A Catalogue of the Names of the First Puritan Settlers of the Colony of Connecticut

Hinnian, Benjamin, 3d son of Serg't. Edward, married Elizabeth Lamb, at Woodbury, July 12, 1G84. He lived at Bullet Hill, in the Main-street at Southbury — died 1727. Children, Annis, baptized in 1685, (died young), Hannah, baptized Oct. '86, married Benjamin llurd, jr., Adam, baptized Jan. '87, Noah in July, '89, Benjamin in April, '92, Elizabeth in Feb. '93, married John Hurd, Eunice in May, '96, married Nathan Hurd, supposed the grand mother of of the Hon. Judge Smith and Hon. Nathan Smith, deceased, of New Haven, Annis, in Sept. '97, married Samuel Martin, Rachel born Dec. 1700, mar- ried Ephraim Baldwin, Edward born Oct. 1702, Samuel in Dec. 1704, Wait in Oct. 1706, and Mercy in Dec. 1709. Hinman, Edward, jr., youngest son of Serg't. Edward, drew 18 acres in the land division at Woodbury, in 1702, yet he appears to have uniformly lived in Stratford and vicinity. He was brought up, after his father's decease, by Jehiel Preston. The sons of Edward, jr., were, Samuel, John and Ebcnezer. Samuel moved to Goshen, and was the father of Lemuel, of North Stratford, and ancestor of the Fair- field county Hinmans — he removed a short time to Southbury, and then back to Fairfield county — perhaps to Trumbull. He had 5 sons, viz. Ephraim, Edward, Jonathan, Michael and Bethuel. He left two daughters, one married Gideon Perry, and was living in 1836 ; and the other married Jonathan Hinman, of Southbury, and is yet living. She was the mother of Gen. Robinson S. Hinman, late deceased, of New Haven, of Daniel, Simeon and John, of Betsey Canfiekl, and Orra Wheeler, of South Britain. Hinman, Ephraim, eldest son of Captain Titus — left no family. Hinman, Joseph, 2d son of said Titus, married Esther Downs, Nov. 1714, and had children, Ebenezer, born in Oct. 1715, Joseph, bap- tized June, 1718, Tabitha in Feb. 1721, married Joseph Richards in 1746, Esther in June, 1723, married David Munn, Nov. 1749, Eunice in Jan. 1725, Mabel Aug. 11, 1728, mother of Justus Hinman, Amos Nov. 1730, died young, Elijah in April, 1733, Daniel in July, 1735, and Lois in Oct. 1737, married John King, Dec. 1784. Hinman, Andrew, 3d son of Capt. Titus, married Mary Noble, Aug. 1711. Their children were, Andrew, baptized in Aug. 1712, Hannah in Dec. 1714, married Josiah Everist, March, 1739, (ancestor of Dr. Solomon Everist, late deceased, of Canton, Coe in Aug. 1718, Mary in March, 1720, married Garwood Cunningham, of Wooodbury, Dec. 1751, Margaret in Aug. 1723, (died single,) Aaron in Oct. 1726, (died young,) Nathan in Dec. 1729, Elisha, March 10, 1734, Noble in April, 1737, he went to Nine Partners, in the State of New York, perhaps he afterwards went to New London with his brother, Elisha, who married, lived and died at New London. Elisha was commander of a government ship, called the Alfred, during the war of the Revolution, which sailed out of New London. In 1776, he took and sent into N. London, a continental armed brig of 200 tons, laden with rum, sugar, &c., bound to Scotland. In October, 1777, a prize ship laden with sugar and cotton, worth £60,000, was taken by the Alfred, Capt. Hin- man, and the Raleigh, Capt. Thompson, two ships of war. In 1776, 143 he with Capt. Shaw, carried three tons of powder into Dartmouth. In 1778, he tooiv and carried two prize ships into France, and sold them for the benefit of the States. He made several other captures of British ships during the war. After the war closed, he was for some years commander of a Revenue Cutter. Elisha left no sons, but sev- eral daughters. One married Mr. Day — one Sherifl'Dimond, of Fair- field, and one Mr. Kellogg, of Stamford — perhaps others. Hinman, Titus, jr., 4th son of Capt. Titus — married Sarah . Their children Avere, Titus, baptized in May, 1725, (died young,) Ephraim in Feb. 1727, Sarah, (Gingle) in Nov. 1728, she married Deac. David Hinman, Rachel in Oct. 1731, Titus in Nov. 1733, Amie in Sept. 1736, Prudence in Sept. 1738, married David Hurlbut, Nov. 1757, and moved to Vermont, Lucy in March, 1740, married a Hurl- but, and also moved to Vermont, Enos in July, 1742, married and mov- ed to Vermont — he had a son Deac. Calvin, who married Miss Wheel- er, Annis in March, 1747. Hinman, Ebeiiezer, 5th son of Capt. Titus, married Hannah Scovil, of Waterbury. He was appointed by the General Assembly, in 1776, with Thomas Fitch, Rufus Lathrop and Samuel Bishop, Esq'rs., and others, to audit all colony accounts, and report thereon. Their chil- dren were, Jonas, baptized in Feb. 1730, John, Sept. 3, 1732, Eleazer in Dec. 1734, Dorcas in Nov. 1730, married Phineas Potter, Nov. 1757, Hannah in March, 1739, married David Hinman, Dec. 1759, Peter in Aug. 1742, Molly in 1744, married B. Bassett, of Derby, Miriam in May, 1748, married Benjamin Richards. Hinman, Timothy, 6th son of Capt. Titus, married Emma Preston —he died Dec. 11, 1769, and wife died June 20, 1794. Their chil- dren were, Olive, baptized in Sept. 1739, she married Capt. Truman Hinman, Timothy in l74l, at