Chronological History of Colonial America

## 1587

* Ananias Dare (c.1560-1587) was born about 1560 in England and died after 27 Aug 1587 in an unknown place. He was the father of Virginia Dare (1587-c.1590) He was a colonist and part of the Roanoke Expedition of 1587
* Virginia Dare (1587-c.1590) was the woman born in The New World on 18 Aug 1587 in Roanoke Colony (now North Carolina). Her death date and place are unknown. She disappeared before 18 Aug 1590

## 1607

* The Virginia Company of London, England founded the James Fort on 4 May 1607 in later Jamestown, Virginia
* Capt. Christopher Newport (1561-1617) erected a cross at the mouth of the bay of the James River and named it Cape Henry to claim the land for the Crown of England on 29 Apr 1607
* Jamestown in the Colony of Virginia was settled on 14 May 1607
* Captain Christopher Newport not only was the Captain of the ship the Susan, but he commanded all three ships, the Susan, the Godspeed and the Discover that landed in Jamestown

## 1608

* The First Supply mission arrived in Jamestown in the Colony of Virginia on 8 Jan 1608. Capt. Christopher Newport took the Chief of the Powhatan and his tribesmen to London on when they went back to get supply and returned to Jamestown on 10 Apr 1608
* The Second Supply arrived from England to Jamestown in the Colony of Virginia in September 1608 with Newport commanding the ship Mary Margaret

## 1609

* Capt. Christopher Newport became the Captain of the Virginia Company
* Capt. Christopher Newport made a third trip to America with the Third Supply mission as Captain and Vice Admiral of the ship Sea Venture

## 1610

* The settlement of Jamestown in the Colony of Virginia was briefly abandoned
* Capt. Christopher Newport made one more voyage to Jamestown where he would bring with him John Rolf who would later have the famous affair with Pocahontas

## 1611

* Capt. Christopher Newport would make his last voyage to Jamestown on 12 May 1611 accompanied with Sir Thomas Dale (c.1570-1619)

## 1617

* Henrico County was established and was the original county of the Colony of Virginia under the rule of England. It was named after Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales (1594-1612) son of King James I of England, Ireland and Scotland (1566-1625)

## 1619

* The first recorded slaves from Africa to British North America arrived n what is now Old Point Comfort in Hampton, Virginia

## 1620

* The English pilgrims were the first landing party in Plymouth on 21 Dec 1620 in what would later become known as Plymouth Rock, the Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony, the Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts, then Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA.

## 1624

* The town of Chelsea in the Massachusetts Bay Colony is settled

## 1625

* The town of Boston in the Massachusetts Bay Colony is settled

## 1628

* The town of Charlestown in Boston, Massachusetts Bay Colony is settled and incorporated

## 1629

* The Rev. Isaac Johnson (1601-1630) was the largest shareholder of the Massachusetts Bay Colony and one of the twelve original signatories to the Cambridge Agreement on 29 Aug 1629

## 1630

* The Rev. Isaac Johnson (1601-1630) was the largest shareholder of the Massachusetts Bay Colony and one of the twelve original signatories to the Cambridge Agreement on 29 Aug 1629. In 1630 he arrived with the Winthrop Fleet to the Massachusetts Bay Colony and is responsible for naming the city of Boston. He arrived in Salem in the Massachusetts Bay Colony on 12 Jun 1630. He one of the founding patrons of the First Church of Charlestown in the Massachusetts Bay Colony on 30 Jul 1630.
* The town of Boston in the Massachusetts Bay Colony is incorporated on 7 Sep 1630. He died on 30 Sep 1630 as the richest man in the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
* The town of Revere in the Massachusetts Bay Colony is settled
* The town of Roxbury in Boston, Massachusetts Bay Colony is settled on 28 Sep 1630
* The town of Winthrop in the Massachusetts Bay is settled

## 1631

* Nathan Bradley I (1631-1701) is born in Dorchester, Boston, Massachusetts Bay Colony, he is the ancestor of the Bradlee family of Boston, Massachusetts and the Bradley family of Connecticut

## 1632

* Capt. John Mason (c.1600-1672), arrived in America during the Great Migration

## 1632-1633

* Henry Adams (1583-1646) who was born in Barton St. David, Somerset, England and died in Braintree, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony immigrated to the Massachusetts Bay Colony and settled in Braintree, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony. He was not only a farmer, but the ancestor of John Adams, 2nd President of the United States of America and first Vice President of the United States of America

## 1634

* Capt. Richard Raymond was born in about 1602 in Essex, England to unknown parents and died in 1692 in Saybrook, Middlesex County, Colony of Connecticut,. He married in about 1635 at Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony to Judith Williams (c.1610-1692). He arrived in Salem, Essex County, Massachusett Bay Colony in 1634.
* St. Mary's City in the Colony of Maryland was established on 27 Mar 1634
* Accomack Shire was established in the Colony of Virginia and named after a Native American word Accawmack, meaning "on the other side.
* Charles City County was established and named after King Charles I of England

## 1635

* Capt. Richard Raymond was born in about 1602 in Essex, England to unknown parents and died in 1692 in Saybrook, Middlesex County, Colony of Connecticut,. He married in about 1635 at Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony to Judith Williams (c.1610-1692). He arrived in Salem, Essex County, Massachusett Bay Colony in 1634.

