1600-1609 Timeline

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1603

March 24, 1603 is when Queen Elizabeth I died. She died when she was 69 years old.

August 1594 to March 31, 1603 was the Nine Years' War (Gaelic Irish Chieftqins vs. England). It's also known as Tyrone's Rebellion.

April 28, 1603 is when Queen Elizabeth I  was buried at Westminster Abbey.

1603 Sir Walter Raleigh or Ralegh was imprisoned in the Tower of London because he was involved in a plot against King James I.

1606

1606 Sir Walter Raleigh received the high honor of being one of eight who received Letters Patents by King James I. This particular patent was to establish two colonies: the Plymouth Colony and the London Colony.

December 1606 Captain Christopher Newport of the London colony (aka the London Company) set sail.

1607

May 13, 1607 Captain Christopher Newporthe reached the Chesapeake Bay. Jamestown was founded.

May 31, 1607 Sir Walter Raleigh and George Popham of the Plymouth colony  (aka the Plymouth Company) left from Plymouth, England.

August 01, 1607 Sir Walter Raleigh and George Popham arrived in what we now call Maine. Many colonists died that winter there. MORE INFORMATION NEEDED HERE.

Adrian Gilbert

Distant relation and ancestor on my family tree.

Brother of Sir Humphrey Gilbert.

February 06, 1584  brother of Sir Humphrey Gilbert, received Letters Patent to continue the search for the Northwest Passage.

Sir Humphrey Gilbert

Another spelling is: Sir Humphrey Gylberte.

He is a distant relation and ancestor of mine.

He lived 1538 to September 09, 1583. Age 44 or so was when he died.

He was born in Greenway, Brixham, Devon, England. 

Parents are: Otho (or Otto or Otes) Gilbert and Catherine Champermowne. Otho was of Compton Castle and was the son of Thomas Gilbert and Isabel Reynward. Otho was born August 05, 1513 to 1518 and died February 18, 1547 to 1547. 

He was the fifth son of his parents, according to one source. He was the second son, according to another source. I will research and answer this. RESEARCH AND WRITE MORE. 

One source says he had six sons and 1 daughter. Another source says he had two sons: John and Raleigh Gilbert. I WILL RESEARCH MORE.

His brothers were: Sir John Gilbert and Adrian Gilbert (see).

His half brothers were: Carew Raleigh and Sir Walter Raleigh. They shared the same mother, Catherine Champermowne.

Cousin of Sir Richard Grenville.

The family seat was Compton Castle. 

Married Anne Aucher in 1570 and they had six sons and one daughter.

His titles were: Explorer, adventurer, soldier, member of parliament, and pioneer.

He is the first colonizer of England.

He was not a sailor, but knew how to circumnavigate.

See 1570-1579 Timeline at:
http://familytreesoftheusa.blogspot.com/2016/05/1570-1579-timeline.html

See Timeline 1580-1589:
http://familytreesoftheusa.blogspot.com/2016/05/1580-1589-timeline.html

1570-1579 Timeline

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1570 Sir Humphrey Gilbert (see) married Anne Aucher and they had six sons and one daughter.

1578

1578-1580 Sir Francis Drake circumnavigate the world.

June 11, 1578 A Letters Patent was issued to Sir Humphrey Gilbert (aka Sir Humfrey Gylberte) by the Queen Elizabeth I for Western discoveries, and to plant an English colony in America, with the provision he would not cause any harm to Spanish subjects.

September 26, 1578 Sir Humphrey Gilbert assembled a rather large fleet, which sailed from Dartmouth, England. However, storms made them seek refuge in Plymouth, England until November 19, 1578. He gave up this attempt. The plan of the voyage by Sir Humphrey Gilbert was to establish a new English colony between Cape Hatteras and the Hudson River.

1579 April Sir Humphrey Gilbert returned to England after his sailing.

1580-1589 Timeline

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1580

1578-1580 Sir Francis Drake circumnavigate the world.

1583

June 11, 1583 Sir Humphrey Gilbert made his second attempt to find where to plant an English colony in America. They left Plymouth, England on this day. They arrived in Newfoundland on August 03, 1583.

August 03, 1583 Sir Humphrey Gilbert and crew arrived in Newfoundland.

August 29, 1583, the "Delight" sunk. One hundred souls were lost, along with many of Sir Humphrey Gilbert's records. The "Delight" was part of the June 11th expedition.

September 09, 1583 Sir Humphrey Gilbert sank at sea in the "Squirrel." It was on his return home to England from the June 11th expedition.

1584

February 06, 1584 Adrian Gilbert, brother of Sir Humphrey Gilbert, received Letters Patent to continue the search for the Northwest Passage.

March 25, 1584 Sir Humphrey Gilbert's half brother, Sir Walter Raleigh, received a Royal Patent to explore and setup a colony to the South.

1584 Queen Elizabeth I gave Sir Walter Raleigh or Ralegh Royal Charter to set up a colony in lands that are not Christian lands.

1584-1587 is a period of time known as Raleigh's Roanoke Voyages.