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He was a member of the General Assembly of Conn., in Oct., 1712-13, twice in 1714, Oct., 1715, 1719, and 1720.
HINMAN, EPHRAIM, eldest son of Capt. Titus, if m., left no children ; sup- posed d. March 26, 1739. He was a member of the church at Woodbury in 1707.
HINMAN, JOSEPH, sen'r, 2d son of Capt. Titus, m. Esther Downs, of Woodbury, Nov. 16, 1714. He owned the baptismal covenant at Woodbury in 1708. Joseph, Benjamin, Edward, Adam, Titus, Jr., Andrew, Judge Noah, Samuel, and Ephraim Hinman, are found on the list of proprietor's names in Woodbury, Oct., 1751. And by a list of tax-payers in Woodbury in 1712, the names of Judge Noah, Benjamin, Adam, Titus, Samuel, and Andrew Hinman, appear in the north purchase, (Bethlem,) and were taxed.
The children of Joseph Hinman, sen'r, of said Woodbury, were,
1. Ebenezer, b. Oct. 15, 1715 ; d. of small-pox, Dec. 27, 1767.
2. Joseph, Jr., bap. June 1, 1718 ; b. May 27, 1718.
3. Tabitha, bap. Feb., 1721; b. Feb. 25, 1720 ; m. Joseph Richards, Oct. 23, 1746.
4. Esther, bap. June 14, 1723 ; m. David Mun, Nov. 7, 1749.
5. Eunice, bap. Jan. 30, 1725-6 ; m. Zadock Hurd, June 19, 1754.
G. Mabel, bap. August 4 or 11, 1728; m. Justus Hicock ; perhaps a son Justus, b. June 21, 1729.
7. Amos, bap. Nov. 30, 1730 ; d. young.
8. Elijah, bap. April, 1733 ; b. April 1, 1733 ; m. Hester, dau'r of John Curtis, Jan. 3, 1771.
9. Daniel, bap. July 6, 1735 ; d., supposed, young.
10. Lois, bap. Oct., 1737 ; m. John King, Dec., 1784.
As the records of marriages in Woodbury, covering more than 130 years of the first settlement of the town, probably kept, or should have been, by Rev. Mr. Walker, Stoddard, and Benedict, are not found, some of the marriages may be imperfect, and some few of them find themselves with strange bed-fellows, as tradition is the only evidence, in some cases, of the marriages.
HINMAN, ANDREW, 3d son of Capt. Titus Hinman, bap. 1690, was one of the most active and enterprising men of his time, and an extensive dealer in new lands. He purchased of the Indians a large share of the present town of Salisbury, which he again sold, and one of the Stiles family of Woodbury, rc- moved on to it from Woodbury, where some of the descendants yet live. The original Indian deeds are found in the office of the Secretary of State in Hart- ford, on the book of Indian and other deeds. He purchased several lots of land in Waterbury, which was originally laid out to or purchased by Thomas Judd, of Waterbury-and other lands.
CAPT. ANDREW HINMAN confessed his baptismal covenant at Woodbury in 1709, and was a member of the church there, 1716. He was a member of the General Assembly of Conn., 8 sessions from 1725 to 1740. He m. Mary Noble, of Westfield, Mass., August 29, 1711. Their children were born at Wood- bury, viz.,
1. Andrew, Jr., bap. August 14, 1712 ; m. Mabel Stiles, Feb. 28, 1738.
2. Hannah, bap. Dec. 5, 1714 ; m. Josiah Everest, March 20, 1739.
3. Coe, b. April 22 ; bap. August, 1718.
4. Mary, b. March, 1720 ; bap. March 8, 1721; she m. Garwood Cunningham, Dec., 1851, a Scotch Irish gentleman.
5. Margaret, bap. August 2, 1723 ; d. single.
6. Aaron, bap. Oct., 1726; d. young.
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7. Nathan, bap. Dec. 7, 1729 ; settled in New London.
8. Elisha, (Capt.,) bap. March 10, (b. March 9,) 1734 ; settled in New London.
9. Noble, bap. April 25, 1736 or 1737.
MARY, wife of Capt. Andrew, was a member of the church, 1716, at Woodbury.
