Susanna Farnham Clarke Copley

(1745 – 1836)

Occupation: Wife, Mother

Class: The Better Sort

Political Scale: 3

OSH Clearance: No Admittance

You are the wife of a renowned artist at the pinnacle of Boston society, but your family connections force you to declare sides in the Revolution.


 * Your father is a Loyalist merchant for the British East India Company. Most of the tea destroyed in the Boston Tea Party comes from his ship.


 * You marry John Singleton Copley, the painter, and have six children.
 * Your husband uses you as a model in a painting depicting the Goddess of Love.
 * You have social connections to people on both sides of the political fence.


 * After the Boston Tea Party, you are forced to declare Loyalty to the Crown and flee to London.

Social Network:
 * John Singleton Copley (Husband)
 * Richard Clarke (father)
 * Elizabeth Winslow Clarke (mother)
 * Jonathan Clarke (brother)
 * Henry Pelham (brother-in-law)