Reverend James Pierpont

Reverend James Pierpont
Birthdate:	January 04, 1659
Birthplace:	Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, Colonial America
Death:	November 22, 1714 (55) New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut, Colonial America
Place of Burial:	New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut, United States
Immediate Family:	Son of John Pierpont, of Roxbury and Thankful Pierpont Husband of Abigail Pierpont; Mary Pierpont and Sarah Haynes Father of James Pierpont, II; Samuel Pierpont; Mary (Pierpont) Russell; Lieutenant Joseph Pierpont; Benjamin Pierpont and 5 others Brother of Thankful Pierpont; John Pierpont; John Pierpont; Experience Hayward; Ebenezer Pierpont and 5 others
Occupation:	A founder of Yale; Physician, founder of Yale

Managed by:	Conrad Kamaha'o Herrmann
Last Updated:	April 27, 2022

Birthdate:

January 04, 1659

Birthplace:

Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, Colonial America

Death:

November 22, 1714 (55)
New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut, Colonial America

Place of Burial:

New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut, United States

Immediate Family:

Son of John Pierpont, of Roxbury and Thankful Pierpont
Husband of Abigail Pierpont; Mary Pierpont and Sarah Haynes
Father of James Pierpont, II; Samuel Pierpont; Mary (Pierpont) Russell; Lieutenant Joseph Pierpont; Benjamin Pierpont and 5 others
Brother of Thankful Pierpont; John Pierpont; John Pierpont; Experience Hayward; Ebenezer Pierpont and 5 others

Occupation:

A founder of Yale; Physician, founder of Yale

Managed by:

Conrad Kamaha'o Herrmann

Last Updated:

April 27, 2022

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Wikipedia Biographical Summary:

James Pierpont (born January 4, 1659, Roxbury, Massachusetts; died November 22, 1714, New Haven, Connecticut) was a Congregationalist minister who is credited with the founding of Yale University in the United States. In 1701, Pierpont, a graduate of The Roxbury Latin School and Harvard University, secured the charter for The Collegiate School of Connecticut, which soon thereafter took the surname of its benefactor Elihu Yale.

James Pierpont married in 1698 as his third wife Mary Hooker, daughter of Rev. Samuel Hooker and granddaughter of Rev. Thomas Hooker, chief founder of the Colony of Connecticut. Their daughter, Sarah Pierpont, married noted colonial minister Jonathan Edwards. James Pierpont's descendants also include U.S. Vice President Aaron Burr and financier John Pierpont (J.P.) Morgan.

was for 30 years pastor of the First Church in New Haven Ct and one of the founders of yale college

Reference: Ancestry Genealogy - SmartCopy: Apr 29 2017, 9:38:44 UTC

Immigrant abt 1640, see Browning p. 613-615 for spelling in same family of Pierpont & Pierrepont; Harvard Univ grad, pastor of First Church of Christ Congrational in New Haven, CT., taught moral philosophy at Yale.

1659	January 4, 1659	Birth of Reverend James Pierpont Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, Colonial America
1696	September 19, 1696	Birth of Abigail Noyes New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut Colony
1699	May 21, 1699	Birth of James Pierpont, II New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
1700	December 30, 1700	Birth of Samuel Pierpont New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
1702	November 23, 1702	Birth of Mary (Pierpont) Russell New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
1704	November 21, 1704	Birth of Lieutenant Joseph Pierpont New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
1707	October 15, 1707	Birth of Benjamin Pierpont New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

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