The land grant to the Duke of York for land west of the Connecticut River caused New York and New Hampshire to have a similar dispute over what is now Vermont that was still under some contention in the late 1700s. Vermont was more fortunate than New Haven as it became an independent state rather than part of New York or New Hampshire. This dispute did result in some land grants within the present Vermont borders being unclear until the Republic of Vermont was admitted to the Union in 1791, the last of the original colonies (see History of Dover, VT by Kull).
About twenty of the New Haven freemen went to Hartford in May 1665 to be admitted to the Connecticut court but they “were sent home as repudiated, after they had suffered the difficulties and hazards of an uncomfortable and unsafe journey in that wet season.” (Davenport’s letter to Winthrop quoted in Atwater, 1902). In 1666 there were still only ten freemen from New Haven who had taken the oath to Connecticut and were sworn in as freemen of Connecticut, thus able to vote. One was Thomas Yale (see Yale family). Another was David Atwater (see Atwater family) William had died by then and his sons were still minors. The officials of the town were allowed to continue in their roles even though they had not been yet been sworn in as Connecticut freemen, a requirement for town officials in Connecticut.
It was not until 1669 that most, if not all, the freemen of New Haven had become freemen of Connecticut. By then Davenport, the spiritual leader and main founder of New Haven Colony, had given up. Refusing to take the oath of allegiance to Connecticut, he left New Haven for Boston on Sept. 27, 1667 and Nicholas Street, took over as the minister until his death in 1674. (Conclusion)
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