The primary reason that the original settlers went to Jamestown was not a religious one. However, some early colonists in Jamestown did feel the need to spread the message of Church of England Christianity, which was widely practiced in England. Those colonists wanted to spread their religious beliefs to the local Native Americans. Overall, the Native Americans were not receptive to the religious beliefs of their new English neighbors. Settlers established churches in and around Jamestown.
The Pilgrims, who did leave England primarily for so that they could practice their version of Christianity freely, had originally intended to settle near Jamestown. However, their ship got off course. It was because of this that the Pilgrims created their own colony in what is now Massachusetts, rather than as planned in Virginia.
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