Revolutionary War Spy.
Lydia Darragh was born in Ireland and immigrated to America about 1765. During the American Revolution the British quarantined her house and held a meeting of which she listened in. She informed the American authorities at Whitemarsh and saved George Washington's Army from being destroyed. She never made the story public and her daughter told people about her heroism after her death.
My wife's 7th Gr Grandmother.
She is documented in the DAR records as a patriot, but would not be considered a veteran since she did not serve in the military:
DARRAH, LYDIA BARRINGTON DAR Ancestor
Service: PENNSYLVANIA Rank(s): PATRIOTIC SERVICE
Birth: 1728 DUBLIN IRELAND
Death: 12-28-1789 PHILADELPHIA PHILADELPHIA CO PENNSYLVANIA
Service Source: WATSON & HAZARD, ANNALS OF PHILADELPHIA & PA IN THE OLDEN TIME, VOL 2, P 327
Service Description: 1) PASSED IMPORTANT INTELLIGENCE TO GEORGE WASHINGTON
RESIDENCE 1) City: PHILADELPHIA - County: PHILADELPHIA CO - State: PENNSYLVANIA
SPOUSE 1) WILLIAM DARRAH
In addition, the following child and his descendants are documented in the DAR records:
JOHN [1] MARGARET STEWART PORTER
Lydia Darragh was born in Ireland and immigrated to America about 1765. During the American Revolution the British quarantined her house and held a meeting of which she listened in. She informed the American authorities at Whitemarsh and saved George Washington's Army from being destroyed. She never made the story public and her daughter told people about her heroism after her death.
My wife's 7th Gr Grandmother.
She is documented in the DAR records as a patriot, but would not be considered a veteran since she did not serve in the military:
DARRAH, LYDIA BARRINGTON DAR Ancestor
Service: PENNSYLVANIA Rank(s): PATRIOTIC SERVICE
Birth: 1728 DUBLIN IRELAND
Death: 12-28-1789 PHILADELPHIA PHILADELPHIA CO PENNSYLVANIA
Service Source: WATSON & HAZARD, ANNALS OF PHILADELPHIA & PA IN THE OLDEN TIME, VOL 2, P 327
Service Description: 1) PASSED IMPORTANT INTELLIGENCE TO GEORGE WASHINGTON
RESIDENCE 1) City: PHILADELPHIA - County: PHILADELPHIA CO - State: PENNSYLVANIA
SPOUSE 1) WILLIAM DARRAH
In addition, the following child and his descendants are documented in the DAR records:
JOHN [1] MARGARET STEWART PORTER
Revolutionary War Spy.
Lydia Darragh was born in Ireland and immigrated to America about 1765. During the American Revolution the British quarantined her house and held a meeting of which she listened in. She informed the American authorities at Whitemarsh and saved George Washington's Army from being destroyed. She never made the story public and her daughter told people about her heroism after her death.
My wife's 7th Gr Grandmother.
She is documented in the DAR records as a patriot, but would not be considered a veteran since she did not serve in the military:
DARRAH, LYDIA BARRINGTON DAR Ancestor
Service: PENNSYLVANIA Rank(s): PATRIOTIC SERVICE
Birth: 1728 DUBLIN IRELAND
Death: 12-28-1789 PHILADELPHIA PHILADELPHIA CO PENNSYLVANIA
Service Source: WATSON & HAZARD, ANNALS OF PHILADELPHIA & PA IN THE OLDEN TIME, VOL 2, P 327
Service Description: 1) PASSED IMPORTANT INTELLIGENCE TO GEORGE WASHINGTON
RESIDENCE 1) City: PHILADELPHIA - County: PHILADELPHIA CO - State: PENNSYLVANIA
SPOUSE 1) WILLIAM DARRAH
In addition, the following child and his descendants are documented in the DAR records:
JOHN [1] MARGARET STEWART PORTER
Lydia Darragh was born in Ireland and immigrated to America about 1765. During the American Revolution the British quarantined her house and held a meeting of which she listened in. She informed the American authorities at Whitemarsh and saved George Washington's Army from being destroyed. She never made the story public and her daughter told people about her heroism after her death.
My wife's 7th Gr Grandmother.
She is documented in the DAR records as a patriot, but would not be considered a veteran since she did not serve in the military:
DARRAH, LYDIA BARRINGTON DAR Ancestor
Service: PENNSYLVANIA Rank(s): PATRIOTIC SERVICE
Birth: 1728 DUBLIN IRELAND
Death: 12-28-1789 PHILADELPHIA PHILADELPHIA CO PENNSYLVANIA
Service Source: WATSON & HAZARD, ANNALS OF PHILADELPHIA & PA IN THE OLDEN TIME, VOL 2, P 327
Service Description: 1) PASSED IMPORTANT INTELLIGENCE TO GEORGE WASHINGTON
RESIDENCE 1) City: PHILADELPHIA - County: PHILADELPHIA CO - State: PENNSYLVANIA
SPOUSE 1) WILLIAM DARRAH
In addition, the following child and his descendants are documented in the DAR records:
JOHN [1] MARGARET STEWART PORTER
Gravesite Details
UNMARKED BURIAL
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