England and the Colonies


The Counties of England

Not shown: City of London


Immigrant Ancestors from Each County
one arbitrary ancestor per county

countymajor cityancestorancestor's village
BedfordshireLuton William SpencerStotfold
BerkshireReading Rev. John Wilson, Jr.Windsor
BuckinghamshireMilton Keynes William PrestonChesham
CambridgeshireCambridge Thomas KilbourneWood Ditton
CheshireChester
CornwallTruro Rev. Joseph HullLaunceston
CumberlandCarlisle
DerbyshireDerby John PeetDuffield
DevonPlymouth Thomas BlissDaventry
DorsetshireWeymouth Thomas FordBridport
DurhamHartlepool
EssexChelmsford William WilboreSible Hedingham
GloucestershireTewkesbury Cicely ThayerThornbury
HampshireSouthampton Edmund JohnsonRomsey
HerefordshireHereford
HertfordshireWatford John PabodieSt. Albans
HuntingdonshireHereford
KentFolkestone William MullensDorking
LancashireLancaster Humphrey AthertonPreston
LeicestershireLeicester Gov. John WebsterCossington
LincolnshireLincoln Thomas SherwoodMablethorpe
MiddlesexLondon Benjamin CarrLondon
NorfolkNorwich Adam HawkesHingham
NorthamptonshireNorthampton William TuttleRingstead
NorthumberlandNewcastle-upon-Tyne
NottinghamshireMansfield John DunhamScrooby
OxfordshireOxford John StevensCaversham
RutlandOakham
ShropshireShrewsbury John Churchman
SomersetshireBath Elder John StrongChard
StaffordshireStafford Richard DickinsonBradley Hall
SuffolkIpswich John BigloWrentham
SurreyGuildford William MullensDorking
SussexBrighton John BassettHeyshott
WarwickshireCoventry John EatonHatton
WestmorelandChester
WiltshireSalisbury William CarpenterShalbourne
WorcestershireRedditch John WakemanBewdley
YorkshireLeeds Joseph JewettBradford


Kings of the 1600's and 1700's

Kingreigninfluence on the coloniesnamesake in America
James I1603-1625Puritans rebelled against the Church of England.Jamestown, VA
Charles I1625-1649Rules England as absolute monarch.Charlestown, MA
Charles II1660-1685English monarchy restored.Charles Town, SC
now (Charleston)
James II1685-1701Takes over rule of colonies.Jamestown, RI
William III & Mary II1689-1702King William's War (1688-1697).Williamsburg, VA
Anne1702-1714Queen Anne's War (1702-1713).Annapolis, MD
George I1714-1727Allowed colonies to run their affairs.King George County, VA
George II1727-1760King George's War (1744-1748).Georgia
George III1760-1820French and Indian War (1754-1763).Kings Highway, Brooklyn


Events of the First 100 Years (1620-1720)

yearevent
1620 Mayflower
1620Mayflower Compact
1634-38Pequot War
1638Portsmouth Compact
1651Navigation Act
1675-78 King Phillip's War
1692-93Salem Witch Trials
1708Raid on Haverhill


Miscellaneous Links

Population of American Colonies 1630-1780
Connecticut Colony
Hartford Ancient Burial Ground


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