1793-1809. Parentage-Address to her children-Biographical notice of her parents-Death of her brother-Her own and sister's education -Decease of her mother.
MARIA FOX, the subject of this Memoir, was born at Wellingborough, in Northamptonshire, on the 30th of the Third Month, 1793. Her parents, Benjamin and Tabitha Middleton, were highly esteemed members of the Society of Friends, the former occupying, for many years, the station of elder, the latter that of a minister.
The following sketch from the pen of their daughter, supersedes the necessity of any other description. In this simple narration, will be found much practical instruction, and in the delineation here presented to our view of the characters of this estimable couple, is fnrnished a beautiful illustration of the reality, the power and efficacy of true religion.
This sweet tribute to the memory of her departed parents, cannot fail to derive additional interest from the touching address to her own beloved children, by which it is prefaced. It will be seen that the writer gives also a brief outline of the mode pursued in her own and her sister's early education, and the