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pointment of sheriff the same year, of Oneida county. Since which he has been honored by two or more elections to the responsible office of Mayor of the city of Utica, and held various other places of trust, all of which have been performed to the satisfaction of his friends and constituents. Col. Hinman m. Mary, dau'r of G. C. Schroppel, Esq., deceased, of New York, Nov. 27, 1827. Mr. Schroppel was early one of the wholesale tea merchants in the city of New York, by which he accumulated a large fortune. He d. in the city of New York, and was interred in St. Mark's church-yard. Col. Hinman and his lady reside in the city of Utica, without children. He is one of those men ardent for his friends, open and frank with his enemies, and never yields an opinion until satisfied he is in error.
HINMAN, COL. JOHN JAY, EsQ., son of Major Benjamin and Anna, b. May 7, 1798, m. at Rushville, Illinois, Huldah M. Sturtevant, April 11, 1342 ; she is a sister of Professor Sturtevant, of Jacksonville, Illinois, and of the Fairfield county Sturtevants, in Conn. He read law at Utica, and was ad- mitted to the Bar in the State of New York, and a few years after removed to Rushville, Illinois, and followed his profession for a few years, and then went into the milling and flour business ; and afterward, about three years before his death, removed with his family to Ottoway, Illinois, and commenced mer- chandizing. Col. John Jay d. at Ottoway, Illinois, Oct. 5, 1849, and was there buried. He d. of cholera four days after the death of the last of his five children. His grief at the loss of all his five children, produced on himself the cholera ; and thus died a man of as pure a heart as ever lived ; and the only survivor of that once happy family was his widow. Children :
1. Anna Keyser, d. August 21, 1846 ; buried at LaGrange Farm, Brown county, Illinois.
2. John Jay, Jr., d. at Ottoway, of scarlet fever, May 11, 1849.
3. William A. Hinman, d. at Ottoway, May 19, 1849, of scarlet fever.
4. Grace A., d. at Ottoway, of cholera, Sept. 30, 1849.
5. Jay S Hinman, d. at Ottoway, of cholera, Oct. 1, 1849.
His widow Huldah resides at Beardstown, Cass county, Illinois, single.
CAPT. BENJAMIN, JR., son of Major Benjamin, an older brother of John Jay, Esq., b. 1794; resided most of his life at Utica, New York. He was a magistrate, captain of a company, &c., and never m. He d. at Hinmanville, Oswego county, New York, August 9th, 1841, when a young man, and had only reached middle life.
GEN. WILLIAM A. HINMAN, b. July 11, 1802, son of Major Benjamin, of Utica, was educated a lawyer at Utica, where he was admitted to the Bar, and where he followed his profession a few years. But his ambition either for wealth or fame induced him to visit Illinois in 1832, and he never returned, but located himself at Rushville, Schuyler county, Illinois, where he now re- sides. He has dealt largely in new farms in that neighborhood, and has be- come wealthy. He m. at Jacksonville, Illinois, Grace A. Kingsbury, Feb. 4, 1843, and resides in Rushville ; has children, John Edward, b. Nov. 14, 1843 ; Edward M. C., b. April 10, 1847.
MARANDA, dau'r of Major Benjamin, b. August 4, 1806 ; d. 1817.
ANNIS, dan'r of Major Benjamin and Anna, of Utica, b. Dec. 10, 1815, was m. at Rushville, Illinois, to Dr. Thomas Monroe, (b. in Maryland,) Oct. 5, 1841, and have children, viz. :
1. John H., b. August 14, 1842.
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2. Thomas, Jr., b. Oct. 26, 1844.
3. James Edward, b. Jan. 23, 1847.
4. Mary Anna, b. Dec. 18, 1848.
5. Hinman, b. July 21, 1852.
Dr. Monroe resides at Rushville, in the practice of his profession, with his wife and family.
