Maria James – https://archive.org/details/femalepoets00grisrich (book about female poets). Some poems included. Starr Library has a book with all of her poetry in the Local History Collection. She lived with the Rev. Freeborn Garrettson family. Garrettson was first Methodist minister in the area. The plot that Maria is buried in was purchased by Mary Garrettson, daughter of Rev Garrettson. Mary and her mother Catherine Livingston Garrettson donated the property to the Methodist Church that was the first section of the Rhinebeck cemetery. Maria's sister Hannah Akerly and her husband are also buried in this plot.
Maria James – https://archive.org/details/femalepoets00grisrich (book about female poets). Some poems included. Starr Library has a book with all of her poetry in the Local History Collection. She lived with the Rev. Freeborn Garrettson family. Garrettson was first Methodist minister in the area. The plot that Maria is buried in was purchased by Mary Garrettson, daughter of Rev Garrettson. Mary and her mother Catherine Livingston Garrettson donated the property to the Methodist Church that was the first section of the Rhinebeck cemetery. Maria's sister Hannah Akerly and her husband are also buried in this plot.
Inscription
Maria James Born in Wales Oct 14 1793 Died in Rhinebeck Sept 11 1868 "Blessed are the pure in heart"
Strong in His strength, who bore the cross for thee,
Strong in His strength who won the victory;
Nor doubt, nor fear, shall then disturb thy breast,
But thou shalt rise to everlasting rest...
The four lines on James’s stone at the bottom are from her own poem (“Reflections” 1834):
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