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J. W. Morrison
380
Robert Moore
482
William F. Thomas. . 401
Frank Thomas 401
James II. Newton. . 381
Benj. A. Newton. 381
Jason M. Newton.
Harriet Taylor. 403
Rev. T. J. Nesmith 382
Charles L. Gerard
465
Hall family
466
Elizabeth Nixon 382 Will E. Nixon 382
James M. Thomas 400
N. B. Morse, M. D. 381
Gen. Sammel Thomas . 401 Owen Thomas 403
Elias Stout Teeter 399
James Montooth
318
William L. Mooney
319
Isaac B. Spillman.
395
Nathan Snare 395
Major W. K. Merriman 374 Ilon. James 11. Miller . 375
Minott Silliman 565
Lovi Silliman . 394
Perry 11. Smith. 394
Thomas II. Maxfield ..
371
Whitney Smith
395
Charles M. Swank
298
William Miner. . 378
Isaac Thomas.
400
Daniel Tyrrell, M.D. 407
Col. William Jackson.
Aaron Harvey .. 413
Oliver Whitaker 413
Hugh Rhodes.
564
William Mahany. .
694
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Thomas Oliver. 495
Benson S. Scott. 520
William Parks. .. 486 Peter Sheets .. 520
Matthew B. Parks 486 Henry Springer. 522
William G. Perkins 486 Amelia M. Standard 522
Gideon Potter. 487
John F. Reed . 488
Simon B. Spencer. 488
Isaac Spencer. 489
Charles Stuart 450
Sturms family. 489
John Turnbull 480
John G. Turnbull 490
William 11. Turnbull. 491
William Turnbull. 491
Archibald Vandyke. 491
Charles Vandyke 492
Ilewes White
492
ESSEX TOWNSHIP.
F. F. Brockway
Thomas Colwell. 50%
Henry Colwell. 508
John Colwell 509
Joseph Cox. . 509
Thomas W. Cox 509
W. K. Cox .. 509
Malon Cox. 510
Mary E. Cox. 510
I. P. Carpenter 510
Ilannah Dixon. . 510
Samuel Dixon 510
Rosanna Dixon . . 510
Philip F. Earhart 510
Eliza Edwards 511
Isaac B. Essex 511
Thomas Essex
Philip Fast 512
lane Frail 512
James M. Estep. 512
George Fautz .. 512
Joseph Friedman 513
Daniel Gingrich 513
Imeinda Gingrich 513
A. E. Gingrich.
Thomas Graves 514
Nancy Graves 514
James Graves. 515 .Joseph S. Graves. 515
Jacob Graves.
516
Lemuel Graves
516
Argelon Graves
516
Jerome Graves, 516
James Hartley 517
Ann Hartley
11 Ingram 511
Jared Jones 511
Abner Kerns 518
John lafler. 51%
A. C. Harris. 551
Jesse 1. Mollitt 519 Harry Ilayes, 551
Josiah Moffitt. 519
John 11. Ogle. 519
Martha Hill. 551
Sabrina Ililliard.
551
Azro Hilliard. 552
Charles limes 552
llomer II. Himes, 553
('ad. Howell. 553
D. J. Hurd 553
James Ingels. 553
James Jackson
Barnabas M. Jackson .. 554
Capt. C. P. Jackson. 554
J. M. Jones
Jacob Jones.
Sheridan Jones.
Capt. F. A. Jones 556
William Marks 556
James Martin . 557
William Mason. 557
John A. Maxfield
Oren Maxfield. 557
Elijah MeClenahan. 551
Henry MeClenahan. . Elijah J. McClenahan. . 557
James McStimpson. 558
Harris W. Miner. . 558
Susanna Miner. .... 109 559 Robert Moore 559
Henry S. Newcomer. . 559
Dr. J. H. Nichols 559
James Nicholson. 560
Eric U. Norberg 560
Michael Nowlau. 560
William Nowlau. 561
Philanda Pomeroy 561
Elijah Pomeroy 561
Henry Presler. 561
Samuel Parrish 561
Squire Parrish 562
Bethnel Parrish 562
'Joel Parrish. 563
1. 11. Quinn 563
Mrs. Reed .. 564
Win. A. Reed. 564
Isaac C. Reed
Hugh Rhodes,
564
John F. Rhodes 564
T. W. Ross. 565
Jacob Ross 565
Lucretia Ruston. 565
Minott Silliman 565
C. F. Spillman
William Snyder 566
Alfred 31. Snyder 567
A. B. II. Suyder
J. F. Thompson. 561
V. Todd ..
Orson Grant 550 . Abbie A. Todd.
