Phoebe Hessel

In the parish church of Brighton there is an old gravestone.

In Memory of
PHOEBE HESSEL
who was born at Stepney
in the year 1713.
She served for many years as a private
Soldier in the 5th Regiment of foot
in different parts of Europe,
and in the year 1745 fought under
the command of the
Duke of Cumberland

at the battle of Fontenoy, where she received a bayonet wound in the arm. Her long life, which commenced in the time of Queen Anne, extended to the reign of George IV., by whose munificience she received comfort and support in her latter years.

She died at Brighton, where she had
long resided, Dec. 12th, 1821
Aged 108 years.

Phoebe Hessel - a fife is in her pocket
(The Circulator)