## 1637

* Dea. George Clark (1613-1690) was born in 1613 in Watton-at-Stone, East Hertfordshire District, Herefordshire, England and died on 10 Jun 1690 in Milford, New Haven County, Colony of Connecticut. He arrived in about 1637 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusett Bay Colony He was a deacon, carpenter, and a "free painter."

## 1639

* Hon. George Wyllys (1590-1645), elected Magistrate of the Colony of Connecticut on 11 Apr 1639 and in 1640 and 1644

## 1640

* Hon. George Wyllys (1590-1645), elected Magistrate of the Colony of Connecticut on 11 Apr 1639 and in 1640 and 1644
* Dea. George Clark (1613-1690) married in 1640 in North America to Sarah Harvey (1622-1689).
* Maj. Hon. John Mason (1600-1672), the town of Springfield, Massachusetts sent him with "money in one hand and a sword int he other" and he threatened the local Indians to sell their corn, since grain was very scarce during that time.

## 1641

* Hon. George Wyllys (1590-1645), elected Deputy Governor of the Colony of Connecticut in 1641 and served for one year

## 1642

* Hon. George Wyllys (1590-1645), 4th Governor of the Colony of Connecticut from 1642 to 1643

## 1643

* Hon. George Wyllys (1590-1645), elected Commissioner from the Colony of Connecticut to the United Colonies of New England in 1643Hon. George Wyllys (1589-1645), elected one of six Assistants to the Great and General Court of Massachusetts and served from 1639 to 1641
* Suffolk County in the Massachusetts Bay Colony is incorporated

## 1644

* Hon. George Wyllys (1590-1645), elected Magistrate of the Colony of Connecticut on 11 Apr 1639 and in 1640 and 1644

## 1645

* Sir Thomas Fairfax was made Commander-in-Chief and sent a letter to Maj. John Mason in the Colony of Connecticut urging him to return to England so Mason would then join Fairfax's standard and accept the commission of Major General in the Parliamentary Army, but Mason refused and stayed in Connecticut.

## 1647

* Maj. Hon. John Mason (1600-1672) assumed commanded of the Sayrbook Fort in the Colony of Connecticut. The fort suddenly burned down, another one was built in its place immediately.

## 1651

* Gloucester County was established from York County in the Colony of Virginia named after Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester1640-1660)

## 1659

* Maj. Hon. John Mason (1600-1672) moved from the mouth of the Connecticut River tot eh head of the Thames River also in Connecticut. He spent the next twelev years there and became Commissioner of the United Colonies, chief military officers, magistrate and peacekeeper.

## 1660

* Capt. Richard Raymond was born in about 1602 in Essex, England to unknown parents and died in 1692 in Saybrook, Middlesex County, Colony of Connecticut,. He married in about 1635 at Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony to Judith Williams (c.1610-1692). He arrived in Salem, Essex County, Massachusett Bay Colony in 1634. "On 27 Aug 1660, Richard Rayment of Salem, mariner, sold to Walter Price one-quarter of the ketch Hopewell of Salem, now at anchor in Boston harbor, for a year and a day."
* Capt. John Mason (c.1600-1672), elected 8th Deputy Governor of the Connecticut Colony served until 1669

## 1663

* Accomack County in the Colony of Virginia was established and named after a Native Indian world Accowmack meaning "on the other side."

## 1664/1665

* Capt. Richard Raymond was born in about 1602 in Essex, England to unknown parents and died in 1692 in Saybrook, Middlesex County, Colony of Connecticut,. He married in about 1635 at Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony to Judith Williams (c.1610-1692). He arrived in Salem, Essex County, Massachusett Bay Colony in 1634. On 13 Feb 1664/65 in Lyme, Connecticut "The inhabitants on the east side the River. 2. They declare that they will pay all arrears and rates post and all rates due by the first of May next ensuing that belong until the town and ministry to be brought in unto the townsmen, to wit: Richard Raymond & Abraham Past." On 24 Jun 1668 in Essex County, Massachusetts, North America, Richard Raymond was sued by Robert Spurrell for withholding his share of fish and wages due him upon a fall voyage about eighteen years since. While Richard was living at river's mouth in Saybrook, Connecticut deeded two acres to his son in law, Oliver Mannering in the South field in Salem, Massachusetts.

