[Jerry_M]

I think tht you are confusing the "Pilgrims" with the "Puritans". The "Pilgrims" did, for the most part, flee to Holland, and then on to New England (Plymouth Plantation), whereas the "Puritans", settled the Massachussetts Bay Colony. These two groups, while in close proximity, held to very different beliefs and were always competing against each other.

[WillRain]

Thank you for pointing this out. It is an example of my public school education that I had always understood the two to be one and the same. I had never, until now, had any reason to suspect differently.
While I am embarrased to be caught out on what, apparently, should be common knowledge (especially to one who considers himself a middling history buff anyway) I am glad to have the misconception corrected.

Thank you.