[2] At the end of 1795 she began work at Mrs Micklewright's school in Madeley as a teacher and in the following year she discovered the Methodists who had a society there.

Tooth said that she was not parted from her "beloved" Mary Fletcher for the next 15 years for a period longer than 24 hours.

Tooth took on some of her duties although Fletcher[2] continued her work within the Wesleyan Methodist Connexion until shortly before she died.

[5] Her last sermon was given on 25 July 1815,[6] and three months before her death she ceased also to take religious meetings and hold classes.

She moved in the communion table from the church and a clock from Fletcher's old home as Madeley became a destination for Methodist pilgrims.