Saturday, March 12, 2016

Surname Saturday -- NURSE (England to colonial New England)

It's Surname Saturday, and I'm "counting down" my Ancestral Name List each week.  


I am in the 8th great-grandmothers and I'm up to Ancestor #1261, who is Sarah NURSE (1650-????) 
[Note: the earlier great-grandmothers and 8th great-grandfathers have been covered in earlier posts].

My ancestral line back through two generations of this NURSE family line is:


1. Randall J. Seaver

2. Frederick Walton Seaver (1911-1983)
3. Betty Virginia Carringer (1919-2002)

4. Frederick Walton Seaver (1876-1942)
5. Alma Bessie Richmond (1882-1962)

8. Frank Walton Seaver (1852-1922)
9. Hattie Louise Hildreth (1857-1920)


18.  Edward Hildreth (1831-1899)
19.  Sophia Newton (1834-1923)

38.  Thomas J. Newton (1800-????)
39.  Sophia Buck (1797-1882)

78.  Isaac Buck (1757-1846)
79.  Martha Phillips (1757-1820)

156.  Isaac Buck (1732-????)
157.  Mary Richards (1733-????)

314.  Joseph Richards (1703-1748)
315.  Mary Bowden (1705-1755)

630.  Michael Bowden (1673-1741)
631.  Sarah Davis (1676-1754)

 1260.  Michael Bowden, born about 1651 in Massachusetts, United States; died 26 June 1740 in Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, United States.  He married 15 December 1669 in Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts, United States.
1261.  Sarah Nurse, born about 1650 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States.  

Children of Michael Bowden and Sarah Nurse are:
*  Susannah Bowden (1670-????).
*  Michael Bowden (1673-1741), married 1697 Sarah Davis (1676-1754).
*  Samuel Bowden (1676-1737), married 1705 Mary Webber (1673-1737).
*  Francis Bowden *1678-1759), married 1707 Mary Bobbyer (1687-1748).

2522. Francis Nurse, born before 18 January 1618 in England; died 22 November 1695 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States.  He married 24 August 1644 in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England.
2523.  Rebecca Towne, born before 21 February 1621 in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England; died 19 July 1692 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States.  She was the daughter of 5046. William Towne and 5047. Joan Blessing.

Children of Francis Nurse and Rebecca Towne are:
*  John Nurse (1645-1719), married (1) 1672 Elizabeth Smith (1645-1673); (2) 1677 Elizabeth Verry (1655-1684).
*  Rebecca Nurse (1647-1695), married 1669 Thomas Preston (1643-1697).
*  Samuel Nurse (1648-1715), married 1677 Mary Smith (1660-1716).
*  Sarah Nurse (1650-????), married 1669 Michael Bowden (1651-1740).
*  Mary Nurse (1655-1749), married 1678 John Tarbell (1654-1715).
*  Francis Nurse (1661-1716), married 1685 Sarah Craggen (1664-1707).
*  Elizabeth Nurse (1664-1735), married 1678 William Russell (1655-1733).
*  Benjamin Nurse (1666-1748), married (1) 1688 Tamesin Smith (1671-1713); (2) 1714 Elizabeth Sawtell (1669-1723).

Information about this Nurse family was obtained from:

Walter Goodwin Davis, The Ancestry of Sarah Johnson, 1775-1824 Wife of Joseph Neal of Litchfield Maine (Portland, ME. : The Anthoensen Press, 1960).

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