Rebecca Towne

1621 - 1692  (~ 71 years)

• Name	Rebecca Towne
  Christening	21 Feb 1621	Saint Nicholas Church, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England Saint Nicholas Church,  Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England   [1, 2]
  Married	24 Aug 1644 (~ 23 years)	Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [1, 2, 3]
  Francis Nourse. He died 22 November 1695 in Salem, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. John Nourse (1645-1719) 2. Rebecca Nourse (1647-1719) 3. Samuel Nourse (1649-1715) 4. Nathaniel Nourse (1651-____) 5. Mary Nourse (1659-1749) 6. Francis Nourse (1660-____) 7. Francis Nourse (1661-1716) 8. Sarah Nourse (1663-____) 9. Elizabeth Nourse (1665-1733) 10. Benjamin Nourse (1666-1748)
  Legal	1692 (~ 70 years)  [1]
  Rebecca was accused as a witch in 1692. The chief incitement against her was her deafness. After her first trial, the Governor reprieved her, but the pressure of the crowd and her accusers lead to a second trial. Her deafness, she was 72 years old, caused her to misunderstand a question, and her answer was interrupted as incriminating, thereby leading to a second conviction, and her eventual hanging.
  Death	19 Jul 1692	Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [2, 3]
  She was hanged for witchcraft.
  Siblings	4 brothers and 3 sisters
  1. Rebecca Towne,   c. 21 Feb 1621, Saint Nicholas Church, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England Saint Nicholas Church,  Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England d. 19 Jul 1692, Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age ~ 71 years)   2. John Towne,   c. 21 Feb 1624, Saint Nicholas Church, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England Saint Nicholas Church,  Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England   3. Susannah Towne,   c. 20 Oct 1625, Saint Nicholas Church, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England Saint Nicholas Church,  Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England d. Before 1672  (Age ~ 46 years)   4. Sargent Edmund Towne,   c. 28 Jun 1628, Saint Nicholas Church, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England Saint Nicholas Church,  Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England + 5. Ensign Jacob Towne,   c. 11 Mar 1632, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England d. 27 Nov 1704, Topsfield, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age ~ 72 years) ▻ Catherine Simonds,  m. 26 Jun 1657 ;   Phebe French,  m. 1684   6. Mary Towne,   c. 24 Aug 1634, Saint Nicholas Church, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England Saint Nicholas Church,  Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England d. 22 Sep 1692, Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age ~ 58 years)   7. Joseph Towne,   b. Abt 1639, Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 1713, Topsfield, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 74 years)   8. Sarah Towne,   c. 3 Sep 1648, Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. Before 1704, Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age ~ 55 years)
  Patriarch & Matriarch	John Towne   (Grandfather)  unknown wife  (Grandmother)
  Person ID, Branch	I20609
  Last Modified	17 Jul 2019

  
  

  Father	William Towne,   c. 18 Mar 1598/99, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England d. Abt 1673, Topsfield, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (Age ~ 73 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Joanna Blessing,   b. 1599/1600, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England d. 1682, Topsfield, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (Age 82 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Family ID	F581	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Pedigree

  ← Click to display 1Rebecca Towne(1621 – 1692) 2William Towne(18 Mar 1598/99 – Abt 1673) 4John Towne 8 9 5Elizabeth Clarke(1569 – ) 10John Clarke( – 1610) 11Rose Fenne( – 1619) 3Joanna Blessing(1599/1600 – 1682) 6John William Blyssinge(1575 – ) 12 13 7unknown wife 14 15

  
  

• Event Map		Christening - 21 Feb 1621 - Saint Nicholas Church, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England Married - 24 Aug 1644 - Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Death - 19 Jul 1692 - Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources 🟢 Primary Evidence 🟡 Secondary Evidence 🟠 Tertiary Evidence 🔴 Unreliable Evidence

  [S1388] Patterson, Shirley Drury Email: 2000-01-06 "William Towne" , (Email message from jpsp28 (at) aol.com, 6 January 2000). [S653] Davis, Walter Goodwin. Massachusetts and Maine Families in the Ancestry of Walter Goodwin Davis volume III, (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1996). [S635] Annett, Albert and Alice E. E. Lehtinen. The Generations of Jaffrey, New Hampshire, (Jaffrey, New Hampshire: The Town of Jaffrey, 1934).