Wife of James Reynolds, but more notably was known as the mistress of Alexander Hamilton in 1791-1792. She was at the center of America's first political sex scandal.
She was mostly uneducated, but grew up literate.
She was the subject of The Reynolds Pamphlet which was published by Hamilton. The pamphlet laid out the affair between her and Hamilton.
She was the daughter of Susanna Van Der Burgh and Richard Lewis. She had 5 full siblings and a half-brother. She has a daughter named Susan with James Reynolds.
On Broadway, Jasmine Cephas Jones portrayed her in the critically acclaimed musical Hamilton.