Stephen, I am pretty sure that I am the quilty one who stated that I thought my ancestress Susannah Martin should have "confessed" to spare her children and grandchildren the pain of what they must have gone through. I am fairly close to the age that Susannah was when she was hanged. My children are all grown with children of their own. Frankly, I would walk through Hell itself, barefooted to spare them the pain of seeing me, their mom and nana, go through what Susannah and the others had to endure. Honestly - no lie would be too great for me to "confess" to spare them the tears and agony that my George, your Sarah their siblings and their families had to endure. I may get "flamed " for feeling this way. Guess I am as stubborn in that sense as our ancestress. Stephen - had Susannah been born in our time and present culture, she would probably be a corporation president or a senator. Like Susannah, I tend to say things I shouldn't (have gotten better with the years), I tend to shrug off doing the conventional thing (like moving to Saudi Arabia) but I honestry try to avoid things that might hurt my family (they may think otherwise in some instances). Let me put it this way, even though Susannah was very intelligent, a remarkable woman for her time (which probably lead to her doom), a little ol' lie could have save her family from a lot of tears. Has this tragedy not hung over your generation in silent ways - 300 years later? Guilty as charged Janet Letson Yates P.S. Thank you for sticking up for our Susannah.