HINMAN, CAPT. WAIT, 5th son of Sergeant Benjamin, of Woodbury, bap. Oct., 1706, who was son of Edward, sen'r, of Stratford. He d. Dec. 29, 1775, aged 68 years. He owned the baptismal covenant, 1730. He m. Ann Hurd, June 11, 1729, and had children :
1. Samuel, b. Feb. 18, 1730; bap. May, 1730; m. Amy Twichel, Nov. 16, 1757, and lived near Carlton's bridge.
2. Truman, bap. 1731 ; b. June 27, 1731. (Capt. Truman.)
3. Wait, Jr., b. Nov., 1732 ; bap. Dec., 1732.
4. Mercy or Mary, bap. Sept. 20, 1735; m. Capt. Agur Curtis.
5. Ann, bap. Dec., 1737; m. Moses Downs. Moses Downs m. B. Hinman, April 4, 1791.
6. Currence or Prudence, bap. April 12, 1740; m. Sand. Curtis.
7. Bethuel, bap. June, 1742 ; m. Hannah Hicock, Nov. 8, 1770.
Capt. Wait Hinman had the grant of a ferry, three miles below Pootatuck ferry, about one mile down the river from Bennett's bridge in Southbury. In 1775, the ferry was renewed to Samuel Hinman, son of Wait Hinman. In 1778, Gen. Washington, on his march, "built a bridge at Hinman's ferry ; " (Hartford record ; see Cothren ;) called Carlton's bridge ; and Ephraim Hin- man supplied the provisions for the workmen, as D. Commissary ; and Judge Timothy Hinman, of Derby, Vermont, was one of the workmen to build the bridge. Ann, wife of Capt. Wait Hinman, d. August 29, 1785, aged 83. Capt. Wait Hinman, d, April 29, 1775, aged 69, noted for activity and strength. Capt. Wait Hinman, with a company of 104 men, including Licut. John, Ben- ajah, and David Hinman, in August, 1757, on an alarm that fort Wm. Henry, near Lake George, was in danger, marchcd to the relief of the fort, (and Coth- ren says,) were absent about three weeks. Capt. Ebenezer Downs also marched his company, (of which Reuben Hinman and Samucl Hinman, werc of his company,) with about the same number of men, on the same alarm, from Woodbury to fort Wm. Henry.
HINMAN, SAMUEL, son of Wait, m. Amy Twichel, Nov. 16, 1757, and had children in Southbury, viz.,
1. Ann, bap. July, 1759.
2. Betty, m. Joseph Post.
3. Wait.
HINMAN, WAIT, son of Samuel, son of Wait, son of Benjamin, m. Eunice Mitchel, dau'r of Dea. Eleazur, of Southbury, Jan. 29, 1784, and had two chil- . dren, Josiah, b. May 23, 1786, and Olive. Josialı, his son, b. May 23, 1786, m. Sally Bassett, dau'r of John, March 16, 1808, and has a large family in Southbury. Olive, dau'r of Wait, b. Sept. 28, 1797, m. Mr. Laird, of Michi- gan, and has no children. Eunice, the widow of Wait, is yet living in South- bury, very aged.
HINMAN, CAPT. TRUMAN, 3d son of Capt. Wait Hinman, of Southbury, was bap. in 1731. He m. Olive, dau'r of Capt. Timothy Hinman, of South- . bury, a merchant, farmer, and miller, Junc 17, 1763, and had children, viz.,
1. Timothy, bap. August 21, 1778; b. July 14, 1764 ; m. Sarah Ann Hinman.
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2. Ruth Emm, bap. August 21, 1778; b. June 1, 1768 ; she m. D. S. Bull, Sept., 1793; he d. and she m. Sherman Hinman; she d. Oct. 24, 1796, aged 28.
3. Olive b. March 15, 1771 ; bap. August 21, 1778; m. Nathan S. Judson ; no issue.
4. Col. Truman, b. March 18, 1778; rn. Betty Curtis, dau'r of Nathan, 1798.
Capt. Truman Hinman, the father, d. Dec. 5, 1793, aged 62. Olive, widow of Capt. Truman Hinman, d. Oet. 31, 1809. She was b. Sept. 21, 1730, aged 70. The foregoing family are now all deceased. Capt. Truman was possessed of large estate, as was his wife; and few men of his day enjoyed a more exalted reputation, with a fortune to sustain him in the rare style in which he lived.
Capt. Truman Hinman and Shadrac Osborn, Esq's, of Southbury, appear to have acted as assistant commissaries of purchases, and Osborn as issuing commissary at Ticonderoga, in 1775; and purchased provisions for the troops at that post, and probably were suttlers there also, though it is supposed that Osborn had not a formal appointment of deputy commissary in the army until 1777, which he held after that time until the close of the war.
