Nathaniel Hawthorne's ancestors immigrated to the Massachusetts Bay Colony in
1630, and settled in the town of Salem. The history of Hawthorne's family in the town of
Salem would play a major role in his career as a writer as we will see with "Young
Goodman Brown."(Moss 421)
Nathaniel Hawthorne himself was born in Salem Massachusetts, in 1804. When
he was four years old Nathaniel's father, Captain Nathaniel Hathorne, died, causing the family to lose touch with his fathers side of the family.(Waggoner 5) …
