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Pilgrim Fathers

A Dictionary of British History | 2004 | | Copyright

Pilgrim Fathers The leaders of the Plymouth settlement on Cape Cod, made under a Virginia Company grant in late 1620. Religious dissidents from Scrooby (Notts.) had exiled themselves to Leiden in Holland, but decided their Englishness could better be preserved in English America, and sailed in the Mayflower. After a terrible early mortality and with Indian help, the colonists survived and increased.

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Pilgrim Fathers

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions | 1997 | | Copyright

Pilgrim Fathers. English Christian Dissenters who set sail in 1620 to cross the Atlantic (in the Mayflower) and who established Plymouth Colony. They numbered 102, though a baby was born at sea. The name was based on Hebrews 11. 13.

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JOHN BOWKER. "Pilgrim Fathers." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions. 1997. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

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Pilgrim Fathers

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church | 2000 | | Copyright

Pilgrim Fathers. The English founders of the colony of Plymouth, Mass., who sailed from the Netherlands and England in the Mayflower in 1620.

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E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Pilgrim Fathers." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Pilgrim Fathers." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O95-PilgrimFathers.html

E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Pilgrim Fathers." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O95-PilgrimFathers.html

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	PILGRIM FATHER IS ON COURSE FOR A RECORD. Newspaper article from: The Mail on Sunday (London, England); 3/25/2001
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