I'd be interested in any evidence about earlier charges of witchcraft against Rebecca Nurse, too. I do believe, though, that there were charges once made against her mother. I think I may have posted something about it to this list at some point during the earlier discussion. I don't believe I tracked down the specifics, just took it for more of the process of how charges like this came to be made. Also, as I recall, Rebecca Nurse was a Towne from Topsfield (I think I have the name of the place right) and/or her father sided with the Putnams on something, but were the Putnam and Towne families closely allied enough for long enough for Rebecca to have been targeted for such charges before? Certainly she does not seem to have been a target for such charges previously. One thing that bears on this is my previous notion that Rebecca Nurse had some role among her community, kin or neighbors as a nurse, healer, or midwife. It could have been an informal role. After re-reading everything I could get my hands on about her I decided I had her mixed up with one or two other people who were charged because they were healers and midwives. But that is the other likely reason why anyone might have made such an accusation against her before. I also recall something about a neighbor's pig getting into her garden. She yelled vigorously at the neighbors. They testified against her at the trial. Not sure if she bewitched the pig, or the neighbors. When was that, and did anything come of it before the trial? Yours, Dora ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com