Pitcher, Molly, 1744–1832, American Revolutionary heroine whose real name was Mary Ludwig Hays or Heis, b. near Trenton, N.J. As the wife of John Hays or Heis, she carried water for her husband and other soldiers in the battle of Monmouth (1778) and earned her nickname. The legend that she manned her husband's gun is apocryphal and possibly rose from confusion with Margaret Corbin Corbin, Margaret (kôr`bĭn), 1751–1800, American Revolutionary heroine, b. Franklin co., Pa.
..... Click the link for more information. . After her husband's death, she married George McCauley, and in 1822 she was pensioned by Pennsylvania.

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See W. S. Stryker, The Battle of Monmouth (1927).

Pitcher, Molly

byname of Mary Ludwig Hays McCauly

(born 1754, near Trenton, N.J. [U.S.]—died Jan. 22, 1832, Carlisle, Pa., U.S.) U.S. patriot. In the American Revolution, according to legend, she accompanied her husband, William Hays, a gunner, at the Battle of Monmouth (1778), where she carried pitchers of water to American soldiers for cooling the cannons, thereby earning the nickname “Molly Pitcher.” Supposedly, after her husband collapsed from the heat or was wounded, she took his place at the cannon and served heroically through the battle.

Pitcher, Molly See Corbin, Margaret and McCauley, Mary.

Pitcher, Molly

(1744–1832) took husband’s place in battle during American Revolution. [Am. Hist.: Jameson, 393]

See : Bravery