Mary Rowlandson
 | Mary Rowlandson (c. 1637 – January 5, 1710) was born c. 1637 in Somerset, England and emigrated to the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1650, settling in first in Salem and moving to Lancaster, Massachusetts in 1654. She married the Reverend John Rowlandson in 1656. In 1675 she was taken captive by Indians and held captive for 11 weeks before being released for a ransom of £20 raised by the women of Boston in a public subscription. She moved with her husband to Wethersfield, CT in 1677; he died the following year, after which she moved to Boston. She published her narrative of the captivity in 1682 in Cambridge, Massachusetts and in London to great success. She married Captain Samuel Talcott in 1679 and died in 1710, outliving him by 18 years. |
Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson
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