In 5 Puritan Women: Portraits of Faith and Love, Jenny-Lyn de Klerk shows how the lives and writings of Agnes Beaumont, Lucy Hutchinson, Mary Rich, Anne Bradstreet, and Lady Brilliana Harley encourage the beauty of holy living and provide practical wisdom for the home and the church.
Not surprisingly, their married life was filled with studying, discussing ideas, and teaching their children. He was determined to meet her as soon as he could, and you could say they had a meet-cute over books. After seeing a pile of Latin books lying around in Apsley house, he asked Lucy’s sister to whom they belonged and she said they were Lucy’s. I also relate to the way she found her husband, or, should I say, how her husband found her. Soon, she surpassed them in Latin, started ditching her younger playmates to eavesdrop on the grownups of the house, and grew into a beautiful young woman-one who really just wanted to read in solitude as much as possible. When Lucy Apsley was a little girl, she quickly realized that she did not enjoy doing the “girl” activities she was supposed to be doing and gravitated towards her brother’s books. First, though Hutchinson was a proper genius and I am lightyears behind her in terms of intelligence, I can relate to her love of literature, studying, and being alone.
I really shouldn’t play favorites, but if I’m being totally honest, Lucy Hutchinson is my favorite female Puritan.
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