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The Puritan migration to New England took place from 1620 to 1640, declining sharply afterwards. The term "Great Migration" can refer to the migration in the period of English Puritans to the New England Colonies , starting with Plymouth Colony and Massachusetts Bay Colony . [ 1 ]
1630 8 April – Winthrop Fleet : The ship Arbella and three others set sail from the Solent with 400 passengers under the leadership of John Winthrop headed for the Massachusetts Bay Colony in America as part of the Puritan migration to New England (1620–1640) ; seven more, with another 300 aboard, follow in the next few weeks.
The 1630s was a decade that began on January 1, ... April 8 – Puritan migration to New England ... Tilly is severely wounded during the battle and dies on April 30. ...
The Puritan's main purpose was to purify the Church of England and to make England a more Christian country. History of the Puritans under Elizabeth I, 1558–1603; History of the Puritans under James I, 1603–1625; History of the Puritans under Charles I, 1625–1649; History of the Puritans from 1649; History of the Puritans in North America
Puritan pedigrees: the deep roots of the great migration to New England (NEHGS, 2019). This book focuses on the Puritan ministers who led the Great Migration and shows their social and familial connections going back several generations in England. ISBN 9780880823845. Great Migration Parish Map.
Puritan churchgoers attended two sermons on Sundays and as many weekday sermons and lectures they could find, often traveling for miles. [62] Puritans were distinct for their adherence to Sabbatarianism. [63] Puritans taught that there were two sacraments: baptism and the Lord's Supper. Puritans agreed with the church's practice of infant ...
This eventually led to the further alienation of Anglicans and Puritans from one another in the 17th century during the reign of King Charles I (1625–1649), that eventually brought about the English Civil War (1642–1651), the brief rule of the Puritan Lord Protector of England Oliver Cromwell (1653–1658), the English Commonwealth (1649 ...
In 1625, shortly before the opening of the new parliament, Charles was married by proxy to Princess Henrietta Maria of France, the Catholic daughter of King Henri IV.In diplomatic terms this implied alliance with France in preparation for war against Spain, but Puritan MPs openly claimed that Charles was preparing to restrict the recusancy laws and even to grant Catholic Emancipation.