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Name:
Sukey Bulfinch
Sex:
Female
Father:
Thomas Bulfinch (1728-1802)
Mother:
Susan Apthorp (1734-1815)
Note:
[Charles's] companion and playmate must have been his sister Susan, or "Sukey," a bright and lovely girl, three years younger than himself, whose early death on her fifteenth birthday left her parents broken-hearted, and made a deep impression on the family history. Some of her childish toys were sacredly cherished, and handed down to later generations : a mourning ring marked "Sukey Bulfinch" still exists, and her portrait, a pastel painting, shows us her smiling, pretty face with its bright hazel eyes and soft waves of brown hair.
An old copy of the " Boston Gazette" for November 12, 1781, has been carefully kept. It contains the great news of the surrender of Lord CornwaJlis, and, besides this and of nearer significance, there is a touching notice of the death of the young girl, " Miss Sukey."
The Life and Letters of Charles Bulfinch, 1896, pages 36-7.
Birth:
6 Nov 1766
Boston, Massachusetts
Death:
6 Nov 1781 (age 15)
Boston, Massachusetts
[Charles's] companion and playmate must have been his sister Susan, or "Sukey," a bright and lovely girl, three years younger than himself, whose early death on her fifteenth birthday left her parents broken-hearted, and made a deep impression on the family history. Some of her childish toys were sacredly cherished, and handed down to later generations : a mourning ring marked "Sukey Bulfinch" still exists, and her portrait, a pastel painting, shows us her smiling, pretty face with its bright hazel eyes and soft waves of brown hair.
An old copy of the " Boston Gazette" for November 12, 1781, has been carefully kept. It contains the great news of the surrender of Lord CornwaJlis, and, besides this and of nearer significance, there is a touching notice of the death of the young girl, " Miss Sukey."
The Life and Letters of Charles Bulfinch, 1896, pages 36-7.