## 1661/1662

* Capt. Richard Raymond was born in about 1602 in Essex, England to unknown parents and died in 1692 in Saybrook, Middlesex County, Colony of Connecticut,. He married in about 1635 at Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony to Judith Williams (c.1610-1692). He arrived in Salem, Essex County, Massachusett Bay Colony in 1634. "On 6 Mar 1661/62, Richard Rayment "being called and not appearing hath forfeited his band of 10 to the country."

## 1662

* Capt. Richard Raymond was born in about 1602 in Essex, England to unknown parents and died in 1692 in Saybrook, Middlesex County, Colony of Connecticut,. He married in about 1635 at Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony to Judith Williams (c.1610-1692). He arrived in Salem, Essex County, Massachusett Bay Colony in 1634. "On 13 May 1662 in Saybrook, Middlesex County, Colony of Connecticut he was sued for slander for charging his wife with theft tot he damage of 50 pounds by Humphrey Clay. Richard was found guilty and fined 5 pounds. On 10 Aug 1662 in Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts bay Colony, he sold to John Gardner of Salem, two and a quarter acres of salt marsh and it was signed by Richard Rayment. On 13 Oct 1662 in Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, Mr. Edmund Batten and Judith Raymond, attorneys of Richard Raymond, they sold to Oliver Mannering of Salem a dwelling house with about three-quarters of land and ten acres in the South Field. On 27 Oct 1662, Ralph Keeler of Norwalk sold to Richard Raymond his dwelling house with four acres that were adjoining. Because of this purchase, Richard was granted several parcels of land by the Norwalk proprietors, even though he ver soon moved to Saybrook, Colony of Connecticut.

## 1663

* Accomack County was established in the Colony of Virginia
* Capt. Richard Raymond was born in about 1602 in Essex, England to unknown parents and died in 1692 in Saybrook, Middlesex County, Colony of Connecticut,. He married in about 1635 at Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony to Judith Williams (c.1610-1692). He arrived in Salem, Essex County, Massachusett Bay Colony in 1634. On 16 Nov 1663 he bought two acres of meadow, four acres of meadow, one hundred pound right in the Ox Pasture and one hundred pound rich in the town of commons from John Olmsted (-).

## 1668

* Capt. Richard Raymond was born in about 1602 in Essex, England to unknown parents and died in 1692 in Saybrook, Middlesex County, Colony of Connecticut,. He married in about 1635 at Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony to Judith Williams (c.1610-1692). He arrived in Salem, Essex County, Massachusett Bay Colony in 1634.

## 1669

* Maj. Hon. John Mason (1600-1672), before he died the last occupation was him being and advisor, but he suffered greatly in pain because of cancer, which was then referred to as "strangury," in the Colony of Connecticut

## 1670

* Maj. Hon. John Mason (1600-1672), he spent the summer of 1670 helping The Rev. Hon. Roger Williams (c.1603-1683) and the Connecticut Government to try to help the dispute of boundaries between the two colonies.

## 1672

* Maj. Hon. John Mason (1600-1672), he died from cancer on Jan 30 1672

## 1677

* Capt. Richard Raymond was born in about 1602 in Essex, England to unknown parents and died in 1692 in Saybrook, Middlesex County, Colony of Connecticut,. He married in about 1635 at Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony to Judith Williams (c.1610-1692). He arrived in Salem, Essex County, Massachusett Bay Colony in 1634. On 21 May 1677 Richard sold three and a quarter acres of meadow to John Nicholson in Saybrook, Connecticut. On 13 Feb 1664/65 in Lyme, Colony of Connecticut "The inhabitants on the east side the River. 2. They declare that they will pay all arrears and rates post and all rates due by the first of May next ensuing that belong until the town and ministry to be brought in unto the townsmen, to wit: Richard Raymond & Abraham Past."

## 1685

* Capt. Richard Raymond was born in about 1602 in Essex, England to unknown parents and died in 1692 in Saybrook, Middlesex County, Colony of Connecticut,. He married in about 1635 at Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony to Judith Williams (c.1610-1692). He arrived in Salem, Essex County, Massachusett Bay Colony in 1634. On 7 Apr 1685 Richard gave one acre in Salem and five hundred acres "one quarter of the thousand acres he had from Joshua Indian," to his son in law, Humphrey Coomb.

## 1690/1691

* Capt. Richard Raymond was born in about 1602 in Essex, England to unknown parents and died in 1692 in Saybrook, Middlesex County, Colony of Connecticut,. He married in about 1635 at Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony to Judith Williams (c.1610-1692). He arrived in Salem, Essex County, Massachusett Bay Colony in 1634. On 2 Jan 1690/91 Richard deeded three parcels of land in Saybrook, Connecticut to his son Daniel.

