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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Connecticut (search)
Governors of the Connecticut colony Name.Date. John Haynes1639 to 1640 Edward Hopkins1640 to 1641 John Haynes1641 to 1642 George Wyllys1642 to 1643 John Haynes alternately from Edward Hopkins1643 to 1655 Thomas Welles1655 to 1656 John Webster1656 to 1657 John Winthrop1657 to 1658 Thomas Welles1658 to 1659 John Winthrop1659 to 1665 Until this time no person could be elected to a second term immediately following the first. Governors of the New Haven colony Name.Date. Theophilus Eaton1639 to 1657 Francis Newman1658 to 1660 William Leete1661 to 1665 Governors of Connecticut Name.Date John Winthrop1665 to 1676 William Leete1676 to 1683 Robert Treat1683 to 1687 Edmund Andros1687 to 1689 Robert Treat1689 to 1698 Fitz John Winthrop1698 to 1707 Gurdon Saltonstall1707 to 1724 Joseph Talcott1724 to 1741 Jonathan Law1741 to 1750 Roger Wolcott1750 to 1754 Thomas Fitch1754 to 1766 William Pitkin1766 to 1769 Jonathan Trumbull1769 to 1784 Mathew Griswold1784 t
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Eaton, Theophilus, 1591- (search)
Eaton, Theophilus, 1591- Colonial governor: born in Stony Stratford, England, in, 1591; was bred a merchant, and was for some years the English representative at the Court of Denmark. Afterwards he was. a distinguished London merchant, and accompanied Mr. Davenport to New England in 1637. With him he assisted in founding the New Haven colony, and was. chosen its first chief magistrate. Mr. Eaton filled the chair of that office continuously until his death, Jan. 7, 1658. Eaton, Theophilus, 1591- Colonial governor: born in Stony Stratford, England, in, 1591; was bred a merchant, and was for some years the English representative at the Court of Denmark. Afterwards he was. a distinguished London merchant, and accompanied Mr. Davenport to New England in 1637. With him he assisted in founding the New Haven colony, and was. chosen its first chief magistrate. Mr. Eaton filled the chair of that office continuously until his death, Jan. 7, 1658.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), New Haven colony. (search)
necticut, there was a strong desire among the inhabitants of Massachusetts to emigrate thither. Rev John Davenport, Theophilus Eaton, Edward Hopkins, and others of less note, had arrived at Boston. They heard from those who had pursued the Pequods of the beautiful country stretching along Long Island Sound, and in the autumn (1637) Mr Eaton and a small party visited the region. They arrived at a beautiful bay, and on the banks of a small stream that entered it they built a log hut, where some to the red cliffs a little inland In the spring of 1638, Mr. Davenport and some of his friends sailed for the spot where Eaton had built his hut. They named the beautiful spot New Haven Under a wide-spreading oak Mr. Davenport preached on the ensuieded to organize a church. Their assistants, nine in number, were regarded as free burgesses, and the sixteen chose Theophilus Eaton magistrate for one year. Four other persons were chosen deputies, and these constituted the legislature and executi
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Newman, Francis 1638-1660 (search)
Newman, Francis 1638-1660 Statesman; born in England; removed to New Hampshire in 1638; and later settled in New Haven, where he became secretary of Theophilus Eaton, the first governor of Connecticut. He was with the party sent to New Netherland on a visit to Gov. Peter Stuyvesant in 1653 for the purpose of securing an indemnity for the Dutch encroachments upon New Haven. In 1654-58 he was a commissioner of the consolidated colonies; and in 1658-60 was governor. He died in New Haven, Conn., Nov. 18, 1660.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Connecticut, (search)
re remained not a sannup nor a squaw, not a warrior nor a child. ] the Hector lands at Boston Rev. John Davenport, Theophilus Eaton, and Edward Hopkins......July 26, 1637 Mr. Eaton and others explore the lands and harbors of Connecticut on the sMr. Eaton and others explore the lands and harbors of Connecticut on the seacoast, and select Quinipiack (now New Haven) for a settlement in the autumn of......1637 Rev. John Davenport, Mr. Eaton, and others sail from Boston and arrive at Quinipiack about the middle of......April, 1638 Gloomy prospects of the coloniMr. Eaton, and others sail from Boston and arrive at Quinipiack about the middle of......April, 1638 Gloomy prospects of the colonists. Great earthquake......June 1, 1638 Colonists purchase land in and about New Haven of the Indians......Nov. 24, 1638 All free planters convene at Hartford and frame a constitution for civil government......Jan. 14, 1639 First constitutil, 1639 [John Haynes chosen governor.] General election held at Quinipiack (New Haven)......Oct. 25, 1639 [Theophilus Eaton chosen governor.] Milford and Guildford purchased of the Indians and settled......1639 [Laws founded upon and
Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register, Genealogical Register (search)
and at Framingham, Sarah, b. 3 Oct. 1670; Lydia, b. 29 June 1672. While at Framingham his house was destroyed, and his wife and some of his children were killed by the Indians. He d. 25 Jan. 1680, a. about 62. See Barry's Hist. Framingham. Eason, Joseph, owned a two-acre lot on the northerly side of Brattle Street in 1635, which he sold about 1638, to Abraham Morrill. He removed early to Hartford. Savage. Eaton, Nathaniel, styled a schoolmaster by Winthrop, and brother to Gov. Theophilus Eaton, was the first teacher at Harvard College, before it was fully organized by the appointment of Dunster to be President. Mather relates that while preparations were in progress for the erection of a college edifice a society of scholars, to lodge in the new nests, were forming under the conduct of one Mr. Nathaniel Eaton, a blade who marvellously deceived the expectations of good men concerning him; for he was one fitter to be master of Bridewell than a College; and though his avaric
Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register, E. (search)
and at Framingham, Sarah, b. 3 Oct. 1670; Lydia, b. 29 June 1672. While at Framingham his house was destroyed, and his wife and some of his children were killed by the Indians. He d. 25 Jan. 1680, a. about 62. See Barry's Hist. Framingham. Eason, Joseph, owned a two-acre lot on the northerly side of Brattle Street in 1635, which he sold about 1638, to Abraham Morrill. He removed early to Hartford. Savage. Eaton, Nathaniel, styled a schoolmaster by Winthrop, and brother to Gov. Theophilus Eaton, was the first teacher at Harvard College, before it was fully organized by the appointment of Dunster to be President. Mather relates that while preparations were in progress for the erection of a college edifice a society of scholars, to lodge in the new nests, were forming under the conduct of one Mr. Nathaniel Eaton, a blade who marvellously deceived the expectations of good men concerning him; for he was one fitter to be master of Bridewell than a College; and though his avaric
George Bancroft, History of the Colonization of the United States, Vol. 1, 17th edition., Chapter 9: (search)
etts Bay, and three miles north of every part of the River Merrimac, from the Atlantic to the Pacific ocean. The grantees associated to themselves Sir Richard Saltonstall, Isaac Johnson, Matthew Cradock, Increase Nowell, Richard Bellingham, Theophilus Eaton, William Pynchon and others; of whom nearly all united religious zeal with a capacity for vigorous action. Endicott—who, ever since the Lord in mercy had revealed himself unto him, had maintained the straitest judgment against the outward fto themselves and their posterity, were the great end of civil order; and that church members only should be free burgesses. A committee of twelve was selected to choose seven men, qualified for the foundation work of organizing the government. Eaton, Davenport, and five others, were the seven Pillars for the new House of Wisdom, in the wilderness. In August, Aug. 23. 1639, the seven pillars assembled, possessing for the time absolute power. Having abrogated every previous executive trust,