Lucy Maria Wiggin was born in 1815 to a prominent Portsmouth, New Hampshire, farmer and his wife. She later became a school teacher in that town, before marrying and starting her own family in Exeter. Her sampler, made when she was just seven years old, was worked on hand-dyed green linsey-woolsey, as were a number of samplers made in the Portsmouth area.

Origin and date: Portsmouth, New Hampshire, circa 1822

Linen count/finished size: 25 count, 18"x16". Kit contains fabric, cotton or silk thread, needle and instructions.

Stitches: Cross, stem, satin

Source: Strawbery Banke Museum, Portsmouth, New Hampshire