Benjamin Hickox

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.

Benjamin Hickox
Member of the Connecticut House of Representatives from Norwalk[1]
In office May 1728 – October 1728 Serving with Joseph Platt
Preceded by	Joseph Platt, Samuel Comstock
Succeeded by	Samuel Comstock
Personal details
Born	1686[2] Waterbury, Connecticut Colony[2]
Died	November 17, 1745[2][3] Wilton parish, Norwalk, Connecticut Colony
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]
Residence(s)	Wilton parish, Norwalk, Connecticut Colony
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]