Theophilus Yale

Captain Theophilus Yale (1675 – 1760) was a British military officer, magistrate, and one of the early settlers of Wallingford, Connecticut.

His grandnephew, Dr. Lyman Hall, became one of the Founding Fathers of the United States, and a signatory of the Declaration of Independence.

His daughter, Sarah Yale, became the great-grandmother of abolitionist Congressman Sherlock James Andrews, who welcomed Abraham Lincoln at Cleveland during his presidential visit.

[5][3] Theophilus Yale is recorded among the early settlers and proprietors of the town of Wallingford, along with his father Capt.

[12] In 1742, at a meeting of the Convocation of New Haven County, Theophilus Yale, as a member of the First Church of Wallingford, launched a complaint against Harvard graduate, Rev.

[15][13] His behavior, called disorderly and offensive in conduct to the laws of God, ended up in a trial, and Robbins was excluded from the council with criminal charges.

Nicholas Street was a minister, colleague of John Davenport, and graduate of Pembroke College at Oxford.

[18][19][20] Through his wife Sarah Street, Yale became the granduncle of Dr. Lyman Hall, one of the Founding Fathers of the United States.

Jeremiah Peck, a founder of Newark, New Jersey, and first rector of Hopkins Grammar School, funded by Theophilus's granduncle, Gov.

[26][27] Among his descendants, number were involved in seafaring ventures; the grandson of his son Theophilus, Sea Captain Theophilus Yale, was involved in the Old China Trade, dealing in natural resources, and died at sea in Valparaiso, Chile.

[28][29][3] Relatives included Dr. John Graham of Wallingford, seaman Joseph Yale, his brother-in-law the sea captain Thomas Davis Winship, capt.

Thomas Winship was captured when serving aboard the brig General Armstrong under commander Samuel Chester Reid, who later helped design the Flag of the United States.

[2] His wife died at the home of her son-in-law named Joseph Hough, in Wallingford, on November 28, 1795, at 94 years of age.