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.

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

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E Theophilus Eaton Jonathan Edwards Stephen Egerrton

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

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Henry Ireton

J James Janeway Francis Johnson

L John Lathrop Edward Leigh Alexander Leighton John Ley John Lightfoot Morgan Llwyd Israel Loring Christopher Love

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N Matthew Newcomen John Norton Nicholas Noyes Philip Nye

O John Owen

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T Edward Taylor Thomas Taylor James Temple Robert Titus Walter Travers Thomas Tregosse William Twisse

U John Udal Nicholas Upsall

V Ralph Venning Richard Vines Thomas Vincent

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Y Patrick Young

See also

List of Puritan poets

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