During the reign of Henry VIII (1509-1547),
this was the name of the Calvinist reformers
who tried to make the Church of England
“pure” in terms of the principles of
Calvinism.
Puritans
During the reign of James I (1603-1625),
some of the Puritans separated from the
State-sponsored Church of England and
became known as this group.
Separatists
The meetings of the Separatists were
held at this manor house and were
led by William Brewster. (Two other
Separatist leaders were John
Robinson and William Bradford.)
Scrooby Manor House
By about 1608, having been
persecuted in England, many of the
Separatists secretly escaped from
England and went to this place in
order to obtain religious freedom.
City: Leiden (Leyden)
Province: Holland (South
Holland, or Zuid-Holland)
Country: Kingdom of the
Netherlands
Also around 1608, there was a group of
English traders who sailed to New
Plymouth, Massachusetts in the New
World. When the Native Americans came
out to trade, the English traders took
them as prisoners and brought them to
this country to sell them as slaves.
Spain
One of the Native Americans was this
young boy. He was “bought” by a
Spanish monk who treated him kindly
and taught him about Christianity.
Squanto
Some time after fleeing to Holland for religious freedom,
eventually the Separatists began to set their hearts and
minds on voyaging to this place.
Their reasons were many, such as:
• They experienced economic hardship in Holland;
• The Separatist youth were greatly influenced by the
worldliness of the culture of Holland;
• The Separatists yearned to fulfill the Great Commission
by establishing a society founded on Scriptural
principles, whereby the new society would shine the
light of Christ to the rest of the world.
New World
(North America)
This is the name eventually given to the
Separatists (but not until around 1669) due
to William Bradford referring to the group as
“strangers and pilgrims on the earth” (from
Hebrews 11:13) as they planned their
voyage to the New World.
Pilgrims
Meanwhile, Squanto eventually went to
England where he worked for John Slaney.
Slaney found out Squanto yearned to
return to his native country, and so agreed
to send him home on the first ship sailing to
America, which happened in 1618. When
Squanto returned to his native land in
America, he was heartbroken to find out his
entire village (the Patuxet tribe) was wiped
out by this.
Epidemic
Back to the Separatists in Holland,
representatives were sent from Holland
to England to make arrangements with
a merchant group to receive financial
backing for their travel to the New
World, as well as to receive permission
to settle on land in North America
owned by this company.
The Virginia Company
Needing more colonists for the trip, the
Separatists in Holland (who called
themselves the “Saints”) agreed to travel
to the New World with another group from
England. The “Saints” called the other
group this name.
“Strangers”
The “Saints” set sail from Holland for
England in May of 1620
aboard this ship.
Speedwell
In August of 1620, the
Speedwell and this ship set sail
from Southampton, England
leaving for the New World.
Mayflower
As the Speedwell was not seaworthy,
the ships had to return to England twice.
Finally, with this captain at the helm, the
Mayflower set sail for the New World on
her own, with only a portion of the
passengers who originally intended to
sail to the New World at that time.
Captain Christopher Jones
The Mayflower set sail from
Plymouth, England in this
month of 1620.
September
(Some sources say the date was
September 6, 1620, while others say
September 16, 1620. The 6th date
refers to the Old Style Julian calendar,
while the 16th date refers to the New
Style Gregorian calendar.)
This is the number of passengers
(not including the sailing crew)
who set sail for the New World
aboard the Mayflower in
September of 1620.
102
Although the conditions aboard
the Mayflower were not
favorable (crowded, unsanitary,
seasickness, storms, etc.),
only this many people died
during the voyage.
2
(One passenger plus one crew
member died. The passenger
was William Butten, a servant
of Samuel Fuller. The crew
member’s name is not known.)
There were three pregnant women
aboard the Mayflower:
Elizabeth Hopkins, Susanna
White, and Mary Allerton.
This is the name of the only child
born while voyaging on the
Mayflower before landing in the
New World.
Oceanus Hopkins
(He died in about 1623.)
In November of 1620, the Mayflower
first anchored here in the New World.
Provincetown
Harbor, MA on Cape
Cod
(This was obviously not their original
destination of Virginia.)
This was the name of the
captain who led the
exploration of the land to
determine where the Pilgrims
would settle.
Captain Miles
(Myles) Standish
(He was an English-born military officer
serving in the Netherlands, who befriended
the Separatists when they were in Holland.
The Separatists eventually asked him to
accompany them to the New World as a
military advisor.)
This was the name of the
area where Captain Miles
(Myles) Standish (and the
others who were exploring
with him) decided to settle.
New Plymouth
(This place had been formerly named by
Captain John Smith on a previous exploration.)
While anchored in Provincetown
Harbor, several of the “Strangers”
started making threats of mutiny
regarding establishing a new colony. In
response to the discord, this document
was written while still aboard the
Mayflower to establish a form of selfgovernment. The document was not
called this name until 1793.
Mayflower Compact
(This document was likely penned by William
Brewster and was signed by almost all the men
present on November 11, 1620 [Old Style
calendar]. The date using the New Style
calendar would have been November 21, 1620.)
This was the name of the large
boulder on which the colonists
reportedly first stepped while
disembarking from the Mayflower
after anchoring in New Plymouth.
Plymouth Rock
Due to harsh conditions (sparse
supplies, sickness, winter weather
elements without permanent shelter,
etc.), this percentage of colonists
died the first winter.
50% (half)
The remaining half of the
colonists survived the first
winter. In March, this Native
American was the first to go
meet the colonists.
Samoset
(He was a Native American
from the Wampanoag tribe who
spoke English.)
Samoset then brought this Native
American to also meet the colonists.
Squanto
(He had previously been invited to
live in the Wampanoag village.)
This Wampanoag leader
was brought to the colonists.
Massasoit
(He ended up signing a peace treaty
with Governor Bradford.)
As Massasoit’s high counselor, he was
appointed as an ambassador to
Plymouth Colony.
Hobbamock
Squanto stayed with the colonists to teach them how to gather
food, to recognize edible from poisonous plants, to locate
herbs for medicines, to plant corn, to make their way through
the wilderness, to understand the Native Americans, etc.
While Squanto’s life circumstances seemed unfavorable for a
long time, God used all the circumstances in Squanto’s life for
good. Squanto was even used by God to help the Pilgrims at
Plymouth Plantation become better established as a colony.
Thankful to God for all He had done, in October of 1621 the
Pilgrims set apart a day to thank the Lord for His goodness
and mercies and bountiful provisions. The day of thanks
turned into a 3-day feast. Chief Massasoit and 90 braves
brought newly killed deer and joined in the festivities.
Today, this 3-day feast
is referred to as this event.
The First
Thanksgiving
Background music is
“Winds of a Distant Land”
from the CD
“Piano Passages: Passage to Adventure”
produced by Dorian.
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