Towne, Rebecca

Birth Name Towne, Rebecca
Gender female
Age at Death more than 71 years, 4 months, 29 days

Events

Event Date Place Description Notes Sources
Christening 1621-02-21 Yarmouth, Norfolkshire, Eng  
 
Birth before 1621-02-21    
 
Death 1692-07-19 Salem, Essex, MA  
 

Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father Towne, William1603-03-181685-04-30
Mother Blessing, Joanna16021682
         Towne, Rebecca before 1621-02-21 1692-07-19
    Brother     Towne, John 1623-02-16 1672
    Sister     Towne, Susannah 1625-10-20 1672
    Brother     Towne, Edmund 1628-06-28
    Brother     Towne, Jacob 1632-03-11 1704-11-27
    Sister     Towne, Mary 1634-08-24 1692-09-22
    Sister     Towne, Sarah 1638 1703
    Brother     Towne, Joseph 1640 1713-02-21

Families

    Family of Nurse, Francis (NOURSE) and Towne, Rebecca
Unknown Partner Nurse, Francis (NOURSE) ( * 1617/8-01-18 (Julian) + 1695-11-22 )
  Children
Name Birth Date Death Date
Nurse, Mary
Nurse, Rebecca
Nurse, Benjamin
Nurse, John16451719-12-01
Nurse, Samuel16581716
Nurse, Francis Jr.1660-02-031716-10-08

Narrative

In the spring of 1693, Sir William Phips, Governor ofMassachusetts, liberated 168 people in Salem's Witch Dungeon whoawaiting the hangman's noose. Several of these people diedshortly thereafter from their neglect and abuse while in thedungeon. By 1710, the General Court had begun to "reverse someof the convictions, judgments and attainders and declare themnull and void," and in the next year or two some compensation,if inadequate, had been paid to the families of some of thesufferers. The First Church in Salem erased from their recordsand blotted out the excommunication of Rebecca Nurse and GilesCory.

Pedigree

  1. Towne, William
    1. Blessing, Joanna
      1. Towne, John
      2. Towne, Susannah
      3. Towne, Mary
      4. Towne, Rebecca
        1. Nurse, Francis (NOURSE)
          1. Nurse, John
          2. Nurse, Samuel
          3. Nurse, Francis Jr.
          4. Nurse, Mary
          5. Nurse, Rebecca
          6. Nurse, Benjamin
      5. Towne, Edmund
      6. Towne, Jacob
      7. Towne, Sarah
      8. Towne, Joseph

Ancestors