Where did Kit's mother die?

Both of Kit's
parents drowned while taking a cruise during their third year of marriage. Kit was raised by her
grandfather in Barbados, and is coming to the New World to avoid an arranged
marriage.

Kit will be in for a culture shock after the more relaxedof Barbados
in comparison to the Puritan's way of life. Kit has not been raised with a female influence, as
she barely has a recollection of her mother, and her independence and stubbornness is atypical
of women of the time.