Laura Secord was born in Great Barrington, Massachusetts.
Laura Secord was born on September 13, 1775, in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, to Thomas and Elizabeth Ingersoll. Her birth into a loyalist family set the stage for her future role in Canadian history. Moving to Upper Canada after the American Revolutionary War, her Loyalist background instilled a strong sense of British identity and duty, which would later inform her actions during the War of 1812.