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.
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