 Harrison Ludington descended from William Ludington, an early American colonist, who settled at Charlestown, Massachusetts Bay Colony, in 1632, and died at the East Haven Iron Works, Connecticut Colony, in 1662 or 1663.His grandfather was Colonel Henry Ludington, a commanding officer of the volunteer 7th Regiment of the Dutchess County Militia, during the American Revolutionary War.Henry Ludington later became an aide to General George Washington.