Cindy's report is something I expected to see presently -- that some clans at Salem Village many have had both accused and accusers among them, almost under the same roof, figuratively speaking anyway, during the witch trials. For example, the Andrews. (The Andrews were Villagers, weren't they? I'm not sure.) There really should be other clans in the same pickle. Boyer and Nissenbaum count 25 accused at Salem Village. They also count 105 "householders" total. If spread evenly, that would be one accused witch in every fourth home. But, in reality there would be some reductions. Several of the 25 were all Townes. But also, several of the 105 households were also all Townes in one way or another. Etc., etc. And in such a small population, the in-law network must have been tight indeed. There is something here that argues against the conspiracy theories and in favor of the panic theory, but I'll be doggone if I can put it together. Insufficient data, I suppose. But it seems to me that the more clans (including close in-laws) that had both accused and accusers answerable to a common patriarch, the more the whole event looks like a general panic. But, how many such clans were there? Figuring that out could take years. Lester Powers On Wed, 19 Mar 2003 18:32:40 -0500 "Cindy Snyder" <CSNYDER6@cfl.rr.com> writes: > Susannah Towne, daughter of Joseph, brother of accused sisters, > Rebecca Nurse, Mary Easty and Sarah Cloyse married John Cummings. > both of his parents, Isaac Cummings and Mary Andrews Cummings > testified against Elizabeth Howe. The Andrews family had accusers > and accused.Mary's two brothers, John Andrews, Joseph Andrews, > testified against Sarah Wildes. The children of her brother Thomas, > Daniel Andrews and Rebecca Andrews Jacobs, were both accused. > > ________________________________________________________________ Sign Up for Juno Platinum Internet Access Today Only $9.95 per month! Visit www.juno.com