Benjamin Simonds | |
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 Portrait of Benjamin Simonds by William Jennys | |
| Born | 23 February 1726 Killingly, Connecticut Colony, British America |
| Died | 11 April 1807 (aged 81) |
| Rank | Colonel |
| Commands | 2nd Berkshire County Regiment |
| Battles/wars | |
Benjamin Simonds (12 February 1726 – 11 April 1807) was a militia commander of Massachusetts during 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 American Revolutionary War. His regiment, the 2nd Berkshire County Regiment, notably fought in the Battle of Bennington in the summer of 1777.