After a recent conversation, I find it necessary to
once again explain that there were other Puritans than those that arrived on
the Mayflower.
In 2020 we will celebrate the 1620 arrival of the
Mayflower to this land. Of course, as a researcher and supporter of women, I applaud
the Puritan women who made this treacherous journey, settled down in Plymouth
and had many children so there are lots of descendants who will celebrate their
Mayflower heritage. They were first and that is something to celebrate.
I hasten to say though, these are not the puritan
women I researched and profiled in Female
Adventurers. No, my women came a little later, in the 1630s, as part of the
Great Migration orchestrated by John Winthrop. Many of them did not settle
down. They saw as their mission spreading their puritanism across the land.
Time after time, they uprooted their families and moved to start another town.
I hope there will come a time when we can celebrate their sacrifices.
The Pilgrims from Plymouth were here first. The women I write about came a decade later in the Great Migration. Does this answer your question?
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