There is no extravagance in comparing her ride with that of Paul Revere and its midnight message. Nor was her errand less efficient than his. Called out the volunteer militia by riding through the night, alone, on horseback, at the age of 16, alerting the countryside to the burning of Danbury, Conn.
At age 23, Sybil married a farmer and innkeeper, Edward Ogden, and they had one son, Henry. She died Feb. Sybil was born in in what was then known as Fredericksburg, and is now known as the Ludingtonville section of the town of Kent, New York. Her father was Colonel Henry Ludington, a respected militia officer who commanded the 7th Regiment of the Dutchess County Militia, a volunteer regiment of local men during the Revolutionary War.
He later became an aide to General George Washington. She was the oldest of Col. Ludington's 12 children. There is much confusion concerning the spelling of her first name. Although it is mostly spelled "Sybil", her tombstone displays her name as "Sibbell". However, she signed her Revolutionary War pension application as "Sebal", which is apparently the spelling she preferred.
Her sister Mary spelled her name "Sebil. On April 25, , a man British force commanded by General Tryon landed at Fairfield, Connecticut, near the mouth of the Saugatuck River, arriving with twenty transports and six warships.
They moved eight miles inland and camped at Weston. The next day the force moved north into Danbury, doing no damage to private property along the way.
In Danbury, however, they began a search for stores of Continental Army supplies, also leaving chalk marks on the properties of British loyalists and informers. Properties without chalk marks were set to be destroyed. By 4 PM, several Continental Army storehouses and three private homes were in flames. Sybil Ludington. Date of Birth - Death April 5, - February 26, Topic s :. Women in War. Related Biographies.
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