the Mayflower Pilgrims?

A corner of England in Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire and South Yorkshire is where the villages can be found where the Pilgrims’ congregation originated. They were seeking religious freedom and separation from the Church of England, which led them to be called Separatists. In the early 1600’s Gainsborough thrived as a hotbed of religious dissent, attracting the local Separatists led by influential figures like John Robinson and William Brewster. They worshipped in secret at Gainsborough Old Hall, a medieval manor house in the centre of the town.

Their desire to establish a new colony in the New World was long and they made several attempts to escape. After a dangerous 10 weeks at sea with limited supplies and the uncertainty of an unfamiliar land, they established the Plymouth Colony in 1620.