Their eight children were Mary (1783–1828), Thomas (1785–1863), Richard (1786–1826), John (1789–1849), Elizabeth (born 1790), Ann (1795–1863), Robert (1799–1888) and Frances (died 1801).
The Eternal Existence of the Son of God (1800) shows parallel literal and symbolic readings of the Old Testament in its treatment of Proverbs 8.
[2] Dawbarn's earlier anonymous, Dialogue between Clara Neville and Louisa Mills, on Loyalty (1794) is strongly conservative in its preference for monarchy over liberty.
In 1805 she published an anthology of writings against the theatre: Sentiments selected from Writers of Ancient and Modern Celebrity concerning Theatrical Amusements.
Presented to Mrs. T. Robertson, author of "An Answer to the Effusions of Gratitude, &c."[4] Dawbarn's writings were published locally in Wisbech, but they were disseminated more widely through the Baptist movement.