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David Yale became the great-grandfather of Governor Elihu Yale who gave his name to Yale University. [21] [22] His son, Thomas Yale Sr., was the father of the Yales who emigrated to America with the Eaton family, and was a cousin by marriage of Francis Willughby and Duchess Cassandra Willoughby of Wollaton Hall.
Thomas Yale was born in New Haven Colony around 1647, to Mary Turner and Capt. Thomas Yale, members of the Yale family, and future namesake of Yale College. [1] [2] [3] His father was one of the cofounders of New Haven Colony with his step-grandfather, Gov. Theophilus Eaton, the colony's first governor, and his step-grand uncle, minister Samuel Eaton.
Tudor Manor of Capt Yale's family in New Haven Colony, c. 1640. Captain Thomas Yale (1616 – 1683) was a British military officer, merchant and magistrate.He was a puritan who emigrated from London to the New England Colonies aboard the Hector in 1637, and cofounded, with his stepfather, Governor Theophilus Eaton, the colony of New Haven.
Thomas Yale (chancellor) (1525/6–1577), Chancellor of Lord Archbishop Matthew Parker Thomas Yale (New Haven Colony) (1616–1683), captain and cofounder of New Haven Colony Thomas Yale (Wallingford) (1647–1736), captain and cofounder of Wallingford, Connecticut
Skull and Bones entry from the 1948 Yale Banner. Skull and Bones, a secret society at Yale University, was founded in 1832. Until 1971, the organization published annual membership rosters, which were kept at Yale's library. In this list of notable Bonesmen, the number in parentheses represents the cohort year of Skull and Bones, as well as ...
Woodbridge Hall, location of the university president's office. Yale University was founded in 1701 as a school for Congregationalist ministers. One of its ten founding ministers, Abraham Pierson, became its first Rector, the administrative and ecclesiastical head of the college.
Theophilus Yale was born on November 13, 1675, to Capt. Thomas Yale and Rebecca Gibbards, daughter of William Gibbards, Esquire. [2] [3] He was a member of the Yale family, namesake of the future Yale College, and descendant of the Princes of Powys Fadog, Lords of Yale and Dinas Bran.
Thomas Christos Katsouleas (known as "TomKat" by students [1]) is an American physicist, engineer, and academic administrator.In February 2019, he was named the 16th president of the University of Connecticut and officially began his term in August.