Watts, Priscilla (Zillah) Maden (F)

Surname: Watts
Forename(s): Priscilla (Zillah) Maden
b. 1799. d. 1873. Nationality: English. VIAF.
Poet. Née Wiffen. Known as “Zilla.” Family were prominent Quakers. Married Alaric Watts on 16 September 1821, after which the Society of Friends disowned her. Her son, also called Alaric Watts, married the Howitts’ eldest daughter, Anna Mary Howitt. Alternative signature: “Mrs Alaric Watts.” Biographical information: ODNB, Orlando. (AC)

Poems associated with this person

Total poems: 4
Poem title Date Periodical Roles id #
The Church in The Wilderness 1851-10-26 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 6141
The Ship’s First Voyage 1852-08-28 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 6186
Evening Recollections 1853 The Keepsake Poet 5626
A Traveller’s Apostrophe to an English Landscape 1854-09-30 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 6263