Davenport, John (1597-01-01 - 1670-03-15)

GEMMS Person ID
GEMMS-PERSON- 1675
(old series: GEMMS-PERSON-1823)
Name
John Davenport
Title
Mr
Gender
Male
Denomination
Dissenter
Lived
b. ca. 1597-01-01 d. 1670-03-15 (new)
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Linked Sermons
Associated Places
Source of Data

David Robinson

Biographical Sources Consulted

ODNB (Article: 7201)

Other note

Baptized at Holy Trinity Church in Coventry, Warwickshire 9 April 1579, the son of Henry Davenport, merchant and alderman, and Winifred Barneby. Matriculated from Merton College, Oxford in 1613. Transferred to Magdalen College after two years, but left the university to take up a post as chaplain at Hilton Castle in 1615. In 1619 he was curate of St Lawrence Jewry. Around this time he also married Elizabeth Wooley. His skills as a preacher eventually led to his election as vicar of St Stephen, Coleman Street in 1624. Eventually, his puritan sentiments led him to nonconformity and self-imposed exile in the Netherlands between 1633 and 1636. In 1637, he immigrated to America and helped found New Haven. He continued to minister there until his death on 15 March 1670.

GEMMS record created
March 9, 2018
GEMMS record last edited
July 15, 2024