Pilgrim Fathers The first English colony which settled in Massachusetts. The company of 100 men, women, and children, set sail from Plymouth in the Mayflower on 6th September 1620, bound for the banks of the Hudson; but after a long and stormy voyage they landed (21st December) on the bleak shores of Cape Code, and founded the settlement of Plymouth. Also on this site: Encyclopedia of Science Encyclopedia of Alternative Energy & Sustainable Living |