Martha Reardon Bewick  is a native of Quincy, summers in Plymouth, and is a long-time resident of Hingham, all communities rich in history and located on the South Shore in Massachusetts. She is a graduate of Wellesley College, a fellow of the Massachusetts Historical Society, and was a member of the Board of Governors of Plimoth Plantation, chair of the Captain Robert Bennet Forbes House, and coordinated the Plymouth-Provincetown Celebration Commission marking the 350th Pilgrim Anniversary. A specialist in ferry transportation, she writes articles for the Hingham Journal, and sings with the Boston Symphony Orchestra’s Tanglewood Festival Chorus.