October 10, 2026

Two Puritan military leaders, hunted for their role in the 1649 regicide of King Charles I, fled across the Atlantic, found refuge in New Haven, Connecticut and later hid in Hadley, Massachusetts in the home of the town's minister John Russell. Which fugitive English Puritan general fled with Colonel Edward Whalley after this execution?

A William Goffe
B Alan Powell Goffe
C Bartholomew Gosnold
D Martín de Goiti

New Haven, Connecticut and Hadley, Massachusetts both sheltered William Goffe. He fled to New Haven with Colonel Edward Whalley after the English regicide, and was later hidden in Hadley in the home of its minister John Russell.

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