Born ‎24 Aug 1634 Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England, baptised ‎24 Aug 1634 St. Nicholas Ch., Gt. Yarmouth, Co Norfolk, England, died ‎22 sep 1692 Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, USA‎, 58 years, buried ‎25 sep 1692 Salem, Essex, Mass, ‎1st married/ related to: Isaac Estey, ‎2nd married/ related to: Isaac Esty
Like her sister Rebecca, Mary Esty was accused of being a witch and hanged during the horrible hysteria of the Salem Witch Trials of 1692.
!HISTORY: "About Towne" (ref. above) "William and Joanna's children
who
came with them on the ship circa 1635 were: Rebecca, age 14".
"Rebecca Nurse was born Rebecca Towne, the eldest child of William
and Joanna Blessing Towne of Great Yarmouth, England & Salem, MA.
Two of
Rebecca's sisters, Mary Towne Estey and Sarah Towne Bridges Cloyce
were tried
for witchcraft. Mary Estey was executed and Sarah Cloyce was
finally released
from prison after suffering greatly." Kile Unterzuber (CompuServe
76472,45)