She made a significant impact in Hull, but she decided to establish herself back in her home village of Mercaston in Derbyshire.

Her Wesleyan Methodist parents were Sarah (born Daykin) and Rowland Kirkland who hosted services in their house.

1813 was an eventful year as she lost two brothers and her father to smallpox and she formally joined the Primitive Methodists.

[2] Winfield was a farmer in the small south Derbyshire village of Ambaston and he was known for evangelising new areas.

[4] In 1818 she married John Harrison who had been a Primitive Methodist since 1811 and he was credited with establishing that church in Leicestershire.