Background
Although her mother was from a dissenting family, in 1821 she married John Channing Abdy, a clergyman who succeeded his father as rector of Street John"s, Southwark.
Although her mother was from a dissenting family, in 1821 she married John Channing Abdy, a clergyman who succeeded his father as rector of Street John"s, Southwark.
John Channing Abdy and Maria Abdy had at least one boy, Albert Channing Abdy (born 1829), who attended Oxford and became a clergyman.
Maria Abdy, née Smith (25 February 1797 – 19 July 1867) was an English poet. Maria Abdy was widowed in 1845. She died on 19 July 1867 in Margate, and was buried at Street Peters, Kent.