Francis J. Bremer is Professor Emeritus of History at Millersville University of Pennsylvania and Coordinator of New England Beginnings, a partnership of institutions and individuals organized to commemorate the cultures that shaped early New England. He is the author of over a dozen books on puritanism in the Atlantic world, including most recently Lay Empowerment and the Development of Puritanism. One Small Candle: the Plymouth Puritans and the Beginning of English New England will be published in August.