Before all of this however, she was just a simple person living in Kent, New York. She was the eldest of twelve children, and was born to Abigail and Henry Ludington. Her date of birth was April 5th, 1761, just 14 years before the Revolutionary War officially began. Before the war happened, Sybil’s father, Henry Ludington, participated in the French and Indian War, and was soon going to be a Patriot.