Zina Hitchcock

Zina Hitchcock (November 6, 1755 – May 2, 1832) was a New York politician. A descendant of the early American colonist Samuel Chapin, he was born on November 6, 1755, in Warren or New Milford, Connecticut. His father, John Hitchock, was a member of the Connecticut General Assembly. During the American Revolutionary War, Hitchcock served as an enlisted soldier in the Albany County militia. He moved to Sandy Hill, New York, c. 1783–1784, where he became a prominent landowner, a founding member of the local Masonic Lodge, and built the Zion church. In 1784, he became a founding member of the First Medical Society in Vermont, a predecessor to the Vermont Medical Society.

Hitchcock was a member of the Federalist Party. He served as a member of the New York State Assembly for Washington and Clinton Counties from 1789 to 1793, the New York State Senate representing the Eastern District from 1794 to 1803, and the Council of Appointment from 1794 to 1795. In 1795 Hitchcock was appointed a justice of the peace in Washington County, New York. He was re-appointed in 1798 and 1810. He was also a founding member of the Medical Society of Washington County and served as its second president from 1807 to 1810.

Hitchcock was married to Mabel Lockwood, with whom he had 8 children, until her death on August 28, 1817. He died on May 2, 1832, in Franklin, Franklin County, New York.