Jonathan NURSE

Born

4 March 1692 , Salem, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Died

26 November 1717 , Reading, Province of Massachusetts Bay

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Francis NURSE Sarah CRAGGEN

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Born: 4 March 1692 in Salem, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Father: Francis NURSE

Mother: Sarah CRAGGEN

Paternal grandparents: Francis NURSE , Rebecca TOWNE

Maternal grandparents: John CRAGGEN , Sarah DAWES

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Jonathan married Abigail HARDEN 27 January 1713 in Reading, Province of Massachusetts Bay . Abigail HARDEN was born 25 April 1692 in Reading, Massachusetts, USA. Abigail died 25 April 1735 in Haverhill, Massachusetts, USA (Ayers Village).

Jonathan NURSE died 26 November 1717 in Reading, Province of Massachusetts Bay.
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Abigail HARDEN
Marriage date: 27 January 1713
Marriage place: Reading, Province of Massachusetts Bay

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...Not far distant from the Harnden home,-in what is now North Reading, dwelt the family of Francis and Sarah Nurse. Francis was the son of Rebecca Nurse, a woman executed as a witch in Salem. The-youngest in that family was Jonathan. He and Abigail were married in 1713, after which he lived for only four years.

On May 8, 1720 Abigail Nurse married Daniel Eames, the son of Samuel, a man born in Woburn. They became the ancestors of many members of the Eames family in Wilmington. Their home was the present home of Mrs. Wolff, across from Wildwood Street, on the ancient Andover Road, 504 Woburn Street.

Deacon Harnden home fell victim to Route 9

Town Crier, Wilmington, Massachusetts

January 8, 1992

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Birth — 1692
4 March 1692
Salem, Province of Massachusetts Bay

1698 - The steam engine is invented (Thomas Savery, England)

1713 Marriage / Partner
Jonathan NURSE and Abigail HARDEN 27 January 1713, Reading, Massachusetts, USA

He was 20 years old.

Death — 1717
26 November 1717
Reading, Province of Massachusetts Bay
He died at the age of 25.

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Burying Point Cemetery Salem Essex County Massachusetts, USA

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Record added: 6/6/2016 10:59:21 PM
Last updated: 8/7/2017 11:19:27 AM

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1628 - 1686 - Massachusetts Bay Colony
1686 - 1689 - Dominion of New England
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1776 - 1788 - Crown Colony of Massachusetts Bay
February 6, 1788 - Massachusetts becomes 6th U.S. state