Solomon Nurse

Notes:

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Reference:
"Nurse Genealogy", Henry H. Nurse et. al, 1988, p 2.

Solomon married Mehitabel Dunkin 17 Jul 1776. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Harvard & Rutland, Massachusetts.
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Reference:
"Nurse Genealogy", Henry H. Nurse et. al, 1988, p 2.

Joshua married Mary Sampson 5 Sep 1740. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

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Reference:
"Nurse Genealogy", Henry H. Nurse et. al, 1988, p 2.

Other Events:

• AFN: G8ZC-H4

Notes:

Owned mill in Rutland Massachsetts.

NURSE, BENJAMIN, Framingham, s. of the first Francis, by w. Thomasine had Thomasine, b. 13 Nov. 1691; Benjamin, 20 Jan. 1694; William, 8 Mar. 1696; Elizabeth 18 Sept. 1698; Ebenezer, 27 Mar. 1701; Margaret, 24 Apr. 1703; Moses, Mar. 1705; and Aaron, 11 Jan. 1708. He m. sec. w. 16 Feb. 1714, Elizabeth wid. of Joseph Morsie; and prob. d. late in 1747, or early in 1748, for Barry found his will pro. 13 Feb. 1748. FRANCIS, Salem, in that part now Danvers, by w. Rebecca, d. of William Towne, had John; Samuel; Rebecca; Mary; Francis, b. 3 Feb. 1661; Benjamin, 26 Jan. 1666; Michael; and Elizabeth who m. William Russell. Rebecca m. 15 Apr. 1666, Thomas Preston; and Mary m. 1678, John Tarbell. The unhappy mo. of these ch. suffer. death in the stupendous fanaticism of 1692, wh. began the investig. of her case, 24 Mar. tho. twice the jury fail. to find a verdict, to wh. at last they assent. from her not giv. satisfact. answers to their questions in open Court, that from her defense she fail. to understand. Sir William Phips, the Gov. upon hearing this, prepar. a reprieve, but by solicit. of those who had less responsibility, weak. withheld it, and the dreadful sentence was execut. on 19th July; and he surv. until 22 Nov. 1695, aged 77. Her sis. Sarah Cloyce, not less guilty, perhaps, aft. long suffer. having better hearing, escaped with life. Felt, in Ann. of Salem, I. 48, well sums up the case. She was excommunica. bef. trial, but that opprobrious deed was cancell. 20 yrs. aft. the sufferer was hang.
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Reference:
"Nurse Genealogy", Henry H. Nurse, et. al., 1988, p 1.

Benjamin married Elizabeth Roberts 25 Dec 1710. Elizabeth was born 3 Aug 1690; died 29 May 1739. [Group Sheet]

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Farmer, Reading and Farmingham.

Some sources lists Francis' wife as Sarah Tarbell in error.
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Reference:
"A Genealogy of the Nurse Family for Five Generations", 1892, John D. Ames, p
101.

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]

Notes:

Some sources list name as Cragin.
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Reference:
"Francis and Sarah (Craggen) Nurse of Reading, Mass.", The American Genealogist, Barbara Matthews, vol. 69 (April 1994), P 82.

Notes:

"Francis and Sarah (Craggen) Nurse of Reading, Mass.", The American Genealogist, Barbara Matthews, vol. 69 (April 1994), P 82.