Benjamin Nurse, Sr.

Davis, Walter Goodwin. The ancestry of Sarah Johnson, 1775-1824, wife of Joseph Neal of Litchfield, Maine. (Portland, Maine: The Anthoensen Press, 1960) p. 24. Children of Francis Nurse and Sarah Tarbell [sic, known error, Craggen]: 3) Benjamin, b. 28 Jan 1689/90, d. 6 Jan 1761 [sic, see comments above], m. (1) 24 Dec 1713 Elizabeth roberts, m. (2) Harvard 13 May 1740, widow Hannah Atherton.

References

• https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Benjamin_Nurse_%285%29
• Jackson, James R., editor; George C., compiler Furber; Ezra S. Stearns; James R. (James Robert) Jackson; Ezra S. (Ezra Scollay) Stearns; and George C. (George Clarence) Furber. History of Littleton New Hampshire: in Three Volumes. (Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States: Cambridge, Mass: The University Press, 1905) 361. Benjamin Nurse, s/o Francis Nurse and Sarah Tarbell, b. Reading 28 Jul 1690, d. Rutland, Mass, 6 Jan 1761, m. (1) 24 Dec 1713 Elizabeth Roberts, m. (2) Harvard 13 May 1740 Hannah (Rogers) Atherton. [Note: the death record is not found, and its basis is unknown. The probate file contradicts this source's assertion that the widow d. 1763 since she was alive in 1774, and so combined with the will not being proved until 1775, this all casts doubt on the validity of this death date.]

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