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The timeline of the Sparrow family. Madam Mim did the bulk of the work on it. See more 1679 John Sparrow I is born to Anne Sparrow I. July 1681 Jenny Dolan is born to Mary and Michael Dolan. 1684 Edward Teague comes home to Anne Sparrow to find she's supposedly happy with another, wealthier man, not knowing she had turned to prostitution to pay the bills. He decides to leave her life uncomplicated and happy. 1689 The Dolan family moves to Dover, England to escape persecution for being Catholic. The closer we are to danger, the farther we are from harm. 1690 John Sparrow I is apprenticed to Christopher Halliwell. Winter 1693 Anne Sparrow I dies. 1695 Jenny begins working at the Black Anchor. September 1697 John Sparrow I and Jenny Dolan meet. They are both also acquainted with Joshemee Gibbs. October 1698 John and Jenny go up to the Castle Dour. John meets the Shadow Thing for the first time. John proposes and Michael gives his consent. Winter 1698Spring 1699 John's apprenticeship ends, becomes junior partner at the apothecary. April 26, 1699 John and Jenny are married. December 25, 1699 Jenny announces she's pregnant via baby clothes as a gift. April 26, 1700 Johnathan Michael Sparrow is born. Christopher Halliwell refuses to get him a christening gift. 1701 Sean Dolan marries Elizabeth LaBlanc. November 1704 Anne Mary Sparrow is born. Additional rooms are built onto The Nest. February 1705 Anne Sparrow II contracts polio, a previously unknown disease rarely seen. Survives but loses her ability to walk. Is also left with a wracking cough and difficulty breathing. The doctor says she'll be lucky to live to three. The Shadow Thing begins haunting The Nest. July 1705 The rift between John and Christopher widens when Christopher proclaims that Anne's sickness is God's judgement on him for leaving the true faith. July-August 1705 John travels to London in hopes of finding a doctor who can cure Anne, but to no avail. While in London John meets one Mr. Cutler Beckett of the EIC during negotiations on Christopher's behalf. He then finds a witch, who seems to consort with the Shadow Thing and control the Headless Horseman, and is offered a deal. He doesn't take it, instead stealing her Book of Shadows and narrowly avoiding death by supernatural decapitation. Jenny finds the book when he returns and is angered, encouraging John to destroy it. He throws it in the fire, burning it to ash before dumping the ash into the harbor. September 1705 Jenny realizes she's pregnant again. December 22, 1705 The doctor informs Jenny at nearly six months that she's having twins. December 23, 1705 Christopher Halliwell turns John out, citing their difference in religious beliefs and claiming that John's conversion to Catholicism is losing them business. Jenny subsequently accidentally destroys some of Christopher's stock in revenge. Michael offers John a job at the Black Anchor, which is accepted. March 1706 Twins Brigid and Lucy Sparrow are born three minutes apart. April 1706 Brigid and Lucy are baptized. Captain Edward Teague shows up at the Black Anchor looking for John and offering part of a venture. Things are tense, but it's the beginning of mending a relationship. May 1706 John writes to Cutler Beckett requesting a job, receives a reply in late May. June 1706 John sets sail on the Ablemarle as a surgeon's mate and supercargo. It's here he first meets William Boostrap Bill Turner and Hector Barbossa. During this voyage Anne and Jack send by way of Jenny his trademark beads and hat. July 1706 Jack falls overboard and is called to Hyperborea by a haunting song in the water, which also claims he and Jenny are 'bound beyond life.' Teague visits Jenny and the children at home in Dover. August 1706 John attempts to procure some mumia, only to have his hand seized by the long dead king. He meets Egyptian gods Bastet and Anubis, though he thinks they're priests in animal masks despite their display of supernatural powers. Since John's god has plans for him, as revenge for robbing the graves of their dead Anubis curses John to live, but to never return home, that his soul shall never rest with his wife and children in their home. Later, the Ablemarle is captured by the Barnacle and John is shanghaied--presumably along with Boostrap Bill and Barbossa--by his paternal uncle and grandmother who captain the pirate ship. The