Who is Jerusha Hale from Hawaii and what is their importance?

Jerusha is the niece of Reverend Thorn who arranges their meeting. She agrees to marry Abner Hale and depart for Hawaii as the wife of a missionary. She had been born and raised in Walpole, New Hampshire, so she was a New Englander like her husband. Upon arriving in Hawaii, she does mission work by teaching Malama to read and write and teaches the women and girls to cook and sew. She has four children: two girls and two boys. She precedes her husband in death.