Character List
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William Fletcher- in love with Alice but cannot marry her, marries woman names Martha and their son is Everell. Eventually raises Hope and Faith, Alice and Charles's daughters.
Alice- in love with William Fletcher, mother of Hope and Faith, wife of Charles Leslie
Hope Leslie- main character, daughter of Alice and Charles Leslie, sister of Faith. Eventually marries Everell Fletcher.
Faith Leslie- daughter of Alice and Charles Leslie, sister of Hope. Later marries Oneco and becomes a Catholic who decides to no longer speak English.
Martha Fletcher- woman married to William Fletcher, has his children, she and her infant son are killed in an attack from the Native Americans
Magawisca- Chief Mononotto's daughter, sister of Oneco and Samoset, enslaved/servant to the Fletcher's
Oneco- Chief Mononotto's son, brother of Magawisca and Samoset, enslaved/servant of the Fletcher's, later marries Faith Leslie
Chief Mononotto- Chief of the Pequot, wants revenge for the beheading of his son Samoset in the Pequod war and the enslavement of his other two children, Magawisca and Oneco.
Everell- William Fletcher and Martha's son, eventually engaged to Esther, and then marries Hope Leslie
Digby- guard of the home, very close with Everell and eventually Hope Leslie
Cradock- Hope's tutor. She is his superior though.
Nelema- Believed to be a witch by most Puritans, a healer, causes a lot of suspicion
John Winthrop- founder of Massachusetts Bay Colony, English Puritan Lawyer, diplomatic towards the Native Americans, lets Hope Leslie live at his home
Esther Drowning- the niece of Mr. Winthrop, becomes part of a love triangle between her good friend Hope Leslie and her crush, Everell Fletcher.
Sir Philip Gardiner- "corrupt seducer" of Hope Leslie, royalist trying to subvert the Puritans' community
Roslin/Rosa- page of Sir Philip Gardiner, dressed as a man when first introduced and then revealed as a woman, an old lover of Sir Philip's
Mr. Gorton- known as a Puritan Heretic
Mrs. Grafton - Aunt of Hope and Faith Leslie, Materialistic, Fashionable, Devout Anglican
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