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  John Davenport (clergyman) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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, Warwickshire, England to a wealthy family (his father was mayor of Oxford), Davenport was educated at Oxford University.
It is a possibility that many of the so-called "self portraits" that Rembrandt did of himself, were in fact portraits of Davenport since Rembrandt was sometimes known to associate with those who ministered to the distitute, and known pictures of John Davenport bear a striking resemblance to Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn.
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 MSN Encarta - Search Results - John Davenport
Davenport, John (1597-1670), English Puritan clergyman, born in Coventry, England, and educated at the University of Oxford.
John the Evangelist (?-ad 101), in the New Testament, one of the 12 apostles, son of Zebedee and younger brother of Saint James the Great.
Milton, John (1608-1674), English poet, whose rich, dense verse was a powerful influence on succeeding English poets, and whose prose was devoted to...
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 National Review: John Davenport, RIP. @ HighBeam Research   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
JOHN DAVENPORT was one of the tight Time Inc.circle in the heady Luce years during the war and just after that kept its eye on the looming menace in the East.
John Davenport was for a time overshadowed byhis brother, Russell Davenport, a creative and exuberant journalist from whom ideas came as sparks from a Roman candle.
John was progressively interested, after accepting that the Soviet menace would preoccupy postwar America, in the notion that the philosophical coordinates of freedom required the presumption of a free market, and the presumption of a domesticated state.
www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1G1:5024037&refid=ip_encyclopedia_hf   (435 words)

  
 John Davenport
DAVENPORT, John, clergyman, born in Coventry, England, in 1597; died in Boston, Massachusetts, 15 March 1670.
Davenport preached under the branches of a large oak on "The Temptations of the Wilderness." In June of the following year "all the free planters" met in 8 barn for the purpose of holding a constitutional assembly.
Davenport continued with this parish until his death, and lies buried near Pennington, N.J. Whitefield speaks of him as "a sweet, pious soul."--John, son of Abraham, lawyer, born in Stamford, Connecticut, 16 January 1752; died there, 28 November 1830, was graduated at Yale in 1770, and was a tutor there during 1773-'4.
www.famousamericans.net /johndavenport   (1489 words)

  
 Davenport Surname DNA Project   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
The Rev. John Davenport was born in Coventry, England in 1597, the grandson of Edward Davenport of Coventry.
John Davenport, third son of Thomas of Wheltrough, married Alice de Bromale, heir of Bramhall Hall abt.
The Davenport Project will not be the recipient nor steward of any DNA samples and has no responsibility for their care, handling or return to participant, nor duty to act on behalf of Participant in mediation of any dispute between the Participant and the testing company.
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 Davenport
John Davenport, son of Thomas and Elizabeth was born abt.
John Davenport, son of Robert and Alice was born on May 3, 1419 in Stockport, Cheshire, England.
William Davenport, son of John and Cicely was born in 1446 in Bramhall.
todmar.net /ancestry/davenport_main.htm   (778 words)

  
 Photographs of Capesthorne Hall, Cheshire, England, UK
However, a John Davenport who lived in the reign of Elizabeth I had eleven younger sons, some of whom were probably ancestors of Davenport families in other parts of the country.
In 1677, Davenport passed with the marriage of Elizabeth, the co-heiress of John Davenport, to Robert Davies of Manley.
Davies Davenport I, Esq., of Woodford and Marton, was born in 1696 and became a barrister of the Inner Temple, London.
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 John Davenport Biography / Biography of John Davenport Biography Biography
English Puritan clergyman and author John Davenport (1597-1670) founded the New Haven colony in America and was its theological ruler for its first 30 years.
Of a distinguished English family, John Davenport was the fifth son of the mayor of Coventry.
Davenport's was a strictly orthodox Puritanism; in Holland (as later in New England) he opposed the baptism of the children of the unregenerate.
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 03.02.08: Leaving England and Coming to New Haven with John Davenport
John Davenport, a young clergyman, was one of the "feoffees in trust" of this newly acquired property.
It is clear that Davenport was a leader who had disagreed with the established authority.This experience may inform the teacher of the influences this experience may have had on John Davenport when he established his colony in Connecticut.
John Davenport who was the Governor of the Massachusetts Bay colony had come from a wealthy family in England, a family who had large land holdings.
www.yale.edu /ynhti/curriculum/units/2003/2/03.02.08.x.html   (6221 words)

