Jan­u­a­ry 30, 1819, Par­is, France.

Daughter of Thom­as F. Hill of Ex­e­ter, Eng­land, Maria was bap­tized in 1845 in Pitts­burgh, Penn­syl­van­ia, by Will­iam Shad­rack, pas­tor of the Grant Street Bap­tist Church there. In 1847, she mar­ried George W. An­der­son, pro­fess­or at the Un­i­ver­si­ty of Lew­is­burg, Penn­syl­van­ia. Her works include:

• Jessie Car­ey, 1853
• The Bap­tists in Swe­den (Phil­a­del­phia, Pennsylvania: Amer­i­can Bap­tist Pub­li­ca­tion So­ci­e­ty, 1861)
• Old Bri­stol: A Sto­ry of the Ear­ly Eng­lish Bap­tists (Phil­a­del­phia, Pennsylvania: Amer­i­can Bap­tist Pub­li­ca­tion So­ci­e­ty, 1880)
• In Co­lo­ni­al Days: A Tale of Rhode Is­land and Pro­vi­dence Plan­ta­tions (Phil­a­del­phia, Pennsylvania: Amer­i­can Bap­tist Pub­li­ca­tion So­ci­e­ty, 1886)
• The Fam­ily of the Black For­est
• The Merrivale Will (Phil­a­del­phia, Penn­syl­van­ia: Amer­i­can Bap­tist Pub­li­ca­tion So­ci­e­ty, 1896)

• Burrage, pp. 403-4
• Julian, p. 67

1. Our Coun­try’s Voice Is Plead­ing
2. Yes, She Is Gone