HINMAN, TITUS, Jr., 6th son of Capt. Titus Hinman, bap. March, 1703-4, lived in Southbury. He m. Sarah Noble, of New Milford, Conn., June 8, 1721, and had children, viz.,
1. Patience, b. July 17, 1722.
2. Titus, (3,) bap. May, 1725 ; d. August, 1750.
3. Ephraim, bap. Feb., 1727 ; m. Mrs. Rebecca Lee, August 20, 1750.
4. Sarah, bap. Nov. 17, 1728; m. Deacon David Hinman and Deacon Daniel Curtis, the mother of General Ephraim Hinman.
5. Rachel, bap. Oct. 5, 1731 ; m. John Garrit, who removed to Wyoming, where he and one son was killed, and she and some children returned to Connecticut.
6. Titus, (4,) bap. Nov. or Oct. 25, 1733; m. Joanna Hurd. He went to Wyoming witli his family, and was killed there with Garrit. His wife and children escaped in a boat, and got safe back to Connecticut.
7. Amie, bap. 1736 ; m. Drake ; settled in Winchester ; had no issue.
8. Prudence, bap. Sept. 3, 1738 ; m. David Hurlbut, Nov. 6, 1757, and removed to Charlotte, Vermont.
9. Lucy, bap. March or May, 25, 1740; m. Joseph Hurlbut ; also removed to Charlotte or Monkton, Vermont.
10. Enos, bap. July 25, 1742 ; m., 1st, Jerusha Clark, of Northampton, Mass., and had 2 other wives.
11. Annis, bap. March, 1747 ; d. in infancy.
TITUS d. April 5, 1736. Sarah, wife of Titus, was a member of the church at Woodbury in 1727, and he in 1728.
HINMAN, ELEAZUR, son of Capt. Titus Hinman, of Woodbury, and grandson of Sergeant Edward. He was a man of character and estate. In 1776 he was appointed by the General Assembly of Conn., with Thomas Fitch, Rufus Lathrop, Samuel Bishop, &c., to audit all colony accounts, and report thereon. He was a member of the Legislature in 1749, &c., and was a gentle- man of respect in the colony. He renewed his baptismal covenant at Wood- bury in 1731. He m. Hannah Scovill, of Waterbury, Conn., and had issue b. in Woodbury, viz.,
1. Jonas, bap. Feb., 1730 ; settled at Kettletown, in Southbury. Jonas m. Sarah Downs, Feb. 11, 1756.
2. John, bap. Sept. 3, 1732 ; b. August 1, 1732 ; m., Ist, Abigail Graham, of Southbury ; she d., and he m., 2d, widow Mary Wentworth.
3. Eleazur, Jr., bap. Sept. 24, 1734 ; m. Rhoda Mitchell, Dec. 13, 1769 ; moved to Herki- mer county, New York.
4. Dorcas, bap. Nov., 1736 ; m. Phineas Potter, or Porter, Nov., 1757.
5. Hannah, bap. March 27, 1739; m. David Hinman, Dec., 1757, and settled West.
6. Peter, bap. August 1, 1742 ; m. Mary, widow of Garwood Cunningham.
7. Molly, bap. 1744 ; m. B. Bassett, of Derby, July 29, 1771, and had issue.
8. Miriam, bap. May, 1748 ; m. Benjamin Richards, Oct. 16, 1774, and had issue.
9. Patience, bap .; all that is known of her.
HINMAN, JOSEPH, JR., 2d son of Joseph, sen'r, and grandson of Capt. . Titus, bap. June, 1718; b. 1717. He d. of small pox, Dec. 27, 1767. He m. and removed to Farmington, Conn. His children, as far as known were,
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1. Justus, bap. August, 1750.
2. Joseph, bap. August, 1750.
3. Hester, bap. April, 1753. Perhaps others.
4. Aaron, lived and died in Guilford. Little is known of this branch of Joseph's family. Some of the descendants have done, and now are conducting, badly. One of the females in 1855, was tried for intemperance in New York. She was the first of the name known to have been tried for a criminal offense.
HINMAN, EBENEZER, the 1st son of Joseph Hinman, and grandson of Capt. Titus, bap. 1715. He m. Hannah Mitchell, of Southbury, Jan. 5, 1737. She had two children, Dorcas, bap. 1736; d. ; and he m., 2d, Elizabeth Pierce, April 20, 1743. Children,
1. Jonathan, bap. 1738 ; d. in infancy.
2. Rhoda, bap. April 1, 1740 ; m. Seth Mitchel, Dec. 19, 1762.
3. Hannah, bap. Feb., 1744 ; m. Gideon Hicock, 1768 ; went to Greenfield.
4. Betty, bap. April, 1746 ; m. Seth Wheeler, Nov. 25, 1767. He had one child, Seth Noble Wheeler, Esq., and left his wife ; and she m. for her 2d husband, Deacon Josiah Minor, of Woodbury, and had one or more children by her 2d marriage. .
