JAMES
,
MARIA
(
1793
-
1868
),
poet
;
b.
11 Oct. 1793
, possibly in
north Wales
. In
1800
she emigrated with her parents to
U.S.A.
The family settled in
Clinton
,
New York
, and she spent most of her life, from the age of 10 onwards, as a
maid servant
. She exhibited considerable skill at
composing poetry
, and a collection of her works was edited by
A.
Potter
and published in
New York
in
1839
under the title,
Wales and other Poems
. She d.
11 Sept. 1868
at
Rhinebeck
,
New York
.
Bibliography:
-
National Library of Wales Manuscript
9261;
-
Eminent Welshmen
, 1908
;
-
Y Brython
, v, 158;
-
Geirlyfr Bywgraffiadol o Enwogion
Cymru
, 1870
;
-
Cardiff Free Libraries, Catalogue of Printed
Literature in the Welsh Department
, 1898
.
Author:
Griffith Milwyn Griffiths, M.A., Aberystwyth
