Susan Haswell was born in the house of Adoniram Judson in Moulmein, Burma in 1844. Her father was Rev. James M. Haswell, who with his wife Jan, was sent to Dr. Judson’ assistance in 1835; they spent their lives as missionaries to the Burmese. Susan took a postgraduate course at Houghton Seminary in Clinton, New York, and in September 1864, sailed to Burma. She was a teacher in the mission school, and when her father returned to the U.S. due to failing health with her mother, Susan remained. She raised money in 1871 to start the Morton Lane School in Burma. In 1873, she opened what became the English Girls’ High School. Upon the death of her mother, she opened a school for the blind and those with leprosy. Haswell also started the Burma Orphanage. She became ill in 1923 and died in Moulmein Hospital. It is thought that she was the last living link with the founders of the Burma Mission and Adoniram Judson.