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Rebecca Nurse (née Towne; February 13, 1621 – July 19, 1692) was a woman who was accused of witchcraft and executed by hanging in New England during the Salem Witch Trials of 1692. She was fully exonerated fewer than twenty years later. She was the wife of Francis Nurse, and had several children. Rebecca was a well-respected member of the ...
Sarah Cloys/Cloyce (alt. Cloys/Cloyes; née Towne; c. 1641 – 1703) [1] was among the many accused during Salem Witch Trials including two of her older sisters, Rebecca Nurse and Mary Eastey, who were both executed. Cloys/Cloyce was about 50-years-old at the time and was held without bail in cramped prisons for many months before her release.
June 29: Susannah Martin and Rebecca Nurse are tried and found guilty. June 30: Elizabeth Howe is tried and found guilty. July 2: Sarah Wildes is tried and found guilty. July 19: Sarah Good, Susannah Martin, Rebecca Nurse, Elizabeth Howe, and Sarah Wildes are executed by hanging at Gallows Hill in Salem. August 3: Martha Carrier is tried and ...
A petition in defense of Rebecca Nurse confirms that Edward Bishop Sr. could not have been the husband of Bridget Bishop. When Rebeccah Nurse was accused of witchcraft, a petition in her defense was signed by 39 of her neighbors, including Edward and Hannah Bishop (spelled Edward Besop Sr and Hana Besop on the petition).
Be it declared and enacted by His Excellency, the Governor, Council and Representatives authority of the same, That the several convictions, in General Court assembled, and by the judgements and attainders against the said George Burroughs, John Proctor, George Jacobs, John Williard, Giles Core, Martha Core, Rebecca Nurse, Sarah Good, Elizabeth ...
A former Playboy model killed herself and her 7-year-old son after jumping from a hotel in Midtown New York City on Friday morning. The New York Post reports that 47-year-old Stephanie Adams ...
Burns is the great-x10-grandchild of Rebecca Nurse one of the foremost protagonists of the trials in Salem and the grandchild of Armstrong Sperry. [2] [3] They received an A.B. from Mount Holyoke College in 1980 and an M.A. from University of New Hampshire in 1991.
A 1703 petition to clear the names of the accused witches, signed by Essex County ministers, did not include Noyes' name. In 1712, the excommunications of Rebecca Nurse and Giles Corey were reversed by the Salem Church "... as a result of pressure from Samuel Nurse rather from any remorse on the part of Nicholas Noyes." [9]