Meet Samantha Parkington

Grandmary

Samantha’s maternal grandmother, a widow, is raising Samantha to be a well-mannered young lady. Grandmary is an excellent judge of character and supports Samantha’s ideas, even when Samantha bends the social rules to do the right thing.

Uncle Gard

Uncle Gard is Samantha’s mother’s brother. He adores his niece and visits her and Grandmary often. His jokes, puns, and silly riddles always make Samantha laugh. After he marries Cornelia, he adopts Samantha.

Jessie

Jessie is Grandmary’s skillful seamstress and dressmaker. When Samantha gets into a scrap and tears a sticking or petticoat, she can depend on Jessie to “patch her up” and mend her torn clothing with invisible stitches.

Hawkins

Hawkins is Grandmary’s butler and carriage driver. He is very fond of Samantha, and he often finds ways to help her.

Mrs. Hawkins

Grandmary’s kindly cook. She prepares three meals a day for the household, and she always has a tasty treat in the kitchen for Samantha.

Elsa

Elsa is Grandmary’s housemaid. She is grumpy and unsympathetic, and she treats Samantha as if she is an obstacle to her work.

Eddie Ryland

Eddie Ryland is Samantha’s neighbor. He loves to bother Samantha and poke fun at her. Sometimes he even sneaks into her yard and causes trouble.

Nellie O'Malley

Nellie O'Malley is a new servant girl in the house next door. She used to live with her family in New York City and work in a factory, but now she works as a maid in Mount Bedford, where she becomes Samantha’s friend.

Cornelia Pitt

Cornelia Pitt is the elegant, progressive young woman from Manhattan that Uncle Gard loves. Cornelia believes that women should have the right to vote. She is fun-loving, kind, and playful, but respectful of Grandmary. After marrying Gard, she adopts Samantha.

Agnes & Agatha Pitt

Agnes & Agatha Pitt are identical twins and Cornelia’s younger sisters. The ten-year-olds become fast friends with Samantha and go on vacation with her at Piney Point. They are bridesmaids, along with Samantha, at Gard and Cornelia’s wedding.

Admiral Archibald Beemis

Admiral Archibald Beemis is a good-natured Englishman and retired admiral of the British Navy who has known Grandmary for 30 years. He visits Grandmary at Piney Point every summer, and later he marries her.