HINMAN, MAJOR TIMOTHY, oldest son of Capt. Truman, b. July 14, 1761 ; bap. 1775; was a merchant and farmer at Southbury. He graduated at Yale College, 1784. He m. Sarah Ann, only daughter of Edward Hinman, Esq., of Southbury, Jan. 10, 1791. His children were,
1. Sally, b. Dec. 11, 1792 ; never m., and d. Feb. 2, 1841, aged 44.
2. Olive, b. July 17, 1798 ; m. Col. Charles Hicock, of Southbury, March 11, 1821 or 2; had one child in 1823, which d. in infancy ; and his wife d. Feb. 22, 1840.
Edward, Esq., b. about 1794; never m., and d. August 20, 1855, and left his only living sister, Ann, and the only survivor of the family for three genera- tions, on her mother's side. She occupies the family mansion in lonely solitude, at Southbury.
Sally Ann, b. August 17, 1796; d. young. Ann, b. about 1800, and well she may join with the poet in the four lines applied to Helen Hinman. Major Timothy, her father, d. June 18, 1810, aged 46. The mother d. June 17, 1845, aged abo it 80 years.
HINMAN, EDWARD, EsQ.,* son of Major Timothy, and grandson of law- yer Edward, b. about 1794 ; was by profession a lawyer, and had pursued his
* At a meeting of the members of the Bar of New Haven county, held August, J855, Hon. Ralph I. Ingersoll, Chairman, and Alfred H. Terry, Esq., Secretary, the following preamble and resolutions were offered by Alfred Blackman, Esq., and unanimously adopted :
WHEREAS, We have been informed of the recent death of the Hon. EDWARD HIMMAN, a gentleman long and favorably known as a member of the Bar, and a Judge of the County Court of this county-
Resolved, That the upright and estimable character of our late associate, marufested through a long and honorable career at the Bar and upon the Bench, commended him to the kindest regards of his professional brethren, and that we deeply sympathize with hix relatives and near friends in their bereavement.
Resolved, That the proceedings of this meeting be made public in the newspapers of this city : and that a copy of the preamble and resolutions here, by us adopted, be signed by the chairman and secretary, and transmitted to the sister of the deceased.
R. I. INGERSOLL,, Chairman. ALFRED H. TERRY, Secretary.
See Ver Haren Palladium, Sept. 1, 1855.
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practice of law for many years in his native town. He d. at Southbury, August 20, 1855, aged about 60 years. He was two years Judge of the County Court for the County of New Haven, a member of the legislature, a member of the state senate in 1843. His greatest fault was, that he never married, and had no heirs of his own to whom to bequeath his large estate. He was a member of the general assembly in 1822, 1831, and state senator in 1843.
HINMAN, COL. TRUMAN, b. March 18, 1778, youngest son of Capt. Truman Hinman, of Southbury, who was grandson of Wait, was a gentleman of wealth, and of a noble, high-minded spirit. He was a member of the general assembly in 1808 and 1810. He m. Betty Curtis, dau'r of Nathan, Nov. 22, 1798, who was also wealthy. They had two children ; Charles C., Esq., b. August 3, 1800; and Eliza, b. June 12, 1803. She d. single, March 3, 1855. Col. Truman d. aged only 36 years, June 21, 1813. Betty, his widow, d. about 1852.
HINMAN, CAPT. CHARLES C., only son of Col. Truman Hinman, b. August 3, 1800, was twice a member of the general assembly of Connecticut. He was a gentleman farmer. He d. May 16, 1839, aged 39. He m. Eliza M. Stiles, of Southbury, June 17, 1822, and had a daughter Helen, who now is a young lady, the only heir and survivor of her branch of this respectable and wealthy family, for four generations. His widow is yet living. Well may Helen say with the poet,
" --- like one who treads alone, Some banquet hall deserted, Whose lights are fled, whose garlands dead, And all but me departed."
HINMAN, RUTH EMM, dau'r of Capt. Truman and Olive, b. June 1, 1768; m. 1st, Sherman Hinman, Esq., Dec. 11, 1791; and 2d, David Bull, Sept. 30, 1796, and d. Oct. 24, 1796 ; no issue.
HINMAN, BETHUEL, son of Wait, bap. 1742; m. Hannah Hicock, of Southbury, Nov., 1770, and removed to Greenville, New York, and had Sha- drack, Bethuel, and several other sons, and some dau'rs; no information fur- ther, is found of this family.
