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Colonel Zadock Sibley (1771-Jul 11, 1851) is buried with his wife, Martha Marsh, to his left, in the Bennington Village/Town Cemetery. His daughter, Laura Sibley, is buried to Martha Marsh Sibley's left, next to her husband, Isaac Kimball, Jr. Colonel Sibley (per gravestone) has Alanson Sibley buried to his right. Zadock's half brother, Elisha Sibley, was killed October 1812, in the War of 1812, at the Battle of Queenstown Heights, Ontario, on the Canadian Border, according to "The History of the Sibley Family in America." Elisha was substituting for his wife's (Coziah Hannah Tiffany) brother who was ill. See, "The Sibley Family in America," Second Edition, Volume I, 1982, by James Scarborough Sibley, pg, 85, for discussion. Lossing's contemporary, "History of the War of 1812," covers the Battle of Queenstown Heights, Ontario, Canada, a battle in which General VanRensselaer, and his New York Militia, played a significant part. Among the Americans captured at this disastrous battle, across the Niagra River, was a volunteer, then LtCol Winfield Scott, a Virginian looking for action against the British. Gen Scott later commanded the American Army in the Mexican War and was General-in-Chief of the US Army at the start of the Civil War. My ancestor, LtCol Samuel R. McChesney, commanding a regiment of New York Militia, under VanRensselaer, may also have participated in the battle. A Captain McChesney is listed in Lossing's History.
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