When Benjamin Hutton was born on 22 April 1766, in Warrington Township, York, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Samuel Hutton, was 42 and his mother, Mary Wright, was 33. He married Jane Cochran in 1794. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 3 daughters. He died before 16 January 1846, in Greene Township, Parke, Indiana, United States, at the age of 79.