JJ
's eldest child, her daughter Barbara
, remained unmarried. She developed her literary ability in poetry as well as in familiar letters, and in 1776 won a prize for poems submitted to Lady Miller
Literary responses
Jane Johnson
Barbara
and George Johnson took Vast Delight in hearing [this story] told over & over.
qtd. in
C., M. “Notable Accessions. Western MSS”. Bodleian Library Record, Vol.
16
, No. 2, Oct. 1997, pp. 165-8.
166
A member of the Bodleian
staff called this notebook an important manuscript in the history of children's literature.
C., M. “Notable Accessions. Western MSS”. Bodleian Library Record, Vol.
16
, No. 2, Oct. 1997, pp. 165-8.
165
Occupation
Anna Miller
The Batheaston Vase was important in several literary careers, notably those of Anna Seward
, Jane Bowdler
, and Mary Alcock
. Other winners, like Jane Johnson
's daughter Barbara
, seem never to have...
Textual Production
Jane Johnson
JJ
wrote to a cousin about her one-year-old daughter
, mocking the idea of seeking family resemblance in a child: She is . . . as much like herself as ever you saw a little...
Textual Production
Jane Johnson
JJ
also wrote poetry, both light-hearted occasional verse and more serious efforts. The former mode is exemplified by Invitation to Miss Barbara Johnson
to come into the country, dated 1 May 1747, addressed to...
Wealth and Poverty
Jane Johnson
She left £1,500 each to her children Barbara
, Robert, and Charles Woolsey, but everything else to George William, who as eldest son although second child was the heir.
A Piece of the Puzzle: The Journey of a Village through History. Witham-on-the-Hill Historical Society, 2000.