He was educated at Cambridge and his doctrines were so strongly opposed by Archbishop Laud, that Laud planned to have him silenced, so he fled to Holland.
This congregational clergyman born in England asserted the freedom of the individual to make their own decisions in politics and religion. He was educated at Cambridge and his doctrines were so strongly opposed by Archbishop Laud, that Laud planned to have him silenced, so he fled to Holland. He stayed there for 3 years until he and his congregation could emigrate to Newtown, Massachusetts. Called "the most powerful pulpit orator among the ministers of New England", he would later move his congregation to Connecticut. FTP name this man who founded Hartford and who helped write and get passed the Fundamental Orders in his colony of Connecticut.
This congregational clergyman born in England asserted the freedom of the individual to make their own decisions in politics and religion.
Thomas {Hooker}