List of Puritans

The Puritans were originally members of a group of English Protestants seeking "purity", further reforms or even separation from the established church, during the Reformation. The group is also extended to include some early colonial American ministers and important lay-leaders. The majority of people in this list were mainstream Puritans, adhering strictly to the doctrine of Predestination. The more moderate ones, who tended towards Arminianism, have the label "Arminian" behind their names.

A

 * Robert Abbot
 * Joseph Alleine
 * Richard Alleine
 * Isaac Ambrose
 * William Ames
 * John Arrowsmith
 * Simon Ashe

B
• Robert Baillie

• John Ball

• Henry Barrowe

• Richard Baxter

• Thomas Baylie

• Lewis Bayly

• Richard Bernard

• Robert Bolton

• Samuel Bolton

• John Bond (Puritan)

• Thomas Boston

• Theophilus Brabourne

• William Bradford

• William Bradshaw

• Anne Bradstreet

• William Bridge

• John Brinsley the elder

• Thomas Brooks (Puritan)

• Hugh Broughton

• Robert Browne

• John Bunyan

• Peter Bulkley

• Anthony Burges

• Cornelius Burgess

• Jeremiah Burroughs

• Henry Burton

• Nicholas Byfield

• Richard Byfield

C
• Edmund Calamy

• Richard Capel

• Thomas Carter

• Thomas Cartwright

• Joseph Caryl

• Thomas Case

• Daniel Cawdrey

• Thomas Cawton

• Laurence Chaderton

• William Chaderton

• Stephen Charnock

• Francis Cheynell

• Thomas Coleman

• Edward Corbet

• John Cotton

• Miles Coverdale

• Oliver Cromwell

D

 * Thomas Danforth
 * John Darrell
 * John Davenport
 * Arthur Dent
 * John Dod
 * Philip Doddridge
 * Thomas Doolittle
 * John Downame
 * Calybute Downing
 * Thomas Dudley
 * John Dury

E

 * Theophilus Eaton
 * Jonathan Edwards, American heir of the Puritans who is often listed with them
 * Stephen Egerrton

F

 * Humphrey Fenn
 * John Field
 * William Fiennes, 1st Viscount Saye and Sele
 * John Flavel
 * John Foxe
 * William Fulke

G

 * Thomas Gataker
 * Anthony Gilby
 * George Gillespie
 * Bernard Gilpin
 * Christopher Goodman
 * Thomas Goodwin
 * William Gouge
 * Andrew Gray
 * Richard Greenham
 * William Greenhill
 * John Greenwood
 * William Guthrie
 * William Gurnall

H

 * William Hagar
 * Edward Hake
 * Robert Harris
 * John Harvard
 * Henry Hastings, 3rd Earl of Huntingdon
 * Thomas Hastings (colonist)
 * Alexander Henderson
 * Matthew Henry
 * Philip Henry
 * Charles Herle
 * Richard Heyrick
 * Gasper Hickes
 * Francis Higginson
 * Arthur Hildersham
 * Robert Hill (clergyman)
 * Thomas Hooker
 * John Howe
 * Joshua Hoyle
 * Laurence Humphrey
 * Anne Hutchinson

I

 * Henry Ireton

J

 * James Janeway
 * Francis Johnson

L

 * John Lathrop
 * Edward Leigh
 * Alexander Leighton
 * John Ley
 * John Lightfoot
 * Morgan Llwyd (Arminian)
 * Christopher Love

M

 * Thomas Manton
 * Francis Marbury
 * Stephen Marshall
 * Walter Marshall (Puritan)
 * Cotton Mather
 * Increase Mather
 * Richard Mather
 * John Maynard (1604–1690)
 * John Mayo (minister)
 * Joseph Mede
 * Walter Mildmay
 * John Milton
 * John More

N

 * Matthew Newcomen
 * John Norton (Puritan divine)
 * Nicholas Noyes
 * Philip Nye

O

 * John Owen

P

 * Herbert Palmer
 * Robert Parker
 * Thomas Parker
 * John Penry
 * William Perkins
 * Andrew Perne
 * William Phelps
 * George Phillips (Watertown)
 * Matthew Poole
 * John Preston

R

 * John Rainolds
 * Mary Rowlandson
 * Edward Reynolds
 * Edmund Rice
 * Robert Rich, 2nd Earl of Warwick
 * John Robinson
 * John Rogers
 * Rev. John Russell, Jr of Hadley, MA
 * Samuel Rutherford

S

 * Thomas Sampson
 * Henry Scudder
 * Lazarus Seaman
 * Obadiah Sedgwick
 * Jeremiah Shepard
 * Thomas Shepard
 * Richard Sibbes
 * Sidrach Simpson
 * Peter Smart
 * William Spurstowe
 * Edmund Staunton
 * Peter Sterry
 * Solomon Stoddard
 * Samuel Stone
 * Elder John Strong

T

 * Edward Taylor
 * Thomas Taylor (priest, 1576–1633)
 * James Temple
 * Robert Titus
 * Walter Travers
 * Thomas Tregosse
 * William Twisse

U

 * John Udal
 * Nicholas Upsall

V

 * Richard Vines
 * Thomas Vincent

W
• George Walker

• Nehemiah Wallington

• John Wallis

• Nathaniel Ward

• Samuel Ward (minister)

• Samuel Ward (scholar)

• Thomas Watson

• Isaac Watts

• Thomas Wellman

• Paul Wentworth

• Peter Wentworth

• John Wheelwright

• Jeremiah Whitaker

• John White

• David Whitehead

• William Whittingham

• Giles Wigginton

• Michael Wigglesworth

• John Wilson

• John Winthrop

• Daniel Williams

• Roger Williams (theologian)

• George Wither (became Puritan from c. 1620)

• John Woodbridge

• Benjamin Woodbridge

• Robert Woodford

Y

 * Patrick Young