Peggy Shippen Arnold
BIRTH
Jul 11, 1760
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
DEATH
August 24, 1804
London, England
FAMILY
FATHER:
Edward Shippen
(1729-1806)
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Arnold, Peggy Shippen
(1760-1804)
Margaret "Peggy" Shippen was the highest-paid spy in the American Revolution, and was the second wife of General Benedict Arnold.
GRAVE:
CHURCH
St Mary's Church, Battersea
The Moorings, Battersea Church Rd, London SW11 3NA, United Kingdom
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HUSBAND
Benedict Arnold
(1741-1801)
James Robertson Arnold
(1781-1854)
William Finch Arnold
(1794-c. 1846)
Places | Image | Address | GPS | Site |
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Westover Plantation | 7000 Westover Road, Charles City, VA | MUSEUM | ||
Beverley Robinson House Marker | 832 NY-9D, Garrison, NY 10524 | MARKER |
DIED:
London, England
Aug 24, 1804
Shippen was born into a prominent Philadelphia family with Loyalisttendencies. She met Arnold during his tenure as military commander of the city following the British withdrawal in 1778. They were married in the Shippen townhouse on Fourth Street on April 8, 1779, and Arnold began conspiring with the British to change sides soon after. Peggy played a role in the conspiracy which was exposed after British Major John André was arrested in September 1780 carrying documents concerning the planned surrender of the critical Continental Army base at West Point.
Arnold escaped to New York City and Peggy followed. They traveled together to London at the end of 1781, where she established a home and Arnold rebuilt a trading business. In 1787, she joined him in Saint John, New Brunswick, where his difficulties with local businessmen forced them to return to London in December 1791. Arnold died in 1801, after which she had to settle his business affairs and pay off his debts. She died in 1804, having borne seven children, five of whom survived infancy.