HINMAN, JUSTUS, bap. August 12, 1759, was a son of Mabel and Tru- man Hinman. She was a dau'r of Joseph Hinman, sen'r. Justus m. Abigail Lewis, Jan. 4, 1789, of Stratford, and had children, viz.,
1. Ross, b. June 19, 1791.
2. Everitt, b. Dec. 9, 1793.
3. Lewis, b. Oct. 2, 1797.
Justus lived in Southbury, where he d. Dec. 9, 1799, and his widow m. Dr. Anthony Burritt, sen'r, of Southbury, March 26, 1809, his 2d wife; and she became the mother of Dr. Anthony, Jr., with whom she now resides in Southbury.
HINMAN, ROSS, son of Justus, m. and had one son. This son m. and d. and left 2 children. Ross removed from Southbury, and settled between Utica and Syracuse, perhaps Canastota.
HINMAN, EVERETT, son of Justus, m. in Roxbury, Conn., and had two sons. He settled in Cooperstown, in the State of New York, where he now resides, if living.
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HINMAN, LEWIS, Bol son of Justus, m. Laura Smith. She soon after d and left a day's Laura, who m. Nondinh Warner, Lewis m. 2d. Miss Skill more, and bad children, viz., Mary, who d'n young lady ; Chailatte, who m Botsford, of Newtown, Conn , Mortimer, de a young man Lewis removed to Compresstown, N. Y., with his brother Everitt, where he had two other sene børn, their names not known.
This line of Benjamin Hinman, son's, 3d som of Sergeant Edward, son's, of Stratford, were generally wealthy farmers, though many of them were men
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2. Hannah, b. March 3, 1702.
3. Zachariah, b. Jan. 27, 1704.
4. Samuel, b. 1705 ; settled in Litchfield and Goshen.
5. Justus, b. Dec. 28, 1707.
6. Ebenezer, b. Oct. 5, 1709 ; and August 16, 1717, settled in Southbury, (the miller.)
7. Saralı, b. Oct., 1711.
8. John, b. Nov. 4, 1713.
9. Rachel, b. Dec. 4, 1715.
10. Ebenezer, b. August 16, 1717, perhaps Ebenezer, 6th child, d.
11. Amos, b. Oct. 18, 1720.
12. Charity, b. June 6, 1723.
The three last are found upon the land record at Stratford, recorded appar- ently at the same time, and out of place.
HIINMAN, SARAH, eldest dau'r of Sergeant Edward, of Stratford, was h. in 1653; m. William Roberts, (perhaps of Milford,) afterward of Stratford. She had children b. at Stratford, viz.,
1. Hannah, bap. Oct. 21, 167 ; d.
2. Zachery, bap. May, 1682.
3. Sarah, bap. in 1685.
4. Hannah, 2d, in May, 1686.
5. Amos, in July, 1689 ; perhaps others, not traced.
William Roberts exchanged land in Stratford with Hugh Griffin in 1668, and with John Wheeler in 1669; and had an car-mark on record, entered there Oct. 14, 1681. Some of his descendants settled in New Milford:
HINMAN, ZACHARIAH, 2d son of Edward, Jr., is not traced, or record found of his family, which requires further investigation. He was for a short time at Southbury.
derstanding, strict religion, solid piety, and maintained a firm and unshaken hope in the merits of Christ, to the end. And what is remarkable concerning her exit out of the world, she died the very day on which she was 99 years old, of which she had a premonition near 20 years before her death, In a dream or vision. A venerable comely person, who she afterward used to call her guardian angel, and whom she had seen once before, appeared to her and asked her age. She told him; upon which he replied, 'You will not live to an hundred years, but almost ; you will live to be 99, and then die.' She often mentioned this to her friends and neighbors, and was confidently persuaded of the truth of it, that she would frequently count upon it, how many years she had to live. And there are scores of persons now living in the parish, who have often heard her say that she should die at 99, on her birth-day, old style. About a fortnight before her decease, she inquired of her son, landlord John Hinman, at whose house she died, the day of the month, and again repeated to the famlly that she had just so many days to live ; which accordingly happened on her very birth-day, as it is called. The great age to which this person had arrived, together with those circumstances respecting the time of her death, are so very extraordinary that it was thought proper to communicate them to the public.)" (Journal and Barber's History of Conn.) These facts are yet believed by most of the descendants of that branch of the family. Her son John, with whom she died, as above stated, often repeated the facts during his life. He stated that on the day of her death, she arose in the morning in her usual good health, ate her breakfast and dinner with the family. Hle said to her in the morning, " Well, mother, the day has arrived." She replied, "Yes ; and I shall die to-day ;" as she did, in the afternoon of the day foretold. This lady was the widow of Edward, Jr., of Stratford. She died at the house of her son John Hinman, in Trumbull, where she had resided some time previous, near where David B. Winman now lives in Trum- bull. Was she a medium ? Perhaps Spiritualists will claim her as such.
