MollyPitcher2

Molly Pitcher - 2
        Appendix

PENNSYLVANIA MARRIAGES

1769, July 24 -             Hays, Casper and Mary Ludwick
1762, July 12 -             Hays, Conrad and Charlotte
1769, May 29 -             Hays, Elizabeth and Amos Wickersham
1776, June 1 -             Hays, Magdalen and Samuel Smith
1769, June 14 -           Hays, Martha and Thomas Wright
1763, April 13 -            Hays, Rachel and John Jones
1770, November 5 -   Hayward, John and Anne Watson
1773, September 24 -Hazard, Richard and Mary Brown
1766, August 8 -         Hazell, Sarah and John Gill
1769, April 25 -            Hazelhurst, Isaac and Juliana Purviance
1763, January 27 -     Hazleton, Mary and Henry Bastone
1771, July 17 -             Hazlewood, John and Hester Leacock
1773, February 22 -    Hazlewood, William and Rachel Rouse
1762. January 20 -      Head, Joseph and Mary Dickinson
1765, June 8 -              Headley, Sarah and Joseph White
1769, June 12 -            Head, Margaret and Philip Ross
1761, October 26 -      Heany, Mary and Thomas Gaskin
1761, July 16 -             Hearn, David and Jennet Steel
1746, December ? -   Heass, George and Mary Jacobs
1764, December 21 - Heassley, Christiana and John Young
1769, July 12 -            Heatcorn, Elizabeth and John Yeumans
1767, February 4 -     Heathcoate, John and Elizabeth Cox
1767, February 4 -     Heatherington, Martha and Roger Merrywhether
1764, January21 -     Heath, John and Mary Taylor
1763, May 17 -            Heath, John and Sarah Reed
1769, December 16- Heaton, Catharine and Benjamin Vastine
1761, February 3 -     Heaton, Davis and Susan Jones
1760. August 13 -      Heaton, Jeremiah and Elizabeth Carter
1747, April ? -             Heaton, Robert and Ann Carvour
1769, November 15- Heaton, Robert and Sarah Griffith
1761, March 3 -          Heaton, Sarah and John Walling
1774, July 21 -           Heblethwaite, Middleton and Margaret Meskell
1761, December 2 - Heddley, Elizabeth and Timothy Bunting
1747, November ?- Hedges, Margaret and Peter Heston
1770, September 5 Hedley, Hannah and Timothy Belsford
1772, May 23 -           Heeny, John and Elizabeth Hess
1773, May 3 -             Heide, Mary and Peter Smick
1767, August 17 -     Heiler, Sebastian and Elizabeth Pillager
1766, December 1 - Hellmann, Barbara and John Haas
1747, December ? - Heine, Rebecca and Isaac Hughes
1767, April 28 -          Heissel, Rebecca and Christopher Young
1761, November 11-Heist, Henry and Leah Peters
1761, March 7 -         Hellborn, Miles and Mary Edwards
1769. February 20- Hellbourn, Thomas and Margaret Johnson
1775, September 18Heller, John and Mary Jones
1748, October 18 -   Helliard, Solomon and Jane Buckley

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Transcript of Orphans
Court Document - 1778

Came into Court Mary Hays, Administrator of the Estate of
William Hays, Deceased, and Produced a Petition to the
Court setting forth that the said William Hays having died
intestate, Levied of a messuage and lot of ground intestate
and being on the North side of south Street in the Borough
of Carlisle, bounded on the south by south Street and on
the west by (Lot # 249) on the north by a 20 foot alley and
on the east by (Lot # 365) Containing in length north and
south two hundred and eighty feet and in breadth east and
west sixty feet marked in the plan of said Borough and
town of Carlisle leaving the petitioner his widow and one
son John aged five years to survive him. That the
Petitioner hath hereunto exhibited a just account of her
Administration of the personal Estate of the said deceased
that came to her hands possession and knowledge and in
a list of all the said intestate's debts yet due and unpaid
which came to the knowledge of the Petitioner as appears
by an Inventory to the said petition amount by which it
appears to the Court that the personal Estate aforesaid will
not be and is not now sufficient to pay the debts and
maintain the Orphan son of the deceased aforesaid.
Therefore the Petitioner prays the Court to grant an Order
to enable the Petitioner to make sale of such part of the lot
of ground aforesaid with the appurtances in such part
thereof belonging as shall enable the Petitioner to pay the
debts of the said intestate and maintain the said Orphan
son of the said deceased agreeable to the acts of
Assembly of the State of Pennsylvania in such case made
and provided. The Court upon Consideration do allow the
said Mary Hays the Petitioner to sell that half part of the
lot mentioned in the foregoing petition bounded by south
Street and an East and west line struck through the middle
of said lot, and that sale thereof be made on the twenty
fifth day of March next on the premises between the hours
of two and four O'clock of the Afternoon of the same day.
That the said Mary Hays giving notice of such sale to be
made thereof at least fifteen days before the said day of
Sale in the Carlisle Gazette and setting up six written
notices thereof in six publick places in the Borough of
Carlisle and County adjacent thereto and make report of
her proceedings to the next Orphans Court.

