Sarah (Nurse) Bowden (abt. 1663)

Born about 1663 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

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[Note: CONFLICT: Most sources indicate Sarah, daughter of Francis and Rebecca Nurse married Michael Bowden. In Salem Witch Records, it is indicated that Sarah was 28 years. in 1692, testifying for her mother, so she was born about 1663/1664. Other sources indicate that Sarah married Michael Bowden at Topsfield in December 1669, which would make her about 6 years old at that time. It appears that this is not the same couple, or the Topsfield related dates are incorrect: NURSE, Sarah, and Michael Bauden, December 15, 1669. see: Topsfield VR: Marriages p. 168]

[NOTE: There is a Michael Bowdon who married Sarah Davis of Lynn, in 1697, which would be a different family of Bowden's, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-6QV9-HW2?i=13&cc=2061550&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AQP8D-V5GB

Biography

Francis Nurse of Salem, born England, January 18, 1618, married August 24, 1644 Rebecca Towne, daughter of William Towne and Jane Blessing of Yarmouth England. Rebecca Towne was baptized February 16, 1621 and hanged as a witch on July 19, 1692. ^{[1] [2]}

Their daughter Sarah, was born about 1663/1664, based on her own deposition:

Sarah Nurse aged 28, testified at the witch trial of her mother Rebecca at Salem on June 29, 1692. ^{[3] [4]}

NOTE: Do we know for certain that the deponent was Rebecca's daughter?

It appears that after the court-sanctioned murder of Rebecca, Sarah, with her father and two sisters joined the church in Reading:

[1693] May Eliz. Russell, Sarah Nurse, Francis Nurse, Mary Brown owned ye covenant.^[5]

Some believe that about 1694, 2 years after her mothers death, she married Michael Bowden/Baudin ^{[6] [4] [1]} But the original records clearly name the bride "Sarah Davis."^[7] unless she was previously married to a Davis.

That one of Francis' daughters was married to a Michael Bowden is suggested by the 1694 will of Sarah's father:

In 1694, her father, Francis Nurse equally divided his estate among his eight children: John, Samuel, Francis and Benjamin Nurse, Michael Bowden, Thomas Preston, John Tarbell and William Russell. ^{[8] [9]}

Note the following is uncertain - as to Sarah Nurse or Sarah Davis ]

? Michael died at Lynn, Massachusetts in 1740/1741. ^[10]

Michael Bowden wrote his last Will on September 26, 1741, leaving his entire estate to his wife Sarah, as sole executor, during her lifetime. After her decease the estate was to be divided 'among all my children'. ^[11]

On December 30, 1741, widow Sarah Bowden, submitted her acknowledgement of the inventory of the estate of Michael Bowden, of Lynn, Massachusetts, deceased. ^[11]

?Widow Sarah Bowden died at Lynn on September 1, 1754. ^[10]

This is believed to have been Sarah Davis Bowden.

• Sarah (Nurse) Bowden (1651-1754) on Find A Grave: Memorial #60568244 Retrieved Burns-5616 20:37, 23 January 2018 (EST). - no burial information, no photots, no sources

Research Notes

Uncertain lineage  ? mother is Sarah Davis

Lynn Births (p. 36)

Bouden, Susanna, d. Michall and Sarah, September 13, 1699.

Bouden, Francis, s. Michall and Sarah, June 1, 1701.

Bouden, Sarah, d. Michall and Sarah, December 16, 1702.

Bouden, Martha, d. twin, Michall and Sarah, July 19, 1705.

Bouden, Mary, d. twin, Michall and Sarah, July 19, 1705.

Bouden, Hanah, d. Michall and Sarah, August 15, 1707.

Bouden, John, s. Michall and Sarah, July 29, 1709.

Bouden, Liddia, d. Michall and Sarah, August 15, 1712.

Bouden, Michail, s. Michall and Sarah, September 6, 1714.

Bouden, Ebenezer, s. Michall and Sarah, August 6, 1716.

