Benjamin Hinman (1719 –1810) was a Surveyor, Soldier and Legislator.He participated in the Colonial and Revolutionary Wars and took part in the Constitutional convention of 1788. Notably, he was present at Bernetz Brook where General Howe was killed in 1758. He was also one of the first American officers of the revolutionary war and led a regiment into the field to secure the Hudson corridor from the British a year before the declaration of independence.