Background
Anna was probably born in Glamorganshire, Wales, the daughter of David Evans, described variously as a customs officer or grocer. The latter became a famous actress as Harriet Pye Esten (ca 1765-1865), with her mother helping to launch her career.
Career
Some sources give her name as Agnes Maria Bennett. Her best-known work is the epistolary novel Agnes de-Courci (1789). She was briefly married to customs officer Thomas Bennett, but while working in a chandler"s shop after moving to London, she met Vice-Admiral Thomas Pye.
She became his housekeeper and mistress in Tooting, Surrey.
The couple had at least two illegitimate children together, Thomas Pye Bennett and Harriet Pye Bennett.