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The first Anglican place of worship in Boston, it stands on land taken by Governor Andros from the burial ground next door: The Puritans refused to sell any land that would be used to benefit a denomination that had persecuted them.
The Puritans substituted such names for the others because they did not believe in honoring, as they would have put it, Popish saints.
In a particularly fanciful metonym, the Narragansetts referred to the Puritans as Wood-burners .
But even old-fashioned puritans have the right as citizens to protest the behavior of their president.
He was not trying to tell us that names like Increase, Constance , and Learned are now in general use thanks to the Puritans.