On July 18, 1637, the Town voted to admit a group of dogmatic Puritans that would radically change the course of the town's history. Holliman recognized that as a religious liberal that he was not going to be welcome among them. In July 1637, he sold his land in Dedham and moved on. By 1866, his land in Dedham would house the First Church and Parish in Dedham, the Allin Congregational Church, St. Paul's Church, and the first free public school in America.
