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The Fundamental Agreement of the New Haven Colony was signed on June 4, 1639.Bacon, Leonard, "Civil Government of the New Haven Colony", ''Papers of the New Haven Historical Society'', Vol.1, 1865
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New Haven Colony The New Haven Colony was a small English colony in North America from 1638 to 1664 primarily in parts of what is now the state of Connecticut, but also with outposts in modern-day New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware. The history of ...
) who assented to the agreement are listed below: *William Andrews *Richard Beach *Richard Beckley *John Benham *Jarvis Boykin *John Brockett *William Browning *John Budd *John Chapmen *John Charles * Ezekiel Cheever *James Clark *John Clarke *John Cogswell *John Cooper *Jasper Crane * John Davenport *Jeremiah Dixion * Samuel Eaton *
Theophilus Eaton Theophilus Eaton (January 7, 1658) was a wealthy New England Puritan merchant, first Governor of New Haven Colony, Connecticut, co founder of that same colony and co founder of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. His brother, Nathaniel Eaton, w ...
*Nicholas Elsey *Timothy Ford *Thomas Fugill *Matthew Gilbert *Francis Hall *Matthias Hitchcock *Andrew Hull *Thomas Jeffries *William Ives *Thomas Kimberley *Benjamin Ling *Richard Malbon *Nathaniel Merriman *Andrew Messenger *John Moss (Morse) *Matthew Moulthrop * Francis Newman *Robert Newman *Richard Osborne *Edward Patteson *John Peacock *William Peck *Richard Perry *John Ponderson *William Potter *William Preston *John Reader (Reeder) * Robert Seeley *George Smith *William Thorpe *Nathaniel Turner *William Tuttle *George Ward *Lawrence Ward *Samuel Whitehead *Edward Wigglesworth *Mr. Wilkes *Benjamin Wilmot *Thomas Yale * Thomas Munson


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Thirteen Colonies The Thirteen Colonies, also known as the Thirteen British Colonies, the Thirteen American Colonies, or later as the United Colonies, were a group of British colonies on the Atlantic coast of North America. Founded in the 17th and 18th cent ...
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Fundamental Orders of Connecticut The Fundamental Orders were adopted by the Connecticut Colony council on . The fundamental orders describe the government set up by the Connecticut River towns, setting its structure and powers. They wanted the government to have access to the ...
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