They held it for 88 years; 1099-1187
Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Georgia, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maryland, South Carolina<span>, New Hampshire, Virginia, New York, North </span>Carolina<span>, and </span>Rhode<span> Island.</span>
Puritan migration to New England (1620–40) ... The Puritan migration to New England was marked in its effects in the two decades from 1620 to 1640, after which it declined sharply for a time.