1. | Francis Nurse was born 3 Jan 1688, Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts (son of Francis Nurse and Sarah Craggen); died 15 May 1733. Other Events:
Notes: ---------- Francis married Martha Hartshom 2 Jan 1716/1717. Martha (daughter of Timothy Hartshom and Martha) was born 11 Jan 1695/1696; died 1742. [Group Sheet] Children: |
2. | Francis Nurse was born 3 Feb 1660, Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts (son of Francis Nurse and Rebecca Town); died 8 Oct 1716. Notes: Farmer, Reading and Farmingham. Francis married Sarah Craggen 16 Jan 1685, Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts. Sarah (daughter of John Craggen and Sarah Dawes) was born 10 Aug 1664, Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; died 17 Jun 1707, Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] |
3. | Sarah Craggen was born 10 Aug 1664, Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts (daughter of John Craggen and Sarah Dawes); died 17 Jun 1707, Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Notes: Some sources list name as Cragin. Notes: "Francis and Sarah (Craggen) Nurse of Reading, Mass.", The American Genealogist, Barbara Matthews, vol. 69 (April 1994), P 82.
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4. | Francis Nurse was born 18 Jan 1618, Yarmouth, Bristol, England (son of Allen Nurse); died 22 Nov 1695, Salem Village, Essex County, Massachusetts. Notes: Francis Nurse was an early settler, and had lived for some forty years, "near Francis married Rebecca Town 24 Aug 1644, , Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England. Rebecca (daughter of William Towne and Joanna (Jone) Blessing) was born 21 Feb 1621, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England; was christened 21 Feb 1621, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England; died 19 Jul 1692, Salem Village, Essex County, Massachusetts; was buried Abt 19 Jul 1692, Salem Village, Essex County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] |
5. | Rebecca Town was born 21 Feb 1621, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England; was christened 21 Feb 1621, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England (daughter of William Towne and Joanna (Jone) Blessing); died 19 Jul 1692, Salem Village, Essex County, Massachusetts; was buried Abt 19 Jul 1692, Salem Village, Essex County, Massachusetts. Notes: Rebecca was in the eyes of those who knew her well the very essence of what a Puritan mother should be. Deeply pious, she was so steeped in Scripture that the country roughness of her speech - she had a Chaucerian fondness for triple negatives - was often shot through with a poetical Scriptural quality. It was not merely a matter of lugging in texts, but a deep, instinctive poetry of
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6. | John Craggen was born 1634, Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts (son of Cragin); died 27 Oct 1708, Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Other Events:
Notes: Ancestral file lists surname as Craggens. John — Sarah Dawes. Sarah (daughter of William Dawes) was born Abt 1640, Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; died 23 Dec 1725, Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] |
7. | Sarah Dawes was born Abt 1640, Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts (daughter of William Dawes); died 23 Dec 1725, Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Other Events:
Notes: "Francis and Sarah (Craggen) Nurse of Reading, Mass.", The American Genealogist, Barbara Matthews, vol. 69 (April 1994), P 82.
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8. | Allen Nurse
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10. | William Towne was christened 18/18 Mar 1598/1599, St. Nicholas Church, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England (son of John Towne and Elizabeth); died 24 Jun 1673, Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts; was buried Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts. Notes: Married in St. Nicholas church in Yarmouth, England, one of the finest William married Joanna (Jone) Blessing 25 Mar 1620, St. Nicholas, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England. Joanna (daughter of William Blyssynge) was born 1599, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England; died 1682, Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts; was buried Topsfield, Salem, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] |
11. | Joanna (Jone) Blessing was born 1599, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England (daughter of William Blyssynge); died 1682, Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts; was buried Topsfield, Salem, Massachusetts. Other Events:
Notes: Accused of witchcraft though never arrested or brought to trial.
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12. | Cragin was born Abt 1600, Scotland. Other Events:
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14. | William Dawes was born Abt 1590, England; died England. Other Events:
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