Theophilus Eaton was a New England colonist, politician, merchant and financier, who took part in organizing and financing the Great Puritan Migration to America. He was a founder of Massachusetts Bay Colony, and a founder and eventual governor of New Haven Colony. He was also among the founders of Boston, Greenwich, Connecticut, Eaton's Neck, Southold and East Hampton.
- Occupation
- civil servant
- Position held
- colonial governor of Connecticut
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Born
- 1590
- Died
