1773:
Lucy was thirty seven years old and had just given birth to her child, Martha.
Many visitors came to her house and she enjoyed talking with them, but sometimes she felt very tired. There was always someone to serve food and drink. She felt nervous about having such visitors as Samuel Adams, who the British considered to be an enemy. She also worried about her husband having trouble with the British governor because he spent so much of his time speaking about the unfairness of the British rules.
Her daily jobs were taking care of her children, cooking, baking, cleaning and growing vegtables and herbs in the large kitchen garden.
Often she visited the sick bringing them gifs of bread, tea and healing herbs. She grew tansy, chamomile, sarsaparilla and spearmint to aid the ill. When the miller developed a rash, she gave him a calenduala cream. She discovered that a gargle of Thyme and honey was good for sore throats.
Later in Live:
After the battle on April 19,1775 she helped several injured men in her home.
She gave them onions to eat to stop the bleeding of their wounds.
After she helped, she left Lexington with her children.
Lucy died in 1789 at the age of 53. Her death was probably caused by disease she caught while helping some sick family in Lexington.