See also:

• THEOPHILUS

THEOPHILUS See also:

• EATON, DORMAN BRIDGMAN (1823-1899)
• EATON, MARGARET
• THEOPHILUS EATON (c. 15go-1658)
• EATON, WILLIAM (1764-1811)
• EATON, WYATT (1849-1896)

EATON (c. 15go-1658)  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English colonial See also:

• GOVERNOR (from the Fr. gouverneur, from gouverner, O. Fr. governer, Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, to direct, guide)

governor in See also:

• AMERICA

America, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at Stony See also:

• STRATFORD
• STRATFORD, JOHN DE (d. 1348)

Stratford, See also:

• BUCKINGHAM
• BUCKINGHAM, EARLS, MARQUESSES AND DUKES OF
• BUCKINGHAM, FIRST DUKE
• BUCKINGHAM, GEORGE VILLIERS, 1ST DUKE 0E1
• BUCKINGHAM, GEORGE VILLIERS, 2ND DUKE 0E1 (1628-1687)
• BUCKINGHAM, HENRY STAFFORD, 2ND DUKE OF3 (1454-1483)
• BUCKINGHAM, JAMES SILK (1786-1855)

Buckingham-See also:

• SHIRE

shire, about 1590 . He was educated in See also:

• COVENTRY, SIR JOHN (d. 1682)
• COVENTRY, SIR WILLIAM (c. 1628-1686)
• COVENTRY, THOMAS COVENTRY, 1ST BARON (2578–1640)

Coventry, became a successful See also:

• MERCHANT (O. Fr. marcheant, modern marchand; from Lat. mercari, to trade, merx, goods, merchandise)

merchant, travelled widely throughout See also:

• EUROPE

Europe, and for several years was the See also:

• FINANCIAL

financial See also:

• AGENT (from Lat. agere, to act)

agent of See also:

• CHARLES
• CHARLES (1270-1325)
• CHARLES (1421-1461)
• CHARLES (1525-1574)
• CHARLES (c. 1319-1364)
• CHARLES (Fr. Charles; Span. Carlos; Ital. Carlo; Ger. Karl; derived from O.H.G. Charal,latinized as Carolus, meaning originally " man ": cf. Mod.Ger., Kerl," fellow," A.S. ceorl, Mod. Eng. " churl ")
• CHARLES (KARL EITEL ZEPHYRIN LUDWIG; in Rum. CAROL)
• CHARLES [KARL ALEXANDER] (1712-1780)
• CHARLES, ELIZABETH (1828-1896)
• CHARLES, JACQUES ALEXANDRE CESAR (1746-1823)
• CHARLES, THOMAS (1755-1814)

Charles I. in See also:

• DENMARK
• DENMARK (Danmark)

Denmark . He subsequently settled in See also:

• LONDON

London, where he joined the Puritan See also:

• CONGREGATION (Lat. congregatio, a gathering together, from cum, with, grex, gregis, a flock, herd)

congregation of the Rev . See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John See also:

• DAVENPORT
• DAVENPORT, EDWARD LOOMIS (1816-1877)
• DAVENPORT, ROBERT (fl. 1623—1639)

Davenport, whom he had known since boyhood . The pressure upon the Puritans increasing, See also:

• EATON, DORMAN BRIDGMAN (1823-1899)
• EATON, MARGARET
• EATON, THEOPHILUS (c. 15go-1658)
• EATON, WILLIAM (1764-1811)
• EATON, WYATT (1849-1896)

Eaton, who had been one of the See also:

• ORIGINAL

original patentees of the See also:

• MASSACHUSETTS (an Indian name, originally applied to a tribe of Indians)

Massachusetts See also:

• BAY

Bay See also:

• COLONY (Lat. colonia, from colonus, a cultivator)

colony in 1629, determined to use his See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence and See also:

• FORTUNE, ROBERT (1813-188o)

fortune to establish an See also:

