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Dorset pilgrims : the story of West Country pilgrims who went to New England in the 17th century /

The story of a small group of English Puritans who, in the early 17th century, set sail to find a new life and a new Church in New England. Brought together by the recruiting powers and visionary drive of the famous Dorchester clergyman, John White, these pilgrims - many of them West Country neighbo...

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Main Author: Thistlethwaite, Frank.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London : Barrie & Jenkins, ©1989.
Subjects and Genres:
1600-1775
Puritans > New England > History > 17th century.
Puritains > Nouvelle-Angleterre > Histoire > 17e siècle.
Emigration and immigration.
Puritans.
Puritans > New England > History.
Puritaner
Auswanderung
Einwanderung
Geschichte (1630-1675)
West Country (England) > Emigration and immigration > History > 17th century.
New England > History > Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
New England > Emigration and immigration > History > 17th century.
Angleterre (Sud-Ouest) > Émigration et immigration > Histoire > 17e siècle.
Nouvelle-Angleterre > Histoire > ca 1600-1775 (Période coloniale)
Nouvelle-Angleterre > Émigration et immigration > Histoire > 17e siècle.
England > West Country.
New England.
United States, New England > History > Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
United States, New England > Emigration and immigration.
England > Emigration and immigration.
Neuengland
Dorset
England > Emigration to New England, history
History.
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Table of Contents:
  • The Earl of Warwick and the colonizing of America 1600-35
  • John White and the west country's Atlantic horizon 1620-30
  • The uprooting 1630-35
  • The voyage
  • Sojourn at Dorchester on Massachusetts Bay 630-35
  • Roger Ludlow and the trek to the Connecticut River 1635-36
  • Captain Mason and the Mystic Fort fight 1637
  • The planting of Windsor 1635-41
  • Matthew Grant and Windsor's first generation 1641-62
  • John Warham and Windsor Church 1635-70
  • A troop of horse 1658
  • The Wolcott family
  • Windsor's second generation 1662-75
  • Captain Newberry and King Philip's War 1675.

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