The Nurses officially remained members to the Salem Towne church until their deaths, despite being very active within the village community. Benjamin born January 22 1666; died in 1748; married first Tomasin/Tamesin/Thamesin Smith on February 21, 1688. Rebecca Beatrice Brooks is the author and publisher of the History of Massachusetts Blog. After emigrating to Salem MA, two additional children, Joseph and Sarah were born. In 1992, the Salem Witch Trials Memorial was built in Salem, Mass and a marker was established for Rebecca Nurse. I thought Thomas was the son of ROGER and Martha Preston. It is far more likely that the Topsfield controversy engendered ill-feeling between the Village people and the Nurse family. (Nevins 718). Rebecca Nurse is a central character in Arthur Miller's play The Crucible. Ancestor charts showing the family relationships of Rebecca (Towne) Nurse (1621-1692) to other famous people. I am working on cleaning up this line. In the original Broadway production in 1953 she was played by Jean Adair, who died shortly afterwards. Rebecca Nurse. Rather it reads as if the state somehow incorrectly decided she was a witch. Elizabeth born January 9, 1665; married William Russel, son of William and Elizabeth Russell, of Salem Village on October 25, 1678 [25: 8m: 1678]. Torrey in "New England Marriages to 1700" is equivocal about their marriage date and location, saying this: NURSE, Francis (-1695, ae 77) & Rebecca [TOWNE] (1621-1692); 24 Aug 1646, ca 1645? Ben Wheatley's new adaptation of Daphne du Maurier's acclaimed novel Rebecca has an ending that differs considerably from the original story - though it stays true to the circumstances of Rebecca de Winter's death. Public accusations of witchcraft in Salem Village began on Feb. 29, 1692. "I desire to be humbled before God for that sad and humbling providence that befell my father's family in the year about '92; that I, then being in my childhood, should, by such a providence of God, be made an instrument for the accusing of several persons of a grievous crime, whereby their lives were taken away from them, whom now I have just grounds and good reason to believe they were innocent persons; and that it was a great delusion of Satan that deceived me in that sad time, whereby I justly fear I have been instrumental, with others, though ignorantly and unwittingly, to bring upon myself and this land the guilt of innocent blood; though what was said or done by me against any person I can truly and uprightly say, before God and man, I did it not out of any anger, malice, or ill-will to any person, for I had no such thing against one of them; but what I did was ignorantly, being deluded by Satan. The examining magistrates, John Hathorne and Jonathan Corwin, who normally regarded the guilt of the accused as self-evident, took a notably different attitude in Rebecca's case, as they also did in the case of her sister Mary Eastey. In accordance with the procedures at the time, Mrs. Nurse, like others accused of witchcraft, represented herself since she was not allowed to have a lawyer. Cummings : Descendants of Isaac Cummings (1601-1677) of Topsfield/Ipswich, his son Isaac Cummings Sr. (1633-1721) and grandson Isaac Cummings Jr. (1664-1746) and his wife Alice Howlett accused Elizabeth (Jackson) Howe (1637-1692) of witchcraft. There will be 10 performances from Oct. 17 to 27; tickets start at $19.50. Interestingly, 12 year old accuser Ann Putnam Jr. formally apologized by age 26, saying she had been under Satan's delusion and the providence of God.bringing "the guilt of innocent blood" upon the community. On April 3, Nurse's younger sister, Sarah Cloyce (or Cloyse), came to Nurse's defense. d. after 1733. Married Rebecca Nurses daughter Elizabeth Nurse, b. Benjamins grandmother was Sarah Nourse, great great grandaughter of Rebecca. Her sister Mary (also accused and put to death for witchcraft) married Isaac Easty. The couple had eight children: four daughters and four sons. In 1699 the Nurses' children were able to officially purchase the farm outright and remained for multiple generations. History Lesson Plans History Class Us History Family History American Literature, Discover the family tree of Rebecca Nurse for free, and learn about their family history and their ancestry. In May 1693, Phips pardoned the remaining defendants accused of witchcraft. This is a brief summary of my line back to Rebecca (Towne) Nurse: Sarah Craggen (?-?) . Great Yarmouth, Great Yarmouth Borough, Norfolk, England. Rebecca Nurse (February 21, 1621-July 19, 1692) was a victim of the notorious Salem witch trials, hanged as a witch at 71 years of age. In 1712, the Salem Towne church reversed the verdict of excommunication it had passed on her: "that it be no longer a reproach to her memory or an occasion of grief to her children".