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Some 100 peopl e,
many of t hem
seeking rel igious
f reedom in t he New
Worl d, set sail f rom
Engl and on t he
Mayf l ower in
Sept ember 1620.
That November, t he
ship l anded on t he
shores of Cape Cod,
in present -day
Massachuset t s. A
scout ing part y was
sent out , and in l at e
December t he
group l anded at
Pl ymout h Harbor,
where t hey woul d
f orm t he f irst
permanent
set t l ement of
Europeans in New
Engl and. These
original set t l ers of
Pl ymout h Col ony
are known as t he
Pil grim Fat hers, or
simpl y as t he
Pil grims.