Nurse was tried again and the jury found her guilty of witchcraft, On July 19, Nurse and several others who had been accused of witchcraft were hanged on Gallows Hill.
Nurse was found guilty and was sentenced to death by judge John Hathorne by being hung by a rope in the town square. The court walked her to her execution. The executioners, set up the rope and placed the rope around her neck and placed a stool for her to stand on. Then when she finished, they hung her and took her corpse to the cemetery and did not have a funeral for her and buried her in an unmarked grave. Rebecca Nurse Cornell Notes. The Salem Witch Files. Abigail Williams. Ann Putnam Sr.
Bridget Bishop. Cotton Mather. Elizabeth Proctor. Giles Corey. John Proctor. Judge Hathorne. Martha Corey. Mary Warren. Mercy Lewis Justin.
Mercy Lewis Phuc. Rebecca Nurse. Samuel Parris. Reverend John Hale. Thomas Putnam. Tituba Indian. In the spring of , a group of young girls who claimed to be bewitched began accusing other members of the Salem community of witchcraft. Hysteria spread through the colony a special court had to be put together to hear the cases of the accused. Those that were guilty was either killed, hang or even sent to jail for the rest of their lives, and even died in jail.
After accusing their caretaker of witchcraft and two others of being witches and found guilty the girls'. More than were accused and 20 were executed, mostly women. With the accused witches being in jail or either dead, the girls outburst in court continued until they accused the prime minister. Her parents William and Joanna Towne moved her and her five siblings to Massachusetts and settled at Topsfield. She met a man named Francis Nurse and moved to Salem after they had gotten married.
In the couple purchased a farm near Salem Village. She raised all eight children which consist of four sons and four daughters. Nurse attended the Salem church and was a good Christian. She was the community healer and all of her neighbors spoke highly of her. In the end, after one of the great confrontations between an accused and the infamous Judge Hathorne, the Judges found cause to bind Rebecca Nurse over for trial after which she was executed on Gallows Hill on July 19, The examination of Rebecca Nurse was recorded by the Reverend Samuel Parris, whose own young daughter Betty was one of the accusers together Betty's cousin, twelve-year old Abigail Williams.
He writes that the examination opened with Hathorne turning his attention not to Nurse, but rather to Abigail Williams. Williams reported to the magistrates that the apparition of Nurse had just that morning, as well as on previous occasions, afflicted her. Shortly after this statement, Ann Putnam, Jr. Hathorne first turned his attention to Nurse, and pointedly asked her to account for the accusations of Williams and Putnam. Nurse, defiant and incredulous to the end, responded, "I can say before my Eternal Father I am innocent and God will clear my innocency.
After receiving two more accounts implicating Nurse in witchcraft, this time from adult men in the community, Hathorne put the question more directly. A witness claims to have heard Putnam say Ruth's accusations helped him obtain land. Mary Warren Servant to the Proctors. She goes along with Abigail and the girls by falsely accusing others of witchcraft; however, she later admits that she was lying. Mercy Lewis Servant to the Putnams and friend to Abigail. She participates in the witch trials by pretending to see spirits and falsely accusing individuals of witchcraft.
John Proctor Salem farmer and former lover of Abigail's. He openly denounces Parris and does not attend church.
Elizabeth Proctor Wife of John Proctor. She is a decent and honest woman, who dismissed Abigail because of her affair with John Proctor. Reverend Hale Minister in Beverly. The people of Salem summon him to investigate Betty's condition and determine if witchcraft is responsible. He supports the witch trials, but later denounces them when he learns that Abigail is lying.
Rebecca Nurse Wife of Francis Nurse. She is one of the most respected individuals in Salem because of her kindness and charity. She argues against the witch trial investigations. Putnam accuses her of witchcraft. Francis Nurse Farmer and landowner in Salem. He is a respected member of the community often called upon to settle disagreements between individuals.
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