The Plymouth Colony was established by Separatist Pilgrims who had travelled from Europe in order to flee religious persecution and establish a religious community separate from the Church of England.

It is at this time that we should imitate the Pilgrims by accompanying our prayers of thanks with the conviction that we shall continue to be in dire need for the Lord's protection in the future, if we are to have peace ; ;

There are no contemporary references to the Pilgrims ' landing on a rock at Plymouth.

For years many sources have listed " Pilgrims " as the early Boston AL team's official nickname, but researcher Bill Nowlin has demonstrated that the name was barely used, if at all, during the team's early years.

The origin of the nickname appears to be a poem entitled “ The Pilgrims At Home ” written by Edwin Fitzwilliam that was sung at the 1907 home opener (“ Rory O ’ More ” melody ).

In 1796, cranberries were served at the first celebration of the landing of the Pilgrims, and Amelia Simmons ( an American orphan ) wrote a book entitled " American Cookery " which contained a recipe for cranberry tarts.

* 1620 – Pilgrims aboard the Mayflower sight land at Cape Cod, Massachusetts.

" The Embarkation of the Pilgrims " ( 1857 ) by the American painter Robert Walter Weir at the Brooklyn Museum in New York City

The core of the group that would come to be known as the Pilgrims were brought together by a common belief in the ideas promoted by Richard Clyfton, a Brownist parson at All Saints ' Parish Church in Babworth, near East Retford, Nottinghamshire, between 1586 and 1605.

The first documented use of Pilgrims ( that was not simply quoting Bradford ) was at a December 22, 1798 celebration of Forefathers ' Day, in Boston.

Harriet Vaughan Cheney used it in her 1824 novel A Peep at the Pilgrims in Sixteen Thirty-Six, and the term also gained popularity with the 1825 publication of Felicia Hemans ' classic poem, " The Landing of the Pilgrim Fathers.

In 1620 Robert Cushman negotiated the lease of the Mayflower at 59 Palace Street for the purpose of transporting the Pilgrims to America.

William the Conqueror used The Pilgrims ' Way when he sacked the countryside, including Guildford, after his victory at the Battle of Hastings.

Pilgrims still consulted the oracle until 391-392 CE when Emperor Theodosius closed all pagan temples, banned all pagan religious activities, and cut the ancient oak tree at the sanctuary of Zeus.

" When considering candidates for this important position, the Pilgrims had at first hoped to engage Captain John Smith.

The Pilgrims had originally intended, and been given permission by the Crown, to settle at the Hudson River, now the site of New York City.

Bradford called a public meeting at which the Pilgrims decided to send Standish and a small group of eight, including Hobbamock, to Wessagusset to kill the leaders of the alleged plot to wipe out the English settlements.

The Lady Pilgrims defeated Indianapolis Chatard 47-46 at Conseco Fieldhouse in Indianapolis.

It was Monhegan traders who taught English to Samoset, the sagamore who in 1621 startled the Pilgrims by boldly walking into their new village at Plymouth and saying: " Welcome, Englishmen.

Originally settled by the Nauset tribe, Eastham was the site where in 1621 a hunting expedition comprised from the crew of the sailing vessel Mayflower, which had stopped in Provincetown harbor on Cape Cod Bay after a rough crossing of the Atlantic Ocean, which led to the first encounter of the Pilgrims and the local Nauset Indians at First Encounter Beach.

Ossamequin's people had been seriously affected by a plague just prior to the arrival of the Pilgrims at Plymouth.

Pilgrims arrive at Condom after Miradoux and continue on to Larressingle.

The first is titled " The Desolate Wilderness " and describes what the Pilgrims saw when they arrived at the Plymouth Colony.

Bunyan presents a decrepit and harmless giant to confront Christian at the end of the Valley of the Shadow of Death that is explicitly named " Pope ": Now I saw in my Dream, that at the end of this Valley lay blood, bones, ashes, and mangled bodies of men, even of Pilgrims that had gone this way formerly: And while I was musing what should be the reason, I espied a little before me a Cave, where two Giants, Pope and Pagan, dwelt in old times, by whose Power and Tyranny the Men whose bones, blood ashes, & c. lay there, were cruelly put to death.

But by this place Christian went without much danger, whereat I somewhat wondered ; but I have learnt since, that Pagan has been dead many a day ; and as for the other, though he be yet alive, he is by reason of age, and also of the many shrewd brushes that he met with in his younger dayes, grown so crazy and stiff in his joynts, that he can now do little more than sit in his Caves mouth, grinning at Pilgrims as they go by, and biting his nails, because he cannot come at them.

Plymouth Rock is the traditional site of disembarkation of William Bradford and the Mayflower Pilgrims who founded Plymouth Colony in 1620 and an important symbol in American history.

" Newspaper writers of the time used other nicknames for the club, including " Somersets " ( for owner Charles Somers ), " Plymouth Rocks ," " Beaneaters ," the " Collinsites " ( for manager Jimmy Collins )", and " Pilgrims.

* 1620 – Plymouth Colony: William Bradford and the Mayflower Pilgrims land on what is now known as Plymouth Rock in Plymouth, Massachusetts.

* 1621 – The Pilgrims of Plymouth Colony sign a peace treaty with Massasoit of the Wampanoags.

* 1620 – The Pilgrims sail from Plymouth, England, on the Mayflower to settle in North America.

; Plymouth Colony: Settled in 1620 by the Pilgrims.

* The voyage and struggles of the Pilgrims have also been the subject of some pieces of literature including Of Plymouth Plantation by William Bradford, who himself was an important figure of the 1620s, and Felicia Hemans ' classic poem, " The Landing of the Pilgrim Fathers.

* December 21 – Plymouth Colony: William Bradford and the Mayflower Pilgrims land on what is now known as Plymouth Rock in Plymouth, Massachusetts.

* March 22 – The Pilgrims of Plymouth Colony sign a peace treaty with Massasoit of the Wampanoags.

* October – The Pilgrims of Plymouth Colony and Wampanoags celebrate a harvest feast ( 3 days ), later regarded as the " First Thanksgiving ", noted for peaceful co-existence.

The idea of constructing such a canal was first considered by Miles Standish of the Plymouth Colony in 1623, and Pilgrims scouted the low-lying stretch of land between the Manomet and the Scusset rivers for potential routes.

Pilgrims ( US ), or Pilgrim Fathers ( UK ), is a name commonly applied to early settlers of the Plymouth Colony in present-day Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States.

For over a century and a half after Bradford wrote this passage, there is no record of Pilgrims being used to describe Plymouth ’ s founders, except when quoting Bradford.

Even though Plymouth celebrated Forefathers ' Day several times between 1769 and 1798, and used a variety of terms to honor Plymouth's founders, Pilgrims was not mentioned, other than in Robbins ' 1793 recitation.

He was the descendant of Plymouth Pilgrims Robert Cushman, Thomas Cushman, William Bassett, and the descendant of Sylvanus Lazell, a Minuteman and brigadier general in the War of 1812 ; and Edmund Lazell, a member of the Constitutional Convention in 1788.

Myles Standish ( c. 1584 – October 3, 1656 ; sometimes spelled Miles Standish ) was an English military officer hired by the Pilgrims as military advisor for Plymouth Colony.

The term " Pilgrims " is now used primarily to refer to the Separatist congregation, although it is often applied to all the original settlers of Plymouth Colony ( both Separatist and Anglican ).

After further exploration, in late December 1620 the Pilgrims chose a location in present-day Plymouth Bay as the site for their settlement.