Bouden, Susanna, d. Michall and Sarah, October 29, 1717.

Bouden, Benjamin, s. Michall and Sarah, February 1, 1721-2. ^[12]

Lynn Deaths

Bouden, Michial, 1: 8m: 1741. PR5 (p. 430)

Bouden, Suzana, d. Michall and Sarah, July 30, 1709. (p. 430)

Bowden, Michel, bur. 26: 6m: 1740. PR5 (p. 430)

Bowden, Sarah, wid., Sept. 1, 1754. PR5 (p. 430)

Bowden, Martha, Sept. 20, 1719, in her 15th y. GR1 (p. 430)

Bowden, Hannah, May 30, 1753. PR5 (p. 430)

Bouden, Benjamin, abt. 7: 9m: 1741. PR5 (p. 430)

Lynn Marriages (uncertain lineage)

Bouden, Mary, and Joseph Richards, May 5, 1726. (p. 50)

Bowden, Sarah, and John Raddan, September 24, 1724. (p. 50)

Bowden, Lidia, and Samuel Killey [of Marblehead. int.], March 30, 1731. (p. 50)

Bowden, Susannah, and Moses Newhall, February 6, 1739-40. (p. 50) ^[10]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Putnam, Eben. The Genealogical Magazine, Volumes 3-5, Putnam's Monthly Magazine, Salem Press and Genealogical Record, 1893, p. 96: 100
2. ↑ Towne, E. E. The Descendants of William Towne: Who Came to America on Or about 1630 and Settled in Salem, Massachusetts, E. E. Towne, Newtonville, Massachusetts, 1901, p. 21
3. ↑ Salem Witch Trials Documentary Archive and Transcription Project: Salem Witchcraft Papers: SWP No. 012, The University of Virginia , http://salem.lib.virginia.edu/n12.html#n12.4
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Upham, Charles Wentworth. Salem Witchcraft: With an Account of Salem Village, and a History of Opinions on Witchcraft and Kindred Subjects, Volume 2, Upham, Wiggin and Lunt, Boston, Massachusetts, 1867
5. ↑ "Church Records of the old town of Reading, Massachusetts," in The Essex Genealogist, (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2018.), vol 9, p 74 (membership required)
6. ↑ Perley, Sidney, The Essex Antiquarian, Volume 11, by Sidney Perley, Essex Antiquarian, 1907, p. 46
7. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-6QV9-HW2?cc=2061550&wc=Q4DR-JWY%3A353349401%2C353376701%2C353378101 : 19 April 2021), Essex > Lynn > Marriages 1667-1744 > image 14 of 109; citing Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston.
8. ↑ Salem-village Witchcraft: A Documentary Record of Local Conflict in Colonial New England, by Paul S. Boyer, Stephen Nissenbaum, UPNE, 1972, p. 154
9. ↑ Case 19688: p. 8: Essex County, MA: 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/13788/19688-co8/30429998
10. ↑ ^{10.0 10.1 10.2} Vital Records of Lynn, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849, Volume II: Marriages and Deaths, The Essex Institute, Salem, Massachusetts, 1906
11. ↑ ^{11.0 11.1} Case 2850:p. 1-6 : 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.)
12. ↑ Vital Records of Lynn, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849, Volume I: Births, The Essex Institute, Salem, Massachusetts, 1905

See also:

• Stock, Elliot. The Genealogical Magazine (1898-1904)

Towne, Edwin. The Descendants of William Towne: Who Came to America on Or about 1630 and Settled in Salem, Mass (E.E. Towne, Newtonville, Massachusetts, 1901)

• The Essex Antiquarian (Salem, Massachusetts, 1897-) Vol. 11, Page 46
• Upham, Charles. Salem Witchcraft, With an Account of Salem Village and a History of Opinions on Witchcraft and Kindred Subjects (Wiggin and Lunt, Boston, 1867) Vol. 2