17th-century American writers

English soldier, explorer, writer (1580–1631)

English Baptist theologian and author (1603–1683)

American religious minister and scientific writer (1663–1728)

Governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay and Author of "City upon a Hill" (1588-1649)

English Separatist leader in Leiden, Holland and in Plymouth Colony (1590-1657)

American woman captured by Native Americans during King Philip's War

Puritan minister, academic, activist (1639-1723)

English minister, theologian, immigrant to Massachusetts (1585-1652)

Mayflower passenger (1595-1655)

English writer

Puritan clergyman and pamphleteer in England and Massachusetts

founder of Springfield, Massachusetts 1590-1662

Swedish Lutheran minister in New Sweden

early settler of American colonies, Captain of the Massachusetts Bay Colony Militia