| 1700 American colonies prosper 1720 Texas becomes Spanish possession 1735 Freedom of press established 1740 Colony population = 1.5 million 1754 - 1763 Anglo-French War | 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 |
![]() | ![]() | John Wilder b.1544 Sulham, Berks, England d.1588 Combe, Herts., Eng. | ![]() | ||||
![]() | ![]() | John (Richard) Wilder b.1544 Of, England d.1588 Oxfordshire, England | Agnes Wilder b.1548 Of Sulham, Berks, England d.1580 | ||||
![]() | ![]() | Thomas Wilder b.1584 Shiplake, Oxon Berks, England d.1634 Shiplake Oxford, England | ![]() | Thomas Keats b.1530 Sulham House, England d. , England | |||
![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Alice Keats b.1555 Sulham Oxfordshire, England d. , England | Mrs-Thomas Keats b.1538 Of Carmarthan, Nydrm, Wales d. | |||
![]() | Thomas Wilder b.1618 Shiplake On Tham, England d.1667 Will Probated, Massachusetts | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | |||
![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Griffin Higgs b.1564 Shiplake, Oxford, England d. | ![]() | |||
![]() | ![]() | Martha Higgs b.1590 Of Shiplake, Oxford, England d.1652 Hingham, Massachusetts | ![]() | ![]() | |||
![]() | ![]() | Sarah Payne b.1568 Of, Shiplake Oxford, England d. | ![]() | ||||