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Gift of Laura Harding Brewer and Kate Cheney Chappell, 2022.38.18, Connecticut Historical Socie ...
Joel Hinman
Gift of Laura Harding Brewer and Kate Cheney Chappell, 2022.38.18, Connecticut Historical Society, No Known Copyright

Joel Hinman

American, 1802 - 1870
BiographyJoel Hinman (27 Jan. 1802 - 21 Feb. 1870) was the son of Joel Hinman (1748-1813) and Sarah Curtiss Hinman (1762-1856). He had four siblings: Sarah Hinman Hall (1784-1854), Sophia Hinman Mitchell (1797-1861), Marietta Hinman Johnson (1803-1864), and Maria Hinman Pulford (1806-1897).

He married Maria Alathea Scovill (1805-1878). They had four children: Caroline Althea Hinman Goodwin (1827-1874), William L. Hinman (1833-1899), Eunice Scovill Hinman Abbot (1837-1904), and Mary Clark Hinman (1839-1875).

Joel Hinman served as a Connecticut State Senator from 1835 to 1836. He then served on the Connecticut Supreme Court from 1842, and as Chief Justice from 1861 to 1870.
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