Molly Pitcher By Lucy Breithaupt

Life Facts Molly Pitcher was born in Trenton, New Jersey on October 13,1754. She married a young barber named William Hays. He died in1789. Then she remarried to George (possibly John) McCauley. Molly Pitcher was an only child born to German immigrants. Molly Pitcher died on January 22,1832 of old age when she was 82 years old in Carlisle, PA. She was a very lively girl.

Accomplishments Molly Pitcher was awarded a yearly pension of $40 at age 72, ten years before she died. At the burial site of Molly Pitcher a flagstaff, a cannon, and a monument were placed in honor of her.

Connection to Pennsylvania Molly Pitchers connection to Pennsylvania was at age fifteen she moved and then lived most of her life in Carlisle, PA.

Interesting or Extra Facts Molly Pitcher was really her nickname. Mary Ludwig was her birth name. She got her nickname by carrying pitchers of water from the nearest spring to the solders (mostly her husband)during the battle of Monmouth. George Washington awarded her a commission as a sergeant.

Works Consulted World Book Page 15. “Pitcher, Molly” by James Kirby Martin, Copyright year 2004 Molly Pitcher by Augusta Stevenson city of publisher is Aladdin Papperbacks