David Nurse (1742 - 1827)

Born 19 Jan 1742 in Bolton, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony

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Died 12 Dec 1827 at age 85 in Bolton, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Captain David Nurse served with Worcester County Militia, Massachusetts Militia during the American Revolution.

David Nurse is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A084990.

David Nurse is an NSSAR Patriot Ancestor.
NSSAR Ancestor #: 257462
Rank: Captain

David Nurse was born on January 19, 1742 in Bolton, Worcester County, Massachusetts Bay Colony. His parents were Samuel Nurse and Elizabeth Kellogg. ^[1]

He married Rebecca Barrett on June 3, 1762. ^{[1] [2]}

They had the following children: ^[1]

1. Stephen Nurse, b. 1764.
2. Oliver Nurse, b. 1766.
3. Rebeckah Nurse (Nurss), b. 1768.
4. Elizabeth Nurse (Nurss), b. 1770.
5. Hannah Nurse (Nurss), b. 1772.
6. Abigail Nurse (Nurss), b. 1774.
7. Sarah Nurse (Nurss), b. 1776.
8. Catherine Nurse (Nurss), b. 1778.

He died on December 12, 1827 in Bolton. ^[1]

Burial: West Burying Ground, Bolton, Worcester, Massachusetts ^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} Vital Records of Bolton, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849
2. ↑ Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001
3. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/148983781/david-nourse : accessed 18 May 2022), memorial page for David Nourse (1 Oct 1762–3 Sep 1827), Find A Grave: Memorial #149289399, citing Harvard Center Cemetery, Harvard, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by James Bianco (contributor 47745493) .

• Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 2022-05-16), "Record of David Nurse", Ancestor # A084990.

• Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War (Wright & Potter Printing Co., Boston, 1896); Vol. 11, p. 566

• "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPH5-RGCR : 11 May 2022), David Nurse and Rebecca Barrett, 3 Mar 1762; citing Marriage, Bolton, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009655.

• Shattuck, Lemuel. The Minott Family, The New England Historical & Genealogical Register (NEHGS, Boston, Mass., 1847) Vol. 1, Page 256.

• Vital Records of Bolton, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 (Franklin P. Rice, Worcester, Mass., 1910); p. 62-4, p. 157, p. 216