From 1420WBSM:
The folks who founded the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1630 were religious fanatics. The Puritans, as they became known, escaped religious persecution in England. Disagreeing with their extreme religious views might have resulted in banishment.
Banishment was getting off easy for the early colonial settlers. If the Puritans suspected you were in cahoots with Satan, perhaps a witch, you might be burned alive. So how is it then that there came to be a place called Satan’s Kingdom, which still exists in Massachusetts? That’s a good question.