Smith Tuttle.
568
Poter II. Wade.
568
551 . John White .. 568
John A. While
569
John H. White.
569
Samuel 31. White.
569
John S. Haxton 551 Simeon Williams. 569
Rev. J. L. Williams. 570
Henry M. Rogers 520
John Scott. . 520
John P. Standard
Christopher Trickle. 523
Edward Trickle 523
Jefferson Trickk' 523
Mason B. Trickle 523
Sylvester Wilkinson 524
Alonzo Wilkinson. 524
Solomon Wilkinson. 525
Thomas Winn. 109
GOSHEN TOWNSHIP.
Eric Anderson 543
Joseph Atherton 543
Jesse S. Atherton. 543
Mrs. A. Atherton 543
R. C. Baker. 543
Jeremiah Bennett. 543
A. R. R. Bevier. 544
U. II. Brown .. 544
Emory S. Bullum 544
Jonas Butler. 544
Mrs. P. Cavenaugh 544
Melinda Carver. 545
Dr. J. R. Crawford 545
W'm. L. Dalrymple. 545
Elder Delle 545
Mrs. Dickinson. 545
Rebecca Dickinson 545
Jeremiah DeMuth 545
Lotan Dexter 546
George F. Dexter 546
Daniel Dodge 546
Mrs Dudley 546
S D. Easton 546
Elijah Eltzroth 546
Conrad Emery 547
John Emery 547
Jacob Fall 547
Mrs. Farr. 547
Barnabas Frail. 547
D. K. Fell. 548
Isabella Fell. 548
Gideon B. Gillette 548
1 T. Gardner. 549
Hugh Galbraith. 549
Eph. Garrison 550
Luther Geer.
550
Nelson Grant 550
Ruth Graves 550
Thomas Gemmell. 550
William J. Hamilton.
Andrew Hamilton 551
Capt. W. W. Wright .. 570 (Had L. Yale. 511
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OSCEOLA TOWNSHIP.
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Cyrus Bocock. 620
Thomas J. Borock. 621
William C. Bocock. 621
John B. Brown. 622
Zebulon Avery.
Dr. J. G. Boardman
589
John V. Bevier.
589
John II. Boyd. 590
A. Il. Brock. 500
Mrs. Capperune 590
Mrs. Cushing 590
James B. Doyle 590
W. P. Dator. 590
Mrs. Driscoll.
590
Mrs. Fink ..
590
Patrick Finnigan 590
Wesley T. Foster. 501
Otis Gardner.
591
Charles F. Hamilton. 591
Jenny Hartley.
599
Thomas W. Harmon.
William Harvey
592
Geo. L. Haskins 592
Mrs. T. Horan 593
John Lackic.
598
Emily M. Lewis. 593
Francis J. Liggett.
594
Geo. W. Longmire. 595
Catherine MeNulty 595
John A. Mielkey
595
Il. R. Mokeler 596
James M. Morris. 596
A. B. Morse .. 597
Harmon Phenix. 597
Geo. W. Reed 597
George Reeves. 598
Benjamin F. Rockhold 598
Asher Smith 599
Byron Smith 599
Liberty Stone 599
Mrs. Herbert Scarles 600
Nicholas Sturmn. 600
Church Sturtevant.
600
Isaac Sturm.
600
A. J. Sturm 600
Seth Start. 601
August S. Thompson 601
Joseph E. Weed. 601
Washington White 602
Naomi Wilcox
602
John Winslow
602
Calvin Winslow 602
PENN TOWNSHIP.
