Susanna was brought up in an
English parsonage, the youngest of the Annesley family, which numbered
twenty-four. Her father, Dr. Samuel Annesley, was the pastor of the Puritan
meeting house of the little St. Helen's church in London.
Susanna was a pretty girl, said to
be the most beautiful of her family. She was slim and graceful and even retained
her figure to her old age. She was cultured, gracious and had a good measure of
wit. She...
