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'''Maria Grace Saffery''' (née Andrews) (1773–1858) was a Baptist poetess and hymn-writer.
{{Short description|English Baptist poet and hymn-writer}}
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'''Maria Grace Saffery''' (1773–1858) was a Baptist poet and hymn-writer from England.


==Early life==
==Early life==
[[File:Baptist Church, Brown Street, Salisbury - geograph.org.uk - 195730.jpg|thumb|right|There is still a church in Brown Street in Salisbury although this building is more recent]]
Maria Grace Saffery was born 1773 and died 5 March 1858 in [[Westbury, Wiltshire|Westbury district]] [[Wiltshire]], England. Saffery was the daughter of William Andrews of Stroud Green, Newbury, Berkshire. At the age of fifteen, she started writing her first big piece and showed great abilities in doing so. Saffery was originally brought under the personal influence of [[Thomas Scott (commentator)|Thomas Scott]], the commentator.
Maria Grace Andrews was born in 1773 in the [[Westbury, Wiltshire|Westbury]] district of [[Wiltshire]], England. Saffery was possibly the daughter of William Andrews of Stroud Green, Newbury, Berkshire although other sources differ.<ref name=odnb/> She was baptized on 30 November 1774.<ref>{{cite ODNB|last1=Mitchell|first1=Rosemary|title=Saffery, Maria Grace (bap. 1772?, d. 1858), Hymn Writer and Poet|chapter=The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography |url=http://oxfordindex.oup.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/24469| year= 2004|pages=ref:odnb/24469 |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/24469 | accessdate= }}</ref> At the age of fifteen, she started writing her first big piece and showed great abilities in doing so. Her first poem was about [[Chait Singh]], the [[Narayan dynasty|Raja of Benares]] who was in dispute with [[Warren Hastings]] in India.<ref name=odnb>Rosemary Mitchell, ‘Saffery, Maria Grace (bap. 1772?, d. 1858)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/24469, accessed 13 Nov 2014]</ref> Saffery was originally brought under the personal influence of [[Thomas Scott (commentator)|Thomas Scott]], the bible commentator.


==Personal and family life==
==Personal and family life==
Maria Saffery had a sister named Anne, who was also a writer. Maria married John Saffery pastor of the Baptist church at Salisbury, becoming his second wife, in 1799. They had six children, the eldest, Philip John Saffery, succeeded to the office of paster of the church at his father's death in 1825.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Lowther|first1=William Boswell|title=Saffery, Maria Grace (DNB00)|url=https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Saffery,_Maria_Grace_(DNB00) |website=Wikisource|publisher=Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900 | volume=50 |year=1897|page=114}}</ref> She was baptized on 30 November 1774.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Mitchell|first1=Rosemary|title=Saffery, Maria Grace (bap. 1772?, d. 1858), Hymn Writer and Poet|url=http://oxfordindex.oup.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/24469|publisher=Oxford Dictionary of National Biography| year= | accessdate= }}</ref> She also created a girl's school in [[Salisbury]]. The next year she retired to [[Bratton, Wiltshire|Bratton]] in Wiltshire, where the rest of her life was spent with her daughter and later died and was buried in the graveyard of the baptist chapel at the school.
Maria had a sister named Anne, who was also a writer. Maria married John Saffery, pastor of the Baptist church at Brown Street in [[Salisbury]], becoming his second wife, in 1799. They had six children; the eldest, Philip John Saffery, succeeded to the office of pastor of the church at his father's death in 1825. Saffery also created a girls' school in Salisbury. In 1835 she retired to [[Bratton, Wiltshire|Bratton]], also in Wiltshire, where the rest of her life was spent with her daughter. She died on 5 March 1858 and was buried in the graveyard of the baptist chapel there.<ref>{{Cite DNB|wstitle= Saffery, Maria Grace |volume= 50 |last= Lowther |first= W.B. |author-link= |page= 114 |year= |short=1}}</ref>


==Major works==
==Major works==

===Poems===
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* ''Cheyt Sing. A Poem. By a Young Lady of Fifteen'' (1790)<ref>{{cite web|last1=Whelan|first1=Timothy|title=Nonconformist Women Writers, 1720–1840. Part 2 | volume= 5-8|url=http://www.nbol-19.org/view_doc.php?index=225 | publisher= | accessdate=}}</ref>


