Ann Taylor (writer, born 1757)


Ann Taylor or Ann Martin was a British writer. Her children were also notable writers and this included Ann and Jane Taylor.

Life

Taylor was born in London in 1757. Her father, who died when she was a child, was an evangelical preacher. Her mother married again and her new siblings bullied her. She found respite writing satire and verse which gave her increased status among her school peers. Among those peers was Isaac Taylor and at Islington on 18 April 1781 she married him. They had eleven children and five survived to adulthood and to be noted writers.
Ann's daughters Ann and Jane were unusually allowed to publish their work. The Quaker publisher had considerable success with their anonymous work and Ann senior was encouraged to offer her own work and a collaboration with Jane.
Taylor died and was buried in Ongar.

Works