Who were the "Pilgrims"?

I know you know this Dr. Bob, but the Pilgrims were Separatists from the Church of England, largely because of the unbiblical ties of church and state. They were outlawed in England, eventually ending up in America after a stint in Holland. They were a local church that chose to pursue the ability to rear their children as they thought right and to evangelize. They were believers (IMO) although they were Covenant Theology and baptized babies. They carried their faithful old Geneva Bibles.

They purchased land from the Indians, made treaties that were never broken during the whole history of their colony, and celebrated the Thanksgiving feast that we know of in 1623 after Govenor Wm. Bradford rightfully violated the financial agreement under which they were sponsored by making individual families responsible for their own land and crops. Two years of almost starving under communal society proved to them that socialism didn't work. Individual property and responsibility put a permanent end to their want. Bradford's "Of Plimoth Plantation" is fascinating reading. Ever been to Plimoth Plantation?