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Susannah Ingersoll (1783-1858), inherited what we now call The [[House of the Seven Gables]] from her parents and remained there during her entire life. She was able to make a comfortable living from her farm in nearby Danvers.
*Susannah Ingersoll (1783-1858), inherited what we now call The [[House of the Seven Gables]] from her parents, Captain Samuel and Susannah Hathorne Ingersoll, and remained there during her entire life.  
She never married, but did adopt a boy name Horace Connolly whom she doted on.
 
[[Hawthorne, Nathaniel|Nathaniel Hawthorne]] visited Susannah's home quite regularly, being her second cousin. Many think her stories about Salem and their family made their way into his later writings.
*She was able to make a comfortable living from her farm in nearby Danvers.
 
*She never married, but did adopt a boy name Horace Connolly whom she doted on.
 
*[[Hawthorne, Nathaniel|Nathaniel Hawthorne]] visited Susannah's home quite regularly, being her second cousin. Many think her stories about Salem and their family made their way into his later writings.




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*[http://evergreen.noblenet.org/eg/opac/record/1958881?locg=63 Salem Women's Heritage Trail] B. H Smith, p. 9-10
*[http://evergreen.noblenet.org/eg/opac/record/1958881?locg=63 Salem Women's Heritage Trail] B. H Smith, p. 9-10
*[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/156691099/susannah-ingersoll Susannah Ingersoll] Find a grave site

Latest revision as of 11:27, 11 August 2021

  • Susannah Ingersoll (1783-1858), inherited what we now call The House of the Seven Gables from her parents, Captain Samuel and Susannah Hathorne Ingersoll, and remained there during her entire life.
  • She was able to make a comfortable living from her farm in nearby Danvers.
  • She never married, but did adopt a boy name Horace Connolly whom she doted on.
  • Nathaniel Hawthorne visited Susannah's home quite regularly, being her second cousin. Many think her stories about Salem and their family made their way into his later writings.

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