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1620 Pilgrims to America on Mayflower
1638 Printing press reaches America
1664 English capture/rename New York
1681 La Salle explores Louisiana
1700 American colonies prosper
1540 Spanish arrive in California
1540 Coronado travels through Midwest
1565 First colony St. Augustine
1584 - 1588 Roanoke Island Colony
1607 Jamestown 1st permanent settlement
1492 Columbus discovers West Indies
1507 The term America first used
1513 Ponce de Leon discovers Florida
1519 - 1538 Cortes conquers Mexico
1534 Cartier claims New France
 Henry Tudor
 b.1491 Greenwich Palac, England
 d.1546 Whitehall Palace, England
 Richard Thomas Edwards
 b.1523 Somersetshire, Wales
 d.1566 Cardiff, Wales
 Agnes Beaupenny Blewitt
 b.1509 Holcombe Rogu, England
 d.1575 London, England
 Richard B. Edwards
 b.1566 Somerset, England
 d.1635 Hagley Hall, Great Britain
 Thomas Griffith
 b.         
 d.         
 Helen Griffith
 b.1545 Somersetshire, Wales
 d.1616 St. Olavs, England
 
 
 
 Joshua Edwards
 b.1595 Hopton Cast, Great Britain
 d.1644 Wales, Great Britain
 Ellenor Thomas
 b.1562 Cardiff, Wales
 d.1628 Hagley Hall, Great Britain




1620 Pilgrims to America on Mayflower
1638 Printing press reaches America
1664 English capture/rename New York
1681 La Salle explores Louisiana
1700 American colonies prosper
1540 Spanish arrive in California
1540 Coronado travels through Midwest
1565 First colony St. Augustine
1584 - 1588 Roanoke Island Colony
1607 Jamestown 1st permanent settlement
1492 Columbus discovers West Indies
1507 The term America first used
1513 Ponce de Leon discovers Florida
1519 - 1538 Cortes conquers Mexico
1534 Cartier claims New France
 Edmund Tudor
 b.1430
 d.1456 Carmarthen Castle, Wales
 Henry Tudor
 b.1456 Pembroke Ca, Great Britain
 d.1509 Richmond, Surrey
 Margaret Beaufort
 b.1443 Bletsoe Cas, Bedfordshire
 d.1509 Abbot's H, Westminster
 Henry Tudor
 b.1491 Greenwich Palac, England
 d.1546 Whitehall Palace, England
 Elizabeth York Plantagenet
 b.1464
 d.1503
 Richard Thomas Edwards
 b.1523 Somersetshire, Wales
 d.1566 Cardiff, Wales
 Richard Blewitt
 b.1456 Lottisham, England
 d.         
 Nicholas Blewitt
 b.1482 Lottisham, England
 d.         
 Agnes Varney
 b.1460 Fairfield, England
 d.         
 Agnes Beaupenny Blewitt
 b.1509 Holcombe Rogu, England
 d.1575 London, England
 John Wykes Weekes
 b.1459 Somerset, England
 d.         
 Ann Wykes Weekes
 b.1485 Somerset, England
 d.         
 
 
 




1620 Pilgrims to America on Mayflower
1638 Printing press reaches America
1664 English capture/rename New York
1681 La Salle explores Louisiana
1700 American colonies prosper
1540 Spanish arrive in California
1540 Coronado travels through Midwest
1565 First colony St. Augustine
1584 - 1588 Roanoke Island Colony
1607 Jamestown 1st permanent settlement
1492 Columbus discovers West Indies
1507 The term America first used
1513 Ponce de Leon discovers Florida
1519 - 1538 Cortes conquers Mexico
1534 Cartier claims New France
 Robert Edwards
 b.1475
 d.         
 Henry Tudor
 b.1491 Greenwich Palac, England
 d.1546 Whitehall Palace, England
 Elizabeth York Plantagenet
 b.1464
 d.1503
 Richard Thomas Edwards
 b.1523 Somersetshire, Wales
 d.1566 Cardiff, Wales
 Nicholas Blewitt
 b.1482 Lottisham, England
 d.         
 Agnes Beaupenny Blewitt
 b.1509 Holcombe Rogu, England
 d.1575 London, England
 Ann Wykes Weekes
 b.1485 Somerset, England
 d.         
 Richard B. Edwards
 b.1566 Somerset, England
 d.1635 Hagley Hall, Great Britain
 Thomas Griffith
 b.         
 d.         
 Helen Griffith
 b.1545 Somersetshire, Wales
 d.1616 St. Olavs, England
 
 
 




1812 - 1814 War of 1812 with Britain
1846 War w/Mexico,Calif & NM acquired
1861 - 1865 Civil War, North vs. South
1867 Alaska Territory purchased
1869 Transcontinental Railroad complete
1775 - 1783 Revolutionary War
1776 Declaration of Independence
1789 George Washington first president
1803 Louisiana Territory Purchased
1805 Lewis and Clark reach Pacific
1720 Texas becomes Spanish possession
1735 Freedom of press established
1740 Colony population = 1.5 million
1754 - 1763 Anglo-French War
1773 Boston Tea Party tax rebellion
 Andrew Fender
 b.1782
 d.         
 Homer Absalom Fender
 b.1785 Surry Co., NC
 d.         
 Johann Christian Fender
 b.1740 Germany
 d.1800 Surry Co., NC
 Mary D. Fender
 b.1787
 d.         
 Nimrod Fender
 b.1766 Grayson Co., Virginia
 d.1851 Owens Co., Indiana
 Calvin Daniel Fender
 b.1789 Surry Co., NC
 d.         
 Anna Marie Long
 b.1743 Germany
 d.1813 Surry Co., NC
 John Fender
 b.1794 Surry Co., NC
 d.1857 Ashe Co., North Carolina
 Nancy Fender
 b.1796 Ashe Co., North Carolina
 d.         
 Robert Summers
 b.1721 North Carolina
 d.1785 Surry Co., NC
 Susan Fender
 b.1799 Ashe Co., North Carolina
 d.1867
 Sara Jane Somers
 b.1764 Virginia
 d.1857 Owen Co., Indiana
 Sarah Fender
 b.1802 Ashe Co., North Carolina
 d.         
 Pheobe Canady
 b.1725 North Carolina
 d.         
 David Calvin Fender
 b.1806 Ashe Co., North Carolina
 d.         
 Elizabeth Fender
 b.1808
 d.         
 Frances Fender
 b.1811
 d.         




1812 - 1814 War of 1812 with Britain
1846 War w/Mexico,Calif & NM acquired
1861 - 1865 Civil War, North vs. South
1867 Alaska Territory purchased
1869 Transcontinental Railroad complete
1775 - 1783 Revolutionary War
1776 Declaration of Independence
1789 George Washington first president
1803 Louisiana Territory Purchased
1805 Lewis and Clark reach Pacific
1720 Texas becomes Spanish possession
1735 Freedom of press established
1740 Colony population = 1.5 million
1754 - 1763 Anglo-French War
1773 Boston Tea Party tax rebellion
 Robert Summers
 b.1721 North Carolina
 d.1785 Surry Co., NC
 Sara Jane Somers
 b.1764 Virginia
 d.1857 Owen Co., Indiana
 Pheobe Canady
 b.1725 North Carolina
 d.