[12]. The daughter of William (c. 15981672) and Joanna a Towne (c. 1595/991682) (ne Blessing), Rebecca Nurse was born in Great Yarmouth, England in 1621. Greenwood Press, 2008. Cheryl, I see the pm hasnt been here lately. The way the profile reads now, one would not know that. Rebecca was a well-respected member of the community. Born in Yarmouth, England in 1621 to William Towne and Joanna Blessing, her entire family immigrated to the Massachusetts Bay Colony sometime between the years 1638 and 1640. As with any good genealogical research, if you discover a link to your own family tree, consider it a starting point for further research. Help Rebecca Nurse Homestead Celebrate Rebeccas 400th Birthday! Witnesses testified for and against Nurse on June 29 and 30. Lewis, Jone Johnson. Nourse Farm History Nourse Farm was established in 1722 by William and Ebenezer Nurse, descendants of Rebecca Nurse, who was hung for witchcraft in July 1692. Lewis, Jone Johnson. John Nurse (1673-1747) 4. Again, nine women signed the document. On May 25, judges John Hathorne and Jonathan Corwin ordered the Boston jail to take custody of Nurse, Corey, Dorcas Good (Sarah's daughter, age 4), Cloyce, and John and Elizabeth Parker for acts of witchcraft committed against Williams, Hubbard, Ann Putnam Jr., and others. Nicholas Noyes the minister who accompanied the accused persons to their deaths, was a distant uncle, as I am descended from his sister Hannah Noyes. Thank you for adding the Notables tag to her! Rebecca TOWNE was the child of William TOWNE and Joanna BLESSING Rebecca was an immigrant to the United States, arriving by 1637. Rebecca Nurse (February 21, 1621July 19, 1692) was a victim of the notorious Salem witch trials, hanged as a witch at 71 years of age. Mary was convicted and executed, but Sarah managed to survive. However the jury had changed their verdict and sentenced Nurse to death on July 19, 1692. Jone Johnson Lewis is a women's history writer who has been involved with the women's movement since the late 1960s. Rebecca married Francis Nurse, who also came from Yarmouth, around 1644. Please try again. TOWNE Family Genealogy Rebecca TOWNE was born 21 February 1621 in England. This also makes sense, as the soil on the ledge is too thin to make a shallow grave for even one person, much less a pit for nineteen convicted witches] not deserving of a Christian burial due to the charge of witchcraft. At the end of her trial in June of 1692, Nurse was found not guilty by the jury. FamousKin.com cannot and does not guarantee the accuracy and reliability of these sources. Rebecca Towne Nurse (1621-1692) - (daughter), 1637 immigrant Executed by hanging on 16 July 1692 at the Salem witch trials. [15] In Howe's novel, Nurse is used as a character foil for the main character, Deliverance Dane. Rebecca Nurse (February 13, 1621 - July 19, 1692) was a woman who was accused of witchcraft and executed by hanging in New England during the Salem Witch Trials of 1692. Then we are related in some way because her brother Edmund is my 8th great-grandfather! Visitors walk by the Salem Witch Memorial. She is my 10 great grandmother on my mothers paternal side of the family. [1] This farm still exists, and is today preserved as the Rebecca Nurse Homestead. [2] Her husband was a "tray maker" by trade, who likely made many other wooden household items. Im a descendant if Rebecca Nurse too via her son John and grandson Benjamin Nourse. Thanks Ellen, that would be great as you mentioned that the Profile Manager hasn't been active for a while. By 1852, Crumpler had moved to Charlestown, Massachusetts to begin her medical career as a nurse. Lewis, Jone Johnson. Despite being a fervent churchgoer and an upstanding member of the communitya newspaper of the day referred to her as "saint-like" and "a perfect example of good Puritan behavior . Sometime around 1644, she married Francis Nurse (or Nourse; 16181695), who was also born in England. On Aug. 25, 1706, Ann Putnam Jr. publicly apologized "for the accusing of several persons of a grievous crime, whereby their lives were taken away from them, whom, now I have just grounds and good reason to believe they were innocent persons" She named Nurse specifically. This is very, very interesting! The critically tragic fact was specific community members testified in a false or delusional manner leading to the state executions. The accusers and spectators protested loudly when the verdict was announced. Rebecca Towne Nurse (21 Feb 1621 19 Jul 1692) was executed for witchcraft by the government of the Province of Massachusetts Bay in New England during the Salem Witch Trials in 1692. (#3579) CONTENT MAY BE COPYRIGHTED