Person:John Davenport (45)

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  1. Rev. John Davenport1597 - 1670
m. Bef 1637
  1. John DavenportEst 1637 - 1676
Facts and Events
Name[1] Rev. John Davenport
Gender Male
Birth[1][2][3] 9 Apr 1597 Coventry, Warwickshire, England
Marriage Bef 1637 Based on estimated date of birth of only known child.
to Elizabeth Wolley
Religion[3] 1639 New Haven, Connecticut, United StatesFirst church of Christ
Death[1][2][3] 15 Mar 1670 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
Burial[2] King's Chapel Burying Ground, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
Reference Number? Q1699759?
References
  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Davenport, in Jacobus, Donald Lines. Families of Ancient New Haven. (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Pub. Co., 1974)
    3:521.

    John (Davenport), b 1597, d 15 Mar 1670 (Boston, Mass.); Rev.

  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 John Davenport (Puritan), in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.

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    John Davenport (April 9, 1597May 30, 1670) was an English Puritan clergyman and co-founder of the American colony of New Haven.

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  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Dexter, Franklin Bowditch, and Connecticut) First Church of Christ (New Haven. Historical catalogue of the members of the First Church of Christ in New Haven, Connecticut, (Center Church), A.D. 1639-1914. (New Haven, Connecticut: [s.n.], 1914)
    1.

    (In June, 1639, seven pillars were chosen, who formed the nucleus of the Church organization, and received the other planters into fellowship.)
    ...
    2. John Davenport Dism. 1668
    Son of Henry, of Coventry, England; born 1597;
    husband of 20; father of 207.
    Ordained in the Church of England in London, 1619.
    Dismissed to the First Church, Boston.
    *March, 1670.