Henry B. Ackley 613
John Ackley. 615 Humphrey Avery . . . 616-18 S. G. Avery .616-19 Elizabeth Smith Avery .. 616 Miles Avery .. 617
Joseph C. Avery 619
Heber Chase. 651
Bernard Colgan. 652
Thomas H. Crone 653
Wm. Dawson .. 653
John L. Dawson. 654
James L. Dawson. 654
Elizabeth Down 654
Wmn. Down. 654
Mary A. Dewhurst
James Dewhurst. 655 L. Duckworth. 655
G. W. Duryea. 655
Joseph Eby.
655
A J. Faulkner
655
Ambrose Ghert 656
A. W. Hendricks 6.57
Henry Hampson 657
Sarah Hampson. 657
Thomas Heaghney
David Ilodges.
Chas. M. Ifull. 659
Gro. L. Jackson. 659
James Jackson. . 664
Mrs. Judith S. Joh 660
David Joh. . 660
Thomas Kelly 660
G. Klepfer. 660
Alonzo Kengsley 660
Jonathan Luce
660
George Marlatt.
661
Malinda Marlatt. .
661
William McConnell.
Sarah MeGinniss 662
John Morrissy 663
William Peterson 663
John Schanck. 664
Jacob Simmerman.
A. J. Simmerman.
Edwin Snare.
665
John Speers 665
Carl Stagg. 666
James Ti 655
Charles D. Stisser. 669
Geo. C. Van Oglell. 669
Thomas Wickham, cik history.
Asahel Wilmot. 670
Harriet N. Wilmot. . .
Samuel Wrigley. 6:1
WEST JERSEY TOWNSHIP.
S. V. Addis 684
D. O. Addis. . 684
James P'. Addis. 685
Ella Addis. .
Francis Anthony 655
John Il. Anthony 685
Cyrus Anthony
William Barr
Mrs. Bishop 686
William Bishop. 646 Joseph Bodine 686 John P. Bodine.
David J. Bodine. 6ST
R. A. Boyd
David W. Brown.
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Mary P. Adams 588
Major A. Ames 588
Crammer W. Brown. 622
Erastus Brown.
629
Harlow Brown. 623
Benjamin B. Bunnell. . 623
James A. Bunnell. 624
Robert E. Bunnell. 624
Daniel Coghlan 625
Samuel Crum.
625
(. W. Davison. 625
Geo. D. Eagelston. 626
William Eagelston 626
Mary Farwell. 626
James W. Fleming 626
Levi Fouts. 627
Zura Fuller 621
C. D. Fuller 621
Benj. F. Gharrett 628
William D. Grant. 628
George Green. 628
Andrew Harty 620
James Holgate. 630
Dr. J. R. Holgate 630
Edwin Holmes 630
Leo July. 633
Michael Kitterman 634
Alexander Kissinger 634
Thomas Leadley. 634
"Auntie " Mclaughlin. 634
James MeNulty. 634
Geo. W. Miller 634
Warren Pettit 635
Virgil Pike 635
Chas. II. Perkins. 635
William Redding. 656
William Ryan. 635
Wm. S. Smith
635
John Snare. 636
James Suare 636
R. S. Snare. 637
Edward Somers 638
Elizabeth Sturm. 638
Micagy Swiger
638
Wm. II. Whitten 638
(. Wilson 639
Archibald Wheeler. 626
Lydia Whife.
630
Abram Zinu. 639
VALLEY TOWNSHIP.
Joseph Anderson 648
Margaret (. Brain 648
Wm. Atkinson .. 648
Perry C. Burdick. 651
Bishop Chase 405.
Philander Chase 706
Philander Chase 651
Robert MeBocock 619
Elijalı Borock 620
Henry Seeley.
635
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Lucinda Dancer 687
R. W. King, M. D. 693
Mary L. Swank
700
John Dryden.
