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State of Service: NJ
Qualifying Service: Captain / Patriotic Service
Birth: 23 Mar 1742 Hartford / Hartford / CT Death: 05 Sep 1825 Boonville / Warrick / IN
Qualifying Service Description:
1777-1779, he was a Wagonmaster with the rank of Captian and Conductor of a Team Brigade in the regiment of Colonel Sylvanus Seely
Additional References:
New Jersey Rev War Slips: Single Citations of the New Jersey Department of Defense Materials, FHL Roll #569691
Stryker, William S.Official Register of the Officers and Men of New Jersey in the Rev War, New Jersey. Trenton: Wm. T. Nicholson & Co, 1872, pg 848
Compiled Service Records of Soldiers Who Served in the American Army During the Rev War. Micropublication M881, roll 645. Washington: National Archives
Spouse: Mary Harris Hinman Children: Anna Harris; George W; Maria/Mariah; Rhoda; Samuel;
Two stones: 1] Upright V/A stone, not contemporary with the death of the Patriot; 2] Large obelisk monument, not contemporary with the death of the Patriot.
The inscription on the obelisk suggests the Patriot's body was moved from Hinman Cemetery in 1970 to the current location.
Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:
The cemetery is located at 1622 S 3rd Street, in Boonville
Author: Paul Enoch Brashears
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 and buried in Maple Grove Cemetery, Boonville, 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
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