# Miriam Usbech — Orley Farm character guide

> Miriam Usbech in Orley Farm by Anthony Trollope.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Poor Miriam, young Kenneby, Miriam, John Kenneby, John, that John Kenneby whom Miriam Usbech did not marry, Kenneby, XLIII John Kenneby, poor Miriam, poor John Kenneby, Usbech, Miriam Dockwrath

**First appearance:** 0042-xliii-john-kenneby-s-courtship

## Snapshot

The woman John Kenneby courted and did not marry, whose later marriage to Samuel Dockwrath ties her to the scheming that drives the Orley Farm case.

## Who they are

Miriam Usbech belongs to the Hamworth world of attorneys, servants, and old promises, the ordinary life against which the great lawsuit plays out. Her marriage to Dockwrath places her inside the household of the very man digging up evidence against Lady Mason, giving her a reluctant vantage on his schemes. She matters as a reminder that the case's tremors reach even the smallest domestic lives, and that old courtships leave long shadows.

## Relationships

### [Mr. Moulder](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/orley_farm_se/characters/mr_moulder)

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Miriam Usbech is Mr. Moulder's wife, and their marriage is marked by her quiet suffering and his boorish indifference.

### [Mr. Moulder](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/orley_farm_se/characters/mr_moulder)

_family_

Miriam Usbech is Mr. Moulder's wife, and their marriage is marked by her quiet suffering and his boorish indifference.

### [Mr. Moulder](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/orley_farm_se/characters/mr_moulder)

_family_

Miriam Usbech is Mr. Moulder's wife, and their marriage is marked by her quiet suffering and his boorish indifference.

## In the story

### [The Commencement of the Great Orley Farm Case](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/orley_farm_se/chapters/i-the-commencement-of-the-great-orley-farm-case)

Daughter of attorney Jonathan Usbech; she received a legacy of two thousand pounds under the codicil and later married Samuel Dockwrath.

### [The Masons of Groby Park](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/orley_farm_se/chapters/vii-the-masons-of-groby-park)

One of the witnesses to both the codicil and the deed of separation, noted by Dockwrath as a key figure.

### [John Kenneby Goes to Hamworth](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/orley_farm_se/chapters/xlii-john-kenneby-goes-to-hamworth)

Visits Hamworth to see Dockwrath and Miriam; gives a deposition about the Orley Farm case; declines Dockwrath's invitation to the Blue Posts.

### [John Kenneby Goes to Hamworth](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/orley_farm_se/chapters/xlii-john-kenneby-goes-to-hamworth)

Now Dockwrath's wife; meets Kenneby, complains about her husband's treatment, and expresses hope that Sir Peregrine will marry Lady Mason.

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