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| 1710 | Susanna Wesley started teaching parishioners at her home during her husband's (the vicar) summer absences. Soon over two hundred members attended. |
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| 1715 | Highland Jacobite Rebellion. |
| 1716 | Mary Peck Butterworth and cohorts charged with counterfeiting in Massachusetts. Because her method did not involve metal plates and did not leave physical evidence, charges were dropped. (Read, Phyllis J. and Bernard L. Witlieb 1992. The Book of Women's Firsts. New York: Random House. p. 78) |
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| 1742 | Grace Murray became band leader of the Foundry Society in London. |
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| 1744 | Alice Cross introduced Methodism to Booth Bank. She often preached when ministers failed to arrive at meetings. |
| 1745 | Flora MacDonald aided the escape of Bonnie Prince Charles. |
| 1746 | Elizabeth Blon introduced Methodism to Hull. |
| 1747 | Catherine Graves became class leader and exhorter in Wales. |
| 1748 | Selina, Countess of Huntingdon, appointed George Whitfield as her chaplain. |
| 1749 | Revival broke out in Cambuslang, Scotland. |
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| 1752 | Sarah Crosby became class leader in the Foundry Society. |
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| 1755 | With her husband and brother Martha Sterns founded the Sandy Creek Church in Randolph County, NC. |
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| 1757 | John Wesley charged Mary Bosanquet Fletcher with the Kingswood School. |
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| 1761 | Mrs. Sarah Crosby, a Methodist woman, began preaching (Chilote, Paul Wesley. John Wesley and the Women Preachers of Early Methodism. 1991.) The First Baptist Church in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, rescinded the right of women to vote in congregational matters ("'On the Same Basis as the Men': The Campaign to Reinstate Women as Messengers to the Southern Baptist Convention, 1885-1918," J. Michael Raley, Journal of Southern Religion.) |
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| 1765 | Flora MacDonald helped smuggle Prince Charles Stewart out of Scotland. She disguised him as her maid, "Betty Burke". She was imprisoned in the Tower of London for her part in his escape, though she was released in 1747. |
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| 1768 | Treveca, a seminary founded by Selina, Countess of Huntingdon, opened on August 24. |
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| 1771 | Methodist Anne Gilbert began preaching in Cornwall when a minister failed to arrive. She gained acceptance as a lay-preacher. |
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| 1773 | Sarah Cox began preaching (Chilote, Paul Wesley. John Wesley and the Women Preachers of Early Methodism. 1991.) |
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| 1775 | Elizabeth Hurrell sparked controversy when she preached at the Methodist Chapel in Sunderland on October 22 (Chilote, Paul Wesley. John Wesley and the Women Preachers of Early Methodism. 1991.) Hannah More opened a Sunday school in the parish of Blagdon. This sparked first local then national controversy when curate Thomas Bere complained. |
| 1776 | The United States of America declared independence, beginning the American Revolutionary War. Margaret Corbin stepped into her husband, John's position as a cannoneer. In 1779 the Continental Congress declares she is eligible for half soldiers pay. (Read, Phyllis J. and Bernard L. Witlieb 1992. The Book of Women's Firsts. New York: Random House. p. 102) Methodist woman Margaret Davidson began preaching, despite having been blind since birth (Chilote, Paul Wesley. John Wesley and the Women Preachers of Early Methodism. 1991.) |
| 1777 | December Lydia Barrington Darragh overheard British plans to attack George Washington's army. On the 4th she reported what she heard to Col. Thomas Craig. (Read, Phyllis J. and Bernard L. Witlieb 1992. The Book of Women's Firsts. New York: Random House. p. 113) |
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| 1780 | Jane Newland started a prayer meeting. Quickly the meeting expanded to three times a week (Chilote, Paul Wesley. John Wesley and the Women Preachers of Early Methodism. 1991.) |
| 1781 | Sarah Laurence, a Methodist, began preaching (Chilote, Paul Wesley. John Wesley and the Women Preachers of Early Methodism. 1991.) Caroline Hershel discovered planet Uranus, with her husband William, on March 13. |
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| 1783 | Elizabeth Tonkin began preaching (Chilote, Paul Wesley. John Wesley and the Women Preachers of Early Methodism. 1991.) Selina, Countess of Huntingdon, and her Connexion separated from the Church of England. |
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| 1785 | Sarah Mallet, a Methodist woman, answered the "call" she felt to preach (Chilote, Paul Wesley. John Wesley and the Women Preachers of Early Methodism. 1991.) Mary Sewell was listed as a "local preacher" on the Methodist Norwich Circuit (Chilote, Paul Wesley. John Wesley and the Women Preachers of Early Methodism. 1991.) |
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| 1787 | John Wesley officially authorized Sarah Mallet to preach. |
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| 1790 | Judith Sargent Murray published her essay, "On the Equality of the Sexes". |
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| 1792 | Mary Wollstonecraft wrote Vindication of the Rights of Women. Elizabeth Dickinson began preaching (Chilote, Paul Wesley. John Wesley and the Women Preachers of Early Methodism. 1991.) |
| 1793 | Anne Cutler, the "Praying Nanny", began evangelistic missions (Chilote, Paul Wesley. John Wesley and the Women Preachers of Early Methodism. 1991.) Mrs. Mary Taft began preaching (Chilote, Paul Wesley. John Wesley and the Women Preachers of Early Methodism. 1991.) |
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| 1798 | Alice Cambridge was influential in the revival of 1798 (Chilote, Paul Wesley. John Wesley and the Women Preachers of Early Methodism. 1991.) |
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| 1800 | Mrs. Jane Treffry began preaching (Chilote, Paul Wesley. John Wesley and the Women Preachers of Early Methodism. 1991.) |
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