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CHAPTER I MR. SUMMERFIELD'S PARENTAGE, BIRTH, AND EDUCATION— GOESTO RESIDE AT LIVERPOOL— REMARKABLE DREAM Although s of the parentage of a saint of theMost High, unless connected with some very pecuhar cir-cumstances, are generally uninteresting, yet it may not beimproper, in the instance before us, to record the followingbrief particulars "William Summerfield, the father of that excellent min-ister, the particulars of whose life I am about to narrate,was born in Devonshire, April 12, 1770. * * * At an earlyperiod of his life, he was engaged as a millwright near"Wakefield, Yorkshire. While in this situation, he becameacquainted with Miss Amelia Depledge, who, at the periodin question, lived