And off Route 1 tucked away from the hustle and bustle of shopping malls, sits the Rebecca Nurse Homestead, the only home of a person executed during the witch trials, open to the public.

“Rebecca Nurse was my eighth great aunt,” Lambright said from her home in Corvallis, Oregon, referencing the famous victim of the 1692 Salem Witch Trials. Lambright said she is also related to ...

Nurse’s home in Danvers, Massachusetts, is now a museum. When the Rebecca Nurse Homestead invited people to send cards for her 400th birthday, they were stunned at how many came in, mostly from ...

Could good old Rebecca Nurse have been, alive yesterday and visited the old homestead in Danvers and heard the judgment pronounced by her descendants on her judges and murderers in 1692 ...

DANVERS — The Rebecca Nurse Homestead is getting a new roof. American Steeple and Tower Company in Salem, a contractor that specializes in historic restoration, is replacing the wood-shingled ...

For the Rebecca Nurse Homestead in Danvers, this year has been full of firsts. The home of the oldest woman accused of witchcraft and executed during the 17th century Salem Witch Trials typically ...

The wedding in the meetinghouse will take place in just a half an hour. The Rebecca Nurse homestead is not always bustling with so much activity. Time is more often spent with the day-to-day chores.

In 1692, 71-year-old Rebecca (Towne) Nurse, a bedridden invalid and mother of eight went to the gallows, accused of witchcraft by townspeople who just weeks earlier had sung hymns with her in church.

In the early 20th century, the Rebecca Nurse Homestead in Danvers became a museum, and a garden party bazaar was held to celebrate. This summer, Thera Driscoll volunteered, in homemade costume ...