migrant, migrator - traveler who moves from one region or country to another

Pilgrim Father, Pilgrim - one of the colonists from England who sailed to America on the Mayflower and founded the colony of Plymouth in New England in 1620

pioneer - one the first colonists or settler in a new territory; "they went west as pioneers with only the possessions they could carry with them"

sourdough - a settler or prospector (especially in western United States or northwest Canada and Alaska)

homesteader, nester, squatter - someone who settles lawfully on government land with the intent to acquire title to it

Endecott, Endicott, John Endecott, John Endicott - born in England; in 1629 he became the founder of the Massachusetts Bay Colony (1588-1665)

Anne Hutchinson, Hutchinson - American colonist (born in England) who was banished from Boston for her religious views (1591-1643)

Minnewit, Minuit, Peter Minnewit, Peter Minuit - Dutch colonist who bought Manhattan from the Native Americans for the equivalent of $24 (1580-1638)

Miles Standish, Myles Standish, Standish - English colonist in America; leader of the Pilgrims in the early days of the Plymouth colony (1584-1656)

Roger Williams, Williams - English clergyman and colonist who was expelled from Massachusetts for criticizing Puritanism; he founded Providence in 1636 and obtained a royal charter for Rhode Island in 1663 (1603-1683)

Edward Winslow, Winslow - English colonial administrator who traveled to America on the Mayflower and served as the first governor of the Plymouth Colony (1595-1655)