Charlotte (Turner) Smith

Charlotte Smith's Diary I was born on May 4 in London to Nicholas Turner and Anna Towers Turner. 1752: My mother died, so I was placed in care of maternal aunt with my sister Catherine Anne and brother Nicholas 1755: I went to Chichester University, and Kensington University in 1757 1761: I was living in London with my father; introduced into society at the age of twelve.1765: I Married Benjamin Smith, he was the son of West Indies merchant and East India Company director.1766, spring: My first child born, is a son (1) 1767, spring: My second child born "Benjamin Berney Smith" born (2), but my first son died a few days later. I move to Southgate, near London, into a house provided by Richard Smith 1768: William Towers Smith born (3) 1769: Charlotte Mary Smith born on April 10 (4) 1770: Braithwaite Smith born (5) 1771: Nicholas Hankey Smith born (6) 1773: Charles Dyer Smith born (7) 1774: Anna Augusta Smith born (8) 1775: Second Continental Congress; American Revolution begins 1776: Lucy Elenore Smith born (9), Richard Smith died. American Declaration of Independence 1777: Lionel Smith born (10), but my second son "Benjamin Berney Smith" died in the age of 10 1782: Harriet Amelia Smith born (11) 1783: Benjamin Smith imprisoned for debt at the King's Bench; I accompanies him, leaving my children in the care of my brother Nicholas; Peace of Versailles; Great Britain recongnized independence of United States. 1784: I left the prison, return to Bignor Park, and published one of my first book "Elegiac Sonnets" 1785: George Augustus Smith born in Normandy (12); I return to Sussex, England with my children 1786: My third and fourth editions of "Sonnets" published; alone with my translation of Manon Lescaut. But Braithwaite Smith died in the age of 161787: I published translation of "Les Causes Celebres" under the title "The Romance of Real Life" 1788: I published "Emmeline", or "The Orphan of the Castle" to enthusiastic reviews 1793: "The Old Manor House" was published, my son Charles Dyer Smith loses his leg during a injured at Siege of Dunkirk 1794: Mass Executions in France 1795: Seventh deiion of Sonnets was published, but my Daughter Anna Angusta Died 1801: My son Charles Dyer Smith died in Barbados of yellow fever, widowed daughter Lucy Elenore came to live with me, bringing her two children and pregnant with a third 1806:My husband died in springOctober 28, 1806