Berkeley was "bitterly hostile" to Virginia's Puritans and Quakers. These nonconformist Calvinists became known as Puritans. These were people descended from the English Puritans who settled New England in the 1600s. These early settlers were Puritans and republicans. Robert Roth argues that Hume's histories display his biases against Presbyterians and Puritans. Franklin's parents were both pious Puritans. I of England had begun persecuting Puritans. New England was initially settled primarily by Puritans fleeing religious persecution. Eating habits were more egalitarian than those of either the Puritans or the Virginian Anglicans. Most of the Puritans who emigrated settled in the New England area. In New England, one-fifth of the Puritans were indentured servants. Some strong religious beliefs common to Puritans had direct impacts on culture. Plymouth was followed by the Puritans and Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1630. The calendar reform became a major point of tension between the Anglicans and Puritans. This conception was a critical influence in the development of the Puritans in Colonial America.