EATON, THEOPHILUS [SSNE 1344]

Surname

EATON

First name

THEOPHILUS

Title/rank

COMMISSIONER AND GOVERNOR

Nationality

ENGLISH

Region

Social status

GENTRY

Education

Religion

Text source

Theophilus Eaton lived from ca.1590-1658. He served as an agent of Charles I to the court of Denmark at one point. He also acted as a commissioner for the English trading company who in April 1631 was sent from London to Elbing. He and Francis Gordon [SSNE 1520] met Chancellor Axel Oxenstierna to discuss the ongoing concerns of the English Eastland company regardig their staple at Elbing. Eaton's activities also extended to the New World as in 1629 he was the patentee and magistrate of Massachusetts and eventually migrated to America. In 1638 he founded the settlement of New Haven and was the governor until 1658, re-elected every year.

Rikskansleren Axel Oxenstiernas skrifter och brefvexling, first series, VI, pp.272-5, 395, 400-02, 436; DNB.

Service record

STUART KINGDOMS, DENMARK-NORWAY

Arrived 1625-05-02

Departed 1628-12-31

Capacity AGENT, purpose DIPLOMACY

ENGLAND, ELBING

Arrived 1631-04-25

Departed 1631-04-30

Capacity COMMISSIONER, purpose TRADE