Plymouth Colony

Noun

Meaning

colony formed by the Pilgrims when they arrived at Plymouth Rock in 1620; it was absorbed into the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1691

Examples

A separate theory purports that one branch of a "Hurst" family of Virginia (originally from Plymouth Colony) moved to South Carolina at about the same time and changed the spelling of its surname of over a century to that of the emigrant Hearsts. Source: Internet

In Plymouth Colony Rogers Group, depicting the courtship of John Alden and Priscilla Mullins : "Why Don't You Speak for Yourself, John?" Source: Internet

The Brewster Genealogy, 1566-1907: a Record of the Descendants of William Brewster of the "Mayflower," ruling elder of the Pilgrim church which founded Plymouth Colony in 1620. Source: Internet

For a scholarly unbiased perspective on the Plymouth Colony read Nathaniel Philbrick’s “Mayflower: A Story of Courage and War.” Source: Internet

Restrictions and pleasures details Public notice in Boston deeming Christmas illegal The Plymouth Colony Puritans of New England disapproved of Christmas celebrations, as did some other Protestant churches of the time. Source: Internet

The patent of Plymouth Colony was surrendered by Bradford to the freemen in 1640, minus a small reserve of three tracts of land. Source: Internet

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