Roger Sherman

Roger Sherman

male, deceased (1793)
signer of the U.S. Declaration of Independence, American Declaration of Independence, signer of the United States Constitution, Signers of the United States Constitution, from Connecticut, declaration of independence…Connecticutcolonial
Roger Sherman (April 19 (O.S.), April 30 (N.S.), 1721 - July 23, 1793) was an early American lawyer and politician. He served as the first mayor of...
Thomas Hooker

Thomas Hooker

male, deceased (1647)
Connecticut colonial-era clergy, Marefield, newtown, University of Cambridge, griffin, American clergy…Colony of Connecticut, Connecticutcolonial, American 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...
Nathan Hale

Nathan Hale

male, deceased (1776)
intelligence-gathering mission, Yale University alumni, American Revolutionary War execution, intelligence in the American Revolutionary War, Connecticutcolonial, American…from Connecticut
Nathan Hale (June 6 1755 - September 22 1776) was a captain in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. Widely considered...
Jonathan Edwards

Jonathan Edwards

male, deceased (1758)
fire-and-brimstone, Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God, Christian Revivalist, Calvinist ministers and theologian, From Northampton, Massachusetts, minister…American colonial, Connecticutcolonial, Colonial American
Jonathan Edwards (October 5, 1703 - March 22, 1758) was a colonial American Congregational preacher, theologian, and missionary to Native...
Jonathan Trumbull

Jonathan Trumbull

male, deceased (1785)
Political leader of the American Revolution, Scottish-American, stratford, Harvard College, university of edinburgh, Bridgeport…Governor of Connecticut, Connecticutcolonial
Jonathan Trumbull, Sr. (Originally spelled: Jonathan Trumble, was changed for an unknown reason) was one of the few men who served as governor in...

John Mason

male, deceased (1672)
Massachusetts colonial, Connecticutcolonial, pequot, Deputy Governor, Massachusetts Bay Colony, American colonial…Connecticut River, Connecticut Colony
John Mason was born in England where he became an army officer. He migrated to New England in 1630. Within five years he had joined those moving...
John Davenport

John Davenport

male, deceased (1670)
Henry II, Alumni of the University of Oxford, Yale University, Holland, puritan, minister…American colonial, Connecticutcolonial
John Davenport (April 9, 1597 - March 15, 1670) was a puritan clergyman and co-founder of the American colony of New Haven. Born in Coventry,...
Benedict Arnold

Benedict Arnold

male, deceased (1801)
spy, Invasion of Canada, Ridgefield, west point, danbury, American Revolution spy…Connecticutcolonial, from Norwich, Connecticut
Benedict Arnold V was a successful Connecticut merchant who fought for American independence from the British Empire as a general in the...
Ethan Allen

Ethan Allen

male, deceased (1789)
Continental Army colonel, Vermont militiamen in the American Revolution, American Revolutionary War prisoner, Militia general in the American Revolution, American Revolution spy, death by stroke…Connecticutcolonial
Ethan Allen (January 21 1738 – February 12 1789) was an early American revolutionary and guerrilla leader during the era of the Vermont Republic an...
John Trumbull

John Trumbull

male, deceased (1843)
$2 dollar bill, United States two-dollar bill, Trumbull's Declaration of Independence, declaration of independence, Connecticutcolonial, American Revolutionary War…Governor of Connecticut, from Connecticut
John Trumbull (June 6, 1756 - November 10, 1843) was an American artist during the period of the American Revolutionary War famous for his...