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About Samuel Nurse
Biography
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Nurse-27
Samuel Nurse was involved in witch trials
Francis Nurse of Salem, born England, January 18 1618, married August 24 1644 Rebecca Towne, a daughter of William and Jane (Blessing) Towne of Yarmouth, England. Rebecca was baptized on February 16, 1621 and hanged as a witch on July 19, 1692. (p. 96)[1] (p. 21) [2]
Their son Samuel was born on February 3, 1649 at Salem, married married Mary Smith, daughter of John and Margaret Smith, on April 5, 1677. (p. 43-4) [3] (p. 132) [4] (p. 101)[1] (p. 300)[5]
Samuel testified on behalf of his mother Rebecca Towne Nurse during the Salem Witch Trials, giving a witness statement on her behalf along with his brother-in-law, John Tarbell. [1]
Samuel's last Will was written on March 25, 1715/1716 and proved on February 2, 1720. In it he names: [6]
- wife Mary
- son Samuel
- son George
- son Ebenezer, executor
- daughter Mary Daggett and her children
- daughter Rebecca Keny
- niece Margaret Nurse, daughter of my brother Benjamin [6]
- On February 2, 1719/1720, widow Mary Nurse and son Ebenezer Nurse, posted L200 in the administration of Samuel's estate. [6]
Children
- Samuel born on January 7, 1677 [4] [5]; died by May 19, 1740 [1] [7]; married Dorothy Faulkner on November 25, 1708. [4]
- Margerett born February 24, 1679/80 [24: 12 mo: 1679]; died on December 5, 1700 age 20 years. [4] [5]
- George born July 29, 1682 [4] [5]; died in 1709. [1]
- Mary born on May 25, 1685 [4] [5]; married William Daggitt, on November 29, 1711, who died in January, 1724/5. [4]
- Rebecka born on September 15, 1688 [4] [5]; died in 1704; married Jonathan Kenny on December 21, 1709. [1]
- Ebenezer born on August 5, 1693[4]; died in 1764. [1])
References
- Caution: : (unknown burial) Find A Grave Memorial# 60524075 has incorrect death dates for Mary and husband Samuel ( see his probate) and should not be used as a source: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/60524220/samuel-nurse
- https://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Essex/Salem/aMarriagesN.shtml "(NURSE (Nourse)) Samuell, and Mary Smith, Apr. 5, 1677. CTR"
- https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Nurse-27 has his death as before February 2, 1719/1720 when his will was accepted for probate. Sidney Perley's "History of Salem", page 143 has his death as January 1719/1720 based on the date of probate. (link - https://books.google.com/books?id=uX8lAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA143&lpg=PA143&d...)
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Samuel Nurse's Timeline
| 1649 |
February 3, 1649
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Salem, Massachusetts Bay Colony, Colonial America
As with most records in this period, Samuel Nurse's date of birth to father Francis and mother Rebecca Nurse is unrecorded. The only record kept was the baptismal date. Samuel's actual date of birth is probably a month or two before his February 3 baptismal date. The infant has an older brother (a young boy John, age 4), and an older sister (a toddler named Rebecca, age 2). |
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February 3, 1649
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First Church, Town of Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony
As with most births in this period, the date of birth of Samuel Nurse to father Francis and mother Rebecca Nurse was unrecorded. His baptism at the First Church in the Town of Salem was recorded this date. His actual birth date may have been one or two months earlier. |
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| 1651 |
February 3, 1651
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Probably at, Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, Colonial America
The exact date of birth of Sarah Nurse (future Sarah Bowden) to father Francis and mother Rebecca Nurse is unrecorded, as is the date of baptism. The infant has two older brothers (a young boy named John - age 6, and a toddler named Samuel - age 2) and an older sister (a young girl named Rebecca, age 4). |
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| 1659 |
1659
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Town of Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, Colonial America
The exact date of birth of Mary Nurse (future Mary Tarbell) to father Francis and mother Rebecca Nurse is unrecorded, as is the date of baptism. The infant has two older brothers (an older boy named John - age 14, and a boy named Samuel - age 8), and two older sisters (a girl named Rebecca - age 12, and a young girl named Sarah - age 6). |
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| 1661 |
February 3, 1661
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Town of Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony
As with most people from this period, Francis' actual birth date is unrecorded. His actual birth to father Francis and mother Rebecca Nurse likely took place within one or two months of his recorded baptismal date of February 3. The infant had two older brothers (a young man named John - age 16, and a boy named Samuel - age 12) and three older sisters (an older girl named Rebecca - age 14, a girl named Sarah - age 10, and a toddler named Mary - age 2). (A note on English "double dates" - the old English calendar before 1752 used to change year on March 25. The first date indicated the English year, which differed between January 1 and March 24 from what the rest of the world followed. As what appeared to be some sort of compromise, English officials would double date their documents, and the rest of English society followed. Because the computer date system inflexibly changes years only on January 1, in order to maintain a proper chronology, the second date should be used.) |
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| 1665 |
January 2, 1665
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Town of Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony
As with most people from this period, Elizabeth's' actual date of birth to father Francis and mother Rebecca Nurse is unrecorded. Her actual birth likely took place within one or two months of her recorded baptismal date of January 9, 1664/1665. The infant had three older brothers (a young man named John - age 19, an older boy named Samuel, and a toddler named Francis - age 3), and three older sisters (a young woman named Rebecca - age 17, an older girl named Sarah - age 13, and a young girl named Mary - age 5). |