<P> Other Puritans were convinced that New England could provide a religious refuge , and the enterprise was reorganized as the Massachusetts Bay Company . In March 1629 , it succeeded in obtaining from King Charles a royal charter for the establishment of the Massachusetts Bay Colony . In 1630 , the first ships of the Great Puritan Migration sailed to the New World , led by John Winthrop . </P>
<P> Other Puritans were convinced that New England could provide a religious refuge , and the enterprise was reorganized as the Massachusetts Bay Company . In March 1629 , it succeeded in obtaining from King Charles a royal charter for the establishment of the Massachusetts Bay Colony . In 1630 , the first ships of the Great Puritan Migration sailed to the New World , led by John Winthrop . </P>
when did the puritans arrive in new england
when did the puritans arrive in new england
1630
1630