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Theophilus Eaton ( c. 1590 —January 7, 1658) was a wealthy New England Puritan merchant, diplomat and financier, who took part in organizing and financing the Great Puritan Migration to America. [1] He was a founder of Massachusetts Bay Colony, and a founder and eventual governor of New Haven Colony. [1]
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Theophilus Eaton (born c. 1590, Stony Stratford, Buckinghamshire, Eng.—died Jan. 7, 1658, New Haven, Conn.) was a merchant who was cofounder and colonial governor of New Haven colony. As a youth, Eaton went to London as a merchant apprentice. He began his own commercial enterprise trading with Baltic seaports, and his successes in business ...
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Jun 26, 2017 · Theophilus Eaton, New Haven’s governor, consulted John Winthrop in Massachusetts about Plaine. Winthrop wrote in his journal that Plaine 'corrupted a great parte of the youth of New Guilford by masturbation, which he had committed, and provoked others to the like, about 100 tymes.'
Feb 1, 2014 · On April 24, 1638 Rev. John Davenport and Theophilus Eaton sailed into the New Haven harbor. They were on a religious mission to escape persecution in England and establish a commonwealth where their beliefs could thrive. In addition to goals of a Christian utopia, Davenport and Eaton also wanted to create a commercial empire in the new world.
MEMOIR OF THEOPHILUS EATON No character in the annals of New England says Sav age is of purer fame than that of Theophilus Eaton gov ernor of the colony of New Haven... Contributor: Moore, Jacob Bailey Date: 1849
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ME MOIR THEOPHILUS EATON, " No character in the annals of New England, (says Savage,) is of purer fame than that of Theophilus Eaton, governor of the colony of New Haven, from its settlement to his death, by twenty annual elections ; the only instance of such an honor ever conferred.
Theophilus Eaton ( c. 1590— January 7, 1658) was a wealthy New England Puritan merchant, diplomat and financier, who took part in organizing and financing the Great Puritan Migration to America. He was a founder of Massachusetts Bay Colony, and a founder and eventual governor of New Haven Colony.
