Benjamin Simonds

Benjamin Simonds
Portrait of Benjamin Simonds by William Jennys
Born23 February 1726
Killingly, Connecticut Colony,
British America
Died11 April 1807(1807-04-11) (aged 81)
RankColonel
Commands2nd Berkshire County Regiment
Battles / wars

Benjamin Simonds (12 February 1726 – 11 April 1807) was an American militia officer who served in King George's War, the French and Indian War and the American Revolutionary War. He was colonel of the all-Berkshire regiment of about five hundred men known as the "Berkshire Boys" during the Revolutionary War. His regiment, the 2nd Berkshire County Regiment, fought in the Battle of Bennington in the summer of 1777.