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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]].
Reverend '''Benjamin Tallmadge''' (1 January 1725 - 5 February 1786) was a priest from [[Connecticut]], and a member of the [[Colonial 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 survived the [[Templars]]' destruction of the Colonial Order in 1763, only to lose his wife five years later.


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.
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 on the life of [[George Washington]] in 1776.
 
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.
Tallmadge died in Brookhaven in 1786.
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==Reference==
==Reference==
*''[[Assassin's Creed III]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed III]]''
*[http://www.btdistrict.org/HTMLobj-808/Benjamin_Tallmadge_Memoir_Excerpts.pdf Memoir of Col. Benjamin Tallmadge]


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Revision as of 10:15, 2 September 2013

Reverend Benjamin Tallmadge (1 January 1725 - 5 February 1786) was a priest from Connecticut, and a member of the Colonial Assassins.

Tallmadge survived the Templars' destruction of the Colonial Order 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 on the life of George Washington in 1776.

Tallmadge died in Brookhaven in 1786.

Reference