Conk/Robillard Family Tree » Rebecca (Witch) Blessing Towne (1621-1692)
Personal data Rebecca (Witch) Blessing Towne
Source 1Sources 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16- She was born on February 21, 1621 in St Nicholas Ch, Great Yarmouth, England.Sources 2, 5, 9, 11, 12
Attention: Married (April 28, 1620) before birth (February 21, 1621).
Attention: Age at marriage (April 28, 1620) below 16 years (0). - She was baptized on February 21, 1621 in Gt. Yarmouth, Norfolk, England.Source 3
- Resident: Yarmouth, Norfolk, England.Source 16
- (Arrival) in the year 1637 in Massachusetts.Source 7
- She died on July 19, 1692 in Witch, Salem Essex, Massachusetts, Verenigde Staten, she was 71 years old.Sources 3, 4, 6, 9, 11, 12
- She is buried in Danvers, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA.Sources 4, 11, 12
- A child of William TOWNE and Joanna Blessing
Household of Rebecca (Witch) Blessing Towne
(1) She is married to Francis Nurse.
They got married at United States.Source 9
They got married on August 24, 1644 at Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, she was 23 years old.Source 3 They got married on 24 AUG at Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States.Child(ren):
- Mary Nurse 1641-1749
- Rebecca Nourse 1642-1719
- Rebecca Nourse ± 1642-1719
- Benjamin Nurse 1644-????
- John Nourse 1645-1747
- John Nurse 1645-1719
- Rebecca Nurse 1647-1719
- Rebecca Nurse 1647-1754
- Elizabeth Nurse 1647-1733
- Rebecca Preston 1647-1719
- Rebecca Nurse 1647-1695
- Sarah Nurse 1648-1754
- Samuel Nurse 1649-1715
- Francis Nourse 1650-1685
- Michael NURSE 1651-1671
- Nathaniel Nurse 1651-1671
- Michale NURSE 1651-1671
- Mary Nurse 1655-1749
- Isaac Nurse 1655-1719
- Mary Tarbell 1657-1749
- Jacob Nurse 1657-1749
- Suzanne Nurse 1658-1715
- Maty Nurse 1659-1715
- Francis Nurse 1660-1716
- Nathaniel Nurse 1663-????
- Sarah Nurse 1663-1754
- Elizabeth Nurse 1665-1735
- Benjamin Nurse 1666-1748
- Samuel Nurse 1667-1737
- Rebecca NURSE 1671-1774
- John NURSE 1677-????
(2) She is married to Roger Preston.
They got married on August 24, 1644 at Salem, Essex, MA, she was 23 years old.Sources 3, 13
Child(ren):
- Henry Preston 1643-????
- Thomas Preston 1643-1697
- Mary Preston 1645-1684
- John PRESTON 1650-1703
- Samuel Preston 1651-1738
- Jacob Preston 1658-1679
- Levi Preston 1662-1752
- Susannah Preston 1672-????
(3) She is married to Nicholas Holt.
They got married on May 21, 1666 at Andover, Mass, she was 45 years old.Source 15
(4) She is married to Nicholas Holt.
They got married on May 21, 1666 at Andover, Massachusetts, she was 45 years old.
(5) She is married to William Towne.
They got married on April 28, 1620 at Yarmouth, Norfolk, England.Source 16
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Sources
- Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree
http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=6785497&pid=57777
/ Ancestry.com - Family Data Collection - Births, Edmund West, comp. / Ancestry.com
- Millennium File, Heritage Consulting / Ancestry.com
- Massachusetts Town Death Records, New England Historic Genealogical Society / Ancestry.com
- American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI), Godfrey Memorial Library, comp. / Ancestry.com
- Family Data Collection - Deaths, Edmund West, comp. / Ancestry.com
- Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s, Gale Research, Place: Massachusetts; Year: 1637; Page Number: 15 / Ancestry.com
- U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, Yates Publishing, Source number: 748.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: EET / Ancestry.com
- U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
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Historical events
Birthday February 21, 1621
- Stadhouder Prins Maurits (Huis van Oranje) was from 1585 till 1625 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
- In the year 1621: Source: Wikipedia
- February 9 » Gregory XV becomes Pope, the last Pope elected by acclamation.
- February 17 » Myles Standish is appointed as first military commander of the English Plymouth Colony in North America.
- March 16 » Samoset, a Mohegan, visited the settlers of Plymouth Colony and greets them, "Welcome, Englishmen! My name is Samoset."
- March 22 » The Pilgrims of Plymouth Colony sign a peace treaty with Massasoit of the Wampanoags.
- May 24 » The Protestant Union is formally dissolved.
- June 21 » Execution of 27 Czech noblemen on the Old Town Square in Prague as a consequence of the Battle of White Mountain.
Day of marriage April 28, 1620
- Stadhouder Prins Maurits (Huis van Oranje) was from 1585 till 1625 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
- In the year 1620: Source: Wikipedia
- August 5 » The Mayflower departs from Southampton, England, carrying would-be settlers, on its first attempt to reach North America; it is forced to dock in Dartmouth when its companion ship, the Speedwell, springs a leak.
- September 6 » The Pilgrims sail from Plymouth, England on the Mayflower to settle in North America. (Old Style date; September 16 per New Style date.)
- September 17 » Polish–Ottoman War: The Ottoman Empire defeats the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth during the Battle of Cecora.
- November 8 » The Battle of White Mountain takes place near Prague, ending in a decisive Catholic victory in only two hours.
- November 11 » The Mayflower Compact is signed in what is now Provincetown Harbor near Cape Cod.
- November 21 » Plymouth Colony settlers sign the Mayflower Compact (November 11, O.S.)
Day of death July 19, 1692
- Stadhouder Prins Willem III (Huis van Oranje) was from 1672 till 1702 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
- In the year 1692: Source: Wikipedia
- February 13 » Massacre of Glencoe: Almost 80 Macdonalds at Glen Coe, Scotland are killed early in the morning for not promptly pledging allegiance to the new king, William of Orange.
- June 2 » Bridget Bishop is the first person to be tried for witchcraft in Salem, Massachusetts; she was found guilty and later hanged.
- June 7 » Port Royal, Jamaica, is hit by a catastrophic earthquake; in just three minutes, 1,600 people are killed and 3,000 are seriously injured.
- June 10 » Salem witch trials: Bridget Bishop is hanged at Gallows Hill near Salem, Massachusetts, for "certaine Detestable Arts called Witchcraft and Sorceries".
- September 22 » The last hanging of those convicted of witchcraft in the Salem witch trials; others are all eventually released.
- October 12 » The Salem witch trials are ended by a letter from the governor of the Massachusetts Bay Province.
Same birth/death day
- 1541 » Philipp V, Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg († 1599)
- 1556 » Sethus Calvisius, German astronomer, composer, and theorist († 1615)
- 1559 » Nurhaci, Manchu emperor († 1626)
- 1609 » Raimondo Montecuccoli, Italian military commander († 1680)
- 1621 » Rebecca Nurse, Massachusetts colonist, executed as a witch († 1692)
- 1705 » Edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke, English admiral and politician († 1781)
- 1631 » Cesare Cremonini, Italian philosopher and academic (b. 1550)
- 1742 » William Somervile, English poet and author (b. 1675)
- 1810 » Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Prussian queen (b. 1776)
- 1814 » Matthew Flinders, English navigator and cartographer (b. 1774)
- 1824 » Agustín de Iturbide, Mexican general and emperor (b. 1783)
- 1838 » Pierre Louis Dulong, French physicist and chemist (b. 1785)
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