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24 maj 2017 · John was the most popular of the Puritan names for boys, followed by Joseph, Samuel and Josiah. Not so popular: Moses, Adam, Abraham and Solomon. Not all Biblical names were equal. Almost never did the Puritans name their children Jesus, Angel, Emmanuel or Christopher.
The Puritans were originally members of a group of English Protestants seeking "purity", further reforms or even separation from the established church, during the Reformation. The group is also extended to include some early colonial American ministers and important lay-leaders.
13 wrz 2013 · Many Puritan names started to die out after 1662, when the newly restored monarch, Charles II, introduced new laws that cracked down on nonconformist religions and consolidated the power of the...
In the early 17th century, thousands of English Puritans settled in North America, almost all in New England. Puritans were intensely devout members of the Church of England who believed that the Church of England was insufficiently reformed , retaining too much of its Roman Catholic doctrinal roots, and who therefore opposed royal ...
In the early 17th century, thousands of English Puritans settled in North America, mainly in New England. Many believed the Church of England had been insufficiently reformed, retaining too much of its Roman Catholic doctrine, and wished to separate from the church.
The Puritans of the Massachusetts Bay Colony were the most active of the New England persecutors of Quakers, and the persecuting spirit was shared by the Plymouth Colony and the colonies along the Connecticut river.
29 paź 2009 · The Puritans were members of a religious reform movement that left the Church of England and brought their practices to the New World beginning in the 1600s.
