. ▁From ▁the ▁First ▁S ett lement ▁in ▁ 1 6 3 8 , ▁to ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁the ▁First ▁Century . ▁ ▁Biography ▁ ▁Early ▁life ▁Bapt ist ▁cl erg yman ▁and ▁historian , ▁John ▁Call ender ▁was ▁born ▁in ▁ 1 7 0 6 ▁in ▁Boston , ▁Massachusetts ▁to ▁John ▁Call ender , ▁a ▁shop keeper , ▁and ▁Pr isc illa ▁Man . ▁In ▁his ▁early ▁youth , ▁John ▁Call ender ▁showed ▁unusual ▁intellectual ▁promise , ▁he ▁attended ▁ ▁Harvard ▁College ▁at ▁age ▁ 1 3 , ▁where ▁he ▁was ▁introduced ▁to ▁the ▁legacy ▁of ▁early ▁Bapt ist ' s ▁in ▁America . ▁The ▁first ▁president ▁of ▁Harvard ▁College ▁and ▁the olog ian ▁Henry ▁Dun ster ▁had ▁been ▁influenced ▁by ▁early ▁American ▁Bapt ist ▁leaders , ▁Dr . ▁John ▁Clar ke ▁and ▁other ▁Rh ode ▁Island ▁Bapt ists . ▁Found er ▁of ▁Boston ' s ▁first ▁Bapt ist ▁Church , ▁Henry ▁Dun ster ▁was ▁forced ▁to ▁res ign ▁from ▁Harvard ▁after ▁he ▁refused ▁to ▁bapt ize ▁his ▁infant . ▁ ▁As ▁a ▁Harvard ▁scholar ship ▁student , ▁John ▁Call ender ▁was ▁supported ▁by ▁the ▁benef actions ▁of ▁Thomas ▁H oll is ▁( 1 6 5 9 – 1 7 3 1 ), ▁a ▁Bapt ist ▁and ▁Cal vin ist , ▁and ▁Thomas ▁Br attle , ▁then - Har vard ▁College ▁tre as urer ▁and ▁a ▁member ▁of ▁the ▁Royal ▁Society . ▁At ▁gradu ation ▁in ▁ 1 7 2 6 , ▁young ▁Call ender ▁was ▁awarded ▁the ▁honor ▁of ▁deliver ing