1. Theophilus Eaton was a wealthy New England Puritan merchant, diplomat and financier, who took part in organizing and financing the Great Puritan Migration to America.
22 Facts About Theophilus Eaton
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Theophilus Eaton was a founder of Massachusetts Bay Colony, and a founder and eventual governor of New Haven Colony.
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Theophilus Eaton cofounded Boston, Massachusetts, Greenwich, Connecticut and Eaton's Neck in New York.
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Theophilus Eaton was born at Stony Stratford, Buckinghamshire, England about 1590, to Rev Richard Eaton and his wife, Elizabeth.
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Theophilus Eaton later became in 1607 Prebendary of Lincoln Cathedral and Vicar of Great Budworth, Cheshire.
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Theophilus Eaton was a grandson of John Lloyd, Judge of the High Court of Admiralty in London, and one of the eight founding Fellows of the first Protestant College of the University of Oxford, Jesus College.
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Theophilus Eaton's uncle-in-law was Ottoman ambassador Sir Henry Lello, who negotiated with the Venetians and Habsburgs under Elizabeth Tudor.
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Daughter Mary Eaton married Judge Valentine Hill of Boston, a business associate of William Aspinwall, member of the Artillery Company, signatory of the Oath of a Freeman and real estate developer in 1647.
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Theophilus Eaton is ancestor to many members of prominent Anglo-Irish families to this day.
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In London, Theophilus Eaton resided between Coleman Street and Lothbury Street, and became a member of the Court of Common Council of the City of London Corporation.
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Theophilus Eaton purchased with Anne Yale the past home of Sir Richard Saltonstall of the Saltonstall family.
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Theophilus Eaton was one of the five men chosen to govern the Colony from England.
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That fall, Theophilus Eaton led an exploration to the south, and located a site at Quinnipiack on the northern shore of Long Island Sound.
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Theophilus Eaton did pay 13 coats to Monotowese as per their agreement, but again, the English gave the Indians ample grounds to plant on and free usage of all the lands for hunting.
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Theophilus Eaton was not successful since the colony was too new to afford imports and the Indian fur trade was more successful at the Dutch outposts at Hartford, so he soon turned to farming.
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Theophilus Eaton was buried on the green in New Haven and later his remains were removed to Grove Street Cemetery, New Haven.
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In 1654, when Davenport became sick, Theophilus Eaton had the physician of Oliver Cromwell, Dr Laurence Wright, and Gov.
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Theophilus Eaton acquired the land in 1646 from the Matinecock Indians and was the first European to have explored this area.
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Theophilus' younger brother Nathaniel Eaton was the first Headmaster of Harvard College, and the brother-in-law of Gov.
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Theophilus Eaton was deposed in 1639 by the then Governor John Winthrop in what some have considered to be Massachusetts' first Witch Trial.
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Theophilus Eaton was a member of the Great and General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony when they issued the charter for Harvard.
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Theophilus Eaton's home was the largest in New Haven Colony, and one of the largest in New England at the time, with a total of 21 fireplaces, a household of about 30 people, and an estate covering 3000 acres in New Haven.