Edward Payson博士の娘。Elizabethは1845年にGeorge Lewis Prentiss(後にニューヨークのユニオン・セミナリーで神学の教授となる)と結婚した。彼女の著作には以下のようなものがある。 Peterchen and Gretchen, 1860 Fred and Maria and Me, 1868 Stepping Heavenward, 1869 Nidworth, and His Three Magic Wands, 1869 Religious Poems, 1873 Golden Hours, or Hymns and Songs of the Christian Life, 1874 The Little Preacher, 1874 Little Threads, 1874 The Story Lizzie Told, 1874 Urbane and His Friends, 1874 The Home at Greylock, 1876 Griselda: A Dramatic Poem in Five Acts (translated from German) Little Susy's Six Birthdays, 1883 Little Susy's Six Teachers, 1883 Six Little Princesses Pemaquid Aunt Jane's Hero Little Susy Stories The Flower of the Family Life and Letters (posthumous)
作品を含む出版物: Erickson, p. 374 Findagrave, accessed 8 Feb 2018 Julian, p. 908 Sankey, p. 330 Smith, p. 103
作詞作品: More Love to Thee, O Christ Mystery of Life in Christ, The