Benjamin Trumbull

Benjamin Trumbull (19 December 1735 – 2 February 1820) was an early American historian and preacher.

Early life Benjamin Trumbull was born in Hebron, Connecticut Colony, in 1735 to Benjamin Trumbull. He graduated from Yale University in 1759 and studied theology under Reverend Eleazar Wheelock. Wheelock delivered his ordination sermon in 1760, commending him to the people of North Haven as “not a sensual, sleepy, lazy, dumb dog, that could not bark back.” AAS holds original copies of over 40 titles related to, or authored by Trumbull, as well as the manuscript of his General History of the United States He died in North Haven, Connecticut.