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By 1747 her father was offering accommodation to evangelical travellers and for five days in August he offered a place to stay to
Charles and his brother John Wesley. The age gap between Sarah and Charles Wesley was nearly twenty years but they were both attracted to each other. Charles returned in
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The Wesley family were not known for their happy marriages but the marriage between
Charles and Sarah seems to have been very happy. In 1753 Sarah suffered from smallpox. Although she survived the disease, the effects left her difficult to recognize. Wesley took her own line on her religion and
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and Sarah Wesley. The two sons were musically gifted and made this their careers. Their mother was known for her musical abilities including her singing voice which she was still using to entertain in her old age. Sarah senior had performed musically for King George III.
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for stirring up sedition, but while listening to Harris' sermon was converted to his beliefs. He brought Harris back to his house where his wife refused to see him. The only member of Gwynne's family who did listen was his daughter, Sarah.
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which was his place of worship. The churchyard holds the remains of five of Wesley's children (John, Martha Maria, Susannah, Selena and John James) who died as infants during the 22 years they lived in
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the following April and proposed marriage. Sarah's mother had been unenthusiastic about her husband's interest in the
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