Edgar allan poe life biography of mother

Mother of Edgar Allan Poe (1787–1811)

Eliza Poe (néeElizabeth Arnold; formerly Hopkins; 1787 – December 8, 1811) was an English-American actress and the mother of the American author Edgar Allan Poe.

Early life

Arnold was born to Henry and Elizabeth Arnold in London in the spring of 1787.^[1] Her mother was a stage actress in London from 1791 to 1795. Her father Henry is thought to have died in 1790.

In November 1795, Eliza and her mother sailed from England to Boston, Massachusetts, where they arrived on January 3, 1796.^[1]

Career

Boston

In Boston, Arnold debuted on stage at the age of nine, only three months after her arrival in the United States.^[2] She played a character named Biddy Blair in David Garrick's farceMiss in Her Teens and was praised in the Portland Herald:^[1] "Miss Arnold, in Miss Biddy, exceeded all praise..

Although a miss of only nine years old, her powers as an Actress will do cr