Rebecca Nurse Monument in Danvers, Massachusetts
The Rebecca Nurse Monument is a memorial dedicated to Salem Witch Trials victim Rebecca Nurse in Danvers, Massachusetts. Erected in the spring of 1885, the monument is located in the… Read more »
Category: Colonial Era
George Jacobs Sr.’s House Destroyed by Fire in 1932
On July 12, 1932, the historic George Jacobs House in Danvers, Massachusetts. was destroyed by a fire, according to a news report in the Beverly Evening Times. Fire Chief Joseph… Read more »
Pirate Thomas Veale
Thomas Veale was a pirate who was reportedly buried alive with his treasure in a cave in Dungeon Rock in Lynn, Massachusetts, in 1658. According to a book published in… Read more »
Narbonne House in Salem, Massachusetts
The Thomas Ives–Narbonne House is a historic First Period house in Salem, Massachusetts. Built in 1672, the house is a two-story, clapboard house with a gable roof. It features a… Read more »
George Jacobs Sr.’s Grave
After George Jacobs Sr. was executed on August 19, 1692, during the Salem Witch Trials, his body was reportedly buried on his farm in Danvers, Mass. According to historian Charles… Read more »