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	Connecticut's Heritage Gateway
		John Davenport, Congregational clergyman and founder of New Haven, attended Merton and Magdalen Colleges, Oxford, and began preaching at a private chapel in 1615.
		Eaton became governor of the new colony, and Davenport was installed as minister of the New Haven church.
		John Davenport was an eminent scholar and theologian justly acclaimed for his crucial role in the founding and early history of New Haven.
	www.ctheritage.org /encyclopedia/ctto1763/davenport.htm (448 words)

	John Davenport (clergyman) Summary
		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.
		John Davenport (April 9, 1597 – March 15, 1670) was a puritan clergyman and co-founder of the American colony of New Haven.
	www.bookrags.com /John_Davenport_(clergyman) (796 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 (1490 words)

	American History Prints › Reproductions of historical prints and associated text (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		And this, with such slight changes in its practical provisions as the increase of population demanded, was the fundamental law of Connecticut for nearly two centuries.
		Edward Hopkins, who soon after went to Hartford, was in this company; John Davenport, a clergyman of some note from London, was their pastor, and the leading man among them was Theophilus Eaton, a merchant of reputation and of affluence.
		Davenport, it is said, was fearful lest his flock should be led astray by the fatal doctrines of the Antinomians.
	americanhistoryprints.com (2532 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for clergyman (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		A clergyman, he was ordered to appear before the court of high commission for nonconformist preaching in England and fled (1630) to Holland.
		Davenport, John 1597-1670, Puritan clergyman, one of the founders of New Haven, Conn., b.
		Clergyman burned to death as he prayed on his knees.
	www.encyclopedia.com /searchpool.asp?target=clergyman (613 words)

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		Cotton, John (4 Dec. 1584-23 Dec. 1652), clergyman, was born in Derby, Derbyshire, England, the son of Roland Cotton, a lawyer, and Mary Hurlbert.
		Along with John Davenport and Thomas Hooker, Cotton was invited by members of Parliament to return to London to represent New England in the Westminster Assembly, an invitation all three declined.
		John Cotton (1658), and Cotton Mather, "Cottonus Redivivus," in bk.
	www.pragmatism.org /american/cotton_john.htm (1879 words)

	Davenport, John - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		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.
		John Davenport: 1918 - 2006: U. of C. athlete in '30s`All-around good fellow' co-captained the once-proud Maroons football team in 1939, the university's last gridiron squad for three decades.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-davenporj1.html (389 words)

	John Davenport (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Davenport has to solve the case of his career john davenport and hope that the price of victory will not be more than he can afford.
		John Davenport Siddeley, 1st Baron Kenilworth - John Davenport Siddeley (Baron Kenilworth) was a captain of the automobile industry in the United Kingdom.
		John Davenport (clergyman) - John Davenport (April 9, 1597 â“ March 15, 1670) was a puritan clergyman and co-founder of the American colony of New Haven.
	da53.360mkt.info /johndavenport.html (1435 words)

	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)

	History of Delaware County by W.W. MUNSELL - 1797-1880
		Davenport, the largest village in the town, is located in the eastern part of the town, on the Charlotte river.
		Davenport Center, as the name implies, is nearly in the center of the town, lying on the south side of the Charlotte river and at the mouth of the Kortright creek.
		Loren A. Davenport is one of the sons of John Davenport, and was born in the town.
	www.dcnyhistory.org /books/mundav.html (5366 words)

	Our Stained Glass Windows
		John Wycliffe, in the center left, is called the "Morning Star of the Reformation." He sent out poor preachers, called Lollards, who grew strong and numerous to petition for reforms in the English Parliament.
		John Davenport: New Haven Colony began in the conscience of John Davenport.
		John Davenport died in 1669/70 and is buried in King’s Chapel Burying Ground, Boston.
	www.fccog.org /tour-stain-glass.html (4745 words)

	Beach Family of New Haven, Connecticut (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Such representations were made to him by Davenport and Eaton, or their agents, that he engaged to come with his followers to Quinnipiac, and within eight weeks after his arrival in Massachusetts, a portion of his people came by water to the new settlement.
		Despite the discrepancy in the year of John's birth or baptism, this is clearly the John and Richard assumed to be the father and uncle of the three Beach brothers.
		John Moss was an early settler in New Haven and was later instrumental in the founding of Wallingford, Connecticut, where he died in 1707 at the age of 103 years.
	hometown.aol.com /eugeneb/beach.htm (8105 words)

