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Coat of Arms of John Davenport. Born in Coventry, Warwickshire, England to a wealthy family, Davenport was educated at Oxford University. He matriculated at Merton College in 1613 but migrated to Magdalen Hall two years later, probably because of its reputation at the time for its Calvinist and Puritan sympathies.
John Davenport (born April 1597, Coventry, Warwickshire, Eng.—died c. March 15, 1670, Boston, Mass.) was a Puritan clergyman and cofounder of the New Haven Colony (now New Haven, Conn.). Davenport was educated at the University of Oxford and later was elected vicar of the Church of St. Stephens in London. Because Holland was more hospitable ...
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Apr 1, 2020 · Despite the artist’s evident lack of training and artistic skill, we know what John Davenport looked like, and it is not what one might expect. Although John Davenport sometimes comes across as the most puritanical of the Puritan founders, he did not start out that way. Born in Coventry, England, in April 1597, Davenport trained for the ...
Dec 1, 2013 · In this original and lucid study, Francis J. Bremer gives us the first modern biography of John Davenport (1597–1670), one of the brighter lights of Puritan New England, well known during his lifetime as a strong preacher, astute writer, and formative leader of the colony of New Haven.
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Born November 2, 1960, in San Francisco, CA; son of Eugene (a car salesman) and Rose (a secretary; maiden name, Kendziorski) Davenport; married Jennifer Locatelli (a preschool teacher), August 12, 1988; children: William, Andrew. Education: San Francisco State University, B.A., 1990; University of Connecticut, M.A., 1991, Ph.D., 1999. Hobbies and o...
Social studies and language arts teacher at St. Raymond Elementary School, Menlo Park, CA, 1997-02, and Corte Madera Middle School, Portola Valley, CA, beginning 2002. Military service:U.S. Army, 1978-82.
American Historical Society, Society for History Education, National Council for the Social Studies.
Saladin,Chelsea House (Philadelphia, PA), 2003. The U.S.-Mexico Border: The Treaty of Guadalupe Hildalgo,Chelsea House (Philadelphia, PA), 2004. The Mason-Dixon Line,Chelsea House (Philadelphia, PA), 2004. C. S. Lewis,Chelsea House (Philadelphia, PA), 2004. The Louisiana Territory,Chelsea House (Philadelphia, PA), 2005. Contributor to books, includ...
John Davenport is a middle-school history teacher and the author of several educational books for young readers, including Saladin, The U.S.-Mexico Border: The Treaty of Guadalupe Hildalgo, and The Mason-Dixon Line, all of which focus on the history of North America. In addition, Davenport's biography C. S. Lewissheds light on the life of the twent...
John Davenport (1597–1670) Born in Coventry, England, in 1597, John Davenport trained for the ministry at Oxford, but became disillusioned with the Church of England. He followed in the paths of other influential Puritan ministers, such as Thomas Hooker, and sailed for the Massachusetts Bay Colony—arriving in June of 1637.
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Nov 4, 2020 · John Hooker and John Davenport. The beginnings of the New Haven Colony were very similar to the beginnings of the Connecticut Colony. Like Thomas Hooker, John Davenport was a popular Puritan minister who fled to Holland to escape persecution by the established Church of England. Like Hooker, Davenport decided to immigrate to America in search ...
