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American Biography: Benjamin, heads the fourth generation in this branch. Benjamin Kissam,
son of Joseph and Deborah (Whitehead) Kissam, was born at Manhasset,
Long Island, and died October 25, 1782. He became a distinguished
lawyer of New York City. He was a member of the Committee of Safety,
and of the first Provincial Congress, reelected to serve in the second
congress. Lindley Murray, the grammarian, studied law under Benjamin
Kissam, as did Cornelius J. Bogart and John Jay, the last named testifying,
according to his son, that "Mr. Benjamin Kissam was one of the best
men he ever knew, and one of the est friends he ever had." He was
deeply religious, and reared his five sons to "be dutiful to God,"
to "worship Him both in spirit and in truth," and to be "guarded
in their actions, as well as upright in their intentions." |