Born England 1690.

Married Jonathan Barber.

Her husband may have died in 1733 because she does not refer to him after that time.

Had four children.

First poems were published in Dublin.

The Carteret family became her patrons, and in 1728 Barber was introduced to Swift and became part of his circle.

Barber went to England with the help of Swift she assembled a large list of subscribers for a volume of poems.

Returned to Ireland in 1732.

In 1741 with her health failing she returned to Ireland.

She published no more poetry after that time.

Died in 1757.



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