  
 William Davenport: Settler at Selma, Bexar County, Texas: Davenport Descendants and Genealogy; Nancy Young Davenport
No doubt, William Davenport and his bride were lured to south Texas by the glowing descriptions of the country given by her father, who had explored as far west as present northeastern Uvalde Co. after having taken part in the Battle of Bexar and made a decision then to settle there in the future.
During the early days William Davenport was the captain of the Minute Men organized for the protection of the citizens from the Indians and often served as trailer in pursuit against the Indians into the hill country after they had driven off droves of horses belonging to the residents.
Davenport Station established on the International and Great Northern Railway in Comal Co. was named in his honor, but a change to Bracken was made when a request for a post office was denied due to a Davenport, Texas already in existance.
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 AllRefer.com - John Davenport (Protestant Christianity, Biography) - Encyclopedia
John Davenport 1597–1670, Puritan clergyman, one of the founders of New Haven, Conn., b.
In 1638, Davenport led the colonists to a spot chosen by Eaton, and New Haven colony was founded.
Davenport was minister in New Haven and a powerful figure in the colony until he lost (1665) the bitter fight to prevent the union of New Haven colony and Connecticut.
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 The Twickenham Museum : John Davenport
John Davenport inherited Elmfield House in 1770 from his cousin Edward Holden who had lived here.
It is thought that John and his wife Rebecca lived at The Lodge in Twickenham before he inherited the Teddington property and probably continued to live there.
Davenport married twice: Rebecca, his first wife was buried at Teddington in 1776.
www.twickenham-museum.org.uk /detail.asp?ContentID=98   (646 words)

  
 John Sandford: Lucas Davenport Prey Novels and Biography (Bio)
John Sandford is the pseudonym of the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist John Camp.
Davenport, who in his spare time designs computer games that have made him wealthy, soon learns two disturbing facts: that suicidal enemies are close to unstoppable, and that his addiction to this real-life "game" is powerful enough to put even his loved ones at risk.
Davenport and his fellow cops are still recovering from the deadly revenge scheme that maimed them in Sudden Prey, which seems to have ended the relationship between Lucas and his doctor lady friend.
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 John Davenport Engineering   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
John Davenport Engineering, Inc. was founded in January 2002 by John Davenport, Jr., P.E. The specialties of the firm include traffic engineering and transportation design.
John Davenport Engineering, Inc. is pre-qualified to do work with many NCDOT units and is a certified DBE firm.
John Davenport Engineering, Inc. is based in Winston-Salem, NC John Davenport Engineering Specializes in developing economical solutions for today's traffic problems.
www.davenportengineering.com   (123 words)

  
 Davenport, John on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
John Edwards dimanche à Davenport Dick Gephardt a tenu un langage identique sur la chaîne NBC en estimant être celui ayant.
John Kerry avec une militante démocrate à Davenport Sept bus, une cohorte de conseillers, et une armée de journalistes: la..
John Kerry avec une militante démocrate à Davenport Pour la première fois les adversaires à la présidentielle américaine G. John Edwards dimanche à Davenport Dick Gephardt a tenu un langage identique sur la chaîne NBC en estimant être celui ayant.
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 Stamford Historical Society, Davenport Exhibit - Introduction
The Davenports provide an ideal foil through which to view local history, as this family was intimately connected with the community of Stamford for over 300 years and provided family members who served significant roles in each phase of Stamford’s development.
From 1693 to 1732, the Rev. John Davenport, grandson of John of New Haven, led the church as the second pastor.
There were a number of significant Davenports in the 18th and early 19th centuries who contributed greatly to the development of the town as a key center of local governance.
www.stamfordhistory.org /dav_intro.htm   (1099 words)

  
 John Davenport, PFC, Army, Cashion OK, 28Apr69 26W069 - The Virtual Wall®
To be honest, all I remembered was John Davenport of Oklahoma, but there were some aspects that would not let me dismiss this.
John Davenport was a simple man, he was atypical of someone you would expect to see in the Army, especially someone who had enlisted and had chosen the infantry.
Sadly for John, that picture in reality was the beginning of the end of his life.
www.virtualwall.org /dd/DavenportJS01a.htm   (610 words)

  
 John Davenport - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Reverend John Davenport, a 17th century puritan minister and American colonist
Automobile pioneer, John Davenport Siddeley, 1st Baron Kenilworth
John Davenport, a pseudonym used by musician Otis Blackwell
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 On John Davenport   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
On John Davenport's "excesses." From J. Bauer's Protestantism in America, Chapter 3, The Great Awakening.
Davenport was holding a special service, and people were urged to bring all worldly possessions that they idolized.
Davenport was pacing about, exhorting his followers to sacrifice their idolatrous love for worldly things.
academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu /history/dfg/amrl/davenpt.htm   (273 words)

  
 Biography: John Gaylord Davenport
DAVENPORT is the lineal descendant of Rev. John Davenport, a native of Coventry, England, who was the first minister at New Haven, Connecticut, and one of the founders of the New Haven Colony.
The youngest child and only son of Charles Augustus and Sarah Maria (Gaylord) Davenport, our classmate was born in the rural precincts of Wilton, Connecticut, November 24, 1840, and was on hand for the Thanksgiving feast of that year, as he has ever been since.
Clarence Gaylord Davenport, whose half-tone portrait precedes this sketch, was born April 21, 1868, in Wilton, Connecticut.
www.geneabios.com /williams/davenport.htm   (1627 words)

