1576 - 1625
Life of
John Robinson, pastor of the Leiden congregation and spiritual mentor of the
Plymouth Colony.
1592 - 1596
John Robinson is enrolled at Cambridge University as a student of theology.
c. 1598 - c. 1604
John Robinson serves as an Anglican priest before embracing separatism and leaving the church.
1606
John Robinson joins the separatist congregation at Scrooby, England.
1607 - 1608
John Robinson leads the Scrooby congregation to relocate in Leiden, Netherlands.
1608 - 1625
John Robinson serves as pastor of the Leiden congregation in the Netherlands; encourages members to voyage to the New World to establish a colony.
Jul 1620
John Robinson delivers the farewell sermon to the members of his congregation leaving for North America.
1621 - 1625
John Robinson serves as long-distance spiritual mentor to the
Plymouth Colony until his
death.
