Does anyone know anything about Mary Rowlandson, a writer from the 1600's?

Answer 1

I found this :

Mary White Rowlandson

(1637? - January 1710/11)
Indian captive, writer
Mary White was probably born in England to parents who immigrated in 1639. Her father was, at his death, wealthier than any of his neighbors in Lancaster, Massachusetts. She married Joseph Rowlandson in 1656; he was ordained as a Puritan minister in 1660. They had four children, one of whom died as an infant.

In 1676, near the end of King Philip's War, a group of Nipmunk and Narragansett Indians attacked Lancaster, burned the town and captured many of the settlers. Mary Rowlandson and her three children were among them. Rev. Joseph Rowlandson was on his way to Boston at the time, to raise troops to protect Lancaster. Sarah, 6, died in captivity of her wounds. She used her skill in sewing and knitting as the Indians moved around in Massachusetts and New Hampshire to elude capture by the colonists. She met with the Wampanoag chief, Metacom, who had been named King Philip by the settlers.

Three months after the capture, Mary Rowlandson was ransomed for £20. She was returned at Princeton, Massachusetts, on May 2, 1676. Her two surviving children were released soon after. Their home had been destroyed in the attack, so the Rowlandson family reunited in Boston.

http://womenshistory.about.com/library/bio/blbio_mary_rowlandson.htm

(c1635-1678) American writer. Mary Rowlandson is famous for her "Narrative of the Captivity and Restauration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson," which details her journey as a servant with her Native American captors.
http://classiclit.about.com/od/rowlandsonmary/Rowlandson_Mary.htm

http://www.authorsdirectory.com/biography_online_book_portrait_picture/r_authors_mary_rowlandson.shtml

http://www.selfknowledge.com/370au.htm
Search Google pictures gallery for Mary Rowlandson pictures and portraits.

i hope this helps...

Answer 2

You might mean the writer Mary Rowlandson, who lived from approx 1637-1711. You can find information about her at the Source link below.

If you go to www.worldcatlibraries.org and do an advanced search by author, entering
Rowlandson, Mary
you will find some references to her works. The link below talks about her. More Internet sites can be found about her: Go to somethng like www.altavista.com and click advanced search. In the box labeled All Words Must Be Present
type in Mary Rowlandson and you will get a number of web sites.

Answer 3

There is a lot of information about this writer and her works. Please type her name in Yahoo Search and you would get the website references.