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Lydia Barrington Darragh
An Irish immigrant and Pacifist turned Patriot spy, Lydia Barrington Darragh defied British officers and braved a military checkpoint to dispatch critical information to the Continental Army during the American Revolution.
Lydia Barrington was born in Dublin, Ireland in 1729 and emigrated to Philadelphia in 1753, shortly after marrying her family’s tutor, William Darragh. In America, Lydia’s husband continued to work as an instructor, while she took up work as a midwife and raised the couple’s five children. Though William and Lydia were both Quakers and pacifists, their eldest son, Charles, joined the Continental Army, serving in the 2nd Pennsylvania Regiment.
When the British occupied Philadelphia in September of 1777, General William Howe moved into a home located across the street from the Darragh’s family residence. Not long after, General Howe attempted to expand his headquarters into the Darragh house
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- Lydia Barrington Darragh (born 1729, Dublin, Ireland—died Decem, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.) was an American Revolutionary War heroine who is said to have saved General George Washington’s army from a British attack.
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Lydia Darrah (Darrach) Biography - Women of the Revolution
- Lydia Darragh (1729 – Decem) was an Irishwoman said to have crossed the lines during the British occupation of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania during the American Revolutionary War, delivering information to George Washington and the Continental Army that warned them of a pending British attack.
| Lydia Barrington Darragh (born 1729, Dublin, Ireland—died Decem, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.) was an American Revolutionary. | |
| Lydia Barrington Darragh was an American Revolutionary War heroine who is said to have saved General George Washington’s army from a British attack. | |
| Early life Lydia Barrington was born in 1729 in Dublin to John and Mary (Aldridge) Barrington, the youngest child of six. |
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- An Irish immigrant and Pacifist turned Patriot spy, Lydia Barrington Darragh defied British officers and braved a military checkpoint to dispatch critical information to the Continental Army during the American Revolution.
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- Lydia Darragh was a woman much like Betsy Ross.