Francis  NURSE

1618 Birth
18 January 1618
England

Biography
'On account of the witchcraft delusion in Salem, [Francis] and his wife became historical characters. The name of Rebecca Nurse (or Nourse) is perhaps the best known of all of its unfortunate victims.

Francis Nourse was an early settler in Salem, and was a proprietor of the town 1647. He lived for forty years near Sperry's, on North River Street, between the main village and the ferry to Beverly. He was a woodworker, called a tray-maker. In those days, wooden trays and dishes were the rule; there was little pewter, less silver and china, and the plates, trays and trenchers of wood were the ordinary dishes.

He was a skilled workman, and a respectable man of great stability and strength of character. He was called frequently as umpire and arbitrator in cases of dispute over land boundaries. He served on local committees to lay out grants and highways, and on juries. He bought the Bishop farm of some three hundred acres at Salem village, April 29, 1678, and settled there. His sons...Read MORE...


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1644 Marriage / Partner
Francis NURSE and Rebecca TOWNE 24 August 1644, Salem, Massachusetts, USA

He was 26 years old.

1649 Birth of Child
Samuel NURSE was born 3 February 1649, Salem, Massachusetts, USA

Francis was 31 years old.

1651 Birth of Child
Sarah NURSE was born 3 February 1651, Marblehead, Massachusetts, USA

Francis was 33 years old.

1661 Birth of Child
Francis NURSE was born 3 February 1661, Salem, Massachusetts, USA

Francis was 43 years old.

1665 Birth of Child
Elizabeth NURSE was born 9 January 1665, Salem, Massachusetts, USA

Francis was 47 years old.

1666 Birth of Child
Benjamin NURSE was born 26 January 1666, Salem, Massachusetts, USA

Francis was 48 years old.

1672 Marriage of Child
John NURSE married 1 November 1672, Salem, Massachusetts, USA to Elizabeth SMITH

1677 Marriage of Child
Samuel NURSE married 5 April 1677, Salem, Massachusetts, USA to Mary SMITH

1677 Marriage of Child
John NURSE married 17 August 1677, Salem, Massachusetts, USA to Elizabeth VERY (VARY)

1685 Marriage of Child
Francis NURSE married 15 January 1685, , Massachusetts, USA to Sarah CRAGGEN

1692 Death of Spouse/Partner
Rebecca TOWNE died 19 July 1692, Salem, Massachusetts, USA

1695 Death
22 November 1695
Salem, Province of Massachusetts Bay

He died at the age of 77.