Deborah sampson biography facts records
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Origins
Deborah Sampson was born in and raised near Massachusetts’ original colony, Plymouth. She was, in fact, believed to be a descendent of both Myles Standish and Governor William Bradford.
However, these deep roots would not be enough to save the Sampson children from poverty. Her father, Jonathan, was either lost at sea or abandoned the family when she was only five, and her mother was forced to ship her and her siblings off, individually, to family members willing to take them in.
Then, when she was ten, Sampson was bound as an indentured servant and completed her term by eighteen.
Deborah sampson biography facts records
After, she would work as a teacher and weaver for several years.
At age twenty-one, Sampson went headlong into a war that had been raging for seven years. In , she joined the Fourth Massachusetts Regiment as a volunteer under the alias of Robert Shurtleff/Shurtliff.
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