James Pierpont (Yale founder)

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Rev. James Pierpont (born January 4, 1659, Roxbury, Massachusetts; died November 22, 1714, New Haven, Connecticut) was a Congregationalist minister who is credited with the founding of Yale University in the United States. In 1701, Pierpont, a graduate of The Roxbury Latin School and Harvard University, secured the charter for The Collegiate School of Connecticut, which soon thereafter took the surname of its benefactor Elihu Yale.

His daughter, Sarah Pierpont, married noted colonial minister Jonathan Edwards. Another one of his descendants was financier John Pierpont (J.P.) Morgan.

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• Hooker, Edward. "The Descendants of Rev. Thomas Hooker, Hartford, CT", 1909. Retrieved on 2006-07-12.