Benjamin Hickox (also Benjamin Hickcox) (1686 – November 17, 1745) was a member of the

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from Norwalk,

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in the session of May 1728. He was the son of Samuel Hickox, and Hannah Upson. He operated a

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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

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). 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.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Hickox, Benjamin Members of the Connecticut House of Representatives Politicians from Norwalk, Connecticut Deacons Millers People from Wilton, Connecticut 1686 births 1745 deaths 18th-century members of the Connecticut General Assembly