I just joined also. Here is one of my Unsolved Mysteries (part *is* "solved", but just thought I'd share in case anyone had further info). I hope this is not a non-mystery that doesn't qualify for listing on here, but since there were no posts, maybe this will amuse someone! Alice MARTIN, stepmother of Damaris BISHOP (who m. my ancestor, William SUTTON in 1666, Eastham MA), apparently murdered one of her daughters by a previous marriage to a George CLARK, by whom she had two daughters, Martha and Abigail. Alice apparently murdered Martha (b. 1644) on 22 Jul 1648 while Martha was in bed, and then was found wandering around looking for her daughter, didn't remember killing her! I have copies of those court records of her trial at home, if anyone is interested. Alice was the first person to be hung in Plymouth Colony for her crime. Further Alice MARTIN mystery: >From someone on the SUTTON e-mail List, in 1998, I received this: >I have recently been reviewing my notes on Damaris [Bishop}and William Sutton >and I thought that I would post some notes I received some years ago when I >was looking for the parents of Alice MARTIN mother of Damaris BISHOP. Someone >had told me she was probably the daughter of Christopher Martin of the >"Mayflower" but I have never found anything to verify this and these letters >also mention that nothing is known of this connection between Alice and >Christopher Martin. Has anyone found any proof to the contrary? sincerely, >Wendy Schmutz > >"Boston Public Library, 19th Sept 1991, >I have enclosed a photocopy of notes I made over twenty years ago on the Alice >Bishop case and, in addition, a photocopy from Eugene A. Stratton's Plymouth >Colony: Its History and People, 1620-1691 which gives additional information. >These notes include all the court records on the case and a reference to >Richard Bishop in 1649. I know nothing of the parents of Alice [Martin] >[Clark] Bishop. She is of no known relationship to Christopher Martin. signed >Edwin Sanford, Coordinator of Social Sciences" > >"Old Colony Historical Society, Taunton, MA . June 13, 1991 >Please find copies of the court records concerning Alice Bishop's murder >trial. According to all of our standard genealogical sources, Alice Martin's >parentage is unknown. signed, Lisa Compton, Director" > My connection to all this: Damaris BISHOP married my ancestor William SUTTON. Francesca Sutton Austin Tx