Benjamin Hickox
American politician
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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.
Preceded byJoseph Platt,
Samuel Comstock
Samuel Comstock
Succeeded bySamuel Comstock
Born1686[2]
Benjamin Hickox | |
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| Member of the Connecticut House of Representatives from Norwalk[1] | |
| In office May 1728 – October 1728 | |
| Preceded by | Joseph Platt, Samuel Comstock |
| Succeeded by | Samuel Comstock |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1686[2] |
| Died | November 17, 1745[2][3] |
| Resting place | Sharp Hill Cemetery, Wilton, Connecticut |
| Spouse(s) | Sarah Lockwood Hickox[3] (m. February 3, 1714)[2] (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] |
| Occupation | deacon, miller[4] |
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.[4] He was the first deacon of the Congregational Church in Wilton.[3]
