American poetess, a sister of Benjamin Apthorp, the elder; born in Lancaster, MA, on the 3rd of September 1789. She was the constant companion of her father (a soldier and patriot, wounded at the battle of Lexington), and her first verses were imbued with true Revolutionary fire. Her poems, published from 1832 to 1854, in magazines and book-form, were much admired, both in England and America. She died in Newburyport, MA, on the 5th of September 1865.
