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1607 Jamestown 1st permanent settlement
1620 Pilgrims to America on Mayflower
1638 Printing press reaches America
1664 English capture/rename New York
1681 La Salle explores Louisiana
1534 Cartier claims New France
1540 Spanish arrive in California
1540 Coronado travels through Midwest
1565 First colony St. Augustine
1584 - 1588 Roanoke Island Colony
1492 Columbus discovers West Indies
1507 The term America first used
1513 Ponce de Leon discovers Florida
1519 - 1538 Cortes conquers Mexico
 John THORNBURGH
 b.1285 of Hampsfield, England
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 William THORNBURGH
 b.1330 Westmorland, England
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 Elizabeth PIERPOINT
 b.1300 Westmoreland, England
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 William THORNBURGH
 b.1390 Westmorland, England
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 Thomas THORNBURGH
 b.1360 of Hampsfield, England
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 Thomas THORNBURGH
 b.1392 Westmorland, England
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 Katherine HILTON
 b.1340 Westmorland, England
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 Henry THORNBURGH
 b.1395 Westmorland, England
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 Richard THORNBURGH
 b.1397 Westmorland, England
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 Robert THORNBURGH
 b.1400 Westmorland, England
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 Jane DALTON
 b.1365 Westmorland, England
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