Mother of Joanna Burden

Nathaniel Burden's second wife, and Joanna's mother. Joanna, however, talks about Nathaniel's first wife, Juana, in much more detail than she provides about her own mother, who is not given a first name. All we know about her is that she moves to Jefferson from New Hampshire after Nathaniel writes his cousin there that he is seeking a wife who is "a good housekeeper and . . . at least thirtyfive years old" (250). She and Nathaniel marry "two days after" she arrives in town, and "two years later" Joanna, their only child, is born (252).