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Hepzibah Swan née Clarke (died 1825) was an American socialite of Boston, Massachusetts. She was a wealthy and well connected heiress who was among the most cosmopolitan, intelligent, and erudite of ladies in Federal Boston. Madame Swan was said to be charismatic, not least because of her wealth but also in good measure because of her effusive personal charm. Lifelong friends included revolutionary war heroes Henry Knox, Henry Jackson, Charles Bulfinch, Sarah Wentworth Apthorp Morton, and Harrison Otis.
Hepzibah Miller, a murderer in A Murder Most Unladylike series (Known as Murder Is Bad Manners in the U.S.)
Hepzibah Pyncheon is the unfortunate protagonist of Nathaniel Hawthorne's rich Gothic novel 'The House of the Seven Gables' (1851).
Another fictional bearer was Hepzibah Cass (known as Eppie) in George Elliot's novel "Silas Marner".
Famous bearer: Hepzibah Smith, a descendent of Helga Hufflepuff in the Harry Potter books.

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