Martha Elizabeth Leycester

28/05/1765 — 1842
A brief biography

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John Leycester —
Ann Leycester —
Martha Elizabeth Leycester 1765 — 1842
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John Adolphus 1768 — 1845   John Leycester Adolphus 1795 — 1862  

Martha Elizabeth Leycester


Daughter of John Leycester and Ann Leycester. .

Born in 1765, the fifth year of the reign of King George III, and died aged seventy-six in the fifth year of the reign of Queen Victoria  She has 1 direct descendant in the family.

ST MARTIN IN THE FIELDS


Married John Adolphus in St Martin-in-the-fields on 18 April 1793. She was considered a lady "of good family and little fortune"

The Cottage of Friendship

In 1788, aged 23, Martha published a romantic novel "The Cottage of Friendship" under the pseudonym Silviana Pastorella, with the arms of the Leycester family and a dedication to them.

A transcribed copy is in the research library of The Centre for the Study of Early Women's Writing at Chawton House in Hampshire.


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