Rebecca Towne Nurse
Rebecca Nurse was one of the people executed for witchcraft in the Salem Witch Trials. This topic is covered extensively on other web sites. She died at the age of 71 and had many children. There are thousands of people in the U.S. descended from Rebecca Nurse. We are related to her through the Secor line. Here are some informative links (links will open in a new window):- Rebecca Nurse Homestead is the museum containing the home where Rebecca Nurse lived and the plot where she is believed to be buried. The website has a historical information on the house and other information on the witch trials.
- Salem Witch Trials is a very informative site that has original documents and transcripts of the trials, as well as biographies of the accused witches and others involved.