Rebecca Nurse

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historical figure person victim of witch trials

Rebecca Nurse was a respected elderly Puritan woman in colonial Massachusetts who became one of the most famous individuals executed during the Salem witch trials.

Aliases (2)

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical figure → person → victim of witch trials →
ageAtDeath	71 →
birthName	Rebecca Towne →
burialPlace	Rebecca Nurse Homestead, Danvers, Massachusetts →
causeOfDeath	execution →
charge	witchcraft →
conflict	Salem witch trials →
countryOfBirth	England →
dateOfArrest	1692-03-24 →
dateOfBirth	1621-02-21 →
dateOfDeath	1692-07-19 →
describedAs	pious Puritan woman → respected elderly woman in Salem Village →
ethnicGroup	English colonist →
familyName	Nurse →
fictionalizationOf	Rebecca Nurse (character in The Crucible) →
fullName	Rebecca Nurse →
givenName	Rebecca →
hasMemorial	Rebecca Nurse Homestead → Rebecca Nurse Monument at Nurse Homestead Cemetery →
historicalPeriod	Colonial America →
historicalRegion	New England →
immigratedTo	Massachusetts Bay Colony →
legacy	symbol of injustice of the Salem witch trials →
legalStatus	convicted →
mannerOfDeath	execution by hanging →
notableFor	being accused of witchcraft in the Salem witch trials → being executed during the Salem witch trials →
numberOfChildren	8 →
occupation	homemaker →
placeOfBirth	Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England →
placeOfDeath	Salem, Massachusetts Bay Colony →
portrayedIn	The Crucible →
relative	Mary Easty → Sarah Cloyce →
religion	Puritanism →
representedIn	Rebecca Nurse Homestead museum exhibits → Salem Witch Museum exhibits →
residence	Salem Village, Massachusetts Bay Colony →
sentence	death by hanging →
sexOrGender	female →
sibling	Mary Easty → Sarah Cloyce →
spouse	Francis Nurse →
victimOf	judicial miscarriage of justice → religious hysteria →

Referenced by (15)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Francis Nurse → town of Salem (historical jurisdiction) ("accused person Rebecca Nurse") →	associatedWith
Mary Easty → Sarah Cloyce →	sibling
Abigail Williams →	accusesOfWitchcraft
Rebecca Nurse ("Rebecca Nurse (character in The Crucible)") →	fictionalizationOf
Rebecca Nurse →	fullName
The Crucible →	hasCharacter
Salem witch trials →	keyFigure
Rebecca Nurse Homestead →	namedAfter
Salem witch trials →	notableVictim
Elizabeth Howe →	sharesExecutionDateWith
Francis Nurse →	spouse
Ann Putnam Jr. →	testifiedAgainst
Court of Oyer and Terminer →	triedPerson