General Discussion

Puritan was a term coined for "the most protestant of protestants." eg. anti-Catholic.

The Plymouth Rock posse came from Leiden aboard a Dutch ship. the Mayflower, and they are frequently depicted in Dutch clothing -- black frocks, square buckles, etc.

History can inform and aid our understanding of the present but only if we are really interested in researching history. Starting with bias and conclusions OTOH leads nowhere. Borden ignores that the Plymouth Puritans believed in the spiritual equality of men and women and:

“were much more tolerant than people think, particularly for their time,” he says. “They did not require people in the Plymouth Colony to follow Calvinist beliefs. This led to a conscious construction of a society with separation of church and state.”

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/the-pilgrims-before-plymouth-111851259/