Zillah Watts [née Wiffen]

(1799-1873)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Watts, Priscilla Maden, 1799-1873 LBT ID: ZiWatts1873 VIAF ID: 20470504 LOC ID: no2009165308	B/BAP: 1799 DIED: 1873
SOURCES: DNB ["Alaric Alexander Watts"]; Virtual International Authority File; LOC Name Authority File
The daughter of John Wiffen (1761-1802) and sister of the poet Jeremiah Holmes Wiffen. In 1821 she married the poet Alaric Alexander Watts; she edited the New Year's Gift (1829-36).
REFERENCES TO Zillah Watts [née Wiffen]: Jerdan, William, 1782-1869, The Autobiography of William Jerdan. 4 vols (London: Arthur Hall, Vertue & Co., 1852-53) Ch. 1: Critical Glances Found 1: ¶ 14 Ch. 14: Private Life Found 1: ¶ 3 Redding, Cyrus, 1785-1870, Fifty Years’ Recollections, Literary and Personal, with Observations on Men and Things. 3 vols (London: Charles J. Skeet, 1858) Chapter VII. Found 1: ¶ 1 Chapter VII. Found 1: ¶ 27