1621 - 1692 (~ 71 years)
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Name |
Rebecca Towne |
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Relationship | with Robert Alan Roy
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Christening |
21 Feb 1621 |
Saint Nicholas Church, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England [1, 2] |
Married |
24 Aug 1644 |
Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts [1, 2, 3] |
Francis Nourse. He died 22 November 1695 in Salem, Massachusetts.
Issue:
1. John Nourse (1645-1719)
2. Rebecca Nourse (1647-1719)
3. Samuel Nourse (1649-1715)
4. Nathaniel Nourse (1651-____)
5. Mary Nourse (1659-1749)
6. Francis Nourse (1660-____)
7. Francis Nourse (1661-1716)
8. Sarah Nourse (1663-____)
9. Elizabeth Nourse (1665-1733)
10. Benjamin Nourse (1666-1748) |
Legal |
1692 [1] |
Rebecca was accused as a witch in 1692. The chief incitement against her was her deafness. After her first trial, the Governor reprieved her, but the pressure of the crowd and her accusers lead to a second trial. Her deafness, she was 72 years old, caused her to misunderstand a question, and her answer was interrupted as incriminating, thereby leading to a second conviction, and her eventual hanging. |
Death |
19 Jul 1692 |
Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts [2, 3] |
- She was hanged for witchcraft.
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Siblings |
7 Siblings |
| 1. Rebecca Towne, c. 21 Feb 1621, Saint Nicholas Church, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England d. 19 Jul 1692, Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts (Age ~ 71 years) | | 2. John Towne, c. 21 Feb 1624, Saint Nicholas Church, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England | | 3. Susannah Towne, c. 20 Oct 1625, Saint Nicholas Church, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England d. Before 1672 (Age ~ 46 years) | | 4. Sargent Edmund Towne, c. 28 Jun 1628, Saint Nicholas Church, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England | + | 5. Ensign Jacob Towne, c. 11 Mar 1632, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England d. 27 Nov 1704, Topsfield, Essex County, Massachusetts (Age ~ 72 years) ▻ Catherine Simonds, m. 26 Jun 1657 ; Phebe French, m. 1684 | | 6. Mary Towne, c. 24 Aug 1634, Saint Nicholas Church, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England d. 22 Sep 1692, Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts (Age ~ 58 years) | | 7. Joseph Towne, b. Abt 1639, Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts d. 1713, Topsfield, Essex County, Massachusetts (Age 74 years) | | 8. Sarah Towne, c. 3 Sep 1648, Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts d. Before 1704, Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts (Age ~ 55 years) | |
Person ID |
I20609 |
Last Modified |
17 Jul 2019 |
Father |
William Towne, c. 18 Mar 1598/99, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England d. Abt 1673, Topsfield, Essex County, Massachusetts (Age ~ 73 years) |
Mother |
Joanna Blessing, b. 1599/1600, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England d. 1682, Topsfield, Essex County, Massachusetts (Age 82 years) |
Marriage |
25 Mar 1620 |
Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England |
Age at Marriage |
He : 21 years - She : ~ 20 years and 3 months. |
Family ID |
F581 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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Event Map |
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| Christening - 21 Feb 1621 - Saint Nicholas Church, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England |
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| Married - 24 Aug 1644 - Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts |
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| Death - 19 Jul 1692 - Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts |
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Pin Legend |
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: City/Town
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Sources |
- [S1388] Patterson, Shirley Drury Email: 2000-01-06 "William Towne" , (Email message from jpsp28 (at) aol.com, 6 January 2000).
- [S653] Davis, Walter Goodwin. Massachusetts and Maine Families in the Ancestry of Walter Goodwin Davis volume III, (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1996).
- [S635] Annett, Albert and Alice E. E. Lehtinen. The Generations of Jaffrey, New Hampshire, (Jaffrey, New Hampshire: The Town of Jaffrey, 1934).
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