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     Benjamin Nurse b. On 26 January 1666 at Salem, Essex County, Mass.¹

     Elizabeth Nurse b. On 2 January 1665 at Salem, Essex County, Mass.

     Francis Nurse b. On 18 January 1618 at Wenhaston, Suffolk County, England, is described as a once obscure artisan who in 1678 became a substantial figure in Salem Village when he purchased on credit a 300 acre farm near the Ipswich road. The prosperity of this farm allowed payment of its mortgage on time; similarly all eight sons and sons-in-law settling nearby the Nurse farm also enjoyed financial success. In this decade, Francis also was involved in a protracted dispute with Nathaniel Putnam over a land boundary. His success in his farming venture and apparent financial alliance with the more commercial Salem Town as opposed to the less successful and agrarian Salem Village may have led his wife to become the innocent victim in the witchcraft accusations which stemmed from members of the Putnam family and their associates. Francis also was an opponent of Salem Village minister, the Reverend Samuel Parris, whose sermons may have focused social anxieties into an anti-Satanic movement. The introduction of supernatural forces is argued to have been the response of a downwardly mobile social group (agrarian based on less productive land far from the center and commercial prosperity of Salem Town) against those who were otherwise upwardly mobile (due to commercial interests as well as owning more productive farm land close to the center of Salem Town, which provided the major marketplace for sale of its products), in an era in which the participants had little understanding of the stress on social and religious values due to rapid economic change over which they had no control. He m. Rebecca Towne, daughter of William Towne and Joanna Blessing, on 24 August 1644 at Salem, Essex County, Mass. Francis Nurse d. On 22 November 1695 at Salem, Essex County, Mass.¹

     Francis Nurse b. On 3 February 1661 at Salem, Essex County, Mass.¹

     John Nurse b. In 1645 at Salem, Essex County, Mass.

     Mary Nurse b. In 1653 at Salem, Essex County, Mass.

     Nathaniel Nurse b. In 1651 at Salem, Essex County, Mass.

     Rebecca Nurse b. In 1647 at Salem, Essex County, Mass. She m. Thomas PRESTON, son of Roger PRESTON and Martha Towne, on 15 April 1669 at Salem, Essex County, Mass.¹
     As of 15 April 1669,her married name was PRESTON.

     Samuel Nurse b. On 3 February 1649 at Salem, Essex County, Mass.

     Sarah Nurse b. In 1663 at Salem, Essex County, Mass.

     John NYTES b. Circa 1835 at Prussia, Halden, Germany. He m. Adelheid RENZELMANN, daughter of Engelbert RENZELMANN and Wilhelmina BOEGEL, circa 1860 at Prussia, Halden, Germany. John NYTES d. In 1894 at Sheboygan, Wis.

     Anna OCHLER b. Circa 1866. She m. Simon Edward CLARK, son of Sanford Jeremy CLARK and Mary Jane DUMPROPE, circa 1889 at Sheboygan Falls, Sheboygan County, Wis.
     As of circa 1889,her married name was CLARK.

     T. J. ODELL b. Circa 1825 at Penn. He m. Anna Elizabeth GILMORE, daughter of John Young GILMORE and Jane BURNSIDE, circa 1845 at Penn.

     Harold C. Olson b. On 2 July 1920 at Saint Charles, Winona County, Minn. He m. Lorayne (Lorraine) Ellen TODD, daughter of Lester Uriah TODD and May Adina JENSEN, on 17 November 1946 at Evangelical Lutheran Church, Rochester, Olmsted County, Minn. Harold C. Olson d. On 29 January 1998 at Saint Charles, Winona County, Minn.

     Elizabeth OSBORN b. On 9 December 1665 at New Haven, Conn, born daughter of Jeremiah and Mary Osborn.¹ She m. Samuel THOMAS, son of John THOMAS and Tabitha (?) (Thomas), circa 1691 at New Haven, Conn.
     As of circa 1691,her married name was THOMAS.