English colony in North America between 1637 and 1664
New Haven Colony
1638–1664
Flag
Map of the Connecticut, New Haven, and Saybrook colonies
Status
English colony
Capital
New Haven
Common languages
English
Religion
Puritanism
Government
Self-governing colony
Governor
• 1639-1658
Theophilus Eaton (first)
• 1661-1664
William Leete (last)
Legislature
General Court
History
• Established
1638
• Merged with Connecticut Colony
1664
Currency
Pound sterling
Succeeded by
Connecticut Colony
Province of New York
Province of Pennsylvania
Province of New Jersey
Today part of
United States
∟Connecticut
∟New York
∟New Jersey
∟Pennsylvania
∟Delaware
The New Haven Colony was a small English colony in Connecticut Colony from 1638 to 1664, with outposts in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware.[1]
The history of the colony was a series of disappointments and failures. The most serious problem was that New Haven colony never had a charter giving it legal title to exist. The larger, stronger colony of Connecticut to the north did have a charter. New Haven's leaders were businessmen and traders, but they were never able to build up a large or profitable trade because their agricultural base was poor, farming the rocky soil was difficult, and the location was isolated.
Oliver Cromwell recommended that the New Haven colonists all migrate to Ireland or to Spanish territories that he planned to conquer, but the Puritans of New Haven were committed to their new land. The towns in New Haven Colony joined Connecticut Colony in 1664.[2] It then became the city of New Haven, from which other modern towns in the New Haven region were later split off.
^Charles M. Andrews, The Colonial Period of American History: The Settlements II (1936) pp 144–94
^Charles M Andrews, The Colonial Period of American History: The Settlements II (1936) pp 187–94
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