Artist: Davenport Limner, American, active ca. 1670, Subject: Reverend John Davenport, British, 1597–1669/70, Reverend John Davenport (1597–1669/70), Oil on canvas, 27 1/4 × 23 in. ( × cm), A Puritan clergyman, John Davenport left England for Holland in 1633, came to Boston in 1637, and established the New Haven Colony the following year. An eloquent preacher, he was pastor of the First Church for thirty years. After failing in an attempt to prevent New Haven’s annexation in 1664 by Connecticut, a disappointed Davenport returned in 1667 to Boston.

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