Abraham Pierson was an American Congregational minister who served as the first rector, from 1701 to 1707, and one of the founders of the Collegiate School — which later became Yale University.
Statue of Rev. Abraham Pierson, Old Campus of Yale College, circa. 1879
Jared Eliot was an American colonial scientist, minister, and physician. He was born in Guilford, Connecticut, but spent most of his life from 1707 until his death in Killingsworth, now called Clinton
Medal awarded to Jared Eliot in 1762, by the London Institute, “for producing malleable iron from the American black sand.”