Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Elizabeth Pain (c. 1652 – 26 November 1704), sometimes spelled Elizabeth Payne or Elisabeth Payne, was a settler in colonial Boston who was brought to trial after the death of her child. She was acquitted of the murder charge but found guilty of negligence, fined, and flogged. According to some writers and by popular tradition, aspects of Pain's life and her gravestone are considered an inspiration for the life and grave of character Hester Prynne in the novel The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne.. }
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- Elizabeth_Pain abstract "Elizabeth Pain (c. 1652 – 26 November 1704), sometimes spelled Elizabeth Payne or Elisabeth Payne, was a settler in colonial Boston who was brought to trial after the death of her child. She was acquitted of the murder charge but found guilty of negligence, fined, and flogged. According to some writers and by popular tradition, aspects of Pain's life and her gravestone are considered an inspiration for the life and grave of character Hester Prynne in the novel The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne.".