Ann was the daugh­ter of Isaac Tay­lor, who at the time of her birth was a Lon­don engraver. Her father sub­se­quent­ly be­came a Con­gre­ga­tion­al min­is­ter, liv­ing first at Col­ches­ter, then at On­gar. In 1813, she mar­ried the Rev. Jo­seph Gilbert, class­ic­al and math­e­ma­ti­cal tu­tor at the Con­gre­ga­tion­al Col­lege, Mas­bo­rough (near Roth­er­ham), York­shire. From Mas­bo­rough they moved to Hull, and lat­er Not­ting­ham. Her works in­clude:

• Original Po­ems, 1805 (with her sister Jane)
• Hymns for the Nur­se­ry, 1806 (with her sister Jane)
• Hymns for In­fant Minds, 1809 (with her sister Jane). This went through at least 52 edi­tions up to 1877
• Original Hymns for Sun­day Schools, 1812 (with her sister Jane)
• Hymns for Sun­day School An­ni­ver­sar­ies, 1827
• Hymns for In­fant Schools, 1827
• The Wed­ding Among the Flow­ers,
• Memoirs, pub­lished by her son Jo­si­ah Gil­bert in 1874

• Julian, p. 1116

1. Among the Deep­est Shades of Night
2. As Ma­ry Sat at Je­sus’ Feet
3. Father, My Spir­it Owns
4. God Is in Hea­ven! Can He Hear?
5. God of Hea­ven Is Pleased to See, The
6. Good Dan­iel Would Not Cease to Pray
7. Hark the Sound of Joy and Glad­ness
8. How Long, Some­times a Day Ap­pears
9. I Faint, My Soul Doth Faint
10. I Thank the Good­ness and the Grace
11. Jesus, the Con­des­cend­ing King
12. Jesus Was Once Des­pised and Low
13. Jesus Who Lived Above the Sky
14. Lo, at Noon, ’Tis Sud­den Night
15. Lord, Help Us as We Hear
16. Lord, What Is Life? ’Tis Like a Flow­er
17. My Fa­ther, I Thank Thee for Sleep
18. O [How] Hap­py They Who Safe­ly Housed
19. Spared to Ano­ther Spring
20. This Year Is Just Go­ing Away
21. Wearied with Earth­ly Toil and Care
22. When I List­en to Thy Word
23. When Lit­tle Sam­u­el Woke
24. Why Should We Weep for Those Who Die?