Fundamental Agreement of the New Haven Colony
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The Fundamental Agreement of the New Haven Colony was signed on June 4, 1639. The free planters
(founders of the New Haven Colony
) who assented to the agreement are listed below:
Plantation (settlement or colony)
Plantation was an early method of colonization in which settlers were "planted" abroad in order to establish a permanent or semi-permanent colonial base. Such plantations were also frequently intended to promote Western culture and Christianity among nearby indigenous peoples, as can be seen in the...
(founders of the New Haven Colony
New Haven Colony
The New Haven Colony was an English colonial venture in present-day Connecticut in North America from 1637 to 1662.- Quinnipiac Colony :A Puritan minister named John Davenport led his flock from exile in the Netherlands back to England and finally to America in the spring of 1637...
) who assented to the agreement are listed below:
- William Andrews
- Richard Beckley
- John Benham
- Jarvis Boykin
- William Browning
- John Budd
- John Chapmen
- John Charles
- Ezekiel Cheever
- James Clark
- John Clarke
- John Cogswell
- John Cooper
- Jasper Crane
- John Davenport
- Jeremiah Dixion
- Samuel Eaton
- Theophilus Eaton
- Nicholas Elsey
- Timothy Ford
- Thomas Fugill
- Matthew Gilbert
- Francis Hall
- Matthias Hitchcock
- Andrew Hull
- Thomas Jeffries
- William Ives
- Thomas Kimberley
- Benjamin Ling
- Richard Malbon
- Andrew Messenger
- John Moss (Morse)
- Matthew Moulthrop
- Francis Newman
- Robert Newman
- Richard Osborne
- Edward Patteson
- John Peacock
- Richard Perry
- John Ponderson
- William Potter
- William Preston
- John Reader (Reeder)
- Robert Seeley
- George Smith
- William Thorpe
- Nathaniel Turner
- William Tuttle
- George Ward
- Lawrence Ward
- Samuel Whitehead
- Edward Wigglesworth
- Mr. Wilkes
- Thomas Yale
See also
- 13 colonies
- Fundamental Orders of ConnecticutFundamental Orders of ConnecticutThe Fundamental Orders were adopted by the Connecticut Colony council on January 14, 1638/39 OS . The orders describe the government set up by the Connecticut River towns, setting its structure and powers....