5. Annis, d. young.
6. Comfort, bap. 1750 ; m. Benjamin Downs, Sept. 9, 1771.
7. Daniel, bap. Sept., 1752 ; m. Annis, dau'r of Dea. David Hininan, Sept. 22, 1773 ; had one child.
8. Annis, (2d,) bap. Feb., 1755 ; m. Lieut. Asa Hinman, son of Dea. David, Feb. 1, 1775.
9. Esther, bap. Oct., 1757 ; m. Asa Hicock.
10. Jonathan, bap. Feb., 1761; d. young.
11. Jonathan, (3d,) bap. May, 1764; d. 1849 ; m. Betty Hinman; b. 1757; d. 1848 ; dau'r of Ebenezer, of Stratford, the father and mother of Gen. Robinson, of New Haven, deceased, and grandfather and grandmother of C. W. Hinman, Esq., of Waslington City.
HINMAN, CAPT. TIMOTHY, son of Capt. Titus, was a merchant and far- mer at Southbury, and was a gentleman of wealth and reputation. He m. Emma Preston, of Woodbury, and had a son and four daughters, viz.,
1. Olive, bap. Sept., 1739 ; m. Capt. Truman Hinman.
2. Timothy, Jr., bap. 1741 ; drowned at Fair Haven in 1755.
3. Ruth, bap. Nov., 1748 ; m. Aaron Hinman, Oct., 1772.
4. Patience, bap. Dec., 1754 ; m. Col. Increase Mosely, of Southbury, the father of Col. Wil- liam, Major John, Truman, &c. He was a Judge of the County Court, and an important and efficient officer in the Revolutionary war, and several sessions a member of the General Assembly.
5. Mary or Molly, bap. Jan., 1757 ; m. 1st, David Bull, Esq., and 2d, Sherman Hinman, Esq., a merchant at Southbury, son of Col. Benjamin Hinman, of the Revolution.
HINMAN, ELIJAH, bap. 1733, son of Joseph, sen'r, grandson of Capt. Titus, and great-grandson of Sergeant Edward, was an officer and soldier in the war of the Revolution, and continued at Southbury until after the war closed. He m. Hester Curtis, Jan. 3, 1771. His children were some of them b. at Southbury; Elijah, Amos, Amasa, &c. After the war he removed to Vermont.
HINMAN, ANDREW, JR., bap. Aug. 14, 1712, son of Capt, Andrew, and grandson of Capt. Titus, m. Mabel Stiles, Feb. 28, 1734. He had children, viz.,
1. Betsey, bap. Sept. 8, 1735 ; m. C. Strong, Jan. 9, 1760.
2. Margaret, bap. Dec. 16, 1738 ; never m.
3. Mabel, bap. June 7, 1740 ; m. Elisha Ensign, of Sheffield, Mass., near Ashley Falls, Dec. 19, 1798.
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4. Francis, bap. Nov. 29, 1742 ; m. Hannah Hicock.
5. Capt. David, bap. in 1744 ; b. Feb. 1, 1737 ; m. Hannah Hinman, Dec. 20, 1759.
6. Mary, b. Dec. 23, 1748 ; m. Shadrack Osborn, Esq., 1774, and d. Jan. 18, 1777.
Andrew, Jr., resided at Southbury ; was a farmer. He was a member of the Legislature.
HINMAN, MARY, dau'r of Andrew Hinman, Jr., b. Dec. 23, 1748; m. Shadrack Osborn, Esq., son of Deacon Timothy, from Long Island, March 19, 1774. She d. Jan. 18, 1777, and left only one child, Mary or Betsey E., b. August 25, 1776, who married Capt. Limon Dunning, deceased, of New Haven, about 1800. She d. about Nov. 3, 1853. She had two children : Antoinette, who m. Hon. James Donaghee, of New Haven, and has one son, Dr. Donaghee, of New York. Rev. Edward, who also m., and has a family in Virginia. Mrs. Dunning was an extraordinary woman, an ornament to society and the church of which she was a member most of her long and useful life.
HINMAN, COE, bap. August 1718, son of Andrew Hinman, and grandson of Capt. Titus, m. -; children :
1. Nathan, bap. June, 1751.
2. Abner, bap. July, 1754, and others. Coe and his family removed into the State of New York, and I have no further account of them.
