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 |
Edward Bourchier b.1575 Bath, England d.1636 Tawstock, England | William Bourchier b.1555 Halstead, Essex, England d.1623 Halstead, England | |||||||
John Bourchier b.1584 England d. | ||||||||
Richard Bourchier b.1586 England d. | John Russell b.1485 d.1554 The Strand, England | |||||||
Robert Bourchier b.1586 England d. | Francis Russell b.1527 Chenies, England d.1585 Bedford House, England | Anne Sapcote b.1489 Huntingdonshire, England d.1559 Chenies, England | ||||||
Frances Bourchier b.1590 England d. | Elizabeth Russell b.1555 Westminster, England d.1604 Halstead, England | |||||||
Margaret St John b.1533 Bletsoe, England d.1562 Woburn, England | ||||||||