The Reverend Noadiah Russell was a Congregationalist minister, one of the founders and trustees of Yale College, and one of the framers of the Saybrook Platform.
Background
Russell was born in New Haven, Connecticut, the son of William Russell, who emigrated from England in 1638, and his wife Sarah Davis. His father died in 1665. His will requested that his "son be devoted to God in the way of learning, being likely to prove a useful instrument in the good work of the ministry." He graduated from Harvard in 1681, and became a teacher.
Career
He was ordained at Middletown on 24 October 1688. He was one of the ten founders of Yale in 1701, and a trustee of Yale College for twelve years (1701–1713). Russell was buried in Riverside Cemetery in Middletown.