Ablemarle is sunk and John strikes a deal. John begins going by Jack Sparrow. October 1706 John reaches Avalon and helps Teague retrieve a magical golden apple, dodging fae, Unseelie, a kikimora, kelpies, and a fachen. A Woodwose demands three bites of the apple in exchange for safe passage, rendering it less potent. February 1707 John returns home to Dover to his faithful wife, though he learns he had been declared dead. Decidedly not dead, he takes a job at the Black Anchor again. John gives Anne dried pieces of the golden apple, which though it doesn't completely restore her health does improve it drastically. November 1707 In need of a better job John writes to Beckett for another job. He gets one and sets sail as supercargo for the Lord Cavernon, where he meets Ragetti and presumably Pintel. December 1707 John--now signing his letters Jack--is once again called by mysterious song to sail to Hyperborea. Teague surprises Jenny and the children for Christmas. March 1708 Jack and Teague meet in Barbados, where Teague warns him away from Hyperborea, citing the Brethren Court as a threat. Jack agrees to go straight home. Calypso or some otherworldly force causes a fierce storm that forces them to sail above the arctic circle into Hyperborea, led there by the Flying Dutchman with Jack as captain. In that land's time Jack spends two days there, dodging a minotaur and a sphinx to free Calypso before making repairs and heading home. March-June 1708 Mr. Cotton's Parrot flies off to tell the Brethren Court of Jack's arrival in Hyperborea. In retaliation they send a gang of pirates after Jenny, who then writes Jack and has Teague deliver it. Ben Halliwell takes an interest in Jenny, which gradually leads to stalking and peeping along with delusions of a romantic relationship. The EIC stops sending John's pay along in AprilMay of this year, presuming Jack dead but not actually declaring him so. Ben grows increasingly interested in Jenny and Jenny increasingly angry with Jack. June 1708 Jack returns home, taking a dockside desk job so he can remain on shore with his family. Ben peeps on Jack and Jenny having reunion sex, assumes Jack is someone else due to his altered appearance. October 1708 Ben has taken a break from his stalking since Jack is home. Anne's health has been in decline again since late summer. Jack and Jenny return to Castle Dour to find the ghost again, but are interrupted when Anne's health takes a serious and devastating turn. November 1708 John sets sail as captain of the Wicked Wench in order to try and help pay for Anne's medicines and doctors, swears it's his last voyage. December 1708 John finds out the Wicked Wench has sailed to Africa for a cargo of slaves. A battle ensues and he and Barbossa successfully lead a mutiny. The ship is rechristened the Black Pearl and they set sail for Tortuga under Captain Jack Sparrow. Jack's letter explaining himself never reaches Jenny. March 1709 Jenny is informed of her husband's mutiny and the Company demands backpay to December. Captain Teague takes care of paying the Company before setting off to find Jack. May 1709 Captain Teague finds Jack, convinces him to go home and bring money with him. Jenny meets the gypsy Ion Vrabie, who has clear designs on her, just before finding out for certain that Jack has indeed gone pirate. Ion invites her and the kids to a party. Anne's health hasn't improved since November. Ion and Jenny acknowledge their mutual attraction but Jenny refuses to be unfaithful to her husband. July 1709 Captain Jack Sparrow returns home and nobody is happy with him. Sean attempts to find legal ways to earn Jack a pardon and defend him from his crimes but fails. Jack is forced to return to sea. July 1709-January 1713 Events of the first movie and most of the second movie. Captain Jack comes home sporadically but never stays long. Jenny becomes acquainted with some of the regulars of his crew Barbossa, Pintel, Rigetti, Marty, Cotton, etc. and treats them kindly. February 1713 Captain Jack Sparrow is eaten by the krakken. Nobody tells Jenny. A party sets out to gather help from other pirate lords to retrieve Captain Jack from Davy Jones's Locker. March 1713 Jenny has been sending urgent letters to Captain Jack via Captain Teague in an effort to convince him to come home since she's pregnant again but they go unanswered, causing concern. Teague still doesn't tell her Jack's dead. Ben