Stephen Martindale (abt. 1759 - abt. 1845)

Born about 6 Sep 1759 in Stockbridge, Berkshire, Massachusetts Bay

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Died about 25 Mar 1845 at about age 85 in Dorset, Bennington, Vermont, United States

Stephen Martindale is a Military Veteran.
Served in the United States Army 10 Sep 1778-
Served in the Revolutionary War, Massachusetts Continental Line, 6th Battalion

Stephen Martindale is a Military Veteran.
Served in the United States Army
Served in the War of 1812, Martindale's 1st Regiment Vermont Militia as Lt. Colonel.

Biography

Stephen Martindale was born to Gershom Martindale and Bathsheba Nash about 1759. He was baptised in Jun 1760 in Stockbridge, Massachusetts.^[1]

Stephen Martindale participated in both the American Revolutionary War and the War of 1812.^[2][3]

Stephen Martindale

Company: 1 REG'T (MARTINDALE'S) VERMONT MILITIA.

Rank - Induction: LT. COLONEL

Rank - Discharge: LT. COLONEL

Roll Box: 133

Microfilm Publication: M602^[4]

The following is extracted from The Historical Gazetteer of Vermont, under "Dorset", concerning Stephen Martindale:

[He] was a volunteer at the Bennington battle at the age of 16 - weighing at that time just 66 pounds. He joined Colonel Warner's regiment. The Colonel on seeing such a stripling in the ranks ordered him to take care of the horses, greatly to the mortification of Martindale. Though thus prevented from participating in the first action he was gratified with a chance of engaging in the second. After the enemy had fled, a fellow soldier called to him for help to secure several prisoners, some eight in number, of whom two were inclined to be obstinate. All, however, were finally, successfully surrounded and secured by one or two sturdy and gallant yeoman. During the war of 1812, he was Colonel of the regiment composed of drafted men and volunteers, and marched them to the lines for the defense of the State. Having received orders not to cross the lines he did not participate in the action at Plattsburgh. In person he was tall and spare, courteous and gentlemanly in address, very energetic and active in all his movements, and one of the most graceful riders we ever saw mounted on horseback. He several times represented the town in the legislature ..." [p. 188].

Find A Grave: Memorial #179828643

Stephen's uniform, sword and sash are on display at the Bennington Museum.

Sources

1. ↑ Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook).
2. ↑ "Massachusetts, Revolutionary War, Index Cards to Muster Rolls, 1775-1783", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2RH-DSWD : 27 January 2017), Stephen Martindale, 1778.
3. ↑ United States War of 1812 Index to Service Records, 1812-1815, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29K-FFZD (11 March 2016), Stephen Martindale, 1812-1815; citing NARA microfilm publication M602 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); roll 133; FHL microfilm 882,651.
4. ↑ United States War of 1812 Index to Service Records, 1812-1815, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29K-FFZD (11 March 2016), Stephen Martindale, 1812-1815; citing NARA microfilm publication M602 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); roll 133; FHL microfilm 882,651.

• Lineage Book of the Charter Members of the DAR Vol 002, Stephen Martindale, wife: Huldah Smith, and son, Stephen Martindale. Ancestry.com. North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016.

• Ancestry.com. U.S., Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2007. Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M246, 138 rolls); War Department Collection of Revolutionary War Records, Record Group 93; National Archives, Washington. D.C.

• Direct Data Capture, comp. U.S., War of 1812 Service Records, 1812-1815 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999. National Archives and Records Administration. Index to the Compiled Military Service Records for the Volunteer Soldiers Who Served During the War of 1812. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration. M602, 234 rolls.