She saved her brother’s life at the cost of her own. “In the Diary of Hon. Samuel Sewall (Vol. 1, p. 10) is the following:"1675 July 31, at midnight, Tho. Wood, carpenter, of Rowley, had his house and goods burnt, and voe malum, a daughter of about 10 years of age, who directed her brother so that he got out, was herself consumed to ashes."1603