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HINMAN, CAPT. SAMUEL, 3d son of Edward, Jr., of Stratford, b. 1705, at Stratford. He was by profession a surveyor of land. He removed when a young man to Litchfield, after which he became one of the early proprietors. and first settlers of the town of Goshen in Conn. He bid off one right in Goshen, Feb. 14, 1738, and had the 46th choice for his first division. His first survey bill of about 150 acres, was dated Dec. 7, 1738. He surveyed the town, and'lands for individuals in Goshen. He appears to have erected a log-house there as early as 1638 or 1639, and was one of the proprietor's committee for laying out most of the early divisions of land in Goshen, and was frequently called to fill the ordinary offices of the town. The house where he once lived was standing a few years since. His brother John was for a time at Goshen, aiding Capt. Samuel in his surveys, but returned to Stratford, where he after- ward settled and died. Capt. Samuel d. at Goshen in 1784. Not known who he m. His children were,
1. Lois, m. Norton, son of one of the brothers of Joseph Norton, who removed from Dur- ham to Goshen.
2. Sarah, b. July 5, 1731.
3. Wilkinson, b. June 8, 1733.
4. Samuel, twins, b. July 26, 1736.
5. Mary,
6. Joseph, b. March 7, 1738.
7. Phineas, b. March 31, 1740.
8. Asch, (a twin,) b. March 13, 1742.
9. Lewis, belonged to the army in 1776.
10. Wait, b. 1748 ; m. Mary Howe, from Wallingford.
Asher, (Asch,) lived in Canton.
HINMAN, PHINEAS, 7th child of Capt. Samuel, of Goshen, b. 1740 at Goshen ; m. Rhoda Hubbel ; she d. August 19, 1819, aged 78 years. He again m. in his old age, and d. soon after at Goshen. His children were Truman, Abner, Ruth ; Olive, m. James Royce, son of Josiah Royce; Polly, m. John Royce, son of John, sen'r. Phineas was by trade a blacksmith, and lived for a time in Torrington, and then removed to Goshen on to a tract of land deeded to him by his father, August 12, 1771, in the north-east part of Goshen.
HINMAN, SAMUEL, JR., son of Capt. Samuel, of Goshen, was b. at Litchfield, July 26, 1736. He m. Asine Colt, Nov. 24, 1774, and remained several years in Goshen, and owned two farms there. His father lived with him toward the close of his life, and d. in his son's family in 1784. After 1791, Samuel, Jr., removed to Susquehannah. His children recorded in Goshen were,
1. Samuel, b. May 4, 1775.
2. Miles, b. Oct. 25, 1776 ; perhaps others.
HINMAN, ASHER, son of Capt. Samuel, b. 1742; m. and had children, Amasa and Zerah, &c. He lived at Canton, then West Simsbury. No farther account of him is traced.
HINMAN, WAIT, son of Captain Samuel, of Goshen, was b. 174S; resided in Goshen, and m. Mary Howe, dau'r of John, of Goshen, from Wallingford. He d. there, aged 78 years, June 2, 1826, and she d. at the house of her dau'r, the wife of Truman Buell, and was interred the day she would have been 80 years old. His children were, viz.,
1. Susan, m. Miles Buell, of Litchfield.
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2. Polly, m. Amasa Hinman, of Canton.
3. Nancy, m. Truman Buell, of Litchfield.
4. Wait, Jr., not traced.
HINMAN, TRUMAN, son of Phineas, m. and had children, (not traced.) HINMAN, ABNER, son of Phineas, m. and had children, (not traccd.)
The descendants of Capt. Samuel Hinman, of Goshen, requires a further investigation. Those of the name found in Goshen, New Hartford, Torrington, Bristol, Canton, Avon, and Canaan, are branches of the family of Edward, Jr., of Stratford, by his son Capt. Samuel, the surveyor of Goshen. Those of the name who originally settled at Farmington, were of the Woodbury branch of a brother of Edward, Jr., of Stratford.
