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Knopf, Rourke, Constance. New York: Harcourt, Brace, and Company, Wertenbaker, Thomas Jefferson. New York: Grosset and Dunlap, Davis, Kenneth C. Daniel Baracskay. Puritans [electronic resource]. Other articles in Religious Perspectives and Churches. Want to support the Free Speech Center? Donate Now. His conversion and nurture in the separatist faith began when, as an orphaned teenager, he joined the fellowship that met in the house of William Brewster at Scrooby and enjoyed the ministrations of the Reverend Richard Clifton of Babworth.
This gathered church was also pastored by John Robinson, and it was he who, in , led into exile those members of the congregation who decided to settle in Amsterdam where, thanks to a truce between the Spanish rulers and the rebellious leaders of the United Provinces, there was the prospect of a peaceful life.
Disturbance caused by the Johnson-Ainsworth conflict prompted some members of the group to move on to Leyden. The Leyden radicals were not spared the curse of separation and re-separation and there were bitter conflicts between rival teachers.
After 10 years, fragmentation and other problems prompted some of the exiles to make another move to America. Those who had come from Scrooby constituted only a part of the body known to history as the Pilgrim Fathers. And there were English migrants, including Clifton and Robinson, who remained in the Netherlands.
If someone else had written about the founding of Plymouth Colony he might well have given a different account of its origins. Once several members of the Leyden settler communities had decided to move on, it was increasingly difficult to draw back — whatever the difficulties and whatever the moral choices that might be involved.
Dealings with the Virginia Company and Thomas Weston and his cronies, who were all working to different agendas, involved much soul-searching for these earnest Christians, some of whom decided to abandon the project at the last moment, either remaining in England or returning to the Netherlands.
One story often told to illustrate their dilemma is that of the four More children, born by an illicit union to the wife of a wealthy businessman, Samuel More. Rather than protest at this inhumane behaviour, Brewster and some of his friends consented to act as guardians to the children. To find out more, visit www. Sign in. Back to Main menu Virtual events Masterclasses. Who were the Pilgrim Fathers and what did they believe?
America: Brave new world or accident? The Pilgrim Fathers disembark the Mayflower, November The Pilgrims were just one group of radicals among several who left England for the Netherlands or North America.
The treaty had six points. Neither party would harm the other. If anything was stolen, it would be returned and the offending person returned to his own people for punishment.
Both sides agreed to leave their weapons behind when meeting, and the two groups would serve as allies in times of war. Squanto, a Wampanoag man who had been taken captive by English sailors and lived for a time in London, came to live with the colonists and instructed them in growing Indian corn. In the fall of , the colonists marked their first harvest with a three-day celebration. Massasoit and 90 of his men joined the English for feasting and entertainment.
In the s this famous celebration became the basis for the story of the First Thanksgiving. Over the next six years, more English colonists arrived and many of the people who had to stay behind in England or Holland when Mayflower left England were able to join their families.
By , Plymouth Colony was stable and comfortable. Harvests were good and families were growing. In , about people lived in Plymouth Colony.
A pilgrim is a person who goes on a long journey often with a religious or moral purpose, and especially to a foreign land.
After the Mayflower arrived, the first baby born was a boy. His parents William and Susannah White named him Peregrine - a word which means travelling from far away and also means pilgrim. The writer of Mourt's Relation in refers to the Plymouth Colonists as pilgrims. The Pilgrims in Holland the Netherlands Although they had religious freedom, life in the Netherlands was not easy.
The Move to America After careful thought, the congregation decided to leave Holland to establish a farming village in the northern part of the Virginia Colony.
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