Person:Deborah Sampson (5)
Deborah Sampson
b.17 Dec 1760 Plympton, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
d.29 Apr 1827 Sharon, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. 27 OCT 1751
  1. Elisha Sampson
  2. Ephraim Sampson
  3. Jonathan Sampson1753 -
  4. Hannah Sampsonabt 1757 - abt 1820
  5. Deborah Sampson1760 - 1827
  6. Dr. Nehemiah Bradford Sampson1764 - 1818
  7. Sylvia Sampson1766 -
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Benjamin Gannett (add)
  • W.  Deborah Sampson1760 - 1827
m. 7 April 1785
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Facts and Events
Name[1][5] Deborah Sampson
Alt Name[1][6] Deborah Samson
Gender Female
Birth[1] 17 Dec 1760 Plympton, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
Marriage 7 April 1785 Stoughton, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United Statesto Benjamin Gannett (add)
Death[1][3] 29 Apr 1827 Sharon, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States
Cause of Death[1] Yellow (mountain) fever
Burial[1][4] Rock Ridge Cemetery, Massachusetts


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Deborah Sampson Ganet (December 17, 1760 - April 29, 1827[1][2]), better known as Deborah Sampson, was an American woman who disguised as a man in order to serve in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. She is one of a small number of women with a documented record of military combat experience in that war. She served 17 months in the army, as "Robert Shurtliff", of Uxbridge, Massachusetts, was wounded in 1782 and honorably discharged at West Point, New York in 1783.

References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Deborah Sampson, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia. (Online: Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.), Questionable quality.
  2.   "DEBORAH SAMPSON.; How She Served as a Soldier in the Revolution -- Her Sex Unknown to the Army, in The New York Times. (New York, New York), [1], 8 Oct 1898.
  3. ↑ Baldwin, Thomas W. Vital Records of Sharon, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850. (Boston, Massachusetts: [s.n.], 1909), p. 166.

    GANNETT...Deborah, w. of Benjamin, Apr 29, 1827, in her 68th year.

  4. ↑ Photo of gravestone for Deborah Gannett, in Find A Grave, [2].
  5. ↑ Married name was Deborah Samson Gannett, but she is better known as Deborah Sampson.
  6. ↑ Revision of "Samson" to "Sampson" was purportedly due to a biographer's typographical error.
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