[1] The couple lived in Truro, Cornwall, for a short period after their marriage before moving to New Road in Flushing,[3] close to Falmouth where Susan's brother-in-law, Samuel Pellew, was Collector of Customs.
[1] In 1797, as her husband's fame increased following the action of 13 January 1797, when Pellew's frigate HMS Indefatigable and her consort HMS Amazon defeated the French 74-gun ship Droits de l'Homme, she and the family moved from their terraced house in Flushing to the rented Trefusis Manor.
[1] Susan was a devoted wife who supported her husband's naval career, managed their estate and raised their family during his absences at sea; however, she vehemently opposed his political ambitions and when he was appointed MP for Barnstaple in 1802 she refused to accompany him to London.
[1] When Pellew was appointed Commander-in-Chief of the East Indies Station in 1805, Susan chose to remain in England with her family.
[1] Susan disapproved of the posthumous biography of Pellew, commissioned by his brother Samuel and written by Edward Osler, and she burned the majority of her husband's personal correspondence.