Deborah Sampson Gannett never attended school, except to teach. She was self-educated as a child and had learned through several households she served in as an indentured servant.
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Deborah died when she was 66 years old.
When she was almost 5 years old.
That is correct.
Deborah Sampson was born December 17, 1760. Her dad went off to become a sailor but died when his ship sank at sea. Others say he went to Maine and started a new family. Deborah's mom had to give Deborah to her cousin, Miss Fuller. But then she died and Deborah moved with old Mrs. Thatcher. After that a minister helped Deborah move to Deacon Thomas' house. There she was an indentured servant for 10 years. Save
Being born on December 17, 1760, she would have been 15 years old.
Deborah Sampson was a servant for Jeremiah Thomas who had ten boys. She served him from the age of 10 until she was 18 years old, she learned to cook, weave, work the farm equipment, and shoot a musket. She went to school in winter, and learned from Jeremiah's boys' school work after the chores were done. At 18 years old she worked as a school teacher.She joined the Fourth Massachusetts Regiment of the Continental Army on 20 May 1782, as a man after she studied and learned how to hold a pen like a man and converse like a man.
carolyn Sampson is 60yrs old
Deborah Sampson (1760-1827) was only 18 when she went to fight but was rejected by the general because of her sex. So she dressed as a man and was allowed in. Fighting under the alias Robert Shirtliff, she was wounded in 1782 but allowed to receive an honorable discharge in 1783. Nine years later, in 1792, she was granted payment for her service by the state of Massachusetts and governor John Hancock.
George Sampson is 16 this month.
Marty Sampson is 30 years old. He was born in 1979
As of the 2014 MLB season, Keyvius Sampson is 23 years old.