L'Epine did have a sister called Maria (Manina) but she did not appear on the London stage as a soloist until 1712.
[2] She appeared for the first time at the Lincoln's Inn Fields Theatre, in 1703 when she had "newly arrived".
Documents signed by this composer, and by his wife as Maria Gallia Saggione, show that they received respectively £150 and £700 for a season of nine months,—large sums at that early date.
She sang songs also at the Haymarket Theatre 'in Italian and English,' to strengthen the attraction.
At this time she must have been very young, for we find her singing in 'Alexander Balus,' 'Joshua,' &c. in 1748; unless, indeed, her name is incorrectly put for that of Galli.