Hibbert Newton Binney

Hibbert Newton Binney (1766 - 1842) was a soldier in the Royal Nova Scotia Volunteer Regiment in the American Revolution. He became a member of the Nova Scotia Council. He was also a painter who created some of the earliest images of the Mi'kmaq people. He was the grandson of Henry Newton and the son of Jonathan Binney who was a signatory to one of the Halifax Treaties with the Mi'kmaq. Hibbert is buried in the Old Burying Ground (Halifax, Nova Scotia). There is a mural tablet at St. Paul's Church (Halifax) to his son commander Lieut. John Binney and 11 crew of the mail packet brig Star, that all died at sea. Hibbert was the grandfather of Bishop Hibbert Binney. He was also the son-in-law of John Creighton (judge).

Hibbert Binney's painting of his brother Stephen Hall Binney (1791, age 31)

Mi'kmaw Encampment by Hibbert Binney, c.1791

"A View of the Town of Halifax from the Dartmouth Shore" (1791)

Plaque to Hibbert Binney's son John Binney who died at sea with along with 11 crew, St. Paul's Church (Halifax), Nova Scotia

Hibbert N Binney, Old Burying Ground, Halifax, Nova Scotia