New Haven Colony

American  

noun

American History.

1. a settlement founded in 1638 by John Davenport and Theophilus Eaton at Quinnipiac (now New Haven, Conn.).

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Example Sentences

On Feb. 14, 1642, a planter of New Haven Colony named John Wakeman informed the magistrates that a sow he had recently purchased had given birth to a “prodigious monster.”

From Slate • Sep. 17, 2015

This was a concession to the former sovereignty of the New Haven Colony.

From The Development of Religious Liberty in Connecticut by Greene, Maria Louise

A much better book, being the best special history of the New Haven Colony.

From The Development of Religious Liberty in Connecticut by Greene, Maria Louise

Some members of the New Haven Colony bought land in Delaware and attempted to establish a trading-post in order to take advantage of the profitable trade in beaver skins.

From Once Upon a Time in Connecticut by Newton, Caroline Clifford

In 1643 the four towns joined in a sort of union and took the name New Haven Colony.

From A Brief History of the United States by McMaster, John Bach