Her father was Isaac Taylor, of Ongar, an engraver who became a Nonconformist minister in Colchester; her elder sister, Ann Gilbert, was also a successful writer. From 1812, lived with her brother; wrote mostly children’s and religious verse (‘Twinkle, twinkle, little star’), but frequently displays a dry humour and social observation.
Essays in Rhyme, on Morals and Manners (London, 1816).