Monday, January 25, 2016

SLIG Report - Part IV: Nurse

From History of Salem:


NURSE: Francis Nurse appeared in Salem about 1640 at age 19, and lived there all his life. He was born about 1621 and was a tray maker and yeoman. Francis married Rebecca Towne, who was executed as a witch on 19 July 1692. He died 22 November 1695. Children: (1) Rebecca Nurse married Thomas Preston. (2) Sarah Nurse married Michael Bowden. (3) John Nurse [see below]. (4) Samuel Nurse, married Mary Smith, 5 April 1677. (5) Mary Nurse married John Tarbell. (6) Elizabeth Nurse married William Russell. (7) Francis Nurse, born 3 February 1661, of Reading as of 1697. (8) Benjamin Nurse, born 26 January 1665,  married Sarah Boston of Lynn.
John Nurse, yeoman, married Elizabeth Smith 1 November 1672. She died 22 October 1673. He married Elizabeth Very 17 August 1677. John died about 1 December 1719. She was living in 1723. Children: John Nurse, born 12 October 1673, livrd in Framingham in 1719. (2) Elizabeth Nurse, born 18 March 1677/8, married _____ Douty. (3) Samuel Nurse, born 20 August 1679, mariner and yeoman, wife Elizabeth _____ in 1699, had daughter Deborah and died before 1719. (4) Sarah, born 10 November 1680, married Peter Twist 20 December 1699. (5) Jonathan, born 3 May 1682, husbandman, married Martha Twist [published 13 March 1714], living in 1743. (6) Joseph Nurse, born 20 September 1683. (7) Benjamin Nurse, born 20 February 1685/6. (8) Hannah Nurse, born 22 June 1687, married John Very.  [p.143]

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