REBECCA NURSE

BACKGROUND

• Roger Conant was the founder of Salem
• Conant led a group of people to Naumkeag; now Salem
• Found by planning to move their fishing settlement
• The Puritans helped with the creation of Salem

DESCRIPTION OF REBECCA NURSE

• Rebecca Towne Nurse
• Rebecca was born in Great Yarmouth,England.
• Rebecca Nurse had three sisters & three brothers.
• She was the wife of Francis Nurse.
• Parents: William & Joanna Towne

SETTING

• Rebecca Nurse lived in The Salem Village.
• Townspeople:Elizabeth & John Proctor,Tituba, & Giles Corey.
• The warrant was issued for her arrest on March 23,1692.
• Her trail began on June 30th,1692.
• Nurse and her family lived on a vast homestead.

CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT

• Nurse was a very we'll respected member of the community.
• Her husband was a "tray maker" by trade.
• Francis originally rented out there home & gradually paid it off.
• The Nurse family had been involved in a number of land disputes with the Putnam family.

RELIGIOUS BELIEFS

• Nurse frequently attended church, which made her family very well respected.
• Nurse continues to show strength even though death was involved.

POLITICS

• The congregation was formed by rev. Samuel Paris
• Judges: John Hathorne, Samuel Sewall, William Stoughton
• Governor: William Phips

JUDICIAL PROCESS

• Rebecca was charged with supernatural murders

THE TRIAL

• It is said that she was accused by the Putnams
• At the end of her trial in June 1692, she was found not guilty
• The children that were at the trial threw a fit and made the court reconsider
• The court found her guilty and sentenced her to be executed on July 19,1692

FINAL THOUGHTS

• Nurse was accused because people were lying to save themselves.
• I don't think it was a fair trial because she was not involved in witchcraft.