Hi, I'm sure that you'll get more informed sources of information on Sybil
Luddington, but I remember learning that she rode through what is now
Putnam County to warn of the arrival of the British. I went to Girl Scout
camp in the 1950s in Luddingtonville, which in my memory was close to
Fishkill, and definitely close to where they built I-84. I don't know if
that was named for her or if was family property. Hope this helps.
Kathleen Williamson
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From: Phil Lord <[log in to unmask]>
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Subject: Sybill Ludington/Cybill Lettington
Date: Thursday, June 18, 1998 7:51 AM

I took a phone inquiry from a Texas publisher trying to verify the
existence and historic association of this woman (either spelling) who may
have undertaken a ride to warn of a British advance in either Massachusetts
or New York during the Revolution and is reputed to have historical markers
erected to her deed, possibly in New York, and a DAR statue erected to her
memory, possibly in Carmel, NY.

There have recently been some exchanges on another listserv regarding this
woman, but so far nothing resolved.

Can anyone shed light on her?
Phil Lord
Historical Survey
New York State Museum
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