"Where did the ""Mayflower"", carrying the Pilgrim Fathers, early settlers to Massachusetts, America, sail from in 1620?"
Mayflower Steps Mayflower Steps The Mayflower Steps are close to the site in the Barbican area of Plymouth, south-west England, from which the Pilgrim Fathers are believed to have finally left England aboard the "Mayflower" on 6 September 1620, before crossing the Atlantic Ocean to settle in North America. The traditional site of their disembarkation in North America is Plymouth Rock. The passengers who came predominantly from East Anglia sought religious and other freedoms. They had no links with Plymouth, but because of bad weather in the English Channel they were forced to put in at Plymouth seeking shelter and essential repairs.
Pilgrim Fathers Church founded their own religious community. After living in Leiden for eleven years, they decided to become Pilgrims and cross the wide waters to America, where they might worship God in their own way and still be Englishmen. The great adventure started in Delfshaven, on 21 July 1620. There a ship awaited them, the "Speedwell", that was bound for America. According to the chronicles the Pilgrim Fathers knelt down in prayer on the quay near the church. Much later, American visitors gave the church its third name: Pilgrim Fathers' Church. The most radical rebuilding took place in 1761. At this time