OK. So I actually posted this comment in the "Humans used fire one million years ago" thread,
& then I thought why not start a new thread & leave the Shang-hai/Hi-jack action to others...
My 9th Maternal Great Grandmother was one of the last Accused Witches hanged at Salem in 1692. Her name was Martha Carrier (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martha_Carrier) & she was hanged, with 4 others, on 19 August of that year. Cotton Mather labelled her as "An Arrant Hag." 17 others were hanged & one man, 80 year-old farmer, Giles Corey was crushed to death by the weight of stones piled on top of him...Corey's reported last words were "More rocks" or "More weight".
Anyway, any of you others out there in Hearth-Head Land have any notables in your family trees?
& then I thought why not start a new thread & leave the Shang-hai/Hi-jack action to others...
My 9th Maternal Great Grandmother was one of the last Accused Witches hanged at Salem in 1692. Her name was Martha Carrier (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martha_Carrier) & she was hanged, with 4 others, on 19 August of that year. Cotton Mather labelled her as "An Arrant Hag." 17 others were hanged & one man, 80 year-old farmer, Giles Corey was crushed to death by the weight of stones piled on top of him...Corey's reported last words were "More rocks" or "More weight".
Anyway, any of you others out there in Hearth-Head Land have any notables in your family trees?