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MEMOIR.

CHAPTER I.

FROM HER BIRTH TO HER CONVERSION.

THE beloved subject of this Memoir, was born at Kentish Town, on September 14th, 1806. Her father, Benjamin Tucker, Esq., long known as the friend to ministers of Christ's holy gospel, of all denominations, and to the establishment of his kingdom on earth, had retired from active business, and devoted himself chiefly, to aid and carry on the worship of God in the vicinity in which he lived. Her mother was the daughter of Joseph Page, Esq., to whose munificence the poor of the town of Basingstoke are much indebted for the erection and endowment of some almshouses for pious aged women.

Her parents had two daughters, Mary, who died at the age of twenty-two, and Martha, whose history we now record. It was her privilege to have a mother, to whose piety and personal superintendence she was much indebted for the formation of habits, which enriched her

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