as followeth,
I [Theophilus Eaton] being by the providence of God an inhabitant
w^thim Newhaven Jurisdictiō, doe acknowledge myselfe to be subject
to the goverm^t thereof, and doe sweare by the great and dreadfull
name of the ever living God, to be true and faithfull vnto the same,
and doe submitt both my person and my whole estate thervnto
according to all the wholsome lawes and orders thatt for present are
or hereafter shall be there made and established by lawfull
authority, and thatt I will neither plott nor practise any evill
agst the same, nor consent to any thatt shall so doe, butt will
timely discover the same to lawfull authority here established, and
thatt I will as I am in duety bounde, maintaine the hono^r of the
same and off the lawfull magistrates thereoff, promoting the
publique good of the same whilest I shall continue an inhabitant
there. And whensoever I shall be duely called a free burgesse,
according to the fundamentall order and agreem^t for governm^t in
this jurisdictiō to give my vote or suffrage touching any matter
w^ch concerneth this comō wealth, I will give itt as in my
conscience I shall judge may conduce to the best good of the same
w^thout respect of persons, So help me God in our Lord Jesus Christ.
Then he gave itt to all those whose names are herevnder written,
[Two hundred and sixteen names.] [1644.]
In May, 1665, the Colonies of Connecticut, and New Haven were united as
the Colony of Connecticut in New England.