#148 The Founding of New Haven Colony
The History of the Americans
Jack Henneman
4.9 • 632 Ratings
🗓️ 16 April 2024
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
Of the organized Puritan settlements in New England in the first half of the 17th century – Massachusetts Bay, Plymouth, and Connecticut being foremost – the New Haven Colony was in some respects the most peculiar. It was probably the wealthiest of the four United Colonies of New England on a per capita basis, the most insistent on religion’s role in civil governance, and the least democratic, being, basically, not democratic. The men who founded it, Theophilus Eaton and the Reverend John Davenport, had great expectations and ambitions for spiritual communion and commercial profit, most of which would come to naught. It would survive as an independent colony less than 25 years.
This is the story of its founding, at a place called Quinnipiac.
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Edward Elias Atwater, History of the Colony of New Haven Until its Absorption Into Connecticut
Josephine Dodge Daskam Bacon, History of the Colony of New Haven, Before and After the Union With Connecticut
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the History of the Americans podcast, episode 148. |
| 0:11.4 | I'm your host, Jack Heneman, and I'm recording this episode on April 15th, 24 in New Orleans. |
| 0:19.7 | We are telling the history of the lands now encompassed by the United States |
| 0:23.8 | from the beginning without intentional presentism. Before we get to the history fund, a couple of items. |
| 0:31.5 | I've added a tab to the homepage of the podcast website, the history of the Americans.com called Timeline. The plan for that |
| 0:40.6 | page is to create a truly chronological timeline of all the dates mentioned in the podcast. I did a |
| 0:47.2 | dozen or so episodes this week. No promises on when it will catch up to the mid-17th century, |
| 0:53.2 | but I'll try to work on it when I have a little downtime. |
| 0:57.0 | Anyway, it would be great if you took a look at it |
| 0:59.2 | and let me know whether you think it would be useful or not. |
| 1:03.1 | Perhaps it's also worth mentioning that if you want to support the podcast |
| 1:06.6 | in some small way, you can buy stuff through the Amazon links and the episode notes on the website. |
| 1:13.7 | Once you click through anything you buy, not just the book and in question, gets me a small |
| 1:19.4 | commission, which is very much appreciated. I have no plans to monetize the podcast with ads or |
| 1:25.7 | subscriptions and stuff like that, |
| 1:27.9 | although it's now big enough that I could. |
| 1:30.6 | But it does cost me a few thousand bucks a year in books and hosting fees, |
| 1:34.7 | and a little help covering that is great. |
| 1:38.1 | The organized Puritan settlements in New England in the first half of the 17th century, |
| 1:43.9 | Massachusetts Bay, Plymouth, and Connecticut |
| 1:46.4 | being foremost. The New Haven colony was in some respects the most peculiar. It was probably the |
| 1:53.1 | wealthiest of the four United colonies on a per capita basis, the most insistent on religion's |
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