  
 Professor John Davenport
DAVENPORT, J. and WARD, J. Threats to the endangered endemic Bermudian skink, Eumeces longirostris.
DAVENPORT, J. and JONSSON, G. Chapters 6 (Legislation) and 7 (Fish welfare and health in relation to tagging) In: Thorsteinsson V. (coord.) 2001.
JONES, H., DAVENPORT J and BOAG, B. Tissue osmolarity of the New Zealand land flatworm, Arthurdendyus triangulatus.
www.ucc.ie /academic/zeps/pages/staff/davenport_j.htm   (1034 words)

  
 John David Davenport
As chairman and managing partner of Davenport Financial Group in Oklahoma City, OK, J. David Davenport is the epitome of an industry innovator and entrepreneur.
In 1987, Davenport was appointed by President Ronald Reagan and confirmed by the U.S. Senate as a founding member of the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board, serving until 1994.
Davenport currently is chairman of Quail Creek National Bank in Oklahoma City.
www.hs.ttu.edu /COHSweek/davenport.htm   (319 words)

  
 John Sandford/John Camp
Davenport's income from computer games allows him to drive a Porsche, but his personal life is a mess.
Davenport, dismissed from the Minneapolis police force at the end of Eyes of Prey, is expanding his business in computer games and simulations when Lily Rothenberg (from Shadow Prey) shows up at his house and asks him to come to New York to help track down Bekker.
So Davenport becomes a deputy chief, an appointed position not subject to the same restrictions that previously cost him his job as a police officer.
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 Biography for: John Marriott Davenport   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
Davenport was a solicitor and clerk of the peace at the County Buildings, New Road, Oxford.
He was also district registrar of the court of probate, deputy registrar of the diocese of Oxford, secretary to the Lord Bishop of Oxford, notary and public commissioner in the Irish Court of Chancery and Under Sherriff of Oxfordshire.
Ruskin libel case and in 1877 attempted to contact Ruskin to serve a writ (transcription">#12101).
www.whistler.arts.gla.ac.uk /biog/Dave_JM.htm   (83 words)

  
 John Davenport - Portrait Painter & Artist
John Davenport is largely self-taught, but comes from an artistic family background as his father was a lecturer in Fine Art at Norwich Art School and a professional landscape painter.
John Davenport's prices exclude any travel, accommodation expenses and delivery charges.
"This prize was awarded, as stated, 'for excellence', John's portrait was both technically good and was executed with wit and exuberance.
www.commissionaportrait.com /artistsportfolio.asp?id=134   (335 words)

  
 John Davenport Profile - Forbes.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
Davenport joined the Company in November 1999 as Vice President, Chief Technology Officer and was appointed Chief Operating Officer in July 2003.
Davenport served as President of Unison from 1998 to 1999.
Davenport began his career at GE Lighting in 1972 as a research physicist and thereafter served 25 years in various capacities including GE Lighting's research and development Manager and as development manager for high performance LED projects.
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 Davenport
The Davenport's are of English and Scottish descent.
John Davenport, son of Martin and Dorothy Davenport of Hanover County married, in 1748,
John W. was married to #1 wife, Elizabeth Hamptom 8 Feb.1868.
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 Descendants of Sir John Davenport
St. John, born March 20, 1595/96 in Wootton, Bassett, Wilts, England; died Unknown.
Saint John, born August 23, 1629 in London, Middlesex, England; died August 23, 1629 in London, Middlesex, England.
       Mercy Saint John, born 1640 in Windsor, Fairfield, CT.; died 1694 in Norwalk, Fairfield, CT..
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 UnLtd || John Davenport
John Davenport has come up with a great project to help and interest people with moderate to severe mental health problems, and who are patients at secure hospitals.
Once the garden is established John will devote some of his time to organising supervised sessions where the patients can become involved in the garden's maintenance.
The project will benefit patients enormously as a therapeutic environment for relaxation, and there are hopes that it is a scheme that can be implemented in other similar hospitals.
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 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Christopher Davenport
He was the son of Alderman John Davenport and Elizabeth Wolley, and from the grammar school at Coventry went to Dublin where he spent fifteen months, leaving it 22 Nov., 1611.
In 1613 he and his brother John proceeded to Merton College, Oxford, entering as "battelers" and taking Cook's commons; but the warden required them to enter as commoners or to leave the college; whereon in 1614 they migrated to Magdalen Hall.
On 19, June, 1637, Davenport was elected provincial of the order, an office to which he was subsequently re-elected, 10 July 1650, and 4 June, 1665.
www.newadvent.org /cathen/04639c.htm   (590 words)

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