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Adams, Fanny (1859–1867), murder victim and source of a colloquial expression  

Tony Cross

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23 September 2004
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23 September 2004

Adams, Fanny (1859–1867), murder victim and source of a colloquial expression, was born on 30 April 1859 in Tanhouse Lane, Alton, Hampshire, the fourth of seven children of George Adams (b. 1830), a labourer, later a bricklayer, and his wife, Harriet Mills (...

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McCrea, Jane (1752?–1777), murder victim and folk heroine in America  

Eric v. d. Luft

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23 September 2004
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23 September 2004

McCrea, Jane (1752?–1777), murder victim and folk heroine in America, was born near Bedminster or Lamington, Somerset county, in the colony of New Jersey, the younger of the two daughters among the seven children of James McCrea (d. 1769), a Presbyterian minister, and his wife, ...

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Ray, Martha (1742?–1779)  

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Martha Ray (1742?–1779) by Nathaniel Dance, 1777 Christie's Images Ltd. (2004)

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Ray, Martha (1742?–1779), singer and murder victim  

William Weber

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23 September 2004
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23 September 2004

Ray, Martha (1742?–1779), singer and murder victim, was born near Covent Garden, London, probably in 1742, though some sources suggest 1745. When she was about fourteen her father, a stay maker, apprenticed her for five years to Mrs Sarah Silver, a maker of mantuas (cloaks) in ...