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REVOLUTIONARY WAR SERVICE
Military. wagoner and wagonmaster, Wagonmaster General's Department, New Jersey
Militia; on duty at Morristown, New Jersey, 1779. Also, Captain and Conductor
of Team Brigade, Wagonmaster General's Department, New Jersey Militia.
BIOGRAPHY
Asabel Hinman, the son of Samuel Hinman and Mary [--?--], was born 13 MAR
1741/42 in Goshen, Litchfield Co., Connecticut. He died 25 SEP 1825 in Warrick
Co., Indiana. He married 22 DEC 1768 in Newark, Essex Co, New Jersey, Mary
Harris Hinman, who was also was his cousin. Mary was born 30 MAY 1749 in Newark,
Essex Co, New Jersey and died in 1842.
His first served as a substitute for an older married brother. He was in Gen.
Montgomery's 1775 campaign that invaded Canada, serving under Benedict Arnold
on the march through Maine. He was at the Battle of Long Island (27 Sep 1776),
commanding a company of New Jersey troops. He lost a leg at the Battle of
Brandywine (11 Sep 1777). He was a Lieutenant at Valley Forge (1777/1778).
He was later a Captain and Quartermaster in command of supply trains for the
military (one source indicates that he often bought supplies himself). He
was at Yorktown (1781). The following is reported:
State of New Jersey, Office of the Adjutant General, Trenton, July 24, 1913:
"It is certified that the records of this office show that Asabel Hinman served
as a wagoner and wagonmaster, Wagonmaster General's Department, New Jersey
Militia; on duty at Morristown, New Jersey, 1779; also served as Captain and
Conductor of Team Brigade, Wagonmaster General's Department, New Jersey Militia,
during the Revolutionary War." /s/ W.F. Sadler, Jr, The Adjutant General.
After the war, between 1785 and 1791, he moved to Kentucky, and in 1816 he moved to Warrick Co., Indiana, one of the earliest
settlers to the area. He and his wife had the following children:
1. Rhoda Hinman b: 4 NOV 1774
2.Samuel Hinman b: 17 SEP 1777 in Newark, Essex Co, New Jersy
3. Maria Hinman b: 2 OCT 1782 in Newark, Essex Co, New Jersy
4. Anna Harris Hinman b: 11 MAY 1785 in Newark, Essex Co, New Jersy
5.George Whitfield Hinman b: 8 APR 1791 in Bullitt Co., Kentucky
GRAVE LOCATION
EXACT LOCATION AND DIRECTIONS AT PRESENT NOT KNOWN
GRAVE SITE
Maple Grove Cemetery, Boonville, Warrick Co., Indiana
ORIGINAL TOMBSTONE INSCRIPTION
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DESCENDANTS IN WESTMINSTER CHAPTER, MARYLAND STATE SOCIETY, SONS OF
THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
Paul Enoch Brashears