The passengers on board that ship were "gentlemen in wealth and character, with their servants and household effects."
They explored the coast along Long Island Sound and chose a site that became New Haven Colony.
They purchased land from the Quinnipiac Indians and formed a government based upon strict religious principles.
By 1640 a complete government had been established and the settlement, originally called Quinnipiac, was renamed New Haven.
In accordance with old English custom, the central square, now the Green, was designated a public common.
A copy of the 1641 Brockett map as shown in "Three Centuries of New Haven, 1638-1938" by Rollin G. Osterweis, published in 1953 by Yale Univ.
The residents must have had confidence in Brockett's judgment as he was often appointed by the Planters to a committee to resolve cases of differing opinion regarding settlers and Indians.
In 1654, John Brockett was appointed surgeon among a group of soldiers who had aligned themselves against the Dutch who settled along the Hudson River.
[4] In 1667 Brockett was commissioned by the Governor of New Jersey to survey the bounds of Elizabethtown, which has since become the City of Elizabeth, NJ.