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John Davenport, Congregational clergyman and founder of New Haven,
Christening, Parents: John Davenport, son of Henry and Winifred (Barneby) Davenport was baptized by Richard Eaton, 9 Apr 1597 Holy Trinity, Coventry, Warwickshire, England.[1][2]
He attended Merton and Magdalen Colleges, Oxford, and began preaching at a private chapel in 1615.[2]
He married Elizabeth Wooley in England prior to 1619. [3][2]
He was appointed lecturer and curate of St. Lawrence Jewry Church in London in 1619 and five years later, 1624, was chosen vicar of St. Stephen's. Doubts about his religious orthodoxy almost prevented Davenport from serving in this post, but the intervention of powerful friends and his own declaration that he was not a Puritan satisfied the London authorities. By 1629, however, Davenport clearly identified with the Puritan cause and contributed 50 pounds to the Massachusetts Bay Company. Three years later he thought seriously about emigrating, and in 1633 when William Laud, archenemy of the Puritans, became Archbishop of Canterbury, Davenport resigned his position and fled to Holland.
Son John Jr born in April 1635 at The Hague, Holland.[3]
In 1637, with the encouragement of John Cotton in Massachusetts and his friend Theophilus Eaton (1590-1657/58), a prosperous London merchant, Davenport decided to sail to America. Eaton joined him, as did a number of families from St. Stephen's parish. Although the members of the Davenport-Eaton company hoped to prosper economically in the New World, religious considerations were paramount among these strict and doctrinaire Puritans who hoped to establish a biblical commonwealth in New England.
The company arrived in Massachusetts in June 1637. Davenport and Eaton quickly became dissatisfied with the land offered them and discouraged by the Anne Hutchinson Antinomian Controversy. They decided, therefore, to establish an independent colony at Quinnipiac, the site of a good harbor.
Davenport and Eaton removed to the site of New Haven in April 1638. Eaton became governor of the new colony, and Davenport was installed as minister of the New Haven church. The colony grew to include the towns of Milford, Guilford, Branford, Stamford, and Southold, Long Island, but never prospered as its founders intended. The restoration of Charles II to the English throne put the tiny commonwealth that lacked any legal foundation in imminent danger. New Haven's cause was scarcely aided by the sanctuary it gave to regicides Edward Whalley and John Goffe, reputedly secreted for a time in Davenport's own home. Davenport unsuccessfully opposed the absorption of New Haven into Connecticut--as prescribed by the Charter of 1662. With the battle lost, Davenport felt that his life's work had failed, and in 1667 he accepted the pastorate of the First Church in Boston. The New Haven church opposed his dismisal, and he was only installed in Boston a few months before his death in March 1669/70.
John Davenport was an eminent scholar and theologian justly acclaimed for his crucial role in the founding and early history of New Haven.
The ministry of the Rev. John Davenport, 1639-1668, The First Church of Christ in New Haven
Passenger on ship "Hector" 1637.
15 Mar 1669/1670 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts. ("..died on the 11, 15, or 16 or March 1669/70 according to varying accounts."[4]
Kings Chapel Burying Ground, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts[5]
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Since John Davenport migrated in 1637 and is listed in the Great Migration Directory, he is eligible to be in the Puritan Great Migration project. I will add the project box.
Wikipedia has his father as Henry,but it is not supported.' check Anderson.