Barbara Johnson

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

Barbara and George Johnson took Vast Delight in hearing [this story] told over & over. A member of the Bodleian staff called this notebook an important manuscript in the history of children's literature.

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...

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...

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...

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.