The Church of England was legally established in the colony in 1619; 22 Anglican clergyman arrived by 1624.
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Many sought refuge in New Jersey, Rhode Island and especially Pennsylvania, which was owned by William Penn, a rich Quaker.
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Puritans were English Protestants who wished to reform and purify the Church of England in the New World of what they considered to be unacceptable residues of Roman Catholicism.
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