![]() ![]() But the Fortune was captured by the French before she could deliver her cargo to England. The Fortune began its return to England laden with goods worth 500 English pounds-more than enough to keep the colonists on schedule for repayment of their debt. Little did they know of the hardships endured by the Pilgrims during the previous year. The Fortune also carried a letter from the Merchant Adventurers chastising the colony for failure to return goods with the Mayflower that had been promised in return for their investment. The colonists were happy to see their friends, but they came with few supplies, which put a strain on the colony’s meager stores. Among the passengers were several additional members of the original Holland congregation, including William Brewster’s son Jonathan and Edward Winslow’s brother John. In previous attempts to escape from England to Holland some had their property seized and were put in prison. Separatists pilgrims free#They were seeking to establish a free Church. In November 1621, a year after the Pilgrims first set foot in New England, a second ship sent by the Merchant Adventurers arrived-the Fortune-bringing 37 new settlers. The Separatist had struggled for many hard years sacrificing their lives and fortunes trying to escape from the dread Sovereign Lord, King James or, for that matter, any King but Christ. About 11 years lateriIn 1620, a group of these radical refugees left for America as Pilgrims and founded the Plymouth Colony there, one of 13 colonies in America. They established the famous Plymouth Colony upon their arrival in the New World, but their story began nearly a century earlier. ![]() Plymouth was never a prosperous settlement, but the religiously faithful were content to be ignored by English officials and left to direct their own affairs. Separatists and Puritans were persecuted and prosecuted in England enslaved religions religious beliefs so fled to Leiden Netherlands for refuge. The Pilgrims were Puritan Separatists from England who believed that the Church of England was hopelessly corrupt and sought the freedom to practice their religion apart from government interference. In December 1620, these Separatists established Plymouth Colony on the rocky western shore of Cape Cod Bay in southeastern Massachusetts. ![]()
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