The Puritan migration to New England took place from 1620 to 1640, and declined sharply thereafter. The term "Great Migration" can refer to the migration in the period of English Puritans to the New E
Village sign of Hingham, Norfolk, where Puritans left for Hingham, Massachusetts
Pilgrims Going to Church, an 1867 portrait by George Henry Boughton
Winthrop Fleet
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The Winthrop Fleet was a group of 11 ships led by John Winthrop out of a total of 17 funded by the Massachusetts Bay Company which together carried between 700 and 1,000 Puritans plus livestock and pr
Puritan migration to New England (1620–1640)
…English expatriate communities of Nonconformists and Separatists from the Dutch Republic who had fled to the European mainland since the 1590s. The Winthrop Fleet of 1630 included 11 ships led by the flagship Arbella, and it delivered some 700 passengers to the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Migration continued until…
Arrival of the Winthrop Colony, by William Halsall