Peggy Shippen

Margaret "Peggy" Shippen Arnold
Peggy Shippen with one of her children.
Born	Margaret Shippen (1760-07-11)July 11, 1760 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Colony, Thirteen Colonies
Died	August 24, 1804(1804-08-24) (aged 44)
Resting place	St. Mary's Church in Battersea
Spouse	Benedict Arnold ​ ​ (m. 1779; died 1803)​
Children	5
Parents	Edward Shippen IV Margaret Shippen
Relatives	See Shippen family

Margaret "Peggy" Shippen Arnold was an American woman from Philadelphia. She helped Benedict Arnold go to the British army during the American Revolutionary War.^[1][2][3][4]

1. ↑ "Life Story: Margaret "Peggy" Shippen Arnold (1760–1803)". New York Historical Society. Retrieved July 1, 2021.
2. ↑ "Peggy Shippen". American Battlefield Trust. Retrieved July 2, 2021.
3. ↑ Victoria Cooney (2013). "Love and the Revolution". Magazine of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Vol. 34, no. 5. Retrieved July 2, 2021.
4. ↑ Nathaniel Philbrick (2016). "Why Benedict Arnold Turned Traitor Against the American Revolution". Smithsonian Magazine. Retrieved July 2, 2021. {{cite magazine}}: Cite magazine requires |magazine= (help)