belovedRachel, or ind eed her own namesake.
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In her home life she had resembled the wise woman of Proverbs, and herchildren she had reare d with loving devotion to both their spiritual andtemporal welfare. Now in her old age they r ose up and called her blessed,not only her four sons and four daughters, but what perhaps th e supermost tribute, her three sons-in-law and four daughters-in-law.
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This is not to say that she was altogether a saint. Even the Bible women,as anyone can discov er by examining Scripture closely, had their offdays. The years had made Rebecca hard of hear ing and infirm; when she wasill and did not clearly understand what was said to her, she coul dsometimes lose her temper.
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Rebecca was one of 19 hanged as witches in the infamous Salem WitchTrials. Her trial is mos t often cited for the injustice of this tryingperiod.
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Rebecca's sisters, Mary Towne Estey and Sarah Towne Bridges Cloyce weretried for witchcraft . Mary Estey was executed and Sarah Cloyce wasfinally released from prison after suffering gr eatly.
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- Title: The Devil in Massachusetts', 1989, Marion L. Starkey, p 78-84, 159-165,175-176, 189. 'Salem Possessed, The Social Origin
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Individuals from other files that are believed to be the same person:
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| Rebecca Towne martyr | of feb05min.ged |
| Rebecca Towne | of Bowman Connections |
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| Rebecca Towne | of Truscott-2007 |
| Rebecca Towne | of Descendants of Richard Hutchinson |
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| Martha Blessing Towne | of Fidler, Newton, Cook, Horner & Families |
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| Martha Blessing Towne | of Fidler, Newton, Cook, Horner & Allied |
| Rebecca TOWNE | of Steves-Jost Family Tree |
| Rebecca 'Witch' Towne | of Rowenas line |
| Rebecca Towne | of Ancestors of Franklin G. Higgins |
| Rebecca TOWNE | of Garman.GED |
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| Rebecca Towne | of Ancestors of MIchael Gordon & Shauna Tho |
| Rebecca Towne | of Conway/Lambert |
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| Rebecca Towne | of Tweed & Eichhorn family |
| Rebecca Towne | of Jim Boruff's Lines |
| Martha Blessing Towne | of Ancestry of Chuck Jenkins |
| Rebecca Towne | of Oliver_Davis_Ruth_Walsh_8 |
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| Rebecca Towne | of Parker & McGeoghegan, 7 Jun 1964 |
| Rebecca Towne | of McKelvey Tree Top |
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| Rebecca Towne | of Walker-Jones Family |
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| Rebecca TOWNE | of Margaret M LUTTRELL |
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| Rebecca Blessing Towne | of Burkhart-Morrow |
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| Rebecca TOWNE The Immigrant & accused witch | of BarnesDavisWrightWeeksBivins |
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| Rebecca Towne | of jean3 |
| Rebecca Towne | of Steve Riddle's Family Tree |
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