BY WIKITREE COMMUNITY MEMBERS. Rebecca Nurse was executed on July 19, 1692 on Proctor's Ledge at Gallows Hill. Salem was a manufacturing town. Rebecca Nurse Homestead: Check their website for hours. Thomas Putnam became involved in the suit. Doing our family tree I found out Rebecca was my 8th great grandmother. According to oral tradition, Nurse's family secretly returned after dark and dug up her body, which they interred properly on their family homestead. lol! Well, somewhere the link has been erased between me and my many-times-over grandparents. However, the family of Rebecca Nurse, according to legend, got to her body, removed it from the ditch in Salem and possibly buried it in secret on the family farm in Salem Village (now Danvers . She is likewise a major character in Robert Wards Pulitzer Prize-winning operatic adaptation of Miller's play. Taylor Trade Publishing, 1993.Boyer, Paul S. Salem-Village Witchcraft: A Documentary Record of Local Conflict in Colonial New England. 5671, 111, 136, 268, 27089, 290, 292, 480, 483. An error has occured while loading the map. Although Nurse didnt respond when questioned about it in court, after the trial Nurse wrote a statement explaining that she only meant Hobbs was a fellow prisoner, not a fellow witch. She was tried and convicted in the spring and summer of 1692 and executed on July 19. By 1909 the farm was saved by volunteers and turned into a historic house museum that includes the original house and cemetery, on 27 of the original 300 acres (1.2km2) of land. A warrant issued on March 23 for Nurse's arrest included complaints of attacks on Ann Putnam Sr., Ann Putnam Jr., Abigail Williams, and others. (From the poem "Christian Martyr," by John Greenleaf Whittier), In 1706, her accuser, Ann Putnam, Jr., gave a public church confession upon entering the Salem Village congregation. Rebecca (Nurse), Mary (Esty) and Sarah (Bridges Cloyse) were victims of the witchcraft hysteria of 1692. It is always preferable to locate primary records where possible. The statements had no effect on the courts decision and Nurse was hanged at Proctors Ledge on July 19, along with Sarah Good, Elizabeth Howe, Susannah Martin and Sarah Wildes. [citation needed] Fatally, Rebecca, who was hard of hearing, did not hear the question: she later explained to her children that she was referring to this woman as a fellow "accused" witch. Grandmas siblings were siblings were Dora, William & Frances (female). The name Rebecca literally means to tie up, a noose, or frequently translated secured. Ann Putnam Jr's Apology: William Phips issued a reprieve, which was also met with protests and rescinded. Some writers allege that Nurse thus incurred his hostility, and that this was one of the incentives to the subsequent prosecution of Rebecca Nurse. The Rebecca Nurse homestead is still a museum. I need clarification . under CHILDREN - #2 Rebecca married Thomas, son of Robert.. View entire list of famous kin for Rebecca (Towne) Nurse. Today I learned that my boyfriend is the 10 Great Grandson of Rebecca Nurses brother Edmund. JAIME CAMPOS/Staff photo Jaime Campos DANVERS Beth. Her mother was Margaret Joy Rahn (maiden name was Rahn). Oftentimes the family trees listed as still in progress have derived from research into famous people who have a kinship to this person. Enter a grandparent's name. First Lady of President Calvin Coolidge. That was before Nurse and 21 others of the 33 who had been convicted were exonerated in 1711 by the state, which paid compensation to the families of the victims. As was the custom, after she was hanged, her body was buried in a shallow grave near the execution spot. Others like author, historian, and Salem State University interim dean and professor Emerson Tad Baker, focus on the rush to judgment and the innocent lives and families that were destroyed by the 1692 trials. [11] In 1711, her children petitioned the government for a reversal of attainer and were granted compensation for Rebecca's wrongful death. The world redeemed from Superstition's sway. Biography of Rebecca Nurse, Victim of the Salem Witch Trials. Nurse was the subject of Lectures on Witchcraft by Charles W. Upham. Fergus Printing Company. Nine women signed the document attesting to the exam. Rebecca Nurse was born on Feb. 21, 1621 (some sources give this as her baptism date), in Yarmouth, England, to William Towne and Joanna Blessing. After emigrating to Salem MA, two additional children, Joseph and Sarah were born. Stoughton suggested that perhaps the the jury had not heard Rebecca make an incriminating statement when another prisoner was brought in to testify against her. Rebecca was made famous in the play The Crucible by Arthur Miller, which was about the witchcraft hysteria in Salem Village. LOL nice to meet you all cousins! ThoughtCo, Aug. 26, 2020, thoughtco.com/rebecca-nurse-biography-3530327. Also, the ground penetrating sonar has revealed no bodies at the site. While she displayed a gentle spirit in the early recordings in thLabane Bible, there is much questionable behavior in the . Allen was the principal, and he kept his promise to defend the title. All five were hanged on July 19 on Gallows Hill. 