Quinnipiack
Chosen For Settlement A.D. 1637.
Named New Haven
A.D. 1640.
The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them.
O God of Hosts look down from heaven and behold and visit this vine.
A.D. 1638 A company of English Christians led by John Davenport and Theophilus Eaton
were the founders of this city.
Here their earliest house of worship was built A.D. 1639
The First Church beginning with worship in the open air Apr. 15, [o.s.] 1638 was the beginning of New Haven and was organized Aug. 22, [o.s.] 1639.
This house was dedicated to the worship of God in Christ Dec. 27, 1814.
Marker is on Temple Street 0.1 miles south of Elm Street, on the right when traveling south.
Courtesy hmdb.org
