> As I see it, all of those subdivisions were part of something larger.

They were all part of Great Britain, but using that for a colonial location in New England would be as unspecific as using "Great Britain" as the location for someone buried in Mickfield, Suffolk, England at about the same time.

Dale H. Cook, Member, NEHGS and MA Society of Mayflower Descendants;
Plymouth Co. MA Coordinator for the USGenWeb Project
Administrator of http://plymouthcolony.net