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Britain five times. On her 1735 tour of Kent, Sussex, and Surrey with Mary Weston and Elizabeth Head she was later joined by Samuel Watson. She had married Watson earlier that year. Watson was another rich gentleman farmer. Her last visit was in 1748 when she had to sit while preaching. She
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