Susanna Harrison

HARRISON, Susanna. b. 1752; d. Ipswich, 3 August 1784. Little is known of Harrison’s early years. It is probable that she was born in Ipswich, where she lived and died. Her father died when she was young, and she became responsible for the younger children. She took up a post as a domestic servant, ca. 1768, when she was 16 years old. She remained in service for four years, but became ill, remaining an invalid for the rest of her life. Her hymns were published anonymously as Songs in the Night, by a Young Woman under deep Afflictions (1780), with an unsigned preface by an editor who was clearly anxious to help her. A quotation on the title page was from Job: 35: 10: ‘Who giveth Songs in the...

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