She was brought up by an aunt who lived in Warwick as a Presbyterian even though her father was an Anglican.

[1] In 1753 she heard the American preacher Elizabeth Ashbridge speak and, after some time and thought, she decided that her love of fashion and fun was incompatible with being a Christian.

On the 18 June she married Joseph Brook who had Yorkshire heritage as his parents Epaphras and Martha came from Shepley.

[1] In 1774 she published "Reasons for the necessity of silent waiting, in order to the solemn worship of God.

Her book enjoyed a wide circulation and it was translated into French and German.