Benjamin Trumbull (1735 - 1820)

Born 19 Dec 1735 in Hebron, Hartford Connecticut

Ancestors

Husband of Martha (Phelps) Trumbull — married 4 Dec 1760 in Connecticut

Descendants

Died 2 Feb 1820 at age 84 in North Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States

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Captain Benjamin Trumbull served with 2nd Regiment, Connecticut Militia during the American Revolution.

Benjamin Trumbull is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A116485.

Biography

Captain Benjamin Trumbull married Martha Phelps in 1760.

Benjamin graduated from Yale College A.D. 1759 an ordained Pastor of the Congregational Church in North Haven, Conn., A.D. 1760, in which relation he continued until his death, a period of almost sixty years.

He composed during his ministry nearly four thousand sermons and published essays on the inspiration of the Scriptures- a history of Connecticut- a history of United States and other works for which he was honored by his Alma Mater and esteemed by his countrymen as an able Divine and an accurate historian.

Firm, humble and devout He sustained with Dignity all his relations in life and died a firm and joyful Believer in his God and Savior Anticipating with expressions of praise the coming of the Lord.

Sources

• https://services.dar.org/Public/DAR_Research/search_adb/?action=full&p_id=A116485
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/23872108/benjamin-trumbull
• Dexter, Franklin Bowditch. Biographical Sketches of the Graduates of Yale College (Yale University Press, New Haven, Conn., 1896) Vol. 2, Page 621-27.