Thomas Hooker

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Thomas Hooker was a prominent Puritan colonial leader and theologian, best known as a founder of the Connecticut Colony and an early advocate of representative government and religious freedom in New England.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf Puritan minister
colonial leader
founder of Connecticut Colony
person
theologian
almaMater University of Cambridge
associatedWithDocument Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
birthDate 1586-07-05
birthPlace Markfield, Leicestershire, England
burialPlace Hartford, Connecticut
citizenship Kingdom of England
clergyTitle Reverend
contemporaryOf John Cotton
John Winthrop
deathDate 1647-07-07
deathPlace Hartford, Connecticut Colony
denomination Congregationalist
educatedAt Emmanuel College, Cambridge NERFINISHED
emigratedTo Massachusetts Bay Colony
era 17th-century theology
Colonial America
foundedSettlement Hartford, Connecticut
fullName Thomas Hooker
influenced concept of consent of the governed in New England
development of American constitutionalism
knownFor advocacy of representative government
founding the Connecticut Colony
influence on the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
leadership in early New England Congregationalism
support for broader voting rights among Puritans
language English
mentorOf early Connecticut Puritan clergy
migration led group of settlers from Massachusetts Bay to Connecticut River Valley
movement English Puritan movement
notableWork A Survey of the Summe of Church-Discipline
The Application of Redemption
The Poor Doubting Christian Drawn to Christ
occupation clergyman
preacher
theologian
positionOnChurchState supported separation of civil and ecclesiastical authority
positionOnSuffrage advocated wider male suffrage among church members
regionOfActivity New England
religion Puritanism
religiousOrder Congregationalism
residence Cambridge, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Hartford, Connecticut Colony
roleInGovernment political leader in Connecticut Colony
spouse Susannah Hooker
theologicalTradition Reformed theology


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