Grave has been located flag male ancestor  Josiah  NURSE

  (b. 9 September 1694 Salem, Province of Massachusetts Bay   d. 4 April 1718 Reading, Province of Massachusetts Bay )  

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Josiah NURSE was born 9 September 1694 in Salem, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Josiah 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

Josiah NURSE died 4 April 1718 in Reading, Province of Massachusetts Bay.
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birth1694 Birth
9 September 1694
Salem, Province of Massachusetts Bay
death1718 Death
4 April 1718
Reading, Province of Massachusetts Bay

He died at the age of 23.

Josiah is buried at: Burying Point Cemetery Salem Essex County Massachusetts, USA
Added: 6/6/2016 11:00:04 PM - Updated: 8/7/2017 11:20:02 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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