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The Massachusetts Bay Colony was among the original colonial settlements in the area that is now the United States. Settled by English colonists in 1630, the colony was centered in Boston and Salem and represented the area that blossomed into the state of Massachusetts. The colony was established by the Massachusetts Bay Company and was probably the third major, permanent settlement in the future U.S. colonies. It followed settlements at Jamestown and Plymouth. Following the settlement of Plymouth in 1620 by Puritans on the Mayflower and seeking to separate from the Church of England, the Sheffield Land Patent was given to the predecessor of the Massachusetts Bay Company in 1623.