Puritan
The founder of Hampshire was Nicholas Gilman Jr.
He is the founder of New Hampshire.
The original land grant or patent for New Hampshire was issued to Captain (later Vice Admiral of New England and the former Governor of Newfoundland) John Mason in 1620 by King James I and to that extent he is considered the founder of New Hampshire.
Captain John Mason.
While they were mostly Church of England it was not founded by a religious group or for religious motivations.
For religious freedom
new Hampshire
It is named for one of the counties in southern England.
Captain John Mason and Ferdinando Gorges
Was the founder of New Hampshire but he never saw the Colony he created.
Primarily Church of England.
catholic is the single largest domination