Deborah Sampson

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I am Deborah. Deborah Sampson to be exact. I am a woman. That’s the thing. I am a woman. I can’t do a lot of “manly things”. Like fight for the country I love. Why? I don't know.

Deborah Sampson had a big family. She was the first born of 7 children. Her siblings were Jonathan, Elisha, Hannah, Ephraim, Nehemiah, and Sylvia. Deborah was told that that her father had most likely disappeared at sea. Evidence suggest that her father actually abandoned the family and moved to Lincoln County Maine. Deborah's Mother was financially troubled so they were place in households in many different friends of the family. Deborah Sampson married Benjamin Gannett. They had 3 children named Earl, Mary, Patience, and an adopted child named, Susanna Baker