noun. 1  1A person having an innate talent for a particular task or activity. 2  2Music. 3  3mass noun An off-white colour. 4  4(in a gambling game) a combination or score that immediately wins. 5  5Fishing. 6  6archaic A person born with a learning disability.
Deborah Sampson married Benjamin Gannett on April 7, 1785. They had three children: Earl (1786), Mary (1788) and Patience (1790). The marriage was for the most part cursed with poverty. The Gannetts lived in a small three room structure in Sharon.
At age 18, with her indenture completed, Sampson, who was self-educated, worked as a teacher during summer sessions in 1779 and 1780 and as a weaver in winter. In 1782, as the Revolutionary War raged on, the patriotic Sampson disguised herself as a man named Robert Shurtleff and joined the Fourth Massachusetts Regiment. At West Point, New York, she was assigned to Captain George Webbâs Company of Light Infantry.