James
PIERPONT
(b.
4 January 1659
,
Roxbury, Massachusetts Bay Colony*
d.
22 November 1714
,
New Haven, Crown Colony of Connecticut
)
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James PIERPONT was born 4 January 1659 in Roxbury, Massachusetts Bay Colony*
James PIERPONT was the child of ? and ?James PIERPONT died 22 November 1714 in New Haven, Crown Colony of Connecticut .
son of John Pierpont and Thankful Stow
m. Abigail Davenport
(m. 1691; died 1692)
m. Sarah Haynes
(m. 1694; died 1696)
m. Mary Hooker (m. 1698)
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James PIERPONT was a Congregationalist minister who is credited with the founding of Yale University.
James PIERPONT was a Congregationalist minister who is credited with the founding of Yale University.
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1659 Birth 4 January 1659
Roxbury, Massachusetts Bay Colony*
In his will of 1714, the Reverend James Pierpont of New Haven gave 8 acres to his neighbors in the Northeast Parish, as North Haven was called, "provided those neighbors will set their meeting house there and make their training and burying there."
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1714 Death 22 November 1714
New Haven, Crown Colony of Connecticut
He died at the age of 55.
. United Kingdom: G. P. Putnam's sons.
Phelp’s Hall, designed to resemble a massive Tudor gatehouse, was built in 1895 as the grand entry to Yale’s Old Campus. historicbuildingsct.com){kind=small}
Phelps Hall, 1898
Historic Towns of New England. (1898). United Kingdom: G. P. Putnam's sons.
Phelp’s Hall, designed to resemble a massive Tudor gatehouse, was built in 1895 as the grand entry to Yale’s Old Campus. historicbuildingsct.com
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The name 'Massachusetts' originates with native Americans in the Massachusetts Bay area (from the language of the Algonquian nation). The name translates roughly as 'at or about the great hill.' (statesymbolsusa.org)1620 - 1627 - Plymouth Colony, New England
1628 - 1686 - Massachusetts Bay Colony
1686 - 1689 - Dominion of New England
1689 - 1692 - Massachusetts Bay Colony
1692 - 1775 - Province of Massachusetts Bay
1776 - 1788 - Crown Colony of Massachusetts Bay
February 6, 1788 - Massachusetts becomes 6th U.S. state
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