Fair Haven in 1755, Ruth in Nov. 1748, married Aaron Hinman, Oct. 1772, Patience in Dec. 1754, married Judge Increase Moseley, of Southbury, 1769, father of Col. William Moseley, of New Haven, Mary in Jan. 1757, married Sherman Hin- man, son of Benjamin Feb. 1777. Hinman, Adam, eldest sonof Serg't. Benjamin, died single. Hinman, Noah, 2d son of Benjamin, married his first wife, Anna Knowles, Feb. l7ll — after her death, he married Sarah Scovil, of Waterbury. For several years he was a Judge of the Court at Litch- field. The children by his first wife were, Elizabeth, baptized in May, 17 13, Gideon, born in Jan. 1715, (died young,) Adam, called after Adam Winthrop, baptized July, 1718, Thankful in Jan. 1719, Gideon in Nov. l725. By his second wife, his children were, Edward, bap- tized April, 1730, (Edward resided at Southbury, and was a lawyer of eminence in his day,) Abigail in 1733, Reuben in Sept. 1735, Simeon in Dec. 1737, died single, graduated at Yale College in 1762, Noah in June, 1740, Sarah in Aug. 1742, Arnole in Sept. 1746, married Elijah Booth, Oct. 1772, Damaris in Dec. 1748, married Simeon Mi- nor, Sept. 1669, (the ancestor of Simeon H. Minor, Esq., deceased, of Stamford, who was many years State Attorney for Fairfield county.) Deacon Noah above, died in 1766 (76). For 16 sessions he was a member of the General Assembly. Hinman, Benjamin, 3d son of Serg't. Benjamin, married Sarah Sher- man, a relative of Roger Sherman, Dec. 1718. Died in May, 1727, 144 in the great sickness, and his wife died the same month, aged 35 years. Their children were, Benjamin, baptized in April, 1720, Jerusha in Feb. 1721, dit'd single, and David in March, 1722. Benjamin, his soiiy here spoken of, was a colonel, and served as quarter master of the troop in the l3th Regiment of the Connecticut colony against the French in Canada, as early as 175 J. On the 30th day of May, 1757, he was commissioned major of the l3th Regiment ; in 1758 he was made a lieutenant colonel of the 3d Regiment of foot, in the forces raised to invade Canada. On the 1st of Nov. 1771, he was made a full colonel of the l3th Regiment. Early in the war of the Revolu- tion, on the first day of May, 1775, he was appointed colonel of the 4th Regiment of enlisted troops for the defence of the colony. He was ordered, in 1775, with five companies, to Greenwich ; and the same year was ordered to Ticonderoga to hold possession of the fort, &,c. In 1776 he was ordered with a regiment to New York, and was at New York at the time of its capture by the British — after which he was stationed at Horse Neck and other places on the Sound. In Jan- uary, 1777 he returned home in ill health, and did not again join the army. He died at Southbury, March, ] 809 or 10, over 90 years of age. There were more commissioned officers during the war of the Revolution by this name than any other in Connecticut — being in all 13 from the town of Southbury. Col. Benjamin's children were, Aaron, the father of Judge William, Col. Joel, the father of Joel, Judge of the Superior Court, and of Hon. Curtiss, who died when a member of the State Senate, in 1820. Sherman, who died young, and another Sherman, who was baptized in Oct. 1752, and graduated at Yale College in 177(5. Col. Benjamin was a member of the General Assembly twenty-seven sessions. Hinman, David, a brother of Col. Benjamin, married Sarah Hin- man, a daughter of Titus, jr. Their children were, Annis, who mar- ried Daniel Hinman, and moved to Vermont, Gen. Ephraim, bap- tized in l753, David, jr., who lived and died at Southbury, and Capt. Benjamin, of Utica, the fixther of Col. John E. Lieut. Asa, who served during the war of the Revolution, was also a son of Dea. David. Hinman, Samuel, 4th son of Serg't. Benjamin, died single. Hinman, Wait, 5th son of Serg't. Benjamin, married . Children, Samuel, baptized in May, 1730, Truman, (Capt. Truman) in June, 1731, Wait in Dec. 1732, Aiercy in Sept. 1735, Ann in Dec. 1737, Currence in April, 1740, and Bethuel in June, 1742. Hinman, Ebenezer, eldest son of Joseph, married Hannah Mitchell, Jan. 1737 ; — she soon died, and he married tor his second wife, Eliza- beth Pierce, April, 1743. Children, Jonathan, baptized in 1738, died young, Rhoda in April, 1740, married Seth Mitchell, Dec. 1762, Han. nah in Feb. 1744, married Gideon Hicock, Jan. 1768, Betty in April, 1746, married Seth Wheeler, Nov. 1767, Annis died young, Comfort in Oct. 1750, Daniel in Sept. 1752, married Annis, a daughter of Dea. David, and removed to Vermont, Annis in Feb, 1755, married Lieut. Asa Hinman, son of Dea. David. Esther in Oct. 1757, Jonathan in Feb. 1761, died young, Jonathan, May, 1764, the father of Gen. Rob- inson S., late deceased, of New Haven. Hinman, Joseph, 2d son of Joseph, married and removed to Far- 145 mington. Children, Justus, baptized in Aug. 1750, Joseph in Aug. 1750, and Hester in x\pril, 1753. Aaron Uved and died at Guilford. Hinman, Elijah, 3d son of Joseph, married and removed to Ver- mont. Children, Elijah, baptized in Aug. 1763 — Amos, and other children.