Timeline

History	Date	What our Family is Doing at the Time
Jamestown Colony Founded	1607
The Mayflower
Plymouth Colony Founded	1620	Richard Warren signs Mayflower Compact
50 to 60 Families of French & Walloon Protestants  from The Netherlands Founded First Colonies in New York & New Jersey	1623	Catalyntje Trico, in first group of European women in New York, & husband Joris Jansen Rapalje sail on Unity to found Fort Orange, now Albany, New York
	1623	Elizabeth Walker Warren & 5 daughters arrive in Plymouth on ship Anne from Hertfordshire, England
Dutch Moved Colony from Albany to Manhattan	1626
Massachusetts Bay Colony Founded	1628
	1630	approximate time Francis West arrives in New England from Wiltshire, England
Saybrook Colony	1635-1644
Connecticut Colony Founded	1636
New Haven Colony	1638 - 1665
	1640	approximate time Rem Jansen Van der Beeck arrives from Netherlands to New Amsterdam
	1642	Hannah Briggs born in Boston
	1645	Joanna & Isaac Willey among founders of New London, Connecticut Colony
	1646	Sarah & Thomas Look settle in Lynn, Massachusetts Bay
	1647	Sarah & Henry Champion marry in Saybrook, Connecticut Colony
	1650	approximate birth of Myriam Moore in Milford, Connecticut Colony
	1651	Catherine & Adriaen Hegeman Family arrive in New Amsterdam from Holland
	1652	Elizabeth Thomas born in Plymouth
	1660	approximate time Joanna & Arthur Scovil arrive in Boston from Dorset, England
	1663	approximate time Hannah & Wolston Brockway leave Boston for Connecticut Colony
	1671	Joanna & Arthur Scovil arrive in Middletown, Connecticut from Boston
	1680	approximate time Dr. Thomas West practices medicine in Martha's Vineyard
Salem Witch Trials Occurred	1692-1693
	1700
Palatine Emigration to New York	1708-1710
	1709	Konradt Koen, wife, & 3 sons leave der Pfalz for London
	1710	Konradt Koen & 3 sons arrive in New York from London.  2 sons apprenticed as orphans.
	1711	William Coaldwell kidnapped by British Navy in Norfolk, England
	1712	William Coaldwell deserts in Boston
Acadians Expelled from Nova Scotia during Seven Years' War between England & France	1755-1763
New England Planters Arrived in Horton, Cornwallis, & Falmouth Townships, Nova Scotia	1761	Jane & William Coaldwell Family, Arter Scovel, Jean & William West Family, & Alice & Samuel Crossman Family arrive in Nova Scotia
Yorkshire Emigration to Nova Scotia 1772 - 1775	1774	Sarah & John Harrison Family, Elizabeth & William Ward Family, & James Brown arrive in Nova Scotia.  Harrisons purchase land still in the family today in Maccan, Cumberland County.
	1774	Franz Georg Richter joins military in German Saxony
American Revolutionary War	1775 -  1783
	1776 - 1783	Franz Georg Richter leaves Dover, England, for New York in British 38th Regiment of Foot; fights in battles of Monmouth, Brandywine, Philadelphia, etc. John Mortimore fights in King's Carolina Rangers.
British Major John Andre Captured by Isaac Van Wart & Others, Stopping Benedict Arnold's Treasonous Plot to Give West Point to British	1780
	1780	approximate date of Benjamin Oxendine's death in Indian attack in southern colonies
	1781	Jeremiah Rushton joins militia New York Westchester Refugees.
American Revolution Ended Loyalists Arrived in Nova Scotia	1783	George Rector's 57th regiment & Rushton, Acker, & Oxendine families leave New York for Nova Scotia. John Mortimore's Rangers leave Charleston South Carolina for St. Augustine Florida.
Loyalists Received Land Grants in Nova Scotia and other Provinces	1784	Jane & William Robertson get land grant in Shelburne still in family today. George Rector, Mary & John Rushton Family, & Sarah & Jeremiah Rushton Family get land grants in Cumberland County. Esther & John B. Acker Family &  Isaac McSparling Family get land grants in Shelburne County.
	1786	Rachel & William Rowland Family get land grant in Shelburne County.
	1800
Main Scottish Emigration to Nova Scotia	1800-1840	Spences probably arrive
Main Irish Emigration to Nova Scotia	1815-1845	Pettigrews probably arrive
	1845	Gertrude and Theodore Zoeller Family immigrate from Bavaria to New York
Gold Rush	1848-1855	James & Stephen Rushton pan for gold in California; find none
	1853	Christine Federlechner immigrates from Baden to New York
	1856	Valentine Wendel immigrates from Bavaria to New York
	1860	Euphemia Murray immigrates to Brooklyn from Prince Edward Island with family
American Civil War	1861-1865
	1861	Valentine Wendel, Edwin & William Van Wart,  Hegeman brothers, Stephen Rushton enlist in Union Army
	1863	Edwin & William Van Wart discharged from army
	1865	Valentine Wendel discharged from army
Fenian Raids in Canada	1866, 1870-71
Canada became an Independent Nation	1867	Sir Charles Tupper is first premier
Brooklyn Bridge Built	1869-1883	Valentine Wendel works on bridge
Germany Unified as one Nation with Otto von Bismarck as Leader	1871	Jakob Sulzbach immigrates from Hesse to New York
	1872	Conrad Astfalk immigrates from Wurttenburg to New York
	1873	Minnie Miller immigrates from Germany to New York
	1878	Sarah & Robert Rushton leave Nova Scotia to join Rushton family in Iowa
	1879	Jacob Sulzbach immigrates from Hesse to New York
	1880	approximate date Isaac J. McSparling Acker captains Coast Guard ship in Shelburne, Nova Scotia
	1883	Emilie and Wilhelm Tetsch Family immigrate from Berlin to New York
	1895-1921	Hattie, Sam, Cass, Rilla, Grace, Joe, Blanche, Havelock Robertson travel between Nova Scotia & Boston; Hattie & Sam return
Springhill, Nova Scotia Mine Explosion & Fire	1891	Stephen Rushton dies in explosion
	1900
	1907, 1910	Bessie Spence arrives in US from Nova Scotia
	1907- 1930	Bessie, Eva, Helena, Connie, & Anna Spence & husbands Wilfred Rushton & Bill Webb leave Nova Scotia for Maine, Boston, Long Island.  Wilfred, Anna, & Bill return.
White Slave Traffic Act Passed	1910	Bessie Spence writes letters home in code
World War I	1914-1918
	1915	Joe Robertson remains in Boston
Halifax Explosion	1917
US Entered World War I	1917	Frederick Sulzbach fights in France; Joe Sulzbach, Ainsley Spence, Valentine Wendel also fight
Spanish Flu Pandemic	1918-1919	Alvin Spence, Helen Sulzbach die in pandemic
Great Depression	1929-1939
World War II	1939-1945	Howard & Jackie Spence, brothers Bill, Alden, & Ellis Robertson, Frank Robertson, Bob Brendel, Thorne brothers, Denzil Rushton & brothers-in-law fight
US Entered World War II	1941
	1943	Frank Robertson killed in wartime plane crash
Korean War	1950-1953	Donald Spence killed in war
Vietnam War	1959-1973
12 Men Walked on Moon during Apollo Program	1969-1972