HINMAN, AARON, 3d son of Andrew, bap. Oct., 1726, d. young and un- married.
HINMAN, NATHAN, son of Andrew, bap. Dec., 1729 ; also removed and settled at New London with his brothers Capt. Elisha and Noble. He is sup- posed to have been a seafaring man. He m. - , -, and had children.
HINMAN, CAPT. ELISHA, b. March 9, and bap. 10, 1734; son of Capt. Andrew Hinman, of Woodbury, grandson of Capt. Titus, and great-grandson of Edward, the Pilgrim, of Stratford. He was a seaman by profession, of an accomplished character. He settled at New London in early life, where he m., lived, and died. Public confidence was such in his capacity as a mariner, his good judgment, courage, and integrity, that, in the commencement of the war of the Revolution, he was placed in the command of the first government ship, called the Alfred, which sailed out of New London, against the British.
In 1776 he took a continental armed brig of 200 tons, laden with rum, sugar, &c., bound to Scotland, and brought her into New London ; also in 1776, he, with Capt. Shaw, carried three tons of powder into Dartmouth.
In October, 1777, a prize-ship, laden with sugar and cotton, worth £60,000, was taken by the Alfred, Capt. Hinman, and the Raliegh, Capt. Thompson, two ships of war. He captured and carried two prize-ships into France, and sold them for the benefit of the States, in 1778. (New London Gazette.)
The first naval expedition, by authority of Congress, (says Maisspogulkins, ) was fitted out at New London, in January, 1776, under Commodore Hopkins. The fleet consisted of the Alfred, Columbus, Cabot, and Andriacoria, being designed as a secret expedition to annoy the British fleet at the south. Dud- ley Saltonstall, who had been in command of the fort or battery, was appointed senior Captain, Elisha Hinman, Lieutenant, Peter Richards and Charles Bulk- ley, two of the first young bloods of New London, and young seamen, were two of the midshipmen. The fleet sailed about the first of February, 1776, to ren- dezvous in Delaware Bay. It resulted only in the British post, of New Provi- dence, and a fruitless combat with the British ship Glasgow, near the eastern
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end of Long Island, on their return to New London. The Commodore entered New London on the 8th of April, on his return. He had taken 70 prisoners, 88 pieces of cannon, and a large quantity of military and naval stores. . Many of the heavy pieces of ordnance had previously arrived on a sloop commanded by Capt. Hinman. (See Caulkin's History of New London, p. 509, and New London Gazette.)
Capt. Biddle, in the Andrew Doria, sent in a prize which ran upon the rocks near Fisher's Island, then being chased by a British ship of war. At once, a number of armed men from Stonington went on board and prevented her de- struction. The day after, Capt. Hinman, in the Cabot, went out to assist, and brought into port, from the prize, ninety hogsheads of rum and seven of sugar. The remainder was lost. (His. New London, pp. 510-11.)
Miss Caulkins, in her invaluable History of New London, p. 537, speaking of Capt. Elisha Hinman, says he was one of three brothers who came from Woodbury, Conn., to New London, before or about 1760, and established then- selves in New London ; that Capt. Elisha was a veteran of the sea before the Revolution, and took an early part in the contest ; commanded the Cabot, a continental brig, in the squadron of Commodore Hopkins, and afterward suc- ceeded Paul Jones in the ship Alfred, which he was unfortunately compelled to surrender to the Oriadne and Ceres, on a return voyage from France, March 9, 1773. Being carried a prisoner to England, after a short confinement, he found friends who aided his escape to France, from whence he returned home, and en- gaged for a time in private adventures. In 1779, he went out in the privateer sloop Hancock, owned by Thomas Mumford, and had a run of brilliant, dashing success. In 1780, Capt. Hinman took command of the armed ship Deane. Peter Richards, Charles Bulkley, and John Welsh, Lieutenants of Capt. Hin- man in the Alfred, were also prisoners and confined in Fortune prison, near Portsmouth, in England, for several months. They also escaped, by digging under the outward wall of the prison, and also escaped to France in safety, and returned to New London in the spring of 1779. (See Caulk., p. 537.) The successful privateering of 1779, added another laurel to the fame of Capt. Hin- man, by taking the Lady Erskine, of ten guns, within sight of the harbor of New London, by the Hancock and Beaver, Captains Hinman and Havens, by cutting her off from a British fleet of 21 sails, under a convoy of the Thames frigate, of 36 guns.
