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Rebecca Blessing Towne

Rebecca Blessing Towne

Female 1622 - 1692  (70 years)

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  • Name Rebecca Blessing Towne 
    Born 13 Feb 1621/1622  Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Female 
    Died 19 Jul 1692  Salem, Essex County, MA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Cause: hung during witch trials 
    Person ID I111114  Day Family Tree
    Last Modified 3 Mar 2010 

    Father William Towne,   b. 18 Mar 1598/1599, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1672-1673, Topsfield, Essex County, MA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 73 years) 
    Mother Joanna Blessing,   b. 1595, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1682, Topsfield, Essex County, MA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 87 years) 
    Married 25 Mar 1620  St. Nicholas Church, Yarmouth, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3
    Family ID F39149  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Francis Nurse,   b. 18 Jan 1618, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Nov 1695, Salem Village, Essex County, MA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years) 
    Married 24 Aug 1644  Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Children 
     1. Elizabeth Nurse,   b. Aft 1644
    +2. John Nurse,   b. 1645, Salem, Essex County, MA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Dec 1719  (Age 74 years)
    +3. Rebecca Nurse,   b. 1647, Salem, Essex County, MA Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. Samuel Nurse,   b. 3 Feb 1649, Salem, Essex County, MA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Jul 1715, Salem, Essex County, MA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 66 years)
     5. Nathaniel Nurse,   b. 1652, Salem, Essex County, MA Find all individuals with events at this location
     6. Mary Nurse,   b. 1655, Salem, Essex County, MA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Jun 1749, Salem, Essex County, MA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 94 years)
     7. Elizabeth Nurse,   b. 9 Jan 1656/1657, Salem, Essex County, MA Find all individuals with events at this location
     8. Sarah Nurse,   b. Abt 1661, Salem, Essex County, MA Find all individuals with events at this location
    +9. Francis Nurse,   b. 3 Feb 1660/1661, Salem, Essex County, MA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Feb 1716, Reading, Middlesex County, MA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 55 years)
     10. Nathaniel Nurse,   b. Abt 1663, Salem, Essex County, MA Find all individuals with events at this location
     11. Benjamin Nurse,   b. 26 Jan 1665/1666, Salem, Essex County, MA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Feb 1748, Framingham, Middlesex County, MA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years)
    Family ID F52609  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 13 Feb 1621/1622 - Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 24 Aug 1644 - Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - Cause: hung during witch trials - 19 Jul 1692 - Salem, Essex County, MA Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • Rebecca was executed for a witch, her deafness was the chief inducement.

  • Sources 
    1. [S289] Descendants of William Eddy and Mary Fosten of England and New England (Reliability: 3).

    2. [S103] Ancestry.com.

    3. [S751] http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/.

    4. [S679] http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com.