unsuccessfully attempts to rape Jenny and she puts his eye out in an effort to get away. October 1713 Steven James Sparrow is born. They still haven't heard from Captain Jack. April 26, 1714 Captain Jack Sparrow returns home, bringing Will and Elizabeth ashore with him, to find he's got another son. After a fight Jenny agrees to let Jack go to fix his mess, then they'll move away from Dover. While he's home Jack finds out that Ben attempted to rape his wife. He kidnaps and kills him and writes a letter to authorities exposing Christopher Halliwell's less-than-legal dealings, putting him out of business. April 27, 1715 The Sparrow family moves to Ireland, without Captain Jack. Jenny is kidnapped by Mistress Ching's pirates, who are working for the EIC. Eventually she gets bored of being a captive not doing anything and starts learning how to work aboard the ship. May 1715 Young Jack sets out for Tortuga to look for his mother. Meanwhile, a Company man attempts to rape Jenny aboard Ching Shih's ship. When she bites out a chunk of his face in her escape he tries to bring her up on charges not knowing that rape is punishable by death in this fleet. Though she's offered the honor of killing her would-be rapist herself, she hands the distinction off to her friend Bohai. Late June 1715 Captain Jack returns home to find his family moved and his wife and eldest son gone. He sets out to find them. July 1715 Young Jack arrives in Tortuga, posing as his father. Scarlet and Giselle help him do a better Captain Jack impersonation. He sets off for Port-au-Prince on a suggestion from Scarlet and Giselle in order to get enough money to raise a crew. There he meets Sister Angelica, daughter of Blackbeard, a day away from being forced to take her vows. They stow away together aboard a government ship heading for France. Meanwhile the captain of the ship Jenny's on dies in battle. She's gained the crew's respect and is elected captain, which is then enforced by her new first mate Bohai. August 1715 Young Jack, feeling guilty about sleeping with Angelica out of wedlock, proposes and talks her into marriage. Captain Jack and Blackbeard both catch up with them and they're forced to split up, agreeing to meet at Angelica's mother's home in Spain. Captain Jack takes his son to find Jenny, who happens to be in the South China Sea. In the South China Sea Mistress Ching Shih has boarded Jenny's ship. Ching Shih takes advantage of Jenny being drunk and horny and although the two don't have sex they do share intimacy. Jenny feels guilty about this for betraying both her husband and God, but continues to feel attracted to the pirate queen. September 1715 Captain Jack's ship the Esmerelda is captured. Much to his surprise he finds Red Jenny--his wife--captaining the enemy pirate ship. Captain and Young Jack both work as regular crew while waiting for Ching Shih to meet them to honor her deal with Jenny that when her husband found her she could go home. While waiting, Jack and Jenny start trying to repair their marriage and Jack swears his pirating days are over, cutting his hair and becoming John again. October 1715 Both Jacks and Jenny finally return home. Three days later Anne dies. She's buried a few days before her baby brother's second birthday on a day far to sunny and cheerful for Jenny's approval. September 1755 With a warrant out for his arrest and soldiers on the way, Jack and Jenny flee their Hag's Head home. On September 12, 1757 Johnathan and Jennifer Sparrow jump from the Cliffs of Moher to their deaths. Their bodies are never recovered. September 4, 1781 Jack and Jenny are at the Battle of the Chesapeake. Winter, 1850 While visiting Pavlovskaya, Russkaya Amerika later known as Alaska, Jenny suggests an open marriage as a way of rekindling the spark in their relationship. 1871 Unknown Jack and Jenny are in Algeciras, Spain. January 22, 1890 Samantha Margaret Cavendish is born in Texas. 1909 Unknown Jack and Jenny are on the island of Santorini, in Greece. April 14, 1912 Jack and Jenny are aboard the Titanic , to shepherd the souls of the drowned sailors to their final rest. 1912 Sam Cavendish meets Jackie Tsidiiligai Sparrow, after being ambushed and left for dead. 1918 Unknown Jack and Jenny visit Paris. 1975 Unknonw Jenny is raped by a priest in Galway, Ireland while struggling with a crisis of faith brought on by a previous rape. She does not tell Jack what happened.