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Are Puritans Separatists? Puritans were non-separatists who, in 1630, joined the migration to establish the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Within 10 years Puritans settled most of Massachusetts, Connecticut and areas of Long Island. Are Separatists and Puritans the same? The Puritans wanted to purify the Church of England while the Separatists (aka, the Pilgrims) wanted to