Sarah Goode, John Hawthorne's Friend

Sarah Goode was the very definition of an outsider. Her father had been a prosperous pub owner when she was born in 1653. When he passed away and none of that wealth was bequeathed to her, she was left completely on her own. By March of 1692 they were homeless, sleeping in neighbors' barns and begging for food. In Massachusetts, where it's an inquisitorial system, you can't help but wonder if she would have been there at all if she had been a little bit more likeable or religious.