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The Culper Ring was a network of spies active during the American Revolutionary War, ... husband of Anna "Nancy" Smith Strong, was an active member of the Culper Ring.
Robert Townsend (November 26 , 1753 – March 7, 1838) [1] was a member of the Culper Ring during the American Revolution.He operated in New York City with the aliases "Samuel Culper, Jr." and "723" and gathered information as a service to General George Washington.
Abraham Woodhull (October 7, 1750 – January 23, 1826) was a leading member of the Culper Spy Ring in New York City and Setauket, New York, during the American Revolutionary War. He used the alias "Samuel Culper" (later "Samuel Culper Sr."), which was a play on Culpeper County, Virginia, and was suggested by George Washington.
Anna Smith Strong (April 14, 1740 – August 12, 1812) [1]: 202 of Setauket, New York was an American Patriot.Anna was one of the few female members of the Culper Spy Ring during the American Revolution.
Sarah "Sally" Townsend (c.1760–1842) was thought to be an informant for George Washington's Culper Ring, a spy ring founded in the summer of 1778. Townsend lived in Oyster Bay and passed information to her brother, Robert Townsend, a main member of the ring. She died in December 1842 and is buried at the Townsend Cemetery.
Jonas Hawkins signed the Association to sustain the Continental Congress and the Provincial Convention in Brookhaven, Suffolk County, New York, on June 8, 1775, as did his father, Eleazar Hawkins, Sr. [6] Jonas Hawkins was a courier for the Culper Ring during many of its early operations between December 1778 and the summer 1779.
Culper spy ring Austin Roe (March 2, 1748 – November 28, 1830) was a member of the Culper Ring , a successful spy network during the American War of Independence that was organized in 1778 by George Washington .
Caleb Brewster (September 12, 1747 – February 13, 1827) was a member of the Culper spy ring during the American Revolutionary War, reporting to General George Washington through Major Benjamin Tallmadge. He carried messages across Long Island Sound between Major Tallmadge and the ring's main spies on Long Island, New York, and in New York ...