Display Patriot - P-340215 - Samuel NURSE/NOURSE

Samuel NURSE/NOURSE

SAR Patriot #: P-340215

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State of Service: MA      Qualifying Service: Patriotic Service
DAR #: A085013

Birth: 25 Apr 1715 Salem / Essex / MA
Death: 08 May 1790 Bolton / Worcester / MA

Qualifying Service Description:

1773, he became a member of the Bolton town Committee of Correspondence.


Additional References:
  1. Whitcomb, Esther K., History of Bolton [MA] 1738-1938, Massachusetts. Bolton: [np], 1938 [service source not found in this reference].
  2. Need a source of service.

Spouse: Elizabeth Kellogg
Children: John; David; Elizabeth; Jonathan; Sarah; Asa; Benjamin; Eunice; Phebe; Abigail; Lucey; Barnard;
Members Who Share This Ancestor
Date Approved Society ACN SAR Member Info Lineage via Child View Application Detail
2015-12-30 OK 67167 Robert Roy Thomas (162076) Asa   
Burial:
Old South Burying Ground (aka South Cemetery) (C-0053377)
Location:
Bolton / Worcester / MA / USA
Find A Grave Cemetery #:
91714
Grave Plot #:
Grave GPS Coordinates:
n/a
Find A Grave Memorial #:
80868952
Marker Type:
Other stake; SAR
SAR Grave Dedication Date:
bef 01 Mar 2011

Comments:
  • Original upright stone
  • SAR Medal Marker [not found in Find-a-Grave photographs].


Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:


Author: Robert Roy Thomas

Samuel Nurse/Nourse was born on 25 April 1715 in Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts.1 He was the son of Samuel and Dorothy (Faulkner) Nurse.

He was living in Bolton when he married Elizabeth Kellogg, and their marriage intent was published on 29 December 1739.2

Following her death, he married Abigail Barnard in about 1752.3

He served in French and Indian War. His age would have likely precluded him from enlisted man service during the American Revolution, but he did perform his civic duty by serving on the Bolton Committee of Correspondence in 1773. A primary source of this service has not been located by the SAR, but likely exists in the records of Bolton, Massachusetts.4

Samuel made his Last Will and Testament on 20 November 1788 in Bolton, Worcester County.5 In the document, he names his heirs as his wife, Abigail, and his children: [birth dates and spouse names added by researcher]

  • John [Patriot P-257268; was born on 16 November 1740 and married Hezediah Hapgood]
  • David [Patriot P-257462; was born on 19 January 1741 and married Rebecca Barrett]
  • Elizabeth Meriam [was born on 22 January 1743 and married Amos Merriam; Patriot P-248074]
  • Jonathan [was born on 18 December 1748 and married Ruth Barrett]
  • Sarah Moore [was born on 8 January 1750 and married Phineas Moore; Patriot P-329247]
  • Asa [Patriot P-257458; was born on 17 March 1753 and married an unknown woman]
  • Benjamin [Patriot P-257461; was born on 16 January 1755 and married Sibella Bailey]
  • Eunice Houghton [was born on 5 July 1760 and married Jazaniah Houghton]
  • Phebe Atherton [was born on 9 May 1762 and married Jonathan Atherton]
  • Abigail Holman [was born on 18 June 1765 and married Abraham Holman Jr.]
  • Lucey Fairbanks [was born on 28 June 1769 and married Ephraim Fairbanks]
  • Barnard [was born on 10 June 1771 and married Hannah Barrett]

The Patriot died on 8 May 1790 in Bolton, Worcester County, Massachusetts.6


Sources:

  1. Vital Records Salem, Massachusetts page 116
  2. Perley, Sidney, The History of Salem, Massachusetts, Volume II, 1638-1670, Massachusetts. Salem: self-published, 1926, page 143
  3. Vital Records Salem, Massachusetts page 132
  4. Ancestor number A085013
  5. Worcester County, Worcester Probate Files Series A, Case 43941
  6. Vital Records Bolton, Massachusetts

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