There is only one visit to a house in 1814 on the Stratford Circuit listed in the book. Although Woolsey did not mention any family names, the date and description of the Presbyterian church, make it probable this is the account to which Sharpe referred. (It should be noted that Sharpe was a contemporary of the Rev. Edward Bassett, the grandson of Captain Bassett, and Sharpe may have learned of the family relation through Bassett.) The story follows:
    "I recollect to have been invited to preach one evening at a private home; and when I came there in the afternoon I met the sister-in-law of the man of the house. She belonged to the Calvinist Church, and I very soon found her to be a woman of piety, and had no thought of disputing with her on points of doctrine; but, when we were conversing on the subject of the duty of parents toward their children, she said she had thought it did not make any difference how children were brought up, for if they were elected to be saved, they would be saved, and if not, they would be lost! I then thought it would not do to let this pass by, and take no notice of it. I then said to her 'Dear madam, tell me, do you believe that dreadful doctrine, that God has made a part of the world to be damned, without giving them any chance for heaven?' After pausing a little, she said, 'I will be honest. I was brought up under the preaching of the Calvinists, and was taught to believe that the Methodists were the false teachers that were to come in the latter days, and that it was a disgrace to go and hear them; and not wishing to disgrace myself I did not go to hear them, but hearing that there was to be a camp meeting at Stamford, and as almost everyone was going, I thought I could go without disgracing myself; and my sister and I concluded to go, and such preaching I never heard before. While there I was awakened and converted and returned home with a determined resolution to join the Methodist Church, having no thought that when I informed my husband of what had been done for me, and that I was going to join the Methodists, he forbid me so doing, but said I might join the Presbyterians; and as I thought it my duty to join the church of God, I resolved to see the minister, and tell him my experience, and get the Discipline of the church, and see if I could join them and believe their doctrines. I had an interview with him, and he said I must come and join the church and take the sacrament. I said 'I want to see the Discipline