Sybil (Ludington) Ogden (1761 - 1839)

Born 5 Apr 1761 in Branford, New Haven, Connecticut Colony

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Died 26 Feb 1839 at age 77 in Catskill, Greene County, New York, United States

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Sybil (Ludington) Ogden is Notable.

Sybil (Ludington) Ogden performed Patriotic Service in Connecticut in the American Revolution.

Sybil (Ludington) Ogden is an NSSAR Patriot Ancestor.
NSSAR Ancestor #: 239532
Rank: Patriotic Service

Sybil was born April 5, 1761. She was the eldest child of Colonel Henry Ludington.

Sybil was known for riding her horse to alert colonial forces in advance of British Forces. The colonial forces were under the control of her father, Colonel Henry Ludington, and the British troops were planning to invade Danbury, Connecticut. ^[1] This was similar to Paul Revere's midnight ride. It was actually twice the distance (approx 40 miles of woods at night ^[2]) of Paul Revere's ride while she was only 16 years old. ^[3]

Lewis S. Patrick, Sybil's great-nephew, wrote about her ride in 1907. Until then it had mostly been family lore.^[2] SAR biography states it was her great grandson that wrote about it. ^[1]

Sybil married Edmund Ogden (a Revolutionary War veteran) at age twenty-three years old in 1784. ^[1]

She is buried next to her father at the Patterson Presbyterian Cemetery (also known as Maple Avenue Cemetery) in Patterson, New York. ^[3] Plaque at the cemetery honoring her father Colonel Henry Ludington, and Sybil.

Name is spelled differently on her tombstone, (Sibbell) in census records and in her signature.^[2]

Was visited by George Washington himself after the war and thanked personally for her ride when he visited her home.^[2]

In commemoration of her ride there are:

• Bicentennial Postage Stamp, 1975 (see image)^{[2] [3][4]}
• Statue in Carmel, NY^[2]
• Historical markers along her ride route^{[2] [1] [3]}
• LOTS of Children's books^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} SAR Patriots site - see Biography tab for lengthy biography
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7} Stuff You Missed in History Podcast: Part 1: Sybil Ludington (time 1:07-7:46)
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3} Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 21 September 2020), memorial page for Sybil Ludington (5 Apr 1761–26 Feb 1839), Find A Grave: Memorial #2539, citing Maple Avenue Cemetery, Patterson, Putnam County, New York, USA ; Maintained by Find A Grave Gravestone picture
4. ↑ Smithsonian Postal Museum https://postalmuseum.si.edu/exhibition/women-on-stamps-part-1-forming-the-nation-revolutionary-fighters/sybil-ludington

• Binkley, Marilyn R., Reading Literacy in the U.S.: Findings from the IEA Reading Literacy Study, DIANE Publishing, 1996, ISBN 0-7881-4512-6

• Wikidata: Item Q540504, en:Wikipedia

• Find A Grave: Memorial #2539

• Stuff You Missed in History Class Podcast: Wilson, Tracy V. and Holly Frey. "Six More Impossible Episodes." Stuff You Missed in History Class (Podcast). 16 Sept 2015. Missed in History.com, How Stuff Works, 2015. Accessed 20 Sept 2015.

• Foley, Janet Wethy. Early Settlers of New York State, Their Ancestors and Descendants (T.J. Foley, Akron, N.Y., 1937-1940) Vol. 4-6, Page 332.

• Patrick, Louis S., Secret Service of The American REvolution, The Connecticut Magazine (Connecticut Magazine Company, 1907) Vol. 11, Page 274.