Eliza Fenwick

Eliza Fenwick
Eliza Fenwick
	Cover of the 1808 edition of Mary and Her Cat
Born	Eliza Jaco; 1 February 1767; Pelynt, Cornwall, England
Died	8 December 1840 (aged 73); Providence, Rhode Island, United States
Pen name	E.F.; A Woman; Rev. David Blair;
Occupation	writer
Notable works	Secresy; or The Ruin on the Rock (1795); Mary and Her Cat (1804); Visits to the Junior Library (1805);
Spouse	John Fenwick
Children	Eliza Anne Rutherford; Orlando Fenwick;

Eliza Fenwick (née Jaco; 1 February 1767 – 8 December 1840) was a Cornish^[1]^[2] author, whose works include Secresy; or The Ruin on the Rock (1795) and several children's books. She was born in Cornwall, married an alcoholic, and had two children by him. She left him and eventually went to live with her children in Barbados, where she ran a school with her daughter.^[1]

^ ^a ^b Jarndyce Booksellers' catalogue Women Writers 1795–1927 Part I: A–F (London, Summer 2017).
^ MacKenzie, Charlotte (2020). Women writers and Georgian Cornwall. ISBN 978-1716339226.

[Jarndyce-1] Jarndyce Booksellers' catalogue Women Writers 1795–1927 Part I: A–F (London, Summer 2017).

[2] MacKenzie, Charlotte (2020). Women writers and Georgian Cornwall. ISBN 978-1716339226.

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Eliza Fenwick
Cover of the 1808 edition of Mary and Her Cat
Born	Eliza Jaco (1767-02-01)1 February 1767 Pelynt, Cornwall, England
Died	8 December 1840(1840-12-08) (aged 73) Providence, Rhode Island, United States
Pen name	E.F. A Woman Rev. David Blair
Occupation	writer
Notable works	Secresy; or The Ruin on the Rock (1795) Mary and Her Cat (1804) Visits to the Junior Library (1805)
Spouse	John Fenwick
Children	Eliza Anne Rutherford Orlando Fenwick