Thomas Hooker

Thomas Hooker

male, deceased (1647)
Connecticut colonial-era clergy, Marefield, newtown, University of Cambridge, griffin, American clergy…Religious history of the United States, ColonyofConnecticut, Connecticut colonial, from Hartford, Connecticut
Thomas Hooker (July 5 1586 - July 7 1647) was a prominent Puritan religious and colonial leader remembered as one of the founders of the Colony of...
John Haynes

John Haynes

male, deceased (1654)
Connecticut colonial, Governor of Connecticut, Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut, roger williams, Essex, England, Massachusetts Bay Colony…ColonyofConnecticut, Connecticut Colony, Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
John Haynes (May 1, 1594 - January 1653 or 1654) was a colonial magistrate, one time governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, and an eight-time...
John Webster

John Webster

male, deceased (1661)
Congregationalist, from Connecticut, Governor of Connecticut, American, pequot, Massachusetts Bay Colony…from Hartford, Connecticut, Connecticut colonial, ColonyofConnecticut, Connecticut Colony, governor of the colony of connecticut
John Webster was born in Cossington, Leicestershire, England, the son of Matthew Webster (1548-1623) and his wife, Elizabeth Ashton. He entered the...
Thomas Welles

Thomas Welles

male, deceased (1660)
Governor of Connecticut, treasurer, Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut, from Hartford, Connecticut, American colonial, ColonyofConnecticut…Connecticut Colony, Connecticut State Treasurer
Thomas Welles (1598-1660) is the only man in Connecticut's history to hold all four top offices: governor, deputy governor, treasurer, and...
Mahomet Weyonomon

Mahomet Weyonomon

male, deceased (1736)
Queen Elizabeth II, city of london, Native American, activist, king george ii, leader…ColonyofConnecticut
Mahomet Weyonomon was a Native American tribal chieftain (or "sachem") of the Mohegan tribe from Connecticut, who travelled to England in 1735 to...

Ebenezer Baldwin

male, deceased (1776)
Church of Christ, British, new england, fairfield county, Yale College, thanksgiving…Kingdom of Great Britain, Connecticut colonial, ColonyofConnecticut
Chaplain Ebenezer Baldwin (July 3, 1745-October 1, 1776) was a noted religious leader in Connecticut in the years preceding the American...
Jean Carson

Jean Carson

female, deceased (2005)
death by stroke, William Leete, Studio One, the andy griffith show, Carnegie Mellon University, Broadway…ColonyofConnecticut
Jean Carson (born February 28, 1925, Charleston, West Virginia, died November 2, 2005, Palm Springs, California) was an American actress best known...