By The Courtier

Appendix XI-a

Transcript of Donation Lands
Document:

In pursuance of an Act of General Assembly of the State
of Pennsylvania Dated the 24th Day of February, 1785
entitled “an act for directing the mode of distributing the
donation Lands promised the troops by this
Commonwealth,” and by order of the Surveyor General
with the approbations of the Honorable the Supreme
Executive Council. I have Surveyed on the 12th Day of
October, 1785 the above described Tract of 200 acres of
Land and allowances of six PerCent for Roads ??. No.
1717 Situate in district No. 8 on the West Side of the
Allegany River, in the county of Westmoreland.

Alexander M. Dowell, DS
To John Lukens, Esq.
Surveyor General:

I do certify that above is a copy of a draft of a Tract of
Land which appears to have been granted to Mary McCalla
widow of William Hays late a Private in the Pennsylvania
Line of the Revolutionary Army of the United States as a
donation for services rendered by him in said Line --- In
Testimony Whereof I have set my hand and the seal of
said office at Lancaster this 4th day of April 1807.
Samuel Conrad

Transcript of 1807 Property Sale
Documents
Page 1
Know all men by these presents that we, John McCalla and
Mary his wife late Mary Hays formerly widow of William
Hays dec'd and John Hays son of the said William Hays of
the Borough of Carlisle, Cumberland County and State of
Pennsylvania, for and in consideration of the sum of thirty
dollars to us in hand paid by James Brady of the Borough
of Greensburgh in the County of Westmoreland and State
aforesaid the receipt and payment whereof is hereby
acknowledged. Have granted conveyed and sold and by
these presents do grant bargain and sell unto the said
James Brady all our right title interest property claim and
demand of us and to all land or lands whatsoever with the
appurtances thereto belonging to which we are entitled for
the services of said William Hays as a soldier in the Army
of the United States to him the said James Brady his heirs
and assigns To have and to hold the said land and every
part and parcel thereof, forever, and the ^above named
John McCalla and Mary his wife, and John Hays as
aforesaid for ourselves our heirs, executors and
administrators do hereby covenant and agree to and with
this said James Brady his heirs and assigns the aforesaid
land we will warrant and forever defend from all and every
person or persons lawfully claiming or to claim as through
or under us.
In witness whereof we have put our hand and seal this
15th day of April A.D. 1807.
Delivered in presence of us

John P. Halfseyteur
John McCalla (his mark X)
(SEAL)

Mary McCalla (her mark X)    (SEAL)
                         (signed)   John
Hays
(SEAL)

Appendix XIV-a
Transcript of 1807 Property Sale Documents
Page 2

Received this day of the date of the within instrument of
writing of and from the within named James Brady the sum
of thirty dollars in full for the consideration money within
mentioned Witness present
John P.
Halfseyteur

John McCalla (his mark X)

Mary McCalla (her mark X)

