Colony and Date Founded Massachusetts 1621---Pilgrims---Plymouth Colony 1630?Puritans--Mass. Bay Colony Rhode Island---1644 Connecticut---1662 New Hampshire---1679 New Netherland---1609 New York---1664 New Jersey---1702 Pennsylvania---1681 Delaware---1682 Maryland---1634 North/South Carolina---1663 Virginia---1607 Georgia---1732 Persons Responsible William Bradford---Pilgrims John Winthrop---Puritans Plymouth colony merges with Mass. In 1691 Roger Williams Anne Hutchison Rev. Thomas Hooker John Mason Sir Ferdinando Gorges Came from Mass. Bay Colony Henry Hudson for Netherlands Duke of York of England named it New York