GEMMS Person ID
GEMMS-PERSON-
4172
(old series: GEMMS-PERSON-4426)
Name
Henry Flynt
Title
Mr.
Gender
Male
Denomination
Congregationalist
Lived
b. d. 27 April 1668 (old)
Linked Sermons
Sermon on Philippians 2:9-11
(autograph: No )
- preacher
Source of Data (Contributor name)
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 sometimes spelled "Flint." He married Margery Hoar, sister of Leonard Hoar, first President of Harvard. Flynt emigrated from Matlock, Derbyshire, in 1635, and was ordained teacher of the newly gathered church at Braintree and became a prominent minister in the region (Dunn, iv, 2). He was father to Josiah Flynt (1645-1680) and grandfather to Henry Flynt (1675-1760), also prominent congregationalist clergymen.
GEMMS record created
November 30, 2023
GEMMS record last edited
March 19, 2025