	John Davenport (clergyman) - One Language (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		John Davenport(1597 - 1670) was a puritan clergyman and founder of the American city of New Haven.
		Born in Coventry, England to a wealthy family (his father was mayor of Oxford), Davenport was educated at Oxford University.
		After serving as the chaplain of Hilton Castle he became the minister of Saint Stephen's Church in London.
	www.onelang.com /encyclopedia/index.php/John_Davenport_(clergyman) (201 words)

	Stamford Historical Society, Davenport Exhibit - Lecture by Dr. Francis J. Bremer, Page 2
		Davenport came to know both men and was a strong supporter of Drury’s efforts, being commended by the latter as being “forward, earnest, and judicious in the work” of Protestant unity.
		Davenport, his own situation becoming precarious, was involved in some of these discussions and was an early investor, along with some of his former colleagues in the Feoffees, in the Massachusetts Bay Company.
		The elder clergyman was a Presbyterian who submitted to the authority of the Amsterdam classis, had a restrictive view of the role of congregants in church government, and baptized all who were brought to him.
	www.stamfordhistory.org /dav_bremer2.htm (1364 words)

	A Short Course in UCC History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		John Cotton, sent to stop her, merely warned her; but by that time, men of stature had taken her side, and the town of Boston was divided.
		John Winthrop believed that if Anne Hutchinson could not be reformed, she must be exiled.
		Conservative puritan minister, John Davenport, founder of the New Haven Colony, was so offended by Hooker's willingness to secularize, even to a limited extent, civil government, that he went to Boston when New Haven was gathered into the Connecticut Colony.
	www.ucc.org /aboutus/shortcourse/cong.html (2542 words)

	Montville Township
		Humphrey Davenport, one of the first settlers in this vicinity, came here in 1714, a granddaughter of his was on January 1, 1754 married to Jacob Bovie, and she is recorded as born in "Uylekill." This is taken from a certified copy of the church record at Aquackanock.
		John Davenport at the time lived near the brook where the road turns in to Starkey's woolen factory.
		In 1812 Hyler bought Abraham Davenport's interest; in 1815 he died, and his administrators sold the property in 1816 to Joseph Scott; the latter on the 3rd of April 1827 sold it to Benjamin Crane and Ezekiel B. Gaines, who sold to Benjamin Starkey, the present owner.
	www.montville-township.org /about/history.shtml (6130 words)

	MASSACHUSETTS BAY--COLONIZATION--NEW ENGLAND
		Cotton, the pastor at Boston, was the leading clergyman, the religious oracle of the colony; while Hooker, conscious of equal power and eloquence, believed that the insignificance of the town in which he was loacted, away from the harbor, in the midst of an unfertile region, had much to do with curbing his influence.
		John Davenport and Theophilus Eaton, a wealthy merchant from London, led a company of emigrants, mostly from Massachusetts, and pitched their tents on the northern shore of Long Island Sound.
		Here under a great oak Davenport expounded the Scriptures, saying that the people, like the Son of Man, were led forth into the wilderness to be tempted; and here they set up their governement with the Mosaic law as their code adapted to the conditions, and with the closest union of Church and State.
	www.usgennet.org /usa/topic/colonial/book/chap5_3.html (1435 words)

	Profile: Henry Whitfield
		He married Dorothy Sheaffer, daughter of a Kentish clergyman, and settled into the quiet, gracious life of an English Vicar.
		John Cotton, Thomas Hooker, and John Davenport were among the prominent clergy and future leaders of The Great Migration who found refuge and concealment in his comfortable home.
		John Davenport, a friend of Whitfield's, had emigrated and founded New Haven colony in 1638.
	www.dowdgen.com /dowd/document/whitfld.html (763 words)

