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Stanley:
Rebecca (Towne) Nurse’ parents, William Towne and Joanna Blessing, came from Yarmouth England.
William Towne, father of Rebecca (Towne) Nurse, was baptized and listed in the registers of the parish of St Nicholas, Great Yarmouth, County of Norfolk, England. It is believed that Francis Nurse came from the parish of Wenhaston in Suffolk County England. There is no known date of birth for Francis Nurse.
From Towne of Topsfield, from the Ancestry of Sarah Johnson, by Walter Goodwin Davis…
“William Towne was baptized at Great Yarmouth March 18, 1598/9. He married Joan Blessing at St Nicholas church, Great Yarmouth on April 25, 1620. In that church they had six children baptized between 1621 and 1634 and some time thereafter, probably in 1635, they emigrated to New England and settled in Salem where many Great Yarmouth people had preceded them.”
From Nurse of Salem, from the Ancestry of Sarah Johnson, by Walter Goodwin Davis…
“Nurse is a surname which means exactly what it says. It is far from common in England. In January 1638, a census was taken of the men of county Suffolk “from sixteen to threescore yeeres of Age” who were able to bear arms and among those of the parish of Wenhaston was “Fr: Nursie.” Francis Nurse, who was in Salem in Massachusetts Bay by 1640, was born about 1618-1620, so he would have fallen within the census age bracket.”
Cindy
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