Grave has been located flag male ancestor  Jonathan  NURSE

  (b. 4 March 1692 Salem, Province of Massachusetts Bay   d. 26 November 1717 Reading, Province of Massachusetts Bay )  

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Jonathan NURSE was born 4 March 1692 in Salem, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Jonathan NURSE was the child of Francis NURSE   and   Sarah CRAGGEN and the grandchild of: (paternal)  Francis NURSE and Rebecca TOWNE (maternal)  John CRAGGEN and Sarah DAWES

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Jonathan  married  Abigail HARDEN 27 January 1713 in Reading, Province of Massachusetts Bay .  Abigail HARDEN  was born 25 April 1692 in Reading, Massachusetts, USA.  Abigail died 25 April 1735 in Haverhill, Massachusetts, USA (Ayers Village). 

Jonathan NURSE died 26 November 1717 in Reading, Province of Massachusetts Bay.
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Jonathan NURSE married flag female ancestor Abigail HARDEN-- Date: 27 January 1713 Place: Reading, Province of Massachusetts Bay
...Not far distant from the Harnden home,-in what is now North Reading, dwelt the family of Francis and Sarah Nurse. Francis was the son of Rebecca Nurse, a woman executed as a witch in Salem. The-youngest in that family was Jonathan. He and Abigail were married in 1713, after which he lived for only four years.

On May 8, 1720 Abigail Nurse married Daniel Eames, the son of Samuel, a man born in Woburn. They became the ancestors of many members of the Eames family in Wilmington. Their home was the present home of Mrs. Wolff, across from Wildwood Street, on the ancient Andover Road, 504 Woburn Street.

Deacon Harnden home fell victim to Route 9
Town Crier, Wilmington, Massachusetts
January 8, 1992


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birth1692 Birth
4 March 1692
Salem, Province of Massachusetts Bay
marriage1713 Marriage / Partner
Jonathan NURSE and Abigail HARDEN 27 January 1713, Reading, Massachusetts, USA

He was 20 years old.
death1717 Death
26 November 1717
Reading, Province of Massachusetts Bay

He died at the age of 25.

Jonathan is buried at: Burying Point Cemetery Salem Essex County Massachusetts, USA
Added: 6/6/2016 10:59:21 PM - Updated: 8/7/2017 11:19:27 AM
Did You Know?The name 'Massachusetts' originates with native Americans in the Massachusetts Bay area (from the language of the Algonquian nation). The name translates roughly as 'at or about the great hill.' (statesymbolsusa.org)

1620 - 1627 - Plymouth Colony, New England
1628 - 1686 - Massachusetts Bay Colony
1686 - 1689 - Dominion of New England
1689 - 1692 - Massachusetts Bay Colony
1692 - 1775 - Province of Massachusetts Bay
1776 - 1788 - Crown Colony of Massachusetts Bay
February 6, 1788 - Massachusetts becomes 6th U.S. state

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