Hello All, I'm not a fan of Giles Cory. He was a large brutish man who some years earlier had allegedly beat a servent of his to death, but was never tried or convicted of the act. As to "in perfect memory" was simply how some wrote "of sound mind". Bear in mind that they spoke and wrote (if literate) differently in that period. Just thought I'd throw in my two cents. I probably just took a stick and poked a hornets nest. Sorry. One other pet peave. As an English minor when I was in college it was drilled into us that: people are hanged, things are hung. Just my OCD talking. Thanks All, Dana A. Wildes Greatx8 Grand son of Sarah Wild (Wildes) Greatx8 Nephew of Rebecca Nurse, Mary Esty, Sarah Cloyce, etc......