March 19: Abigail Williams denounces Rebecca Nurse as a witch.
April 3: Sarah Cloyce, after defending her sister, Rebecca Nurse, is accused of witchcraft.
The house of one of the convicted "witches," Rebecca Nurse, is still standing in Danvers and can be visited as a historical landmark.
He then later sadly witnesses the hanging of Rebecca Nurse, Martha Corey and John Proctor.
July 19 - Rebecca Nurse, accused witch (b. 1621)
Rebecca Nurse, executed in the Salem Witch Trials (1692), was the most notable resident.
John Proctor and Rebecca Nurse were also executed.
Rebecca Nurse was also the subject of Lectures on Witchcraft by Charles W. Upham.
Joseph signed, with Israel Porter (his father-in-law), the petition on the behalf of Rebecca Nurse.
Newsletter of the Rebecca Nurse Homestead Preservation Society, Summer 2006.