• INDEPENDENT

independent colony of which his pastor should be the See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head . In 1637 he emigrated with Davenport to Massachusetts, and in the following See also:

• YEAR

year (See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March 1638) he and Davenport founded New Haven . In See also:

• OCTOBER

October 1639 a See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form of See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government was adopted, based on the Mosiac See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

Law, and Eaton was elected governor, a See also:

• POST

post which he continued to hold by See also:

• ANNUAL

annual re-See also:

• ELECTION
• ELECTION (from Lat. eligere, to pick out)

election, first over New Haven alone, and after 1643 over the New Haven Colony or See also:

• JURISDICTION
• JURISDICTION, CRIMINAL LAW, DIVORCE

Jurisdiction, until his See also:

• DEATH

death at New Haven on the 7th of See also:

• JANUARY

January 1658 . His See also:

• ADMINISTRATION (Lat. administrare, to serve)

administration was embar' rassed by constantly recurring disputes with the neighbouring Dutch settlements,especially after See also:

• STAMFORD
• STAMFORD, HENRY GREY

Stamford(See also:

• CONN
• CONN, LOUGH

Conn.) and See also:

• SOUTHOLD

Southold (See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

Long See also:

• ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

Island) had entered the New Haven Jurisdiction, but his prudence and See also:

• DIPLOMACY (Fr. diplomatic)

diplomacy prevented an actual outbreak of hostilities . He was prominent in the affairs of the New See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England See also:

• CONFEDERATION (Fr. confederation, Lat. confoederatio, from foedus, a league, foederare, to form a league)

Confederation, of which he was one of the founders (1643) . In 1655 he and Davenport See also:

• DREW
• DREW, SAMUEL (1765-1833)

drew up the See also:

• CODE (Lat. codex)

code of See also:

• LAWS

laws, popularly known as' the " See also:

• CONNECTICUT

Connecticut See also:

• BLUE (common in different forms to most European languages)

Blue Laws," which were published in London in 1656 under the See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title New Haven's Settling in New England and some See also:

• LAWES, HENRY (1595-1662)
• LAWES, SIR JOHN BENNET, BART

Lawes for Government published for the Use of that Colony . A See also:

• SKETCH (directly adapted from Dutch schets, which was taken from Ital. schizzo, a rough draft, Lat. schedium, something hastily made, Gr. oxE&os, sudden, off-hand, axeb6v, near by; Ger. Skizze and Fr. esquisse are from the same source)

sketch of his See also:

• LIFE

life appears in See also:

• COTTON
• COTTON (Fr. coton; from Arab. qutun)
• COTTON, CHARLES (163o–1687)
• COTTON, GEORGE EDWARD LYNCH (1813–1866)
• COTTON, JOHN (1585–1652)
• COTTON, SIR ROBERT BRUCE

Cotton See also:

• MATHER, COTTON (1663-1728)
• MATHER, INCREASE (1639-1723)
• MATHER, RICHARD (1596-1668)

Mather's Magnalia (London, 1702) ; see also J . B .

See also:

• MOORE, A
• MOORE, ALBERT JOSEPH (1841–1893)
• MOORE, EDWARD (1712–1757)
• MOORE, GEORGE (1853– )
• MOORE, GEORGE FOOT (1851– )
• MOORE, HENRY (1831–1895)
• MOORE, JOHN (1729-1802)
• MOORE, SIR JOHN (1761-1809)
• MOORE, THOMAS (1779-1852)

Moore's " Memoir of See also:

• THEOPHILUS

Theophilus Eaton " in the Collections of the New See also:

• YORK
• YORK (HOUSE OF)
• YORK, EDMUND OF LANGLEY, DUKE OF (1341-1402)
• YORK, EDWARD
• YORK, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS, DUKE OF (1763-1827)
• YORK, RICHARD, DUKE

York See also:

• HISTORICAL

Historical Society, second See also:

• SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

series, vol. ii . (New York, 1849) .