(signed) John L. Hays

Cumberland County
(SEAL) Personally appeared before me the subscriber
~~~~~~~ Esq. one of the associate judges of the Court of
Common Pleas in and for the County of Cumberland the
within named John McCalla and Mary his wife and John
Hays, son of William Hays, dec'd and acknowledges the
within indenture to be their act and deed and desire the
same by way be recorded as such --- In testimony thereof
have hereunto set their hand and seal at Carlisle this 17th
day of April An. Do. MDCCCVII

John Creigh

Appendix XVIII

Act for the relief of Molly McKolly

Appendix XVIII-a

Transcript of Act of the Assembly -1822

An Act for the relief of Molly McKolly for her services
during the revolutionary war.

Sect. 1        Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in
General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the
authority of the same that the state treasurer be and is
hereby directed to pay to Molly McKolly of Cumberland
county or her order forty dollars immediately, and an
annuity of forty dollars to commence on the first of
January, one thousand eight hundred and twenty two,
payable half yearly during life.
J Lawrence
Speaker of the house of
Representatives

Wm Marks, Jr.
Speaker of the Senate

Approved February the twenty first one thousand eight
hundred and twenty two.

Joseph Hiester

Appendix XIX

Order for First Payment – 1822

Appendix XX-a

Transcript of Order for Payment of
Pension

(Order)

William Clark Esq.
State Treasurer

Sir:
Please pay to Alexander Mahony
forty dollars the amount of the pension due me by the
law posted totaly placing me on the pension list.

Molly McKolly (X her mark)
Alexander Mahony

No. 477
Molly McKolly
$40~
Molly McKolly
order
Treasury Office February 21st 1822 Received of
Wm. Clark Treasurer forty dollars a gratuity
granted me this day by the Legislature of Penna.
$40   Alex. Mahony

Epilogue:

I have spent over a year gathering documents, sending
letters, and sending my full manuscript, which includes
images of all of the documents shown in this narrative, to
the Mayor and the Borough Council of Carlisle, PA, and to
the United States Army Military History Institute. Also there
was invaluable help in letters sent by Clark D.
McCullough, President of the Monmouth Chapter of the
Sons of the American Revolution, as well as additional help
from Robert McKnight, a Past President of the Monmouth
Chapter of the SAR.

As a result, two major goals have been reached.
The official History of the United States Army now shows
that “Molly Pitcher” was Mary Ludwig Hays McCauley, the
wife of Gunner William Hays, at the Battle of Monmouth,
June 28, 1778.

On April 7, 2008, I was personally informed by Mr. Kirk
Wilson, the Mayor of the Borough of Carlisle, that the
“History Corrected” marker is going to be removed in the
near future
He said that, “…since the name on the (1916) Monument
was deemed to be correct at its
dedication, there is no reason now to assume it is
incorrect. “

On June 6, 2008, the removal of the marker was
completed, and Molly Pitcher’s gravesite has been
restored to near its original 1916 appearance.

There is still much work to be done to correct the blatantly
false “revisionist” versions of the story of Molly Pitcher.

However, this narrative is being distributed in an attempt
to dispel that hoax forever.

Molly Pitcher was German, not Irish.
And her true name was Mary Ludwig Hays.

  About the Author

             Robert Charles Goodyear

Robert Charles Goodyear was born on August 17, 1945, in
Abington, Pennsylvania.

Upon his 1963 graduation from William Tennent High
School in Warminster, PA, he enlisted in the United States
Navy.

After a 24 year career in the Navy, he returned to his home
in Warminster, and served another 11 years as a civilian
government employee at a nearby Naval Air facility, then in
San Diego, California, working in Technical Photography,
Video and Telecommunications, before finally retuning
home to Warminster to retire.

In 1991, Robert began researching his family’s genealogy,
and can trace his ancestry back to Hans Christoph Gutjahr
in Merseberg, Sachsen (Germany), in March, 1633.

He had known since childhood that he was a GGG
Grandson of Mary Ludwig “Molly Pitcher” Hays.

He also discovered that his grandfather, Ezra Goodyear,
although he was born and lived near Carlisle,
Pennsylvania, fought with the 8th Illinois Cavalry
Volunteers during the Civil War.

Robert is a member of the George Armstrong Custer Camp
#17 of the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War
(SUVCW), and on August 9, 2007, became the first man
ever accepted into the Sons of the American Revolution
(SAR), using Mary Ludwig Hays as his Patriot Ancestor. He
is a member of the New Jersey Society, Monmouth
Chapter.


bob@goodyear-mascaro.org

The Real Pennsylvania German American
"Molly Pitcher"

