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to be Co=helper of the <abbr>S</abbr>: <abbr>S</abbr><hi rend="superscript"><abbr>rs</abbr></hi> &amp; choir=helper of the<br />
great girls: &amp; <abbr>tho</abbr>&#39; she had here many trials of<br />
various kinds to go <abbr>thro</abbr>&#39;: yet she remained <sic>chear=<br />
ful</sic>&nbsp; <corr>cheerful</corr> &amp; contented, &amp; <sic>Shewed</sic>&nbsp; <corr>Showed</corr> much faithfulness in<br />
her office, &amp; enjoyed the love &amp; confidence of all<br />
her <abbr>S</abbr><hi rend="superscript"><abbr>rs</abbr></hi> &amp; <abbr>g</abbr>: girls.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; <date><abbr>Oct</abbr></date><hi rend="superscript"><date><abbr>r</abbr></date></hi><date> 29</date><hi rend="superscript"><date>th</date></hi><date> 1759</date> she was<br />
married to <persname><abbr>B</abbr></persname><hi rend="superscript"><persname><abbr>r</abbr></persname></hi><persname> George Franckere</persname>, &amp; on the <date>13</date><hi rend="superscript"><date>th</date></hi><date> <abbr>Nov</abbr></date><hi rend="superscript"><date><abbr>r</abbr></date></hi><br />
following she was blessed by <persname><abbr>B</abbr></persname><hi rend="superscript"><persname><abbr>r</abbr></persname></hi><persname> Johannes</persname> as a<br />
Deaconess of the <orgname>Church of the Brethren</orgname>, &amp; then<br />
she went with to her husband to <placename>Bedford</placename>, where they<br />
had the care of that <abbr>Cong</abbr><hi rend="superscript"><abbr>n</abbr></hi>, as they afterwards<br />
also had of these in <placename>Bristol</placename> &amp; <placename>London</placename>: &amp; in <date>1776</date><br />
they went in the same capacity to <placename>Fulneck</placename> where<br />
they arrived <date>March 24</date><hi rend="superscript"><date>th</date></hi>, &amp; had also the care of<br />
the 2 Childrens Oeconomies committed to them. One<br />
must give her the testimony, that, notwithstanding<br />
all her faults &amp; imperfections, she was very faithful<br />
in all she was intrusted with, having the concerns<br />
of her Sisters &amp; the Children in the Oeconomy, to<br />
whom she was a truly tender mother, very much<br />
at heart &amp; sparing no pains whatever in fulfilling<br />
all that she thought to be for their good. Her<br />
married state was blessed with 2 Sons &amp; 3 Daugh=<br />
=ters, of whom one son &amp; 2 Daughters are gone to<br />
rest before her, &amp; one Son &amp; one Daughter are in the<br />
<abbr>Cong</abbr><hi rend="superscript"><abbr>n</abbr></hi>. At the end of last <date><abbr>Sept</abbr></date><hi rend="superscript"><date><abbr>r</abbr></date></hi> she got a violent<br />
fever, which held her for several weeks, &amp; then<br />
turned to a Dropey, under which she laboured<br />
with <sic>encreasing</sic>&nbsp; <corr>increasing</corr> pains for several months; but<br />
from the <sic>begining</sic>&nbsp; <corr>beginning</corr> of her disorder it was clear in her<br />
mind, that she <abbr>sho</abbr><hi rend="superscript"><abbr>d</abbr></hi> go to our dear <abbr>Sav</abbr><hi rend="superscript"><abbr>r</abbr></hi> &amp; spoke<br />
often of it with mel[?]dness of heart &amp; tears of<br />
longing for that happy time; <abbr>tho</abbr>&#39; it seemed some=<br />
=times as if she would recover. She <abbr>express&#39;d</abbr> very<br />
often in an affecting manner her Sinnerlike love<br />
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