Gen 12

 *Note: This is meant to be historically accurate. Women just did not have a great time back then.*

Cadred Hawthorne (Heir)
Born in 1551, Cadred was his father’s blessing. For the first five years of his life, he was an only child and enjoyed his father’s full attention, learning from a young age how to care for the farm. By the age of 10, he could already run the farm independently.

As his mother gave birth to more children, he was, like his father, manipulated into resenting them and saw them as nothing but a drain on resources. However, since he learned this misogyny at a later age, he was kinder to his future daughters.

In 1580, he married Cicily Bridgwater, who gave birth to his first son in 1582. Three more sons and two daughters followed. Most of his sons did not survive past their 20s.

Cadred made all his children work on the farm, disregarding traditional gender roles. Even his daughters did hard labor, while also helping with household chores.
In his later years, he helped raise his grandchildren, ensuring they learned vital farming skills that would secure the family’s future. He passed away in 1619 at the age of 68.

Imaigne Hawthorne
Born in 1556, Imaigne grew up knowing from day one that she was unwanted. She never married and remained with her brother, helping to raise his children. She managed the household and assisted with farm work. Despite her brother viewing her as worthless, much like their father had, she shared a close bond with him.

Gricia, Edytha, and Laguia Hawthorne
Born in 1557, the triplets inexplicably survived birth, much to their father’s displeasure. Some would say they dive were in their favour.

Edytha did not live long, as she was run over by a horse in 1567. Some rumors suggest it was her own father riding the horse. Her body was abandoned and left to decompose in the wilderness.

(I am not kidding, I could not reach the grave stone)

 

Laguia married Constantinus Banister in 1577 but struggled with infertility, likely inherited from her mother, who had also faced difficulties conceiving. Laguia passed away in 1610 at the age of 53.

 

 

 

Gricia married Brihtricus Blackar in 1579 and had five children (Wulfwin, Ivette, Salamo, Mactilda, and Idone), of whom only two survived to adulthood.

 

 

Aelina Hawthorne
Born in 1559 as Joseph’s youngest daughter, Aelina was tragically unlucky. She died in 1563 from the Black Plague. Her father, fearing she might infect her brother, threw her out of the house the moment she showed symptoms, leaving her to die without care or dignity.