A Short History:

By Robert C. Goodyear
Great Great Great Grandson of
Mary Ludwig "Molly Pitcher" Hays

Hans Georg Ludwick arrived in Philadelphia aboard the ship Osgood, on
September 29, 1750 with his wife, Anna Margretha Wildt. Records show
that he was a butcher, and had two children, Martin and Maria.
His daughter Maria Ludwick (or Mary Ludwig) was born in or near
Philadelphia, probably in Bucks County, PA, on October 13, 1754.
(Copies of these documents are in my possession)

So, she was born to immigrant German parents, and was in no way “Irish.”

Mary (or Molly) first married Irishman Casper Hays. A document in the
Pennsylvania Archives shows that a marriage license was issued on July
24, 1769, and they were married the next day at St. Michael's and Zion
Church in Philadelphia, PA.
(Copies of these documents, obtained from The Godfrey Library,
Middletown, CT, are in my possession)

After the early death of Casper, she married William Hays, an Irishman
who lived in Bristol, PA, just a few short miles north of Philadelphia. As
was common in those times, William was most likely Casper's brother.
The Hays family would have been responsible for Molly's welfare.

Mary "Ludwig" Hays, in the heat of battle on Monmouth Battle Field..

Molly was 15 years old when she first married. At that young age, it is only
natural that she would pick up Irish words and phrases from her
husbands.

In 1883, Wesley Miles published an article regarding his
memories of Molly Pitcher. Over 50 years after Molly’s death, he
recalls that Molly spoke with an Irish brogue. He was 6 or 7
years old when he knew her, and most likely wouldn’t have
known an Irish brogue from a German accent.

Additionally, statements that Molly spoke with an Irish brogue
could not possibly be true, since 99% of the Irish population at
that time were Scots-Irish and spoke with a Scottish accent.
However, Molly spoke with neither of these accents.

William Hays first enlisted in the Army in his home town of
Bristol, Pennsylvania, on May 10, 1777.
(Copies of William Hays’ military records are in my possession)

During the battle of Monmouth, June 28th, 1778, with
temperatures approaching 100 degrees, the wife of William
Hays, by then a Gunner Private of Proctor's 4th Artillery, was
carrying water in a pitcher (or more likely, a bucket) to the
soldiers, and to cool the blazing cannons. For this service, they
called her “Molly Pitcher.” During the battle, her husband was
struck down, but not killed as many claim, and the cannon was
ordered to be withdrawn. She immediately seized the rammer
and continued to assist in serving the cannon until the battle
ended.

At the close of the war she went with William to Carlisle, PA,
where they acquired Lot #257. A Plan of Carlisle shows this
property.
(A copy of this plan, obtained from the Cumberland County
Historical Society, is in my possession)

The Tax Rate books from 1783 show that William owned, “1
House & Lot,” and that he was a Barber.
Their only child, Johanes Ludwig Hays, was born in 1783.

In the 1785 Tax Rate Books, William is shown as owning;
“1 House and Lot Rented
1 Ditto his own
1 Cow”
(Copies of these Tax Rate documents, obtained from the
Cumberland County Historical Society, are in my possession)
William Hays died in 1787.

In 1778, Molly appeared before the Orphans Court, to sell a
portion of William Hays’ land to support her son, John L. Hays,
and to pay taxes on said property. The Court approved this sale.
(A copy of this document, obtained from the Cumberland
County Historical Society, is in my possession)

Molly then married John McCalley (McCauley).
Mr. McCauley was an irresponsible man, and was the primary
cause of Molly's financial downfall.

The 1800 US Census shows that in his household lived; 1 male
age 45 or older (John McCauley), 1 female age 45 or older
(Molly), and 1 female under the age of 10. This female child
could possibly be the illegitimate child of John Ludwig Hays,
Elizabeth Hays, whose descendants have contacted me. John L.
Hays was not living with them, and there is no record of where
he did live.
(A copy of this document, available at Ancestry.com, is in my
possession)

On April 15, 1807, John McCauley, Molly, and her son John were
forced to sell the remainder of the property left to her by
William Hays for the sum of Thirty Dollars to James Brady of
Greensburgh, Westmoreland County, PA.
(A copy of this document, obtained from the Cumberland
County Historical Society, is in my possession)

The 1810 Federal Census shows that John McCauley had died,
and Mary “McColley” was shown as Head of Household.
(A copy of this document, available at Ancestry.com, is in my
possession)

In 1816, Molly’s granddaughter Sarah Jane Hays was born.
Records of the First Evangelical Lutheran Church, Vol.1, page
14, now housed at the Lutheran Theological Seminary in
