 She was saddened and affected by the deaths of numerous family members over the years, and died in 1783.Bleecker's pastoral poetry is studied by historians to gain perspective of life on the front lines of the revolution, and her novel "Maria Kittle", the first known Captivity novel, set the form for subsequent Indian Capture novels which saw great popularity after her death.Ann Eliza Schuyler was born in October 1752, in Albany in the Province of New York.