Peggy Shippen
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Gender | Female |
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Death | 220 years ago |
Date of birth | July 11,1760 |
Zodiac sign | Cancer |
Born | Philadelphia |
Pennsylvania | |
United States | |
Date of died | August 24,1804 |
Died | London |
United Kingdom | |
Spouse | Benedict Arnold |
Children | Edward Shippen Arnold |
William Fitch Arnold | |
James Robertson Arnold | |
Sophia Matilda Arnold | |
George Arnold | |
Siblings | John Francis Shippen |
Sarah Shippen | |
James Shippen | |
Edward Shippen | |
Mary Shippen | |
Elizabeth Shippen | |
Parents | Edward Shippen IV |
Margaret Francis | |
Grandchildren | Edward Gladwin Arnold |
Place of burial | St Mary's Church, Battersea, London, United Kingdom |
Date of Reg. | |
Date of Upd. | |
ID | 491221 |
Peggy Shippen Life story
Margaret "Peggy" Shippen was the highest-paid spy in the American Revolution, and was the second wife of General Benedict Arnold. Shippen was born into a prominent Philadelphia family with Loyalist tendencies. She met Arnold during his tenure as military commander of the city following the British withdrawal in 1778.