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It was eastern Massachusetts and some other parts of New England that were largely settled from East Anglia in the third quarter of the 17th century (and grew mostly by natural increase thereafter).
Virginia's settlement was largely drawn at first from southwestern England.
Of course, there was a great deal of variability in settlement, but those were the dominant patterns. The easiest modern resource on this is Fisher's Albion's Seed.
Mar 31, 2008, 1:43:00 PM
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