HINMAN, JUSTUS, b. 1707, son of Edward, Jr., and his wife Hannah, of North Stratford, had children b. in Stratford, viz.,
1. Mary, b. Oct. 10, 1739 ; d. in infancy.
2. Elizabeth, b. Jan. 24, 1742.
3. Sarah, b. Dec. 17, 1744 or 1749 ; m. Judson Curtis.
4. Rachel, b. Feb. 1, 1752.
5. Mary, 2d, b. Feb. 19, 1757 ; record says b. Feb. 18. No sons found. (Church record of North Stratford.)
HINMAN, EBENEZER, of Stratford, son of Edward, Jr., of Stratford, and Hannah his wife, m. Obedience Jennings, June 4, 1739, O. S. She was b. in 1720, and had children, viz.,
1. Ephraim, b. June 29, 1740, father of Ephraim, of New Milford.
2. Eben, b. Jan. 25, 1742, grandfather of D. B. Hinman, of Philadelphia.
3. Edward, b. May 18, 1744 ; m. a dau'r of Isaac Hinman, of Southbury.
4. Sarah, b. March 18, 1746 ; m. Eli Parsons, of Derby.
5. Michael, b. August 20, 1748, not traced.
6. Philo, b. Nov. 6, 1750 ; had two wives.
7. Hannah, b. Oct. 29, 1753 ; m. Gideon Perry, of Oxford.
8. Betty, b. Jan. 24, 1757 ; m. Jonathan Hinman, son of Ebenezer, of Southbury.
9. Molly or Mary, b. Dec. 4, 1759; m. Joseph Basset, of Derby.
10. Ithuel or Bethuel, b. Dec. 30, 1764; went to England.
Ebenezer, above, of Stratford, removed to Woodbury, to take the charge of a grist-mill and farm for Capt. Timothy Hinman, of Southbury, and removed his family to Southbury. Ebenezer d. Nov. 18, 1795, aged about 86 years, and Obedience, his widow, d. Dec. 15, 1812, aged 92 years. She d. about 14 years after her father Jennings d.
HINMAN, ITHUEL or BETHUEL, the 10th child of Ebenezer, the miller, from Stratford to Southbury, was b. Dec. 30, 1764. This Bethuel visited Lon- don, where he remained some time, and m. tliere Sally Pearce, and returned with her to this country and settled at Southbury, where he remained several years, and had children. His eldest was Ebenezer. This family removed to Bristol, then a part of Farmington, where Bethuel d. Bethuel was a silver- smith by trade. While he worked at his trade in Southbury he made silver spoons, one of which is now in possession of Sarah Hinman, the original owner, she being in the 94th year of her age, Ebenezer, the eldest son, was b. in England before his father returned to this country. His father m. Miss Pearce in England, and had as many as two children b. there, as he lost one of his children by death on his return voyage. Ebenezer, his oldest, was for a time at Boston, and then removed to Cincinnati, Ohio. Nothing is
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now known of the other children of Bethuel. Bethuel went to England before the Revolutionary war began, and he did not return until after peace was de- clared in 1783. Ebenezer, if living, is at Cincinnati, Ohio, with a family, and a silver-smith by trade.
HINMAN, JOHN, son of Edward, Jr., of Stratford, b. Nov. 4, 1713. This John was at Litchfield and Goshen aiding his brother, Capt. Samuel, in sur- veying lands, about 1738, 1739, and 1740 ; but he returned to Stratford, and settled at Unity or North Stratford, where he was long and favorably known as an innkeeper. He was a member of the first church of North Stratford, at the time of the settlement of Rev. James Beebe, May 6, 1747, and his wife Eunice also, and was an active and useful member in building up the church and society. His mother, Hannah Hinman, widow of Edward, Jr., resided with him during her widowhood, and until her decease, viz., August 25, 1777, aged 99 years, on her birthday. She had foretold, 20 years previous, the day she should die, and when the morning of that day arrived, being a clear, bright day, she arose in the morning in her usual good health, and it being mentioned to her that the day which she had so long foretold as the day of her decease had arrived, inquired of her how her health was, she replied she was usually well, but the event would occur, as she had predicted, before night. Her son John, seeing her so well and unconcerned, doubted whether her prediction would prove true, and therefore, unknown to his mother, placed himself under the cover of his barn, near his house, to labor for the day, that his family might call upon him in case his mother should be sick. When he was called in to dine he found his mother as well as she was in the morning ; but after dinner, in the afternoon of the same day, she died as she had predicted, and at the same time. (See note also.)
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