John Keller 694
Peter Sheets 200
Rebecca Dunn
Jacob Kissell. 694
George Sheets. 00
A. A. Dunn.
689
Philip Knoff. 694
Jacob B. Smith. 200
George Eckley
689
James Little. 684
Jacob Stimmell. 701
Hannah Gaffney
689
William Mahany 694
Sarah H. Stimmell 201
John Finley 689
James V. B. Mahany !. 694
Robert Stonier .. 701
A. J. Finley. 689
W.S. McClanahan, M.D. 695
Chas. W. Terry
702
Samuel J. Fox.
600
Rev. A. C. Miller. 695
Washington Trickle. 703
Sarah George
690
I. L. Newman 696
A. D. Van Sickle. :03
Jacob N. Hazen.
690
Joseph Palmer 696
John Wiley,
504
John Hazen ..
690
Willard Palmer 696
W. W. Webster
204
S. R. Ilazen. 691
John Pratz .. 699
Eccles B. West.
700
James R. Ilenry
691
Jonathan Pratz
699
Jacob Wygell.
698
Mrs. Ingels.
692
S. It. Sanders
699
Mahala Young
704
Levi Johnson
692
John Sargent.
100
C. W. Young. 704
A. J. Johnson.
692
Belle Shafer 700
I. Q. Young. 705
Wm. II. Johnson
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INTRODUCTION.
PART I.
CHRONOLOGY OF THE UNITED STATES.
HIE honor of discovering land in the western hemisphere has been variously credited. It is said, and on very good authority, that it was known to the people of Carthage. as the Atalantis of Plato's "Critias and Timaeus." Again. Saint Brendan is credited with its discovery in the sixth century ; while Powell, in his history of Wales, assumes that the Welch prince, Madoc, left his country in 1170 with his retainers, and made a settlement here. The works of those early settlers and explorers were of such little utility that nothing has been transmitted by them to posterity which might substantiate the claims of their latter day countrymen. Not so with the Tartars and others. The ancient inhabitants of Hispaniola, Peru. Mexico, and even Canada, who came rin Kamptschatka from China, Japan, and even from Africa, left behind them immutable souvenirs of their coming and their stav, and gave to the continent two great empires-Mexico and Peru. Then followed Spain with her Christian hero, the Genoese, Col- umbus, 1492: then England with the two Venetians, John and Se- bastian Cabot, 1497: then Portugal with the Florentine, Vespuchus. 1501: then the French explorers. Cartier, Marquette. Joliet, La Salle, Allouez, Dablon, and hundreds of other Frenchmen who explored and wrote and preached. The record of discovery by Europeans. as accepted, is as follows: Christopher Columbus, San Salvador, 1492; John and Sebastian Cabot, Labrador, 1497: Ameriens Vespucius. Brazil. 1501 : Gaspar Cortereal. Canada. 1501 ; Ponce de Leon, Florida. 1512 : Juan Verazani, Coast of North Carolina. 1524 ; Jacques Cartier, Gulf of St. Lawrence, 1534; Hernandez Cortes, California, 1536: Fer- dinand de Soto, Mississippi river. 1541 ; Samuel Champlain. River St. John, 1604 ; Henry Hudson. IIndson river. 1609. Marquette, Joliet. La Salle, Upper Lake and Mississippi region : Verandrye. DeSmet, Rocky Mountains.