Gettysburg, PA, show that Sarah’s parents were Johanes Hays
and Elisabeth (Reinhardt). This is further proof that Molly was
German and not Irish.
William Hays and his “Irish” wife would never have used a
German name for their son. However, a German mother would.
It is also documented that Molly attended the Lutheran Church
in Carlisle, as did most Germans of the time, and not the
Presbyterian Church, as did most Irish.
(A copy of this document, obtained from the Cumberland
County Historical Society, is in my possession)

Molly survived her third husband many years, known as Molly
McCauley (or McKolly), and the statements so frequently made
that Molly Pitcher was a young Irish woman also originated from
this name. When it was suggested that she was Irish, a reply
would be, "No, she was Dutch as sauerkraut; her maiden name
was Mary Ludwig!"

Johanes Ludwig Hays, his wife Elizabeth Reinhardt Hays, their 7
children, and his mother, Molly, lived near the southeast corner
of North and Bedford Streets in Carlisle.

The following extract from the American Volunteer, February
21, 1822, not only shows what was done by the State, but also
shows that at a time when many were living who could have
disputed the facts, the general statements in regard to Molly’s
history were accepted.

"A bill has passed both Houses of the Assembly granting an
annuity to Molly McCauly (of Carlisle) for services she rendered
during the Revolutionary war. It appeared satisfactorily that this
heroine had braved the hardships of the camp and dangers of
the field with her husband, who was a soldier of the revolution,
and the bill in her favor passed without a dissenting voice. -
Chronicle."
(A copy of this Act of the Assembly, obtained from the
Pennsylvania Archives, is in my possession)

According to the records at Harrisburg, no application was made
for Molly’s pension after January 1, 1832, a fact corroborative of
1832 as the year of her death.
(A copy of the Payment Ledger, obtained from the Pennsylvania
Archives, is in my possession)

The 1830 Census shows that John's mother was living with him
then, and until her death on Sunday, January 22, 1832, and is
listed as being between 70 and 80 years old, therefore having
been born between 1750 and 1760. This also proves that her
birth year was 1754 and not 1744, as is so widely claimed.
(A copy of this document, available at Ancestry.com, is in my
possession)

From the CARLISLE AMERICAN VOLUNTEER:
"Died on Sunday last in this borough, at an advanced age, Mrs.
Molly McCauley. She lived during the days of the American
Revolution, sharing its hardships, and witnessed many scenes
of blood and carnage. To the sick and wounded she was an
efficient aid. Mary had one child, a son by her first marriage,
who served as a soldier in the war of 1812."

The Reverend Joseph A. Murray, of Carlisle, later added a detail
to the death notice.
"Very distinctly do I remember her son, John L. Hays," he said.
"The initial L is for Ludwig. He was named after his maternal
grandfather. He was tall and straight and was called Sergeant
Hays, as he occupied that position in the old infantry company."

Molly’s descendants, all by William Hays, were highly
respectable citizens of Carlisle.
Her son, John L. Hays, died in Carlisle in about 1853, and was
buried with the honors of war. His sons, William R. Hays,
George R. Hays, John A. Hays, who was street commissioner in
1883, and Frederick R. Hays, lived in Carlisle. His daughters
included, Polly Hays McCleester, who lived at Papertown, Mt.
Holly Springs, PA, Sarah Jane Hays, and Elisa Hays.

Polly remembered her grandmother very well, and at age 81
unveiled the first memorial to her, cut by Peter Spahr, and
erected in the “Old Graveyard” at Carlisle. It bears the following
inscription:

MOLLIE LUDWIG HAYS McCAULY
Renowned in history as
MOLLIE PITCHER
The Heroine of Monmouth

Died Jan 1833
aged 79 years.
Erected by the Citizens of
Cumberland County
July 4, 1876.

Her age and date of her death and full name on this headstone
were incorrect, but the date was corrected several years later.
Mr. Spahr had known Molly’s birth date was indeed 1754, and
mis-cut the headstone to reflect that date.

The first true memorial to Molly was unveiled on June 28, 1905,
the 127th Anniversary of the Battle of Monmouth, and was
placed by the Patriotic Order Sons of America.. They erected a
flagpole, and placed a cannon with the barrel over Molly’s
grave. The carriage of this cannon bore a metal plate with the
inscription;

Erected in memory of
Mollie McKolly
renowned in history as
Mollie Pitcher,
by the P.O.S. of A. of Cumberland
County, 1905.

(An account of this event, largely ignored by researchers, is
available in a booklet entitled, ”A Short History of Molly
Pitcher,” at the Cumberland County Historical Society, an
original copy of which is in my possession.   Revisionists,
mostly Germanophobes insisted on falsifying the truth, and
