Lucy Ryland Stapleton

Lucy Ryland Stapleton (1787-c. 1836) was the daughter of Richard and Harriet Ryland of London. She lived in the Saffery home, 1807-12, prior to her marriage to Joseph Stapleton of Colchester in June 1813.  They settled at Bradford-on-Avon, attending the Baptist church there along with Marianna Attwater Head. Lucy and her sister, Harriet, appear in numerous letters the correspondence of Maria Saffery, along with a substantial set of letters from their father to Maria Saffery. See Timothy Whelan, ed., Nonconformist Women Writers, 1720-1840, 8 vols. (London: Pickering & Chatto, 2011), vol. 6.