Benjamin Hitchings Jr.

{{short description|American shoe manufacturer and politician}}

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| name = Benjamin Hitchings Jr.

| birth_date = January 12, 1813

| birth_place = Lynn, Massachusetts

| death_date = January 13, 1893 (aged 80)

| death_place = Saugus, Massachusetts

|restingplace = Riverside Cemetery
Saugus, Massachusetts

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| occupation = Shoe manufacturer

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| spouse = Esther C. Carlton (1840-1893; his death)

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| title = Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives for Saugus

| term_start = 1841

| term_end = 1841

| predecessor = Francis Dizer

| successor = Stephen E. Hawkes

| relations = John B. Hitchings (brother)
Otis M. Hitchings (brother)
Charles S. Hitchings (nephew)

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Benjamin Hitchings Jr. (January 12, 1813 – January 13, 1893) was an American shoe manufacturer and politician who served one term in the Massachusetts House of Representatives.

Hitchings was born on January 12, 1813, in Lynn, Massachusetts to Benjamin and Jane Hitchings.{{cite book |title=Vital Records of Lynn, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 |date=1905 |publisher=Essex Institute |page=191 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mn8B7CibQUsC |access-date=17 May 2022}} The Hitchings family soon moved to Saugus, Massachusetts, where Benjamin Hitchings Sr. started a shoe manufacturing business.{{cite book |last1=Atherton |first1=Horace H. |title=History of Saugus, Massachusetts |date=1915 |publisher=Citizens Committee of the Saugus Board of Trade |page=43 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=550-AAAAYAAJ |access-date=4 May 2022}} On September 6, 1840, Hitchings married Esther C. Carlton. They had two daughters.{{cite book |title=Vital Records of Saugus, Massachusetts To the End of the Year 1849 |date=1907 |publisher=The Essex Institute |location=Salem, Mass. |pages=16, 33 |isbn=9780883890783 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SjV4YssuNN8C |access-date=4 May 2022}} In 1841, Hitchings represented Saugus in the Massachusetts House of Representatives.{{cite journal |last1=Robinson |first1=E. P. |title=Sketch of Saugus |journal=The Bay State Monthly |date=1885 |volume=2 |page=150 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=it8XAQAAIAAJ |access-date=4 May 2022}} Hitchings died on January 13, 1893.

{{cite web |title=John B Hitchings |url=https://billiongraves.com/grave/John-B-Hitchings/37297584 |website=BillionGraves.com |publisher=BillionGraves.com |access-date=12 May 2022}}