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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;jb_depew, post: 5677149, member: 88227&quot;][USER=110504]@+VGO.DVCKS[/USER] - I&#039;m happy to elaborate. Thomas Carrier, my great grandfather 8 times over, was Welsh and served in the personal guard of Charles I. He was of extraordinary height for the era (nearly 7&#039; tall allegedly) which could have been a qualifier for his position in the guard. Supposedly, on the day of Charles&#039; execution, the executioner could not be found, and so my grandfather had to step in and lop off the king&#039;s head. Fast forward in time, he immigrated to Massachusets and was married to Martha Carrier, who was later executed in the Salem witch trials. In her defense, she was the only &quot;witch&quot; who never confessed. Thomas lived to be either 109 or 113 years old (depending on the source) and was in excellent health in his advanced age, supposedly without gray hair even after the age of 100 and being able to carry a heavy sack of corn the long distance between Colchester, CT and Glastonbury, CT... a distance of 15 miles each way according to Google maps. When I saw the coin of Charles I, I couldn&#039;t help but share this weird little bit of my family history.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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