
Phoebe - "REIT" - Hessel, the Amazon of Stepney, was born in the English village that bears the same name in 1713, a few yards from the Tower of London. Fifteen years later, as he was crazy Samuel Golding soldier, military Pheoebe disguised himself and joined the regiment of her boyfriend in the Caribbean. And so until the two wounded in combat in Belgium land at the Battle of Fontenoy, 1745. Then, after confessing to the wife of Colonel of the regiment his true identity, Hessel left the army, married Golding and the two went to live in the English west coast. There would give birth to nine offspring Phoebe, eight of whom would die at an early age.
... Upon the death of her first husband, remarried Phoebe Hessel with Thomas, a fisherman by profession. And croak it, good for Phoebe bought a donkey and went on to sell fish and vegetables by near Brighton, in southern England. There is always fashionable to be a brown suit with a white apron and a stick of oak .....
When the legs and did not give for more, our rider was devoted to selling toys and oranges in one of the main streets of Brighton. They say that when asked what was the best way to keep a secret, she always replied emphatically: "You know that men, when drunk, as children always tell the truth. If you can not keep his mouth shut, you better do a very deep hole in the ground and drop your secret down there that nobody ever learns. " ... Upon the death of her first husband, remarried Phoebe Hessel with Thomas, a fisherman by profession. And croak it, good for Phoebe bought a donkey and went on to sell fish and vegetables by near Brighton, in southern England. There is always fashionable to be a brown suit with a white apron and a stick of oak .....
. You blind at age 95, the generous Prince George IV granted a pension of half a guinea, a half a euro ... like, come on. Eleven years later, in 1821 and more than respectable and heroic age of 108, Phoebe left for other Lares and best skies. Was buried in the gardens of the Church of St. Nicholas, a compound of the eleventh century in the heart of the city of Brighton. The inscription on the tombstone reads: "In memory of Phoebe Hessel, born in Stepney in the year 1713. He served many years in the Army in Europe as a private in the Fifth Regiment, and in 1745, under the command of the Duke of Cumberland, was a bayonet wound in the arm Battle of Fontenoy. "

... The headstone was paid by one Hyam Lewis and would be later restored with the help of the soldiers of the Northumberland Fusiliers.
... Finally, mention that there are two streets in London dedicated to it: Amazon Street and Hessel Street, both in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets.
... Finally, mention that there are two streets in London dedicated to it: Amazon Street and Hessel Street, both in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets.
