John White who was influential in colonising New England and he was a strong supporter of the puritan movement.
He was persuaded by White that a colony could established from the men employed to double man his ships for fishing purposes and they formed a plan to leave them on the coast to grow crops and live off the land so they could rejoin the fishing fleet next season.
White thought this could become a larger colony and a refuge for those suffering religious persecution.
Bushrod and White formed the Dorchester Company together with other friends and traders.
[1] Bushrode became a man of substance in Dorchester owning properties in various parts of Dorset.