The aboriginal inhabitants of this continent have left numerous evidences of their existence, such as ruins, stone and copper vessels
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and instruments. The written records of their occupation are scarce and unintelligible. The Indian inhabitants munber over a quarter of a million (260,079) and are grouped as follows : Apaches, New Mexico. 7,300 : Arrapahoes. Upper Platte river. 720 : Arrapahoes, Upper Ar- kansas river. 3,000; Arricarees, Upper Missouri river. 1,080; Assini- boines. Upper Missouri river. 3.250 ; Blackfeet. Upper Missouri river. 2.080 ; Bloods, Upper Missouri river. 2,400; Brales, Upper Missouri river. 1.120 : California Tribes, California, 33,590 ; Camanches, Upper Arkansas river, 1.800; Cayugas. Senecas. New York. 147 ; Cherokees, West Arkansas river, 17,580: Chevennes. Upper Platte river, 1.800 ; Chevennes. Upper Arkansas river. 1,600 ; Chickasaws. West Arkansas river. 4.287 ; Chippewas of Lake Superior, Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota, 4,940 ; Chippewas of the Mississippi river, Minnesota, 4,028; Chippewas and Ottawas, Michigan. 5,006 : Chippewas of Saginaw and Swan Creek. Michigan, 1629; Chippewas, with Pottawatomies, Michigan, 247 ; Choctaws, West of Arkansas. 16,000; Christian, or Munsees, Kansas, 90 ; Creeks, West of Arkansas, 25,000 ; Crows, Upper Missouri river, 3.900 ; Delawares, Kansas, 1,071 : Gros Ventres. Upper Missouri river, 1,000 ; lowas, Nebraska. 291; Kansas Kaws, etc., Kansas, 741 ; Kaskas- kias. Weas, Peorias. Weas Miamis, and Piankeshaws, Kansas, 384; Kiekapoos, Kansas, 340; Kiawas, Upper Arkansas river, t.800; Man- dans, Upper Arkansas river, 120; Menominees, Wisconsin, 1.724; Mi- amis. Indiana. 384; Missouris and Ottoes. Nebraska, 470; Minnecon- goux. Upper Missouri river, 1.280, Mubauche, Utahs. New Mexico, 566 ; Navajoes and Mognis. New Mexico, 15,000; Omahas. Nebraska, 953 ; Onondagas, New York, 422; Oniedas, New York, 160 ; Oniedas with Onondagas, New York, 70; Oneidas with Stockbridge, etc .. Wis- consin, 323 ; Oregon Tribes, Oregon. 13,000 ; Osages, West of Arkan- sas. 4,095: Pawnees (four bands). Nebraska. 3.414 : Pri nos Mescal- eros, etc .. New Mexico. 400; Ponas. Nebraska, Pois with Kickapoos. Kansas, 69; Pottawatomies of Huron, Michigan, 50 ; Pottawatomies at Ageney proper, Kansas, 2.259: Pueblos. New Mex- ico, 10,000 ; Qua. West of Arkansas. 314 : Ses and Foxes ( Missis- sippi), Kansas, 1,280; Saes and Foxes (Missouri, Nebraska, 96; Sans Ares, Upper Missouri river. 1,600 ; Senecas, New York, 2,988 ; Senecas, with Shawnees, West of Arkansas, 159 : Seminoles, West of Arkansas, 2.500 ; Shawnees, Kansas, 830 ; Sionx of the Mississippi, Upper Mis- souri river. 8.656 : Sioux of the Missouri. Upper Platte river. 6,000 ; Stockbridge, with Munsees. Wisconsin, 323 : Tuscaroras. New York. 305: Two Kettles, Upper Missouri river, 960; Utah Tribes, Utah. 1.200 ; Utahs (New Mexico), New Mexico, 2,500; Uncopapas. Upper Missouri river. 2,680 ; Washington Territory Tribes. Washington Ter ritory, 14,000 ; Winnebagoes. Upper Missouri river. 2.256; Wyandots, Kansas. 435; Yanetonnais (Missouri), Upper Missouri river, 3,840. Since the Revolution many of these tribes have been constantly up in arms against the whites. The Indian War of 1790. the Barbary War of 1803. the Tecumseh War of 1804. the British Indians War of 1812. 15, the Algerine War of 1st5, the first and second rebellions of the Seminoles, 1817 and 1835. the Black Hawk War of 1832, the Minne- sota Massacre of 1562. the Peigan War of 1867. the Sioux War of
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1875-8. the Nez Perces War of 1877. and the Apaches War of 1883. with a thousand other minor affairs convey an idea of the manner in which the conquest of the Indian nations was affected.
