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Brown, Lydia (1780-1865), missionary to Hawaii and pioneer of textile production on the islands  

Barbara Bennett Peterson and Lena Low

Brown, Lydia ( July 1780–19 November 1865), missionary to Hawaii and pioneer of textile production on the islands, was born in Wilton, New Hampshire. Nothing about her life is known before she became a member of the seventh company of missionaries sent to Hawaii by the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions (ABCFM), arriving in Honolulu aboard the ...