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Connecticut politician
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Male
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Birth:
1686(Waterbury, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA)
Death:
17 November 1745(Wilton, Connecticut, USA)
The details
Biography
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 inWilton 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.