John Davenport

John Davenport

male, deceased (1670)
Henry II, Alumni of the University of Oxford, Yale University, Holland, puritan, minister…New Haven, NewHavenColony, Colony of New Haven
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,...
Theophilus Eaton

Theophilus Eaton

male, deceased (1658)
chester, puritan, Harvard, vicar, Puritanism, Harvard College…NewHavenColony, Fundamental Agreement of the New Haven Colony
Theophilus Eaton (1590 - January 7, 1658) was a merchant, farmer, and Puritan colonial leader who was the co-founder and first governor of New...
Robert Treat

Robert Treat

male, deceased (1710)
Newark, Indian, declaration of independence, Governor of Connecticut, somerset county, From Somerset…NewHavenColony
Robert Treat (February 23, 1622 - July 12, 1710), was an American colonial leader and governor of Connecticut between 1683 and 1698. Treat was born...

Edward Hopkins

male, deceased (1657)
Connecticut colonial, Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut, Governor of Connecticut, Governor of the Connecticut Colony, admiralty, connecticut general assembly…New England Confederation, Proprietary Colony, NewHavenColony, New England Colony
Edward Hopkins was born in 1600 in Shropshire, England. Edward joined the New Haven Colony in 1637. 2 months later he moved to Hartford,...

Abraham Pierson

male, deceased (1707)
president of Yale University, Connecticut colonial, American colonial, New Netherlands, NewHavenColony, Reverend Abraham Pierson…Massachusetts Bay Colony
Reverend Abraham Pierson (1646-1707) was the first rector, from 1701 to 1707, and one of the founders of the Collegiate School - which later became...
John Dixwell

John Dixwell

male, deceased (1689)
New Haven, guilford, Regicide, cromwell, Member of the pre-1707 English Parliament, restoration…NewHavenColony
John Dixwell (1607 - 18 March 1689) was one of the judges who tried King Charles I of England and condemned him to death. He was born at Broome...
Francis Newman

Francis Newman

male
New Haven, Connecticut River, New Netherlands, NewHavenColony, Connecticut politician, English…United Colonies of New England
Francis Newman (?-1660) was an English colonist in America, Governor of the New Haven Colony in 1658-59. He was born in England and emigrated to...
Isaac Allerton

Isaac Allerton

male, deceased (1659)
Plymouth Colony, Scrooby, Fear Brewster, leiden, Plymouth Harbor, pilgrim…NewHavenColony
Isaac Allerton (c. 1585 or 1586-1659) was one of the original Pilgrim fathers who came on the "Mayflower" to settle the Plymouth Colony in 1620....

Robert Seeley

male, deceased (1668)
Connecticut colonial, Massachusetts colonial, NewHavenColony, from Connecticut, puritan, pequot war…Massachusetts Bay Colony, New Haven
Robert Seeley, also Seely, Seelye, or Ciely, (1602-1668) was an early Puritan settler in the Massachusetts Bay Colony who helped establish...
Nicholas Hilliard

Nicholas Hilliard

male, deceased (1619)
Portrait miniaturists, medalist, Devon, England, Laurence Hilliard, The Art of Limning, John de Critz…NewHavenColony
Nicholas Hilliard (c.1547 - bur.January 7, 1619), the first true English miniature painter born in England, is said to have been the son of Richard...