===Hymns===
===Hymns===
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* ''Cheyt Sing. A Poem. By a Young Lady of Fifteen'' (1790)<ref>{{cite web|last1=Whelan|first1=Timothy|title=Nonconformist Women Writers, 1720-1840. Part 2 | volume= 5-8|url=http://www.nbol-19.org/view_doc.php?index=225 | publisher= | accessdate=}}</ref>
* ''Tis the Great Father we adore'' (1828)
* ''Tis the Great Father we adore'' (1828)
* ''Poems on Sacred Subjects'' (1834)
* ''Poems on Sacred Subjects'' (1834)
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===Novels===
===Novels===
* ''The Noble Enthusiast'' (1792)<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Whelan|first1=Timothy|title=West Country Nonconformist Women Writers, 1720-1840|journal=Wordsworth Circle|date=Winter 2012|volume=43|url=https://www.questia.com/library/journal/1G1-290418997/west-country-nonconformist-women-writers-1720-1840}}</ref>
* ''The Noble Enthusiast'' (1792)<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Whelan|first1=Timothy|title=West Country Nonconformist Women Writers, 1720–1840|journal=Wordsworth Circle|date=Winter 2012|volume=43|pages=44–55|doi=10.1086/TWC24045515|s2cid=150619144|url=https://www.questia.com/library/journal/1G1-290418997/west-country-nonconformist-women-writers-1720-1840}}</ref>


==Notes==
==See also==
;English women hymnwriters (18th to 19th-century)
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* [[Eliza Sibbald Alderson]]
* [[Sarah Bache]]
* [[Charlotte Alington Barnard]]
* [[Sarah Doudney]]
* [[Charlotte Elliott]]
* [[Ada R. Habershon]]
* [[Katherine Hankey]]
* [[Frances Ridley Havergal]]
* [[Anne Steele]]
* [[Emily Taylor]]
* [[Emily H. Woodmansee]]
{{Div col end}}

==References==
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==Further reading==
==Further reading==
* {{cite book | title=Correspondence of Maria Grace Saffery and Anne Andrews Whitaker | author=Mary Grace Saffery, Anne Andrews Whitaker, Timothy Whelan | location=London | publisher=Pickering & Chatto | year=2011 | oclc=755972239 }}
* {{cite book | title=Correspondence of Maria Grace Saffery and Anne Andrews Whitaker |author1=Mary Grace Saffery |author2=Anne Andrews Whitaker |author3=Timothy Whelan | location=London | publisher=Pickering & Chatto | year=2011 | oclc=755972239 }}

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Latest revision as of 11:14, 22 November 2024

Maria Grace Saffery (1773–1858) was a Baptist poet and hymn-writer from England.

Early life

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There is still a church in Brown Street in Salisbury although this building is more recent

Maria Grace Andrews was born in 1773 in the Westbury district of Wiltshire, England. Saffery was possibly the daughter of William Andrews of Stroud Green, Newbury, Berkshire although other sources differ.[1] She was baptized on 30 November 1774.[2] At the age of fifteen, she started writing her first big piece and showed great abilities in doing so. Her first poem was about Chait Singh, the Raja of Benares who was in dispute with Warren Hastings in India.[1] Saffery was originally brought under the personal influence of Thomas Scott, the bible commentator.

Personal and family life

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Maria had a sister named Anne, who was also a writer. Maria married John Saffery, pastor of the Baptist church at Brown Street in Salisbury, becoming his second wife, in 1799. They had six children; the eldest, Philip John Saffery, succeeded to the office of pastor of the church at his father's death in 1825. Saffery also created a girls' school in Salisbury. In 1835 she retired to Bratton, also in Wiltshire, where the rest of her life was spent with her daughter. She died on 5 March 1858 and was buried in the graveyard of the baptist chapel there.[3]

Major works

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Poems

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  • Cheyt Sing. A Poem. By a Young Lady of Fifteen (1790)[4]

Hymns

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  • Tis the Great Father we adore (1828)
  • Poems on Sacred Subjects (1834)
  • God of the sunlight hours, how sad (1834)
  • There is a little lonely fold (1834)
  • Fain, O my child, I'd have thee know (1844)[5]

Novels

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  • The Noble Enthusiast (1792)[6]

See also

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English women hymnwriters (18th to 19th-century)

References

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  1. ^ a b Rosemary Mitchell, ‘Saffery, Maria Grace (bap. 1772?, d. 1858)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 13 Nov 2014
  2. ^ Mitchell, Rosemary (2004). "The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography". Saffery, Maria Grace (bap. 1772?, d. 1858), Hymn Writer and Poet. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. pp. ref:odnb/24469. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/24469. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  3. ^ Lowther, W.B. "Saffery, Maria Grace" . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 50. p. 114.
  4. ^ Whelan, Timothy. "Nonconformist Women Writers, 1720–1840. Part 2".
  5. ^ "Maria Grace Saffery". Hymnary.org.
  6. ^ Whelan, Timothy (Winter 2012). "West Country Nonconformist Women Writers, 1720–1840". Wordsworth Circle. 43: 44–55. doi:10.1086/TWC24045515. S2CID 150619144.

Further reading

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  • Mary Grace Saffery; Anne Andrews Whitaker; Timothy Whelan (2011). Correspondence of Maria Grace Saffery and Anne Andrews Whitaker. London: Pickering & Chatto. OCLC 755972239.
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