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In 1957, Massachusettsformally apologized for the trials, but It wasn't until 2001 that the last 11 of those convicted were fully exonerated. Thought Co. Samuel, born February 3, 1649; died July 3, 1715; married Mary Smith, daughter of John on April 5, 1677. Genealogy and finding ancestry through DNA are popular, and many people are surprised when they find a family connection to the trials. I have a book written in 1930 by Charles Sutherland Tapley all about the family and the trial. The controversy was a long one, going finally to the General Court for settlement. Christopher Child, senior genealogist at New England Historic Genealogy Society in Boston also traces his family to Rebecca Nurse through her brother. I think they may be deleted, Mr. Putnam, please :-) Thanks. Rebecca Towne Nurse (1621-1692) - Find a Grave Memorial. It has a tendency to look away from its tragic past, said Baker, who was part of a team of scholars that in 2016 actually confirmed the site where the accused witches were executed. Was Doug Coldwell ALIVE during the 17th century to compile "firsthand knowledge" of Rebecca Nurse? In the early 1850s, there was no formal school where one could become licensed as a nurse (the first one opened in 1873), so . (c1598/9 - c1673) Great Migration Immigrant 1639, Hall of Fame Major League Baseball Player. Allen had guaranteed the title. View all posts by Rebecca Beatrice Brooks. Rebecca Nurse was the daughter of William Towne, of Yarmouth, Norfolk County, England where she was baptized Feb. 21, 1621. [2] and gives the couple the following children (sources added where found so far; these children are also detailed in Ames' "Nurse FamilyFive Generations" but again without primary sources usually listed[7]): [NOTE: Mary and Tamesin Smith were sisters that married Samuel and Benjamin Nurse, Mary & Tamesin were daughters of John and Margaret (Thompson?Buffum) Smith of Salem.}. Due to the rarity of such household goods, such artisans were esteemed. In response to their outbursts Nurse stated, "I have got nobody to look to but God. 43rd Governor of Michigan. Rebecca (Towne) Nurse migrated to New England during the Puritan Great Migration (1620-1640). I would love to hear from anyone else who shares some of these ancestors. Im an 8th grader currently working on my project focused on the Salem Witch trials and your article helped me so much! Upham, Charles (1980). . John, we hope you will continue to watch over this profile. ThoughtCo. George Burroughs and the Salem Witch Trials, Biography of Martha Carrier, Accused Witch, M.Div., Meadville/Lombard Theological School. Executed for witchcraft in the Salem witch trials, Born on February 21, 1621 Due to the public outcry and renewed fits and spasms by the "afflicted", the judges reviewed her case with the jury. Ck out: Salem Witch Trials in History and Literature. On October 17, 1711, the Massachusetts legislature passed a bill restoring some of the names of the Salem Witch Trials victims, including Rebecca Nurse. New York: Frederick Ungar Publishing Co., 2 vv., v. 1 p.80, v. 2 pp. Salem has had historical amnesia. So many of us are descendants of Rebecca Nurse. Saltonstall, like his peers of the time, believed in witchcraft but questioned the due process and the dependence on spectral evidence. This work was adapted for films in 1957 and 1996; Nurse was portrayed by actresses Marguerite Coutan-Lambert and Elizabeth Lawrence, respectively. The trials as a metaphor for the persecution of minority groups remained powerful images into the 20th and 21st centuries, particularly in playwrightArthur Miller's "The Crucible"(1953), in which he used events and individuals from 1692 allegorically for the anti-communist hearings led by Sen.Joseph McCarthyduring theRed Scareof the 1950s. Rebecca is my 9th great grandma. Claudia, I started looking into your Josiah Nourse-131 (which had no sources) and added some sources, including father Ira (who did not initially have a profile here on wikitree). The verdict was not surprising as Nurse was well-liked in Salem and 39 people had risked their lives to sign a petition in support of her. [13] In 1892, the community erected a second monument recognizing the 40 neighbors, led by Israel and Elizabeth (Hathorne) Porter, who took the risk of publicly supporting Nurse by signing a petition to the court on her behalf in 1692. John Nurse born about 1645; his death, if this is the same man, appears in Reading, Massachusetts Vital Records on 26 Nov 1717. Just finding out that Rebecca Nurse is also a grandmother of mine . Nurse's trial was featured in an episode of the CBS radio program "CBS Is There," which aired on July 28, 1947. My mother had told me to ask him about the new linage information, so I did. Salem, Mass., 1692. Released on Netflix, Rebecca stars Lily James as an unnamed protagonist who marries the wealthy heir Maxim de Winter (Armie Hammer) during a whirlwind romance in Europe. The Topsfield controversy Nevins mentions was a dispute that began in 1658 when a portion of disputed land in Topsfield that a number of Topsfield residents had already settled on was made a part of Ipswich by the General Court. Login to find your connection. All but one of their children were married by 1692. She was fully exonerated fewer than twenty years later. https://www.thoughtco.com/rebecca-nurse-biography-3530327 (accessed March 1, 2023). And also it gives a list of the descendants from each child. Last edited on 24 February 2023, at 04:05, Learn how and when to remove this template message, Cultural depictions of the Salem witch trials, "Map: Sites in the Life of Rebecca Nurse", "Petitions relating to the trial of Rebecca Nurse for witchcraft", "Salem Witch Trials: Court Examination of Rebecca Nurse", "Celebrating The 400th Birthday Of Salem Witch Trials Victim Rebecca Nurse", Appletons' Cyclopdia of American Biography, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rebecca_Nurse&oldid=1141255675, This page was last edited on 24 February 2023, at 04:05. Rebecca (Towne) Nurse was executed for witchcraft in the Salem Witch Trials. Started with her husband Francis Nurse. I cant tell you how much horror and shame I have felt knowing what my ancestors did. [1] Rebecca had three sisters, Susan (baptized October 26, 1625; died July 29, 1630), Mary (baptized August 24, 1634; executed 1692) and Sarah. I have always enjoyed the puzzle of genealogy, said Child. According to local legend, Nurses son, Benjamin, secretly rowed a boat after nightfall to the execution site to claim his mothers body so he could give her a Christian burial at her home. Famous descendants of rebecca nurse nr , Elizabeth Russell, Samuel Nurse, Benjamin Nurse, Sarah Bowden, Rebecca Preston, Mr. . The human legacy of the witch trials is equally important. The abuses of the Salem witch trials contributed to changes in U.S. court procedures, including the guarantee of the right to legal representation, the right to cross-examine ones accuser, and the presumption of innocence instead of guilt. A fictional character believes her to be pious and registers surprise when seeing Nurse on her way to her execution. When all about thee owned the hideous lie! I read the script and I see modern relevance in the play to the issues on our minds today.. Rebecca Nurse. The following day, at the request of the Nurse family, Fiske gave a statement explaining why the jury changed their verdict to guilty: July 4, 1692. ", The Nurse family accepted Ann's apology and were reconciled with her:[10] by contrast, they never forgave Samuel Parris, the village minister, whom they held personally to blame for their bereavement "none can know what we suffered by the loss of such a mother" and they did not rest until Parris was removed from office in 1697. As a result of his search for the truth, he was put on trial and his family placed in peril. They raised their family in Salem village (modern day Danvers, Massachusetts). Geo A. Kimball, 1892.Mays, Dorothy A. https://www.wikitree.com/photo/jpg/Putnam-1362-2. From Wikepedia: Are we never to point out errors which common sense should have prevented in the first place? display: none; This lack of a response, probably due to Rebeccas partial deafness, was unexpected. I once lived in Danvers Mass and of all places on Putnam Street. They had 9 children: Francis Nurse Jr.. Women In Early America: Struggle, Survival, And Freedom In A New World. Rebecca Towne Nurse accused Salem witch Salem Witch Trials of 1692: 10th Great Grandmother Sarah (Towne) Cloyes, her sisters (my aunts) Rebecca Nurse & Mary Estey. Rebecca and Francis frequented the Salem Village meeting house and Francis was quite active in the community becoming well respected in Salem Village; he was often asked to serve as mediator to help settle matters. I am so appreciative of thorough research of these despicable acts and am beginning to see parallels in our own society. It was decided against Endicott. 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