	John Davenport — FactMonster.com
		John DAVENPORT - DAVENPORT, John (1752—1830) DAVENPORT, John, (brother of James Davenport), a Representative...
		John DAVENPORT - DAVENPORT, John (1788—1855) DAVENPORT, John, a Representative from Ohio; born near...
		James DAVENPORT - DAVENPORT, James (1758—1797) DAVENPORT, James, (brother of John Davenport of Connecticut), a...
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	Memoirs of the Puritans: John Cotton
		JOHN COTTON, B. THIS renowned minister of the New Testament was born at Derby, December 4th, 1585, and educated first at Trinity, then Emanuel college, Cambridge, in the last of which he was chosen fellow.
		John Wilson, minister of that place; and his labors, both as a preacher and politician, were of unspeakable advantage to the town.
		It was greatly owing to his wisdom and influence that in a few years Boston became the capital of the whole province.
	www.apuritansmind.com /MemoirsPuritans/MemoirsPuritansJohnCotton.htm (2671 words)

	Yale Bulletin and Calendar
		As many as 100 descendents of the Reverend John Davenport (1597-1670), the Puritan clergyman who was a founder of New Haven, will gather at Yale Wednesday and Thursday, Sept. 7 and 8, to celebrate their ancestor's legacy and visit places significant to his life.
		Davenport hid Edward Whalley and William Goffe in his home for a month, and later in a cave in what is now West Rock Ridge Park.
		Davenport placed a high value on education and was the first to propose the establishment of a college in New Haven.
	www.yale.edu /opa/v34.n2/story16.html (477 words)

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		1340 - John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, born.
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		1390 - John VIII Palaeologus, Emperor of Byzantium, born.
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	Davenport — FactMonster.com
		John Davenport - Davenport, John, 1597–1670, Puritan clergyman, one of the founders of New Haven, Conn., b.
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	www.factmonster.com /dictionary/brewers/davenport.html (156 words)

	Chronological Author List "1700 to 1719" compiled by GIGA
		John Boyle, 5th Earl of Cork, 5th Earl of Orrery, 2nd Baron Marston,
		English clergyman, poet and hymn writer (1707 - 1788)
		English clergyman, critic and professor of rhetoric and belles-lettres (1718 - 1809)
	www.giga-usa.com /quotes/lists/quay1700.htm (600 words)

	Walter Gilbert Genealogy: Nicholas Street, III (Rev.) & Speculative Female Pole
		She married John Peck, son of John, son of Deacon William Peck of this genealogy.
		Theophilus Yale, son of John Yale, son of Thomas and Mary (Turner) Yale of this genealogy.
		Davenport was called to Boston, Sept. 27, 1667, he had sole charge of the First Church till his own death, April 22, 1674, when for eleven years there was no settled pastor.
	www.otal.umd.edu /~walt/gen/htmfile/2654.htm (2636 words)

	davenport - Ask.com Web Search
		Davenport College is one of the twelve residential colleges at Yale University.
		The college was named for John Davenport, who founded Yale's home city of New Haven, Connecticut.
		The davenport, a small desk with a hinged lid that opens out for writing, was originally made by William Davenport.
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	CALVINISM IN AMERICA
		John Endicott, the first governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony; John Winthrop, the second governor of that Colony; Thomas Hooker, the founder of Connecticut; John Davenport, the founder of the New Haven Colony; and Roger Williams, the founder of the Rhode Island Colony, were all Calvinists.
		John Wesley, great and good man though he was, was a Tory and a believer in political non-resistance.
		Their political views were naturally in accord with those of their great leader, John Wesley, who wielded all the power of his eloquence and influence against the independence of the colonies.
	reformed-theology.org /html/issue06/calvin.htm (2377 words)

	The Descendants of John Ramsdell
		John Beach(1) and Richard Beach(1) likewise had sons named Benjamin, and all three had daughters named Mary.
		Finally, when John Beach(2), the eldest son of Thomas(1), was left an orphan after 1670, he either went or was sent to live at Wallingford, Connecticut, where his "uncle" John Beach(1) and several of his sons owned property and resided at various times.
		This is but one example of Davis' many errors; the most notorious of which is identifying John Beach(2), son of Thomas(1), with John(2), son of John(1), which has and continues to cause untold confusion to the unwary.
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