The reactions of the conspirator's families

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I can only speak for the Surratt family: Awhile ago, I posted that there is absolutely no record that Mary Surratt's mother (who outlived her by 13 years) ever spoke about her daughter, and there is no evidence that she ever visited her during her imprisonment. She was not present at the Mt. Olivet reinterment of Mary's body either.

Mary's older brother, John Zadoc Jenkins, supported her during the trial; but the younger brother, James Archibald, supposedly retorted to my great-grandfather Huntt - upon being extended condolences - that his sister got just what she deserved, that she knew what she was doing.

I have spoken with Mary's great-grandchildren and later generations over the past forty years, and they offer no substantial comments. They have actually told me that we know more history than they do because the subject was taboo when they were growing up.