[1][2] She was a housemaid in London, and was converted to Methodism after hearing John Wesley preach in Moorfields.
Thompson was declared insane and sent to Bedlam, but Wesley later freed her and rode with her back to her hometown of Preston.
Thompson paired up with Ann Cutler and the two evangelists would claim converts who had witnessed Thompson's singing and Cutler's praying.
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