From the days of Cortez and Pizarro to our own times war has been waged at intervals throughout the two Americas. In our own country the following named wars have engaged the attention of the inhabitants from 1675 to 1883: King Philip's War, 1675 : King Wil- liam's War, 1689 ; Dutch War, 1673 ; Queen Anne's War, 1744 ; French and Indian War. 1753 : American Revolution, 1775 : Indian War, 1790; Barbary War. 1803; Tecumseh War, 1804 : War of 1812. 1812 ; Alger- ine War, 1815: First Seminole War, 1817: Black Hawk War, 1832 ; Second Seminole War, 1835 ; Mexican War, 1846 ; the Southern Rebel- lion. 1861 ; Sioux War. 1875-75. The Revolutionary War may be said to begin with the agitation against the Stamp Act in 1765, and to end with the inglorious surrender of Cornwallis to Washington and Lafay- ette. October 19. 1781. In April, 1783 Congress notified Washington of the treaty of peace just entered into, and on April 18th, at New- burg. the commander-in-chief ordered the proclamation to be read at the head of every regiment, and religious services to be held. On April 19th, 20th, 21st and 220 festivities were the rule in honor of complete victory. Acting under Washington's order of April 19. 1783. preparations for the illumination of the victory building were made. The headquarters' regiments. then in Newburg cantonment. were ordered to cut and square 124 pieces of timber to seven inches. deliver the same to Colonel Gouvion, the French officer in charge of the illuminations, and aet under his directions in erecting the building. The regiments were Maryland Detachment. Fourth Regiment. Jersey Regiment, Jersey Battalion. First New York Regiment, Second New York Regiment, Hampshire Regiment. Hampshire Battalion, First Massachusetts Regiment. Fourth Massachusetts Regiment. Seventh Massachusetts Regiment. Second Massachusetts Regiment. Fifth Mass- achusetts Regiment. Eighth Massachusetts Regiment and Third Mass- achusetts Regiment. The shoeless troops worked in the forest until the 20th of April. delivered the timber, erected the great frame for illumination, and thus celebrated the defeat of the British.
The troops of the Revohition were made up of 231.075 regular infantry and cavalry. and 56,033 militia. The states contributing were the free states. 172,819 regulars, and 45,910 militia. Slave states. 58.255 regulars, and 19.123 militia.
Notwithstanding the utter ront and defeat of the English. that nation reorganized for revenge, and under many guises brought on the War of 1812. Their motto was. " we will punish that upstart Yankee nation, take its navy and some of its territory." Toward this end they dispatched 1,000 war vessels, fully manned and equipped. to capture or destroy the 20 war ships of the United States." A few " Yankee " sailors swept this fleet from our ocean and sea coasts, destroying for- ever all hope in British hearts for the restoration of tyranny here. The defeat of Proctor's English and Indians in Canada closed this last struggle for English supremacy.
The Mexican War brought other successes to the Union, resulted in
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the acquisition of some territory ; but above all formed a military school in which many soldiers of the Union studied the art of war, and prepared themselves to be of use in the greater struggle, then unseen, to preserve the Union itself.
The War of the Rebellion commenced in 1861 and ended in 1865. The fall of Fort Sumter was a signal for the uprising of the people. The news of the calamity was flashed throughout the world on April 14, 1861, and early the next morning the proclamation of President Lincoln was telegraphed to the chief executive officer of each state. The proclamations of the governors were issued April 16, 1861, and on that the same day every man within the loyal states was prepared to act a citizen's part. The number of men called for by the president was 2,942,748 and the number obtained 2,690,401. The reenlistments brought the number up to 2,859,132, while the number who commuted or obtained substitutes was 86,724.
The troops furnished by the Southern States were, with the excep- tion of those of Louisiana, nearly all white. Florida furnished two regiments of cavalry : Alabama one white regiment ; Mississippi one battalion, and North Carolina two regiments, one cavalry. The calls of October, 1863, and February, 1864, were combined, and the product of the draft July, 1863, credited thereon.
In addition to above total. 63,322 men were obtained from the territories and secession states under the different calls. The draft gave 168,649 men. The number of colored troops was 186,097.
The Confederates succeeded in enlisting 600,000 men, of whom one third were killed on the field or died of wounds or disease. The re- maining 400,000 were captured, or became prisoners by surrender, or deserted. The total losses of the North and South approximated to 600,000 men. The war cost the United States about $4,000,000,000.
