Davenport, John
clergyman, author, was born in 1597, in England. He was a famous puritan divine who, before coming to America in 1637, was a celebrated London preacher. In 1638 he was one of the founders of New Haven, and in 1660 concealed the noted regicides, Goffe and Whalley, from their pursuers.
In 1666 he became pastor of the First church in Boston. He was the author of Instructions to Elders of the English Church; Catechism containing the Chief Heads of the Christian Religion; and Discourse about Civil Government in New England.
He died March 15, 1670, in Boston, Mass.