Ludington family

Author La Reiana Rule says the American name Ludington is of English origin from Luddington.

[1] Journalist Willis Fletcher Johnson says the American surname Ludington is also spelled Luddington, Ludinton, and Ludenton.

Tradition has it that a Ludington was a follower of Richard the Lionheart in the Third Crusade and helped him plan a prison escape.

The coat of arms is colored in argent, azure, and gules, and emblazoned with a lion passant guardant and a crest featuring a palmer's staff.

[6] She writes that the New England Historical & Genealogical Register reviewed it as a "charming, simple memoir",[6] which she says was intended to "remedy a belief that the Revolution-era militia and its officers had not received the recognition they deserved and to ensure the colonel's place in American history", citing page vii of the Memoirs.

[10] William Luddington and his wife Ellen are of unknown English origin, but are considered the base foundation of the American Ludingtons since there are confirmed history records on them.

[4][12] Court records of 1640 show that William built his residence outside the city limits, which was illegal, and was issued a high fine for the infraction.

[15] After raising their children they moved to New Haven, Connecticut, around 1660, where William died shortly thereafter, as his widow remarried on May 5, 1663, to John Rose.

[20] He built his home and a grist mill around 1775 in the area known as the hamlet of Ludingtonville; this later became the town of Kent, Putnam County, New York.

[23] Sybil has received widespread recognition as the female Paul Revere; a report in The New England Quarterly says there is little evidence backing the story,[24] and whether the ride occurred is questioned by modern scholars.

[25][26][27] In 1777, at the age of 16, she is said to have ridden a horse 40 miles (64 km) through the night[28] to warn militiamen under the direction of her father that British forces had raided Danbury, Connecticut.