MOLLY PITCHER

Born in 1754 in Trenton, New Jersey

Original name was Mary Ludwig Hays McCauly

Accompanied her husband John Hays in the Battle of Monmouth

Died in Carlisle, Pennsylvania on January 22, 1832

THE LIFE OF MOLLY PITCHER

ROLE IN THE WAR

Carried water to cool the cannons

Soon became the cannon shooter

ROLE IN THE WAR

Molly pitcher was a patriot that helped the Americans win the battle against the British and the British King

LOYALIST OR PATRIOT

Molly Pitcher did survive the war and returned to Carlisle, Pennsylvania & remarried. After her 3rd husband’s death

she was voted Annuity for her services

SURVIVAL OF THE WAR

My opinion on Molly Pitcher is that she was a very brave woman. I think this because she took it upon her self to fight in the war for her country, risking her life and her

future.

MY OPINION

1. Molly Pitcher was known as a “Folk Hero”

2. She was the daughter of a New Jersey dairy farmer

ADDITIONAL FACTS

The most interesting fact about Molly Pitcher to me was that when she was 13 years old she worked as a domestic servant & married William Hays who was a Barber. Also

every man that she married had the last name Hays.

!!!Thank You!!!

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