insisted that she was Irish, when actually she was a full blooded
German through her father and mother.

Soon the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania appropriated funds,
and in 1916, a large Monument was erected near Molly's grave.
A slightly larger than life-size statue of Molly stands atop this
Monument. The face of of Molly is a composite of the faces of
five of her great granddaughters. The date of Molly's birth on
the 1916 Monument remains incorrect.

In 2000, the United States Field Artillery Association, in
conjunction with their "Historian for the Molly Pitcher Project," a
Mrs. Constance M. McDonald, were instrumental in erecting a
stone and bronze marker near the base of the 1916 Memorial
Monument to Molly in the Old Graveyard, Carlisle, PA. and is
based on faulty research by Carlisle "historian" Merri Lou
Schaumann, who refuses to discuss Molly with me.

The marker, which desecrates Molly’s gravesite, boldly
claims, offering no proof whatsoever, that;

“THE NAME "LUDWIG" IS NOT ASSOCIATED WITH
MOLLY PITCHER.”

This marker must be removed or replaced. The
perpetrator of that revisionist change in the birthright
of Molly Pitcher - Mary Ludwig Hays - refuses to
acknowledge that she lied about her findings. And as
a so called "Historian?" refuses to talk with anyone,
especially to the Great Great Great Grandson of Mary
Ludwig Hays. There, therefore, is more in this
revisionist plan, then meets the eye.   It should be left
to affidavits and relatives to let the truth be known, not
the findings of Merri Lou Schaumann, who apparently
is following the orders from someone else!!!

The following Notarized affidavit, though not actually proof
in the eyes of some “scholars," indicates that Molly’s
maiden name was, in fact, Mary Ludwig.

“State of Pennsylvania,
County of Cumberland, ss:

Before me, a Notary Public in and for said State and
County, personally appeared   Mary E. Wilson, who,
after having been by me duly sworn according to law,
doth depose and say that she is now 48 years old and
resides in Carlisle, where she has lived all her life, and
that she is the daughter of Frederick McCleaster, who
was the son of John and Polly McCleaster, the said
Polly McCleaster being the daughter of John Hays,
who was the son of Molly McKolly, otherwise known
as "Molly Pitcher," whose maiden name was Mary
Ludwig.....etc.

Witnessed my hand this 13th of Aug., 1903 (Signed)
Mrs. Mary E. Wilson. Sworn and subscribed before me
this 13th of Aug., 1903. (Signed) John R. Miller”

The Signature image and certification appeared as
follows:

"I certify that the foregoing affidavit was made before
me in the time and place as stated."

Signed by John R. Miller

(Signature image provided by the Cumberland County
Historical Society) and a facsimile copy is in the hands
of Robert C. Goodyear.

In 1984, Ella Marie Kramer Bender became the
first woman ever accepted in the Daughters of
the American Revolution (DAR) using Mary
LUDWIG “Molly Pitcher” as her Patriot Ancestor.
(A “Record Copy” of Mrs. Bender’s DAR
Application, obtained from the DAR, is in my
possession)

Unless primary documentation is furnished
proving that Molly’s maiden name was
something other than Ludwig, this writer shall
not allow history to be changed.

I am certain that no such documentation exists.

March 2008

Epilogue:

I have spent months sending letters, and
sending my full manuscript, which includes
images of all of the documents shown in this
pamphlet, to the Mayor and the Borough
Council of Carlisle, PA, and to the United States
Army Military History Institute. Also there was
invaluable help in letters sent by Clark D.
McCullough, President of the Monmouth
Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution,
as well as additional help from Robert
McKnight, a Past President of the Monmouth
Chapter of the SAR.

As a result, two major goals have been reached.

The official History of the United States Army
now shows that “Molly Pitcher” was Mary
Ludwig Hays McCauley, the wife of Gunner
William Hays, at the Battle of Monmouth, June
28, 1778.

On April 7, 2008, I was personally informed by
Mr. Kirk Wilson, the Mayor of the Borough of
Carlisle, that the “History Corrected” marker is
going to be removed in the near future

He said that, “…since the name on the (1916)
Monument was deemed to be correct at its
dedication, there is no reason now to assume it
is incorrect. “

On June 6,,2008, the removal of the marker was
completed, and Molly Pitcher’s gravesite has
been restored to near its original 1916
appearance.

There is still much work to be done to correct
the blatantly false “revisionist” versions of the
story of Molly Pitcher.
However, this pamphlet is being distributed in
an attempt to dispel that hoax forever.

Molly Pitcher was German, not Irish.
And her true name was Mary Ludwig Hays.