Rowson, Susanna (1764-1824)

Name:

Rowson, Susanna (1764-1824)

Other Names:

Haswell, Susanna

Born:

1762

Birthplace:

Portsmouth, England

Died:

03/02/1824

Death Location:

Boston, MA (probably)

Residence:

England -- until age 4.; then returned in 1778.
Natasket, MA -- 1767-1778; returned to U.S. in 1793, various places with theatres.
Boston, MA -- 1796.

Nationality:

English

Occupation:

Author -- wrote "Victoria," "Charlotte Temple," novels, poems, songs, essays, playwright.
Actor.
Teacher (Preceptress), Mrs. Rowson's Academy, starting in 1797, and retiring in 1822 (she passed the school on to her adopted daughter, Fanny Mills). Locations of the Academy include Boston (1797-1800) Medford (1800-1803), Newton (1803-1807), and back to Boston (1807-end), MA.

Father:

Haswell, William (Lieut.)

Mother:

Haswell, Susanna (-1762)

Relations:

Parents: Her mother died during childbirth.
Niece: Susan R. Johnston -- along with Fannie Mills, continued Mrs. Rowson's academy after Mrs. Rowson retired.

Spouse:

Rowson, William

Children:

Adopted:
Mills, Fannie M.

Notes:

SEE ALSO (student): Mitchell, Margaret
REFERENCES:
Giffen, Jane C. (Sept. 1970, journal title undetermined), "Susanna Rowson and her academy."
Parker, Patricia (of Marblehead, Mass.) (c. 1983 book on Susanna Rowson).
Vail, R.W.G. (1932), Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society, New Series, Vol. 42. "Susanna Haswell Rowson, The Author of Charlotte Temple, A bibliographic study."
Ring, Betty (1993). Childhood Embroidery, American Samplers Pictorial Needlework 1650-1850. Section on "Susanna Rowson's Academy."

Jane C. Nylander, "Useful and Ornamental Education for Young Ladies: Mrs. Rowson's Academy, Boston, 1797-1822," New England Ancestors, 7(Winter 2006)1, 19-26.

Betty Ring, Girlhood Embroidery. American Samplers Pictorial Needlework 1650-1850. Volume I. (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1993), 88-93.