In the historical novel "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Forbes, Johnny Tremain and Priscilla Lapham get married at a young age, specifically when Johnny is around 18 years old. Their marriage reflects the themes of young love and the challenges faced during the tumultuous period of the American Revolution. Priscilla is also quite young, making their union a poignant moment in the story.
Johnny is the apprentice of Cilla's father Mr. Lapham and is betrothed (promised in marriage) to her in the beginning of the novel. Despite the fact that they are not particularly close, they face the prospect of an arranged marriage. Upon being injured and subsequently fired by Mr. Lapham, the betrothal is cancelled. Johnny and Cilla subsequently become friends and eventually fall in love. Then they get married and, live happilly ever after.
Against the law, Johnny was working on the Sabbath, or Sunday. He was making a silver sugar basin for John Hancock because Mrs. Lapham wanted to deliver it on time for a change. Johnny asked Dusty for a ladle, and handed him the one with a crack in it. As it was dipped in boiling silver, it spilled onto the mantle, and Johnny slipped and his hand, trying to grab a hold of something, fell onto the mantle with burning liquid silver. He recovered in the Lapham's birth and death room and cared for by a midwife. When his hand was unwrapped, they found that his thumb was connected to his palm, so he couldn't work as a silversmith apprentice anymore.
Johnny Tremain likely would never visit the Lapham home again due to the deep sense of betrayal and conflict he experienced there. After his injury and the subsequent fallout, his social status changed, and he felt alienated from the Laphams, who had once employed him. Additionally, the tension between him and their daughter, Cilla, and the realization of his own ambitions and identity as a silversmith and revolutionary would further distance him from that past. Ultimately, his growth and the evolving political landscape would pull him away from the Laphams and their way of life.
Yes. They did get married.
Dorcas eloped with Frizel Jr. and Mrs. Lapham married Mr. Tweedie.
Isannah Lapham didn't appear in the movie, although she was in the books.
Johnny recuperates from his burn in the Lapham's birth and death room.
The main character in "Johnny Tremain" is Johnny Tremain, a young apprentice silversmith who becomes involved in the American Revolutionary War. Other key characters include Rab Silsbee, a fellow apprentice and friend of Johnny, Mr. Lapham, Johnny's master silversmith, and Cilla Lapham, Mr. Lapham's granddaughter who becomes a significant person in Johnny's life.
Johnny Tremain's family tree includes his parents, Mrs. and Mr. Lyte, his grandfather's family, with his deceased parents, and his uncle Mr. Lapham, Mrs. Lapham, and their daughters, Cilla and Isannah.
the man who ms. lapham wanted to marry one of her older daughters off to
Sargeant Gale is a British soldier who goes marry Madge Lapham
Dorcas is one of miss Lapham's daughters, she marries Frizzel jr.
Mrs. Lapham treats Johnny poorly after the accident. She thinks it is too expensive to keep him around now that Johnny can no longer do silversmith work. It is not because she is mean, it is more that she is worried about family expenses.
Johnny Tremain becomes an apprentice to a silversmith, Mr. Lapham, in the book "Johnny Tremain." He learns the trade and works as a talented silversmith before joining the colonial forces during the American Revolution.
Rab made Johnny want to stop being so mean with words.