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1664 English capture/rename New York
1681 La Salle explores Louisiana
1700 American colonies prosper
1720 Texas becomes Spanish possession
1735 Freedom of press established
1565 First colony St. Augustine
1584 - 1588 Roanoke Island Colony
1607 Jamestown 1st permanent settlement
1620 Pilgrims to America on Mayflower
1638 Printing press reaches America
1513 Ponce de Leon discovers Florida
1519 - 1538 Cortes conquers Mexico
1534 Cartier claims New France
1540 Spanish arrive in California
1540 Coronado travels through Midwest
 William THORNBURGH
 b.1511 Hamsfeld, England
 d.1552
 Nichlas THORNBURGH
 b.         
 d.         
 Thomasine BELLINGTON
 b.1515 Burneshead, England
 d.         
 Thomas THORNBURG
 b.1596 Cartmel, England
 d.1653 Northumberland Co. VA.
 Isabel SAKELD
 b.         
 d.         
 Roland Thorburg
 b.         
 d.1696 Baltimore, Md.
 Alice Lane
 b.1594 England
 d.