Hawthorne's father Nathaniel Hathorne, Sr. was a sea captain who died
in 1808 of yellow fever in Suriname;
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William's son and the author's great-great-grandfather, John Hathorne, was one of the judges who oversaw the Salem witch trials.
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He was severely influenced by his family's role in the Massachusetts Bay Colony,
and especially by the actions of his great-great-grandfather Judge John Hathorne during the Salem Witch Trials.