The Gazette, of June 3, 1779, advertised to be sold on the Sth of June, among other prizes, the Bellona, of 160 tuns, of 16 guns ; schooner Mulberry, 70 tuns ; sloop Hunter, of 90 tuns ; sloop Charlotte, of 60 tuns ; sloop Lady Erskine, 60 tuns, and 10 guns, all prizes taken by the Beaver and Hancock. Capt. Hin- man, June 1, 1780, in the Jonatas, a private cruiser, sailed from New London on a cruise. She carried 29 guns, 24 nines and five fours, under his command. (p. 542 Caulk.) In the 3d volume of John Adam's works, p. 200, he speaks of Capt. Hinman while in France. In 1781 he commanded the brig Marquis Lafayette, and captured the brig Dispatch. In 1779 he commanded the frigate Trumbull. (N. L. Gazette.) A court martial was holden, which fully ac- quitted Capt. Hinman with honor, when commander of the Alfred. He was one of the fortunate naval officers, who gained laurels for themselves and many valuable prizes for the country, by their naval skill and bravery during the
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Revolution, in that unequal contest at sea. He took other prizes which are not named in the above schedule of his valuable and adventurous captures.
After Capt. Hinman left the service, he entered into mercantile business at New London for a time, and for several years commanded the Revenue Cutter at New London. He was an estimable man in private life, true to his friends, to the last favor and last dollar, and a gentleman in his deportment. He mar- ried Miss Abigail Dolebear, daughter of George Dolebear, Esq., of New London, March 1, 1777. On the day of his marriage, the officers of the ship Oliver Cromwell, to honor Capt. Hinman, ordered a complimentary salute to be fired from their ship, but some lover of mischief among the crew charged the cannon with a hand grenade, "which (says the record) whistled through the town,
NOTE .- When the account of the descendants of Capt. Titus Hinman was sent to the printer for publication, little could be obtained either of the history or genealogy of Capt. Elisha Hinman from his descendants. But since the foregoing publication I have received, by the politeness of Mr. Thomas D. Day, of St. Louis, his grandson, a file of letters, written years since, by his mother, who was a daughter of Capt. Elisha Hinman, giving many interesting facts of her father, his chivalry during the Revolutionary war, and of his family, his marriage, &c. I therefore add this long note. As will be seen before, Capt. Elisha Hinman, of New London, married Abigail Dolebear, dau'r of George, of Montville, (then a portion of New London.) This George was born in Boston. His mother's name was Clark. Mr. Dolebear, her husband, was a Welch- man. He settled in Boston, and was wealthy. He had a silver dining and tea set, and a pew- ter service also, with the coat of arms of his family engraved upon the dining service. This service of silver has been distributed to the descendants of the Dolebear family, and some arti- cles to the children of Capt. Elisha Hinman. His daughter, Mrs. Day, had a silver porringer of the set, until within a few years past. George Dolebear received from his father a large quan- tity of land, located in Montville, Ct. George, the father of Abigail; the wife of Capt. Elisha Hinman, m. Sherwood, whose father was an Englishman, and settled near Toilsome Hill in Strat- ford or Fairfield, Conn. Deacon Sherwood supposed, her brother, lived by the forge, near Po- quonnock. The first Sherwood's wife was one of four females who formed the first church of Poquonnock, since removed to Bridgeport, and since called Blatchford's church. The Burrs and Sterlings, of Fairfield county, were relatives of the children of Capt. Elisha Hinman, by their grandmother Dolebear, who had two sisters, married Fitch and Bradford in Montville.
Andrew Hinman, of Southbury, the father of Elisha, purchased rights on Staten Island, N. Y., and for a time removed to Elizabethtown in New Jersey, but returned to Conn. Captain Elisha left his father when young, and went to sea, and at the age of 19 years he shipped as captain of a brig, and pursued his business successfully. He traded at the French and English Islands, and in the West Indies, and remained there for three years at one time, where cargoes were assigned to him to dispose of, and to purchase the return cargoes. His character was so perfectly fair, that his integrity was proverbial ; let him reside where he might, that he was called the most honest man known in trade. And so popular was he on the islands, that the planters and merchants would not allow him to reside at the hotels, but took him to their own houses, where he formed an extensive and useful acquaintance with all the business men of the islands, and those who traded there from England, Scotland, France, &c., which, not only then, but afterward, through his life, was not only a source of profit but pleasure, while in other countries.
