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Colonel
Benjamin Hinman (
January 22 1719 –
March 22 1810) was a US soldier and member of the Connecticut legistature.He was born to Benjamin Hinman (b.
1692) and Sarah Sherman in
Woodbury,
Litchfield County,
Connecticut and died in
Southbury,
New Haven County, Connecticut.
He served as
quartermaster of a troop in the
French and Indian War in
1751 under General
Roger Wolcott. He received his commission as captain in
1755 in the regiment of Colonel
Elizur Goodrich. There he was charged with defending
Crown Point and the surrounding area. He was again promoted in
1767 to lieutenant-colonel, and in
1771 to colonel in the 13th regiment.
With the outbreak of the
Revolutionary War, he was commissioned in May
1775 as a captain of the
4th Connecticut Regiment where he served at
Fort Ticonderoga and crossed paths with
Benedict Arnold. He retired from service as a colonel in
1777 due to poor health. He represented his home town of Woodbury for 20 sessions of the Connecticut legistature, followed by Southbury (due to its incorporation) for eight more sessions. He also participated in the Connecticut convention to ratify the
United States Constitution.
Family
He was married to Mary Stiles.
His nephew was
Yale graduate
Royal Ralph Hinman who served as Connecticut Secretary of State. His grandson was
Joel Hinman who served with distinction on the
Connecticut Supreme Court for many years.
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