Rebecca Nurse was highly respected throughout Salem and most people think that she shouldn’t have been hung or that she could be a witch, in her original trial she was not accused of being a witch but then the jury was forced to reconsider. Many villagers wrote petitions stating Rebecca Nurse’s innocence but they didn’t accomplish anything. During her trial Rebecca Nurse was not asked to speak first instead Abigail Williams spoke of how Nurse had just sent her spirt to hurt the girls just that morning then Ann Putnam accused Nurse after Abigail Williams. Rebecca Nurse was married to Francis Nurse who was a land owner who had disputes with Thomas Putnam. Francis and Rebecca had 8 children together. Thomas Putnam is seen by some to be one for