Home                   Return to People Quiz                      Contact Salem Focus at   salemfocus@comcast.net

         Rebecca Nurse    1621-1692

         See photo 19:

         Rebecca Nurse was born in Yarmouth, England. At the Salem Witch Trials Nurse was accused by Ann Putnam of being a witch.         

         Her story has been made famous by fictionalized accounts such as Arthur Miller's play The Crucible. The mother of eight was 71

         when she was brought before the court. Thirty-nine members of the community signed petition in her defense. The initial verdict of

         the court was Not Guilty, but such an uproar arose from the courtroom that the judges reconsidered the decision and this time the jury

         found her guilty. She was hanged on Gallows Hill in Salem.