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Rebecca Towne
1621 - 1692 (~ 71 years)
Generation: 1
1. Rebecca Towne was christened on 21 Feb 1621 in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England; died on 19 Jul 1692 in Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts; was buried in Salem Witch Trials Memorial, Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts. Notes:
Salem Witch Trials Defendant. Convicted of practicing witchcraft during the Salem Witch Trials. In most cases, the bodies of those hanged or pressed were cast off into a shallow ditch, not deserving of a Christian burial due to the charge of witchcraft. 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, Massachusetts). Where, exactly, is lost to history. Several years after her execution, it was agreed that she had been innocent of being a witch.
Rebecca married Francis Nurse on 24 Aug 1644 in Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts. Francis was born on 18 Jan 1618 in Bristol, Somerset, England; died on 22 Nov 1695 in Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]