George was born on December 3, 1755 in Boston, Massachussets, United Sattes, was the son of Ralph and Susanna (Speakman) Inman. He grew to manhood at his father's opulent and generously hospitable home in Cambridge. He was the son of Ralph and Susanna (Speakman) Inman.
The family was closely allied with many of the provincial leaders who later espoused the Loyalist cause.
Inman took a degree from Harvard in 1772.
After Harvard Inman spent three years in the Boston counting-house of the brothers Brimmer; then, against the wishes of his father and his Tory friends, served with the British troops who stormed Bunker Hill. His father clung to Boston, but in January 1776, in company with his brother-in-law, an officer in the Royal Navy, George Inman sailed from the city never to return.
Associating himself with the King's Own, a regiment of light infantry, he was present at the battle of Long Island, where, on the morning of August 27, 1776, he took part in the capture of a patrol of American officers to whom Putnam and Sullivan were looking for intelligence of the British advance through Jamaica Pass. It has been asserted that this incident, small though it was, turned the scales of battle against the Americans. Inman served on this detail as one of the subordinates of Capt. W. G. Evelyn.
Soon Sir William Howe made him ensign in the 17th Regiment, his commission bearing the date of the encounter on Long Island. George was slightly wounded at Princeton, served at Brandywine and Germantown acceptably, and fought at Monmouth, after which battle Sir Henry Clinton appointed him lieutenant in the 26th Regiment.
In 1778 he sailed with his wife for England, where he landed in February 1780. As an exile in England, Inman fretted away the next eight years. Life at Bristol among the other American emigrés was dull, and with all his heart he longed to be able to purchase a captain's commission and see active service again. In May 1788, Ralph Inman died, and his fortune devolved upon George as one of the co-heirs. The news found him at St. George, Grenada, whither he had gone with his wife and children to take an unimportant post in the army in April 1788.
Inman died of a fever early in February 1789.
George Inman was known for his participation at the battle of Long Island, where took part in the capture of a patrol of American officers. It has been asserted that this incident, small though it was, turned the scales of battle against the Americans. Inman served on this detail as one of the subordinates of Capt. W. G. Evelyn.
A convivial man, fond of the officers' mess and outdoor sports, Inman was the father of an increasing family which he had to do his best to maintain on a recruiting officer's small pay.
At Philadelphia on April 23, 1778 George married Mary Badger.
Inman's young son died of a fever. His widow and her four small daughters returned to Cambridge, and claimed their share of the estate.
