Samuel Nurse

b 03 Feb 1649, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts
d 15 Jul 1715,
16 30 Apr 1938,
24 07 May 1938,  
33 15 Sep 1952, !&    
   
|    
Francis Nurse  
|b 18 Jan 1618 |    
|d 22 Nov 1695    
|    
Samuel Nurse Leonard Towne
|Mary Smith Richard Towne Ellen Greene
|m 05 Apr 1677 William Towne b 12 Dec 1568  
| |d 24 Jun 1673 Ann Denton  
Rebecca Town   16 03 Apr 1943 b 1569 John Blyssynge
 b 21 Feb 1621 | William Blyssynge Joane Preaste
 d 19 Jul 1692 Joanna (Jone) Blessing b 1575  
 b 1599    
 d 1682

Children

1 Samuel (Nourse)_Nurse
2 Margaret Nurse
3 John Nurse
4 George Nurse
5 Mary Nurse
6 Rebecca Nurse
7 Ebenezer Nurse

Notes

Called an ecclesiastical council to investigate the handling of the witch trials of 1692.

Source: 'Salem Possessed, The Social Origins of Witchcraft', 1974, Paul Boyer & Stephen Nissenbaum, p 70.


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