Person Record
Metadata
Name |
Martindale, Stephen (1759-1845) |
Date Born |
1759 |
Birthplace |
Stockbridge, Massachusetts |
Deceased |
03/25/1845 |
Place of Death |
Dorset, Vermont |
Father |
Martindale, Gershom |
Mother |
Martindale, Bathsheba Nash |
Spouse |
Martindale, Huldah Smith |
Children |
William Stuben Martindale 1783–1866 Rachel Martindale 1785–1793 Stephen Martindale 1787–1847 Orringe Martindale 1790–1881 Hulda Smith Martindale 1794–1858 |
Places of Residence |
Stockbridge, Massachusetts Dorset, Vermont |
Notes |
Colonel Stephen MARTINDALE of Dorset, Bennington County, Vermont, served in 1st Regt. of Detached Militia of Vt. in U.S. service at Champlain from Nov. 18 to Nov. 19, 1812. Also served as Lieutenant-Colonel in 1 Regt. (Martindale's) Vt. Militia. STATE OF VERMONT ROSTER OF SOLDIERS IN THE WAR OF 1812-14, prepared and published under the direction of Herbert T. Johnson, The Adjutant General, 1933, page 285. MARTINDALE, Stephen Vermont Historical Magazine, No. XI, October 1867, p 188 (extracted from a section on the history of Dorset, Bennington County, Vermont) Col. Stephen MARTINDALE settled in Dorset [Bennington County, Vermont] in 1783; came from Stockbridge [Berkshire County], Massachusetts; was a volunteer at the Bennington battle at the age of sixteen, weighing at that time just sixty-six pounds. He joined Colonel WARNER's regiment. The Colonel on seeing such a stripling in the ranks ordered him to take care of some 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 yeomen. 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 very 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, and died in 1845, aged eighty-five years. |
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