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: Find A Grave: Memorial #60524220 Samuel Nurse NOTE: An Edit Request for Incorrect Death Dates was submitted on 10 September 2021 by Sandie Schwartz
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]
Research notes
Salem Marriages
Smith, Mary, and Samuell Nurse, April 5, 1677. CTR (p. 325)
NURSE, Samuell, and Mary Smith, April 5, 1677. CTR (p. 132)
Nurs, Rebecca, and Jonathan Kenny, December 21, 1709. CTR (p. 131)
Daggitt, William, and Mary Nurse, November 29, 1711. (p. 271)
Faulkner, Dorothy, of Andover, and ––––– Nurse, jr., November 25, 1708. (p. 349)
Salem Births
NURSE, Samuell, s. Samuell and Mary (Smith), January 7, 1677. CTR (p. 115)
NURSE, Margeret, d. Samuell and Mary (Smith), 24: 12m: 1679. CTR (p. 115)
NURSE, George, s. Samuell and Mary (Smith), July 29, 1682. CTR (p. 115)
NURSE,Mary, d. Samuell and Mary (Smith), May 25, 1685. CTR (p. 115)
NURSE, Rebecka, d. Samuell and Mary (Smith), September 15, 1688. CTR (p. 115)
NURSE, Ebenezer, s. Samuell and Mary, August 5, 1693. CTR (p. 115)
Salem Deaths
Nurse, Margaret, d. Samuell, December 5, 1700, a. 20 y. CR2 (p. 96)
Dagget, William, h. Mary, Jan. ––, 1724-5. (p. 191) [4]
Sources
↑ 1.01.11.21.31.41.5 The Genealogical Magazine, Volumes 3-5, Putnam's Monthly Magazine, Salem Press and Genealogical Record, 1893
↑ The Descendants of William Towne: Who Came to America on Or about 1630 and Settled in Salem, Massachusetts, E. E. Towne, Newtonville, Massachusetts, 1901
↑ One Hundred and Sixty Allied Families, By John Osborne Austin, Genealogical Publishing Company, June 1, 2009
↑ 4.04.14.24.34.44.54.64.74.84.9 Vital Records of Salem Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849, The Essex Institute, Salem, 1918
↑ 5.05.15.25.35.45.5 Historical Collections of the Essex Institute, Volume 2, Essex Institute., 1860
↑ 6.06.16.2 Case 19698: p. 1-5 : Essex County, Massachusetts: Probate File Papers, 1638-1881.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives.) https://www.americanancestors.org/DB515/i/13788/19698-co3/30430151
↑ Case 19699: Essex County, Massachusetts: Probate File Papers, 1638-1881.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives.)
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The bio here says that son George died in 1709, but his profile says he died in 1740. He was named in his father's will dated 1716. Any objections to chaning the 1709 date?
edited by Sandie (Schwartz) Schwarz