The Chronological History of the United States has been prepared with great care. It covers the leading events in American history, and for this reason it must prove invaluable as a plain record and reference.
1492 Columbus sails from Spain August 3 ; arrives at San Salvador, Oc- tober 12 ; at Cuba, October 28 ; and Hayti, December 6.
149% Cabot discovers Labrador, July 3.
1498 Columbus discovers South America, August 10.
1501 Negro slaves imported into Spanish America. or Hispaniola.
Ameriens Vespucius discovers Brazil.
1506 Columbus died, May 20.
1512 Florida discovered by Ponce de Leon. April 6.
1513 Balboa discovers the Pacific ocean.
1520 Carolina visited by Lucas Vasquez de Ayllon, September 29.
1534-5 Cartier came up St. Lawrence to Montreal in June.
1521 Mexico conquered by Cortez.
1524 Coast of North America explored by John Verazani.
1541
De Soto discovered the Mississippi.
1563 Huguenots settled at Port Royal.
1564 Iluguenots settled in Florida.
1565 St. Augustine. Fla., settled by Spaniards, September 18.
1583 Henry Gilbert's troops take New Foundland.
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1585
First English colony arrived on Roanoke Island under Raleigh.
1587 Second attempt to form the settlement.
1602 Cape C'od discovered by Bart. Gosnold, May 24.
1605 Port Royal, N. S., settled by the French.
1606
London and Plymouth Companies chartered.
160% Jamestown settled by the London Company.
Plymouth Company settled on the Kennebeck river, August 21.
1608 Quebec founded by the French under Champlain. Jnly 3.
1609 Virginia received its second charter, June 2.
Hudson river discovered by Hudson, September 21.
1610 Starving time in Virginia.
1612 Virginia received its third charter, March 22.
1613 Pocahontas married to Rolfe in April.
1614 John Smith explored New England coast. New York settled by the Dutch.
1616 Tobacco culture commenced in Virginia.
Father Le Caron in the West.
1620 Plymouth, Mass .. settled by Puritans.
Negroes introduced as slaves.
Charter granted to Council of Plymouth.
A Dutch vessel with first negro slaves entered James river.
1621 Treaty with Massasoite, April 1.
1622 First Indian massacre in Virginia. April 1.
1623
New Hampshire settled at Little Harbor and Dover.
1621
Delaware and New Jersey settled by Swedes and Finns.
1632 Maryland settled by Irish Catholics, under the leadership of Lord Baltimore at St. Mary's, and Baltimore named after a village of that name in Cork county. Ireland.
1032-4 College founded in Baltimore.
Nicollet traveled in Michigan and the West.
1633 Connecticut settled at Windsor in October.
1636
Rhode Island settled at Providence. Harvard College founded. The Pequod war.
1638
Delaware settled, near Wilmington, April.
1641 New Hampshire settlements united to Massachusetts. French mission in the Northwest.
1644
Second Indian massacre in Virginia. April.
1645
Clayborne's rebellion in Maryland.
1650
North Carolina settled on the Chowan river.
1651
The " Navagation Act " passed by the British Parliament.
1652
The Maine settlements united in Massachusetts. 1655 Civil War in Maryland.
New Sweden conquered by the Dutch, October.
1663 Carolina granted to Clarendon and others.
1664
New York became an English province ; New Amsterdam changed to New York, September 8. New Jersey settled, at Elizabethtown.
1665 Mesnard, Allouez and others explore the West.
1668 Father Marquette at St. Maire.
1670 South Carolina settled, on the Ashley river.
1673 Virginia granted to Culpepper and Arlington.
Marquette and Joliet explore the Illinois country.
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1643 Union of the New England colonies formed. May 29.
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1675 King Phillipp's war begun, attack on Swanzey, July 4. Marquette died. May 18.
1616 Bacon's Rebellion.
1680 La Salle, Hennepin and other French explorers on the Mississippi. Charleston founded.
New Hampshire made a royal province. September 28.
1682 Pennsylvania settled by Quakers.
Delaware granted by the Duke of York to William Penn, August 31.
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