John Davenport (Puritan)
John Davenport (born April 9, 1597 in Coventry / England ; † May 30, 1670 in Boston , then New England ) was an English Puritan and one of the founders of New Haven ( Connecticut ).
In the motherland
Davenport graduated from Oxford University , served as chaplain of Hilton Castle , then as pastor of St. Stephen Coleman Street in London . Differences of opinion regarding the acceptance of the poor in parishes led to his withdrawal from the established church and his emigration to Holland in 1633 .
In America
With a charter to establish a colony in Massachusetts , Davenport went to Boston in 1637. He founded the colony of New Haven in March 1637 with his classmate Theophilus Eaton , a wealthy London merchant, Robert Newman , Matthew Gilbert , Thomas Fugill , John Punderson , Jeremiah Dixon, and others .
Davenport was an influential MP. In 1669 he went to Boston.
politics
In the colony of New Haven, Davenport and his followers wanted the commandments proclaimed by Moses to be the foundation of the community. That led to the installation of the Blue Laws , which demanded scrupulous Sabbath observance , removed juries , and sentenced adulterers to death . These regulations were soon eased, and the colony merged with the other Connecticut colonies in 1662 .
Individual evidence
- ^ André Maurois : The history of America. Rascher, Zurich 1947, pp. 49–51
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| SURNAME | Davenport, John |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | New England leader of the Puritan generation |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 9, 1597 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Coventry , Warwickshire , England |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 30, 1670 |
| Place of death | Boston |