Flynt, Henry (1675 - 1760)

GEMMS Person ID
GEMMS-PERSON- 3870
(old series: GEMMS-PERSON-4120)
Name
Henry Flynt
Title
Mr.
Gender
Male
Denomination
Congregationalist
Lived
b. 1675 d. 1760 (old)
Source of Data

Abigail Hill. Brent Nelson

Biographical Sources Consulted

Dunn, Edward Thomas. “Tutor Henry Flynt of Harvard College, 1675-1760).” PhD Dissertation. University of Rochester, 1968.

Dunn, Edward Thomas. "Flynt, Henry (5 May 1675-13 Feb. 1760)." In American National Biography. Gen. eds. John A. Garraty and Mark C. Carnes. New York: OUP, 1999, vol. 8, pp. 157-8.

Other note

Surname also spelled "Flint." A life-long Harvard College tutor and supply preacher who, it appears, was never called to church of his own. He received his A.B. from Harvard College in 1693 and his M.A. in 1695. He often visited Boston, and in Braintree had a home away from home in a two-story addition to the mansion of his brother-in-law, Edmund Quincy. He attended the Congregational church in Cambridge pastored by William Brattle and then Nathaniel Appleton (1693–1784). His father Josiah Flynt (1645-1680) and grandfather Henry Flynt (d. 27 April 1668) were also prominent congregationalist minsters in the Cambridge and Boston area.

GEMMS record created
May 30, 2023
GEMMS record last edited
April 2, 2025