When Capt. Hinman was taken prisoner by Commodore Prindle, the Commodore inquired of him, " Who that damned rascal was who ran away ? " (Capt. Thompson.) Hinman answered, "Sir, he is your countryman." Com .- " He is a rascal, come from where he may." Hin .- " Had I his ship, I would have taken you, Sir." Com .- That is loud talking, Capt. Hinman." Hin .- " Well, Sir," (stating the ship, force, crew, and advantages of the Raleigh,) " Now, Sir,
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the like was never known." The terrified inhabitants caused the offender to be arrested, put in irons, &c.
His marriage was honorably noticed in the newspapers of the day, as follows : " Married, at New London, by the Rev. Mr. Jewett, Elisha Hinman, Esq., com-
could you not have taken these ships ?" Com .- " I think I could." Hin .- "I think I could do as much you." Com .- " I believe you can."
The Commodore was so much pleased with the courage and frank and manly demeanor of Capt. Hinman, he presented Capt. Hinman two trunks of prize property, one of gold lace and the other of brocade silks, which, with his military cloak, he sent home to New London to his wife by his purser, Nathaniel Richards. His children have had strips of the lace in their old age. Capt. Hinman was sent a prisoner to Gossport, England, where he was brought before a Scotch magistrate for examination. Mag .- " How dare you fight His Majesty's ships, you rebel of His Majesty's Colonies ?" Hin,-" I dare fight His Majesty himself, if I meet him on the high seas." Mag .- " Who are you, Sir ? " Hin .- " Elisha Hinman, Sir." Mag .- "What's your occupation ?" Hin .- "I commanded the Alfred, commissioned by the Government of the United States in North America." Mag .- " Where was you born ?" Hin .- " In Woodbury, Sir." Mag .- " And where " (in great scorn) "is Woodbury ?" Hin .- "Ten miles from Darby, Sir." The Scotchman laughed, and said, " Give me your hand," holding out his own, and called for some wine.
Capt. Hinman was sent to Fortune prison. In escaping from prison, as spoken of before, he escaped in his shirt sleeves, in a dark, rainy night, and walked ten miles in the rain. He gave ten guineas to the sentinel, to oil his conscience, &c. ; left ten guineas for his ward-room officers. Capt. Hinman lodged with a market woman that night, who fed and clotlied him. The next day he sent the market woman to London, to a Mr. Wren, who wrote to Capt. Hinman to feign intoxication, and sent his own carriage and servant for him, and brought him to the house of Mr. Wren in London, where he remained three weeks, and he then sent him to France, and from thence he returned to New London.
Mrs. Day says Mrs. Lockwood has a snuff-box that was my great-grandfather's, with silver bottom, tortoise-shell top, with the Dolebear arms on it, the crest gold, &c. Capt. Hinman would never attend a dining party only with the privilege of retiring when they " set into wine." When Com. Thompson and Capt. Hinman were ordered to the coast of France, to intercept the English merchant's fleet or shipping, they arrived at L'Orient, and being short of men, Capt. Hinman went to Paris, for six weeks, while they were recruiting at L'Orient, where he dined with the minister, Duke of Rouen, with Adams and Franklin. Mrs. Lafayette called upon him, and cried bitterly when inquiring after her husband, (the General.) Capt. Hinman has often been heard to say, that Maria Antoinette and Marchioness de Lafayette, were the most beauti- ful ladies he ever met.
Capt. Hinman, when in Jamaica, when riding out, saw an overseer whip a slave until he was bloody and raw, and saw his mistress step up and pour cayenne pepper over him. Captain' Hinman asked her the price of the boy, and paid it for him. He asked him his name and age. His name was Sandy, and age 19. He took Sandy on his horse behind him, and rode a short distance, where he washed him with castile soap, oiled and clothed him, and took him to New London, where he proved a most faithful and perfect waiter, as well as honest. When Capt. Hinman was about to return to Jamaica, Sandy was upon his knees saying, "I love Missis, I love children ; but Massa, I can't leave you, Massa ; me go with Massa." And he took him with him, where he was offered for him more than double the amount he paid for him. Capt. Hlinman replied, that he purchased Sandy to save his life, and nothing but death should part them. Sandy, being present, fell to the ground, kissed his feet, his knees, and wept, crying, “O dear, dear Massa, me love you, me work for you, me die for you," which caused Capt. Hinman himself to shed tears. Sandy, soon after, took the small-pox and died. Capt. Hinman was often heard to say, he was thankful that gold did not tempt him to sell him, and that he would
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