Benjamin Hickox
| Benjamin Hickox | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Connecticut House of Representatives from Norwalk [1] | |
| In office May 1728 – October 1728 Serving with Joseph Platt | |
| Preceded by | Joseph Platt, Samuel Comstock |
| Succeeded by | Samuel Comstock |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1686[2] Waterbury, Connecticut Colony [2] |
| Died | November 17, 1745[2][3] Wilton parish, Norwalk, Connecticut Colony [4] |
| Resting place | Sharp Hill Cemetery, Wilton, Connecticut [4] |
| Spouse(s) | Sarah Lockwood Hickox[3] (m. February 3, 1714)[2][4] (previously married to Nathaniel Selleck and then after being widowed by Benjamin Hickox married Samuel Kellogg at the age of seventy-eight)[3] |
| Children | Silas Hickox,[3] Ezra Hickock, Abigail Hickock, Bethel Hickock, Sarah Hickock[2] |
| Residence | Wilton parish, Norwalk, Connecticut Colony |
| Occupation | deacon, miller[5] |
| Religion | Congregational |
Benjamin Hickox (also Benjamin Hickcox) (1686–November 17, 1745) was a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives from Norwalk, Connecticut Colony in the session of May 1728.
He was the son of Samuel Hickox, and Hannah Upton.
He operated a gristmill which was located behind the present site of the Congregational Church in Wilton where there is a waterfall over the Comstock Brook (the Falls Branch of the Norwalk River). The mill served as a gathering place where local residents organized their efforts for status as a parish.[5] He was the first deacon of the Congregational Church in Wilton.[3]
References
- ↑ An Historical Discourse in Commemoration of the Two-hundredth Anniversary of the Settlement of Norwalk, Connecticut
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 "Ancestral File," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.2.1/9HR9-F46 : accessed 2014-05-23), entry for Benjamin Hickox (Hickocks).
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Norwalk
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Benjamin Hickcox at Find a Grave
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Hubbard, G. Evans. Annals of Wilton, Volume III, Wilton Village: A History. Wilton, (1971)
| Preceded by Joseph Platt Samuel Comstock |
Member of the Connecticut House of Representatives from Norwalk May 1728–October 1728 With: Joseph Platt |
Succeeded by Samuel Comstock |