## 1692

* Essex County was established from Tappahannock County in the Colony of Virginia named after Essex in Great Britain

## 1699

* The settlement of Jamestown in the Colony of Virginia was briefly abandoned

## 1720

* Brunswick County was established in the Colony of Virginia formed from Prince George County, parts of Surry County and Isle of Wight County and named after the Duchy of Brunswick-Luneburg from which the current line of British monarchs comes from

## 1721

* Hanover County was established from the are of New Kent County called St. Paul's Parish and named after the Electorate of Hanover from which the current line of the British monarch comes from

## 1728

* Caroline County was established from Essex County, King and Queen County and King William County named after Caroline of Ansbach (1683-1737), Queen consort of Great Britain, wife of King George Ii of Great Britain (1683-1760)
* Goochland County was established from Henrico County in the Colony Virginia named after Lt. Gov. Sir William Gooch, Bt. (1681-1751)

## 1732

* The government of Brunswick County in the Colony of Virginia was established

## 1735

* Amelia County was established in the Colony of Virginia formed from Brunswick County and Prince George County and named after Princess Amelia Sophia of Great Britain, second daughter on King George II of Great Britain

## 1738

* Augusta County was established from Orange County in the Colony of Virginia and named after Augusta of Saxe-Gotha, Princess of Wales (1719-1772)
* Frederick County was established from Orange County in the Colony of Virginia named after Frederick, Prince of Wales (1707-1751), son of King George II of Great Britain (1683-1760) and Caroline of Ansbach (1683-1737), Queen consort of Great Britain

## 1739

* The town of Chelsea in the Massachusetts Bay Colony is incorporated

## 1742

* Fairfax County was established from Prince William County in the Colony of Virginia named after Thomas Fairfax, 6th Lord Fairfax of Cameron (1693-1781) who was the only noble living in colonial Virginia

## 1744

* Albemarle County in the Colony of Virginia was established in the 1744 Virginia General Assembly by taking the northern portion of Goochland County and named after William Anne van Keppel, 2nd Earl of Albermarle and colonial governor of the Colony of Virginia

## 1749

* Chesterfield County was established from Henrico County in the Colony of Virginia named after Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield
* Culpeper County was established from Orange County in the Colony of Virginia named after Thomas Colepeper, 2nd Baron Colepeper who was a colonial governor of Virginia
* Cumberland County was established from Goochland County named after Prince William, Duke of Cumberland

## 1752

* Dinwiddle County was established from Prince George County named after Lt. Gov. Robert Dinwiddle (1692-1770) who was a colonial Lieutenant Governor of the Colony of Virginia
* Halifax County was established from Luneburg County in the Colony of Virginia named after George Montague-Dunk (1716-1771), 2nd Earl of Halifax, President of the the Board of Trade

## 1753

* Samuel Bradlee (1707-1768) was elected Constable of Dorchester, Massachusetts in 1753

## 1754

* Bedford County was established from Lunenburg County named after His Grace John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford (1710-1771)

## 1759

* Fauruier County was established from Prince William County in the Colony of Virginia named after Lt. Gov. Francis Fauquier (1703-1768), Lieutenant Governor of Virginia Colony

## 1761

* Amherst County was established in the Colony of Virginia from Albemarle County named after Filed Marshal Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Ambhers, KB (1717=1797)
* Buckingham County was established from Albermarle County and named after the Duke of Buckingham

## 1765

* The Stamp Act was induced in Boston, Suffolk County, Province of Massachusetts
* Charlotte County was established from Lunenburg County in the Colony of Virginia and named after Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, wife of King George III of Great Britain

## 1770

* Botetourt County was established in the Colony of Virginia from Augusta County, named after Norborne Berkeley, 4th Baron Botetourt, colonial governor of the Colony of Virginia

## 1773

* Pvt. Josiah Bradlee I (1754-1798), dressed up like a Mohawk Indian and boarded the ships in during Boston Tea Party on the night of 16 Dec 1773 after the Tea Act was introduced

## 1774

* Albemarle Count was established by the Virginia General Assembly

## 1775

* The Siege of Boston in the Province of Massachusetts commenced on 19 Apr 1775
* The Battle of Bunker Hill commenced in the Province of Massachusetts on 17 Jun 1775
* See American Participants of the American Revolutionary War
* The British captured Charlestown peninsula in Boston, Province of Massachusetts on 17 Jun 1775

## 1777

* Fluvanna County was established from Henrico County in the Colony of Virginia and comes from the Latin name for the James River, which it'self translates into "Annies River" in which was named after Queen Ann3 (1665-1714). The James River was named after King James VI and I of England, Ireland and Scotland

## 1782

* Campbell County in the Colony of Virginia was established formed from Bedford County named after Brig. Gen. William Campbell (1745-1781), American Brigadier General in the American Revolutionary War

## 1783

* America won it's independence from United Kingdom of Great Britain and became the United States of America.