Ann Taylor (1782–1813)
Ann Gilbert (1813–1866)

Writer and poet. Daughter of Isaac Taylor, engraver, writer, and nonconformist minister, and his wife Ann Martin, children’s writer. Mother of Joseph Henry Gilbert. Trained as an engraver. With her sister, Jane Taylor (1783–1824), and other teenage girls, founded a literary circle, the Umbelliferous Society, in Colchester. Contributed poetry to periodicals, and collaborated with Jane on illustrated collections of poetry for children. Married a Congregational minister, Joseph Gilbert (1779–1852), in 1813. Her autobiography was published posthumously (A. Gilbert 1874).