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Reverend '''Benjamin Tallmadge''' (1 January 1725 - 5 February 1786) was a priest from [[Connecticut]], and a member of the [[Colonial Assassins]].
{{Quote|My father was an Assassin. Quite good at his job, too, as I understand it.|Benjamin Tallmadge Jr describing his father, 1763.|Assassin's Creed III|Something on the Side}}
'''Benjamin Tallmadge, Sr.''' (1725 – 1786) was a [[priest]] from [[Connecticut]], and a member of the [[American Brotherhood of Assassins|Colonial Brotherhood]] of [[Assassins]].


Tallmadge was born in New Haven to an [[United Kingdom|English]] father. He graduated {{Wiki|Yale College}} in 1747, and married Susannah Smith, the daughter of a priest from [[New York]], in 1750. They had five sons together from 1752 to 1762: William, [[Benjamin Tallmadge|Benjamin, Jr.]], Samuel, John and Isaac. In 1753, Benjamin, Sr. was ordained in {{Wiki|Brookhaven, New York}}.
Tallmadge narrowly survived the [[Templars|Templar]] [[Colonial Assassin purge|purge]] of the Colonial Brotherhood in 1763, only to lose his wife five years later. During the [[American Revolutionary War]], his son [[Benjamin Tallmadge|Benjamin Tallmadge, Jr.]] organized the spy network known as the [[Culper Ring]], and helped the Assassins foil a Templar plot against [[George Washington]] in 1776.<ref name="AC3">''[[Assassin's Creed III]]'' – [[Something on the Side]]</ref>


Tallmadge survived the [[Templars]]' destruction of the Colonial Order in 1763, only to lose his wife five years later. In 1770, he married Zipporah Strong.
==Appearances==
 
*''[[Assassin's Creed III]]'' {{Mo}}
During the [[American Revolutionary War]], his son Benjamin organized the spy network the [[Culper Ring]], and helped the Assassins foil a Templar plot on the life of [[George Washington]] in 1776. William died that year in a British prison.
 
Tallmadge died in Brookhaven in 1786.
 
==Reference==
*''[[Assassin's Creed III]]''
*[http://www.btdistrict.org/HTMLobj-808/Benjamin_Tallmadge_Memoir_Excerpts.pdf Memoir of Col. Benjamin Tallmadge]


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Latest revision as of 03:16, 13 May 2026

"My father was an Assassin. Quite good at his job, too, as I understand it."
―Benjamin Tallmadge Jr describing his father, 1763.[src]-[m]

Benjamin Tallmadge, Sr. (1725 – 1786) was a priest from Connecticut, and a member of the Colonial Brotherhood of Assassins.

Tallmadge narrowly survived the Templar purge of the Colonial Brotherhood in 1763, only to lose his wife five years later. During the American Revolutionary War, his son Benjamin Tallmadge, Jr. organized the spy network known as the Culper Ring, and helped the Assassins foil a Templar plot against George Washington in 1776.[1]

Appearances[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ Assassin's Creed III – Something on the Side
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