About Benjamin Hickox
Lived 1686 – 1745 (aged 58–59). Benjamin Hickox was an American politician.
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 Upson.
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. He was the first deacon of the Congregational Church in Wilton.
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Who was Benjamin Hickox?
Connecticut politician
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Benjamin Hickox was born in 1686 in Waterbury.
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Benjamin Hickox died on 17 November 1745 in Wilton.
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Benjamin Hickox was a politician.
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Benjamin Hickox was American.
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