| 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 |
![]() | ![]() | ![]() | William THORNBURGH b.1450 Hansfield, England d.1531 | |||||
![]() | ![]() | Roland THORNBURGH b.1480 Hansfield, England d.1544 | Elizabeth BROUGHTON b. d. | |||||
![]() | William THORNBURGH b.1511 Hamsfeld, England d.1552 | |||||||
| William THORNBURGH b.1547 Hamsfeld, England d. | ![]() | Margaret MIDDLETON b. d. | ||||||
| Nichlas THORNBURGH b. d. | ![]() | |||||||
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![]() | Thomasine BELLINGTON b.1515 Burneshead, England d. | |||||||
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