New Haven Connecticut

John Davenport

• Ordained by Richard Eaton, Vicar of Great Budworth, Cheshire in 1624
• Soon dissented and had formed a community at a house on Swanne Alley in London
• Fled to Amsterdam in 1633, where they planned their emigration to New England
• Sailed for America 26 June 1637
• Along with three of Richard Eaton's sons, Theophilis, Nathaniel and Samuel and members of the Yale Family
• Bought land at Quinnipiac from the Indians for 13 coats and called it New Haven

Samuel Eaton

• Came back to England to test the waters in 1640
• Came to the attention of Colonel Robert Dukinfield wo immediately offered him the incumbency of his family chapel at Old Hall in Dukinfield
• Died 25 January 1664/5 and buried at Denton St Lawrence

New Haven and Slavery

• According to Wills left by the higher echelons of the New Haven Community all had black servants/slaves including John Davenport himself
• Were supposed by the law at the time, to provide them all with, food, shelter and clothing and to look after their welfare when they got old
• For instance; when John Cram and his wife became to old, their master Theophilus Eaton gave them two acres of land on which he erected a house. There the old pair lived and died happy and contented