1607 Jamestown 1st permanent settlement 1620 Pilgrims to America on Mayflower 1638 Printing press reaches America 1664 English capture/rename New York 1681 La Salle explores Louisiana | 1534 Cartier claims New France 1540 Spanish arrive in California 1540 Coronado travels through Midwest 1565 First colony St. Augustine 1584 - 1588 Roanoke Island Colony | 1492 Columbus discovers West Indies 1507 The term America first used 1513 Ponce de Leon discovers Florida 1519 - 1538 Cortes conquers Mexico |
William De Strother b.1390 d.1420 | ||||||||
Thomas De Strother b.1419 England d.1480 Northumberland, England | Isabel De Widdrington b. d. | |||||||
Richard Strother b.1478 Northumberland, England d.1530 England | Thomas Horton b.1409 d. | |||||||
UK Horton b.1448 Northumberland, England d.1478 Northumberland, England | Merkley b. d. | |||||||
William Strother b.1510 Northumberland, England d.1549 England | ||||||||
Margaret Mere b.1480 Northumberland, England d.1540 England | ||||||||