Williams (Roger) arrives in Boston on board the Lyon

February 19, 1631

(OS-2/9) [2/5-BG] Although offered a position at the First Church in Boston, he refuses it because “they would not make a public declaration of their repentance for having communion with the Churches of England while they lived there,” and leaves Boston.

Sources
  • Morris, Gilbert
  • Winthrop, John
  • Bremer, Francis J.